Rochdale

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Thanks to funding from Rochdale Borough Council Public Health team, Action Together is offering investment to help the VCFSE groups provide emergency and immediate food offers, as well as investing in supporting the longer-term sustainability of our borough’s food providers. 

As there are limited funds, we will be prioritising applications who are already part of our Food Solution Network or can show how they will work collaboratively with this Network going forward.

Rochdale Communities Fund

The Rochdale Communities Fund is a mutual fund to invest in and strengthen Rochdale Borough’s VCFSE sector. It funds groups and projects which directly benefit local people and communities, delivered by VCFSE organisations with roots in the borough.  

Action Together doesn’t just provide funding to our members, we can also support you to develop your project idea, develop or grow your organisation, recruit volunteers, find other funding opportunities, training, demonstrate the difference you make, and more.  

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Thanks to funding from Rochdale Borough Council Public Health team, Action Together is offering micro grants of up to £1,000 to help the VCFSE sector to support individuals, families and communities in the Rochdale Borough. 

As there are limited funds, we will be prioritising applications from micro and small groups to our micro grants. 

Your project must fall within one or more of the following priorities: 

1. Challenging poverty and driving equality  

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The UK Government’s £150 million, four-year Community Ownership Fund is accepting full applications which are open to groups that have been successful with their Expression of Interest. Groups that have not submitted an expression of interest and want to apply for this round must submit their expression of interest before 11 September 2023.

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Thanks to funding from Rochdale Borough Council Public Health, Action Together is offering grants of up to £500 to help support individuals, families and communities currently experiencing hardship as a result of cost of living increases by providing Winter Warmer Packs.

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This year has seen a massive rise in fuel bills and in inflation this year, resulting in a cost of living crisis. This has generated great hardship for many of the borough’s residents, particularly those on the lowest household incomes who were already under great pressure.

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Rochdale Local Pilot is funded by Sport England and delivered by charitable trust and leisure provider, Your Trust. Data from the 2018 Active Lives Survey identified Rochdale as the most inactive borough in Greater Manchester. In response to this, over the past three years, the Local Pilot programme has been working to increase physical activity and ‘moving more’ within the borough, particularly among those who move the least. 

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

Aims/priorities:

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.