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Rochdale Borough - GMCA Community Grants Phase 2

Aims/priorities:

The Greater Manchester Community Grants programme has been developed to provide a mechanism to fund those organisations who are working with the hardest to reach residents in communities across GM, to support them to address their barriers and progress towards employment and skills opportunities.

GMCA have identified two initial strands of activity for which grants should be awarded during phase 2 of the programme. These are: 

Strategic Legal Fund

Aims/priorities: The Strategic Legal Fund (SLF) for migrant groups in the UK is a fund to support legal work in the UK that goes beyond securing justice for an individual and makes a significant contribution to law, practice and procedures to uphold and promote the rights of asylum seekers, refugees and migrants more generally.

The SLF aims to tackle injustices and inconsistencies in law and practice that disadvantage or discriminate against asylum seekers, refugees and migrants as a result of their migration status.

Co-op Local Community Fund

Aims/priorities: The Local Community Fund supports projects in its members’ communities that provide access to opportunities and resources to help people thrive. For the latest round, Co-op Members will decide how to invest £3.5m through the Local Community Fund. 

You can apply if your project helps people to thrive in one of the following ways:

Network Rail Community Tree Planting Fund

Aims/priorities: This fund aims to support community tree-planting projects that are well-planned, sustainable, and will directly benefit people and communities.  

Who can apply? The following can apply:

  • Local authorities.
  • Charities & other NGOs.
  • Community groups.
  • Education institutions.
  • Individual landowners.

Proposed projects must: 

Health Lottery Foundation Grants 2025

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended for voluntary organisations who are working to improve the health and wellbeing of people in their community.

The Foundation is taking a broad approach in the areas of work it supports because  the causes of poor health, loneliness and social exclusion are complicated. This means the type of projects that improve health and wellbeing outcomes are quite varied.

The funding is for work that address the following project themes:

BBC Children in Need Emergency Essentials Programme

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:

Islamic Relief UK Grants Programme

Aims/Priorities: This fund aims to support projects that empower and increase support for marginalised and vulnerable people and their communities across the following themes:

  • Build greater resilience to poverty.
  • Combat challenges faced by women.
  • Supporting refugees and asylum-seeking populations.
  • Promote and facilitate the development of young people and their families.

Who can apply? Organisations with charitable purposes can apply, such as:

Parkinson’s UK – Physical Activity Grants for Marginalised Communities 2025

Aims/Priorities: The funding is intended to help more people with Parkinson's from marginalised communities to get active and to engage in local physical activity classes.
 

The funding is for any innovative new projects that will help marginalised Parkinson's communities who are not currently accessing physical activity opportunities and local authorities with the highest levels of deprivation indicated by the Index of Multiple Deprivation in the UK (2019).

Who can apply? Applications will be accepted from:

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