Rochdale

Aims/priorities: Volunteering Futures aims to encourage cross sector collaboration and working closely with other community partners to help overcome barriers to participation.

Funding is intended to create more and better volunteering opportunities for people:

• Who experience loneliness.
• Who experience barriers to volunteering.
• In areas where there are fewer volunteering opportunities.

Projects should take place between 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2024.

Aims/priorities: The aim of this fund is to support Christian churches and charities helping to tackle the ongoing Afghanistan evacuee crisis. Funding will help cover costs associated with resettlement in the UK during a time when the economic and resource effects of the pandemic are still being felt. 

Funding can be used to cover costs associated with the resettlement of Afghan evacuees, including:

Aims/priorities: Funding is intended to support projects which go beyond simply celebrating, and create lasting change for communities in line with the NLCF's three priority areas:

Aims/priorities: Funding is intended to promote collaborative, cross-sectoral working which creates systemic change in the area of youth services. This includes making sure young people have access to:

Aims/priorities: The Lawrence Atwell's Charity aims to help young people free themselves from poverty and disadvantage by heading into the job they want. In line with this aim, its Charities Programme has been established to award grants to registered charities in England and Wales for projects to support young people to move into employment or become employment ready.

Who can apply? Applications will be accepted from registered charities and non-profit organisations based in England and Wales. To be eligible, applicants must:

In August, Henshaws launched an exciting new online learning platform service for business and professionals to access our award winning visual impairment awareness training.

Over 2 million people in the UK are currently living with sight loss, which is expected to rise to 2.9Miliion by 2030, making visual impairment awareness more important than ever before.

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The Social Enterprise Support Fund provides essential financial support to help social enterprises in England to rebuild and grow their income from trading, following the impact of COVID-19. 

The Social Enterprise Support Fund is focused on social enterprises supporting people facing increased social and economic challenges as a result of COVID-19. We will support them in evolving and growing sustainable community services, in the face of ongoing disruption from COVID-19. 

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The aim of this fund is to support projects that support skills and education development or promote sustainability in communities across the UK. Funding is for projects that align with the Foundation’s core pillars of corporate responsibility with the aim of supporting 'the many not the few'.

Who can apply? 

Proposed activities should cover at least one of the following key themes:

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The initial phase of the programme focuses on community businesses looking to learn how digital skills could help their business develop and grow. Other support areas will be included in the programme during 2022. The Powering Up programme will run for a total of four years with multiple rounds of funding.

The tailored support package for community businesses is worth up to £20,000 in total, and includes:

Aims/priorities: With a generous donation from Bupa Foundation, The Association of Mental Health Providers is proud to administer the first targeted grant-making element within the Mental Health Sustainability Programme; to support organisations who have a helpline element to be positively impacted with regards their sustainability at this stage in England’s pandemic response.

Helpline provison - A service providing non-face-to-face advice, support and information via phone, email, text, SMS or online.