Rochdale

**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 funding is for programmes and projects that: 

Aims/priorities:  LEF is working to create new connections between the law and communities facing injustice with a focus on using the law to promote human rights and tackle inequality in the UK. 

The funding is aimed at organisations that are accountable to their communities and committed to using the law to influence wider change

Aims/priorities:  The Macmillan Q Lab will be a collective effort to rethink how care is designed and delivered – reducing inequities and improving experiences for people with cancer in underserved communities across the UK.

The funding is for 4 to 6 teams and 15 to 18 individuals from across the UK to come up with a solution to the question: "How might we reimagine holistic cancer care closer to people's homes?" 

Teams:

Aims/priorities:  The funding is for not-for-profit organisations to undertake further research to establish the viability of their proposed housing and support solution. Where a feasibility study demonstrates a viable and impactful housing model, Commonweal may work with partners to develop a multi-year property-based pilot project.​ This may include acquiring suitable properties and supporting project mobilisation, independent evaluation and wider dissemination of learning.

Aims/priorities: Based in Bradford, the supermarket chain Morrisons established the Morrisons Foundation in 2015 to support local good causes across Great Britain. The Foundation, a charity registered in England, Wales and Scotland, receives its funding from a number of different sources. 

The Connecting Communities fund is for capital projects that make a difference to people's lives, by improving infrastructure development and shared spaces. Projects should:

Aims/priorities: In response to the cost-of-living crisis and the likelihood of electricity safety being compromised by financial concerns, the Electrical Safety Fund, provided and administered by Electrical Safety First, will help fund electrical safety initiatives through partnerships working at a local level. 

This fund aims to support projects that focus on tackling risks associated with electrical products, increasing the public's awareness of electrical safety, and promoting changes in behaviour to keep people safe in their homes.

Aims/priorities: The Trust currently offers the following grant schemes:

• Community Grants are for constituted, not-for-profit organisations and local authorities to create or improve community buildings or outside spaces for the benefit of the community.
   
• Habitat and Biodiversity Grants are for constituted, not-for-profit organisations that are enrolled with ENTRUST to support structural improvements to a single habitat, such as a waterway, woodland, or nature reserve.

The funder is looking for projects that:

Aims/priorities: The new Maternity Equity Fund is part of the Henry Smith Foundation Getting Started programme, which supports early intervention from conception up to and including birth, helping give babies and families the best start in life.