Rochdale
Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to help Armed Forces families access good-quality early childhood education and childcare provision that is located close to where they are living or serving.
Who can apply? Applications will be accepted from:
Aims/priorities: This funding round forms part of a wider YEF programme of funding, evaluation and research over the next three years on what works to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls (VAWG).
Aims/priorities: The funding is for UK-based visual art education projects that creatively engage audiences with the process of making and exploration of materials.
The aim is to support exploratory projects that embrace openness, collaboration and iteration, enabling organisations 'to work in an expansive way with materials, unpicking and challenging preconceptions about making and material literacy, interrogating practice and working in an open and collaborative way'.
Aims/priorities: BBC Children in Need Emergency Essentials Programme supports children and young people who are facing exceptionally difficult circumstances. This Fund is administered by Family Fund Business Services.
This programme provides items for the most basic needs of vulnerable children and young people who may be:
Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to provide solutions and support for partners of serving personnel, including reservists, to reduce the challenges that service life can sometimes present.
The direct and primary beneficiaries must be current non-serving partners of currently serving personnel or reservists only. Indirect beneficiaries will be the wider family or serving person who will benefit from their partner's improved well-being.
Projects needed to address one or more of the following outcomes:
The idea for Heywood Uniform Hub began in January 2026, when Claire Yardley contacted Action Together with a vision to create a local space where good-quality school uniforms could be donated, reused and redistributed free of charge. The project was driven by a desire to help local families access affordable school clothing while reducing unnecessary waste. Alongside the existing online service, they hoped the Hub would offer an additional way for the community to come together, support one another and make a positive environmental impact.
Heywood Uniform Hub is proving that small acts of kindness can have a big impact. By providing free, good-quality school uniforms to local families, the Hub helps ease financial pressures while ensuring children have what they need to thrive at school. At the same time, by giving pre-loved uniforms a second life, the initiative is helping to reduce waste and keep perfectly usable clothing out of landfill, supporting a more sustainable future for everyone.
The vision for the Hub was simple: to create a welcoming, community-based space where families in Heywood could browse and choose good-quality school uniforms free of charge. Through conversations with local families, it became clear that there was a strong demand for a physical hub where parents and children could view uniforms in person and select items that best met their needs.
Claire highlighted that this is particularly important for children with disabilities, autism and other forms of neurodiversity. For many of these children, comfort is a key consideration, and being able to see, touch and try different fabrics can make a significant difference. Some children may also require multiple sets of uniform throughout the year due to wear and tear, making access to affordable replacement items especially valuable for families.
To help meet this need, Heywood Uniform Hub Uniform Hub has now partnered with St Luke's Church to establish a drop-in service within the church over the school summer holidays. Open to all families, the Hub aims to provide a welcoming and inclusive environment where everyone can access support with dignity, while helping to remove any stigma that can sometimes be associated with receiving assistance.
With support from Action Together, the project received an initial Seed Fund grant of £500 to help establish the Hub. The funding was used to purchase practical items such as storage boxes and clothing rails, creating a well-organised space where donated uniforms can be stored, displayed and easily accessed by local families.
If you can help with any of the above,check out their Facebook page HERE, or drop a line to: heywooduniformhub@gmail.com
Get in touch with our Community Development Teams in either Oldham, Rochdale or Tameside. We're here to help turn ideas into action, and we can support you with our wealth of experience. Call 0161 339 2345 or email development@actiontogether.org.uk
Aims/priorities: History in the Making is a grant that enables underrepresented young people (aged 13-25) to discover, engage, and connect with their local stories and ensure the history that matters to them is not forgotten. Using different art forms, from artworks and murals to immersive walking trails and theatre productions, young people decide who and what to celebrate and how best to do it. Successful applicants will work directly with young people out-of-school hours in areas of high social deprivation.
The aims of the project are:
Aims/priorities: The Fund is designed to support organisations to move beyond basic awareness of trauma and embed trauma-responsive environments within their services, systems, and setting
All proposals must align with at least one of the priorities below. Strong applications will demonstrate a clear understanding of trauma‑informed principles, explain how these principles will be applied in practice, and set out robust outcome measures to show meaningful improvements in wellbeing and resilience.
Aims/priorities: This programme has a focus on supporting adults who are currently within the asylum process.
Aims/priorities: The UK Government has opened Round 12 of the Green Heat Network Fund (GHNF), a £288 million capital grant programme supporting the transition to low-carbon heat networks. Public, private and third sector organisations in England and Wales can access capital grant funding to help new and existing heat networks move to low and zero carbon technologies, such as heat pumps, solar and geothermal energy.
The scheme's objectives are to:
