Rochdale

Aims/priorities: An opportunity has arisen at Rochdale Borough Council within the Public Health Team for an individual, an organisation, or collaboration to develop a programme of training and development to enhance the behavioural science expertise of Rochdale council and partners.

We envisage a multi-phased approach to developing our behavioural science expertise.

Phase 1

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Groups who are based in the Rochdale Borough can apply for up to £2,000 for specific food only projects that will support food security during the winter months. All projects must be in addition to any support you are currently offering. Some examples include:

In July 2019, Rochdale Borough Council declared a Climate Emergency. Climate change affects weather and can cause severe weather events. For Rochdale borough, climate change means more periods of water shortages and more frequent and intense storms increasing flooding events. In March 2022, Rochdale Borough Council published its Climate Change Strategy and Delivery Plan. The plan identifies the urgent action needed to achieve environmental sustainability.

Action Together have secured some investment to curate an anti-racism programme for VCFSE sector across the Rochdale borough.  This programme will include funded projects, a collaborative learning program, borough-wide campaigns/awareness raising, and events to increase connections between services.

As part of this programme, we aim to fund 5 organisations £10,000 each to deliver projects that support the Emotional Health & Wellbeing of Communities Effected by Racial Inequality.  We expect these projects to run from January 2023 – June 2023.

Aims/priorities: Rochdale Borough Council have received Section 31 grant funding for additional investment in substance misuse treatment. Part of this includes funding to support the development and expansion of recovery community and peer support networks to increase the visibility of recovery and support social integration.

Applications should meet at least one of the following priorities:

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Applicants must be able to show that they are addressing the need in their community and working towards the outcomes of the programme. They must be in a position to deliver the programme during the School Christmas holidays.

**Closed for applications**

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Respond

We recognise that community action continues to take place across the Borough in response to the pandemic.  We value voluntary, community, faith-based and social enterprise sector organisations, mutual aid groups and individuals supporting communities through their action. We want to encourage and support this action. 

Repair

At Action Together we recognise community action is taking place across the boroughs of Oldham, Rochdale and Tameside & Glossop, and we want to encourage and support this action. 

We are delighted to let you know that we are launching a Community Response Fund that is available for Oldham, Rochdale and Tameside & Glossop groups from the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector working on a COVID-19 Community Response and meet either of these priorities:

Aims/Priorities: The programme aims to identify and fund local organisations in Tameside to gather feedback from the people they support about NHS services in the area. The goal is to understand experiences and barriers, so health services can improve and reduce health inequalities. Although the scope for this funding is broad, groups may wish to explore themes related to experiences of urgent care or prevention.

The grant will have a specific focus on the following groups, while also being inclusive of other demographic and populations:

Aims/Priorities: The funding is intended to support in-person, digital or hybrid activity including exchanges, residencies, partnership development, co-creation and networking, with priority given to applications experimenting with innovative models of international collaboration.

Who can apply? Applications will be accepted from creative sector organisations and individuals based in one of the four nations of the UK.