Rochdale
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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**
Aims/priorities:
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 Powering Local Businesses programme is delivered through a partnership between Enterprise Nation and EDF Small Business and supported by Square. The Powering Local Businesses Business Resilience Grant provides £25,000 in funding to support 25 small businesses, with each successful applicant receiving a grant to invest in practical improvements that strengthen business resilience.
Aims/priorities: The Paddle Trust, founded as the Canoe Foundation in 1986 and rebranded in 2025, is a UK wide foundation which raises money for and directly funds projects across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It relies on donations to support their projects.
The funding is intended for projects across the UK that will:
Aims/Priorities: The Migrant Destitution Fund is intended to provide a lifeline for people in Greater Manchester who are destitute because they have no leave to remain in the UK.
This could be, for example:
Aims/Priorities: The Trust has a Christian basis and is concerned with the development of body, mind and spirit, a just environment, and international goodwill. The Trust emphasises prevention rather than alleviation of human suffering by addressing the following priorities:
Aims/Priorities: The Trust aims to help individuals and groups of exceptional ability who would not be able to carry out an artistic project or activity without financial support, particularly those who are at an early stage in their careers.
Who can apply: Applications are accepted on behalf of individuals (over the age of 21) and groups who are practitioners or performers in the Arts. Proposed grantees must be in real need of financial support and be particularly able and/or gifted.
Aims/Priorities: Grants are available for UK registered charities working in the UK in the areas of participation in the performing arts, creative health interventions, and heritage crafts and skills. The funding is for charitable work in the UK that addresses the objectives of the Trust, which are:
The focus is on projects that increase access for communities that face barriers to opportunity.
Aims/Priorities: The Foundation provides grant funding in the following areas: