Tameside

Aims/priorities: The key objective of the Challenge Fund 2 is to produce products or resources which can be utilised by local areas to support a greater number of families at risk of parental conflict, including through digital support offers. The Challenge Fund 2 will build upon the evidence and learnings from Phase 1 of the Reducing Parental Conflict Programme (including the first Challenge Fund) and to help fill evidence gaps.

Up to £3.6 million is available in total for initiatives that will generate evidence in the following two strands:

Aims/priorities: Funding is intended to support communities to campaign and advocate to make food in their area better for people and the planet. Grants should be used to deliver projects which support communities to address food and climate injustice in their local areas.

Activities could include:

Aims/priorities: The Charles Plater Trust is an independent charitable organisation that makes grants to a wide range of religious and non-religious organisations, people, and groups, supporting leadership, social action, and applied research projects across England and Wales. 

The funding will cover the following types of activity:

Leadership for Laypeople

Aims/priorities: The priorities of the Main and Small Grants schemes are to:

Aims/priorities: The fund has been set up to support Smart Energy GB's work to help everyone in Great Britain understand smart meters, the national rollout and how to use the new meters to get their gas and electricity under control. 

The funding is available to organisations that can help engage people and communities across Britain with information about how to get and use smart meters. It is especially aimed at projects that can reach those who may face barriers to getting a smart meter.

Aims/priorities: This grant programme has been launched by Sustain as part of its Food for the Planet project.

Funding is intended to support communities to campaign and advocate to make food in their area better for people and the planet.

Who can apply? Sustainable Food Partnerships, local authorities and community or campaign groups in the UK may apply.

Grant amount: Up to £5,000 are available.

Can you become a Miles of Smiles volunteer driver?

Miles of Smiles is a community transport scheme operating for use by residents of Tameside where volunteer drivers use their own cars and the Miles of Smiles wheelchair accessible vehicle to take people to and from health and wellbeing appointments. Drivers are not paid for their time but there is a charge to cover running costs. This charge is paid direct to the driver and should not include tips.

This year’s Tameside Toy Appeal has been another success due to the work from our amazing volunteers, our Tameside communities, Children’s Centres, local businesses and of course the generous donations of toys and gifts from Tameside residents. Watch the Toy Appeal Video here.

Special thanks to our partners, Tameside Radio and Reporter and Tameside Council’s Children Centres’ who work tirelessly to make Tameside Toy Appeal as success each year.

Aims/priorities: Locala’s Community Fund supports not for profit and community groups in Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Stockport, Tameside, Wigan and Leigh, with grants of up to £1,500. Funding is allocated to projects that align with Locala’s Thrive Strategy, which aims to ‘support people to thrive where they live’.  The Fund forms part of Locala’s commitment as a social enterprise, - reinve

Aims/priorities: Grants are available to local not-for-profit groups that are building the power of their community and campaigning for long-term change in the UK. Funding is intended to support community organisers who are tackling injustice and inclusion.

Who can apply? The fund is open to not-for-profit organisations with a turnover of less than £250,000 that are: