Rochdale

Aims/priorities: This fund aims to strengthen Black-led leadership in the UK research ecosystem by helping organisations to grow sustainably, strengthen governance and leadership, boost operational readiness, improve financial resilience, and build long-term impact. 

Who can apply? The following can apply:

Aims/priorities: Funding is intended to support ambitious, long-term projects that strengthen food systems, tackle the root causes of food insecurity and work with nature to create lasting change. 

Projects must work towards systems change in the way that:

Aims/Priorities: This small grant programme is designed to help identify and fund local VCFSE (Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise) organisations in Tameside, to gather feedback from the people they support about NHS services in the area.

The aim 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. 

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.

Aims/Priorities: The funding aims to support projects which specifically address the needs set out in the Trust's latest funding window and fall under the broad objective of promoting and implementing sustainable development.

The theme for the current (January to February 2026) funding round is marine conservation.

Aims/Priorities: The objectives of the Trust are:

Aims/Priorities: The Windrush Day Grant Scheme is part of the Government's work to create more resilient communities, where different religions, cultures and opinions are celebrated, underpinned by a shared set of values that champion tolerance, freedom and equality of opportunity.

Aims/Priorities: This is a new phase of Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s Communities Against Gambling Harms programme, to support community action to reduce gambling harm and to help more VCSE organisations start conversations with people at risk of gambling related harm.

By targeting organisations not traditionally focused on gambling harm but those working to address inequalities, we hope to build on existing community assets, staff networks and community groups to develop a community-led movement to address gambling harms in Greater Manchester.

Aims/Priorities: Groundwork, in partnership with the Postcode Local Trust, Postcode Places Trust, and Postcode Society Trust, is offering grants of between £500 and £2,000 for small grassroots organisations that work to make a positive difference in local communities, particularly those working to support marginalised or vulnerable groups.

Funding is to support the work of groups that provide vital services in their local communities, such as:

Aims/Priorities: The aim of this programme is to pilot a small number of grants to organisations to provide additional capacity to review their governance, strategic growth, maturity of impact measurement and financial resilience, to ensure they are better equipped to support their beneficiary cohort. 

All projects must meet this overarching aim and the following programme outcome: