Rochdale
Aims/priorities: Funded by Money Saving Expert, the MSE Charity gives grants to UK not-for-profit organisations that deliver activities which make a lasting impact on how people think, behave and manage their money.
There are two rounds per year. Four themes rotate through a two year cycle.
Aims/priorities: The funders support work that promotes human dignity and defends the human rights of marginalised and excluded people. They fund small to medium sized charities who work in three priority areas:
Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers - in this priority area, funding is available for charities which do any or all of the following:
Aims/priorities: The UK Community Tree Planting Programme supports projects that engage communities in planting and caring for native species of trees.
The Programme supports community projects that will:
Aims/priorities: The funding aims to support organisations and registered charities that provide assistance with the cost of holidays or respite breaks for disabled children (aged 3 to 17 years) with physical, mental, or emotional impairments. Funding is available for the costs associated with holidays and/or respite breaks. The holiday must be taken by the day preceding the child's 18th birthday.
Aims/priorities: the7stars foundation has been set up to support challenged and vulnerable young people in the UK. The grant funding is intended to support young people challenged by abuse and addiction, those who are young carers, and those who find themselves without a safe home.
Funding is intended to cover the costs of projects which:
Aims/priorities: The aim of the Fund is to promote equality and reduce health inequalities by building the evidence base about good practice, sharing lessons and widening the adoption of interventions with a proven track record. Each funding round focusses on a different theme. Previous rounds have focused on social prescribing, children’s and young people’s mental health and starting well.
The current round focuses on paediatric respiratory infections.
Funding is intended to:
Aims/priorities: The Foundation aims to benefit disadvantaged and disengaged young people in England and Wales, through funding charitable organisation that help them towards pathways into education, training and employment.
Funding is available for the following priority areas:
Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to support local VCSE (voluntary, community and social enterprise) organisations to raise awareness of cancer screening and possible symptoms and causes of cancer.
The funding is for events that help increase the awareness of cancer screening as well as boosting the numbers of people signing up as “Answer Cancer Champions” by running local level awareness-raising and recruitment events.
The focus is on three types of cancer:
**The funders are hosting a briefing event for this grants programme on Monday 6th September 14:00 - 15:00. Please click here to register.**
Aims/priorities: GMCVO have launched the second year of a grants programme to support people from communities of identity or experience, based in Greater Manchester, that may struggle to achieve high levels of mental wellbeing.
Following the success of year 1, a second year of the GM Mental Wellbeing grants programme has been agreed which will build on the lessons learned and successful projects delivered.
The communities identified are: