Rochdale

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The Churchill Fellowship is a unique opportunity to lead the change you want to see by exploring groundbreaking ideas and best practices in area you are passionate about. We will fund you to spend between 4-8 weeks meeting the innovators in your field anywhere in the world, whether in person or online. Following your research, we will help you to make a difference in your community or professional sector in the UK, offering ongoing support to turn your findings into real-world impact.

Aims/Priorities: The Trust views communication skills as critical capabilities for people who want to improve their employment prospects, self-confidence, resilience, and life chances.

The funding is for registered charities that are working to develop communication skills for people from disadvantaged groups who want to improve their employment prospects.

Aims/Priorities: This fund aims to support projects that will help increase early cancer diagnosis rates in communities that are at higher risk of a later-stage diagnosis. 

In Round Three, funding is for projects that will test practical interventions that may help improve early diagnosis rates as well as continue to learn about the barriers and challenges communities face when it comes to early diagnosis and accessing timely and appropriate healthcare.

Who can apply? To apply, groups must:

Aims/Priorities: This fund aims to provide charities and not-for-profit organisations with access to data protection consultancy advice and services that ensure they run efficiently, remain compliant with the law, and achieve the following outcomes:

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The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) grant funding tests the impact of high-potential projects aiming to raise the attainment and wider outcomes of 2–19 year-olds, particularly those from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

The EEF’s funding rounds now focus on particular topics, and projects will be funded within selected themes under these topics.

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Rochdale Borough has recently been awarded membership of the Sustainable Food Places as recognition for work, including the Borough full of Beans campaign. As part of this campaign, we want the people of the borough of Rochdale to eat more beans, lentils and legumes. That’s because they’re affordable, good for the environment, and amazing for your health.

Aims/priorities: CharityJob, the UK’s largest charity job board, has opened its annual charitable giving fund for applications.

Who can apply? To qualify for a ‘donation’, applicants must:

Aims/priorities: The BT Group Apprenticeship Fund aims to support SMEs, charities, and public sector organisations across England by providing access to £4 million in apprenticeship funding over four years.

The programme utilises the apprenticeship levy, a government initiative introduced in 2017, which requires companies with a wage bill exceeding £3 million to contribute 0.5% of their payroll to fund apprenticeships. Businesses can also transfer up to 50% of their unused levy to other organisations under new rules from April 2024.

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to support local community events that enhance and enrich the lives of people over the age of 55 to combat loneliness and sometimes isolation ensuring they stay fit, active, healthy and connected and contributing to their local communities.

Who can apply? Applications are accepted from small community groups and charities in the UK.

Priority will be given to applications that have a connection to, and are championed by, a local Home Instead office.

To be eligible, applicants must: