Rochdale

Rochdale and District Mind aim to support people in Rochdale, Heywood, Middleton and the surrounding areas to develop and sustain good mental health and emotional wellbeing.

They are a recognised effective provider of services to support emotional health & wellbeing, which includes the provision of commissioned therapeutic services and hold BACP Service Accreditation.

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Part Time (14 hours per week)

Salary:£8,983.52 – £9,580.80 (Actual Annual Salary)

Location: Rochdale

Application closing date: Open until filled

Aims/priorities: The funding is expected to provide around 2,000 new defibrillators in community spaces across England.

This could include town halls, community centres, local shops, post offices and local parks, to ensure that defibrillators are evenly spread throughout communities and easily accessible if someone is experiencing an unexpected cardiac arrest.

Who can apply? Local community organisations, such as sports clubs, local theatres, community halls, etc., may register their interest now.

Aims/priorities: The funding is for creative projects that focus on heritage connecting people to historic places, specifically those people and places that are overlooked or underrepresented. The aim is to further the collective understanding of the past. There is particular interest in supporting community-led projects from groups and individuals that are not heritage organisations but can deliver heritage projects.

Projects need to:

Aims/priorities: The Save Our Wild Isles Community Fund, funded by Aviva and in partnership with the RSPB and WWF, is a £1 million fund to make it easier for communities across the UK to take action for nature in their local area.

This match funding scheme can support a wide range of nature projects, from creating community gardens and replanting wildlife meadows to protecting wildlife and promoting community connection to nature.

Who can apply? Applications will be accepted from one of the following types of organisations:

Aims/priorities:

The funder is seeking to work with organisations to understand how young people who are experiencing inequality view the climate emergency and what issues are most important to them. This could include practical environmental projects, carbon reduction initiatives, education and awareness work, or advocacy and campaigning.

Activities should be led by children and young people (up to the age of 25 years) and could include:

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to support innovative projects that will create a long-term difference in remote rural areas of the UK.

The RCF seeks to achieve the following outcomes through the programme:

Aims/priorities: Now in its sixth year, the funding is for women’s and girls’ organisations to deliver activism and campaigning to raise awareness of the issues women and girls face.

The campaigns could be targeted at local communities, the general public, local or national government, media, service providers or businesses.

Rosa will fund organisations which:

Aims/priorities: This is a refurbishment grant programme. It is for capital projects that will support the refurbishment and/or extension of accommodation for veterans.

The funding is for projects that will:

• Enable refurbishments of existing affordable homes for rent to veterans
• Enable refurbishments of sites that increase the availability of veteran housing
• Ensure properties meet decent homes and energy efficiency standards.

Priority will be given to:

Aims/priorities: The Dying Matters Community Grants Programme is provided by Hospice UK with support from Dignity Funerals which is a long-term supporter of the Dying Matters campaign.

Hospice UK’s Dying Matters campaign is working to create an open culture in which everyone is comfortable talking about death, dying and bereavement. Dying Matters’ vision is of an open culture that talks about death and where people feel able to listen and support those who are planning for end of life, who are dying, and who have been bereaved.

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The Job Gym's Introduction to Professional Services programme is completely Government funded and there are no charges.

Mantra Learning’s The Job Gym GM is now hosting bi-weekly information sessions to showcase our Volunteer Support Package.

These half-hour sessions are presented by me every other Thursday and can be accessed virtually or on-site.

It serves as a great introduction to the adult education funded training package which covers: