Tameside

The This is What an Activist Looks Like in Tameside video was commissioned by the Greater Manchester Older People’s Network and supported by Tameside Council, Population Health, Talking About my Generation, Ambition for Ageing, Spirit of Manchester, Age Friendly Tameside and the National Lottery Community Fund.

Aims/priorities: The purpose of the Youth Music Trailblazer Fund is to provide support for organisations delivering projects that help children and young people facing barriers to make, learn or earn in music. The fund is designed to support organisations who want to trial work for the first time, test a new way of working, or disrupt the status quo.

Who can apply? Constituted community organisations based in England may apply.

The fund has a particular focus on supporting:

Aims/priorities: The Community Fund is a joint R4GM and SUEZ initiative to support Greater Manchester community and voluntary sector groups to deliver projects that help to reduce household waste in Greater Manchester. 

Who can apply? Any charity, community, voluntary and faith groups, schools, colleges, universities or not for profit organisations can apply

Aims/priorities: The England Illegal Money Lending Team has funding available for groups that want to raise awareness of the issues of illegal money lending. The aim of this funding is to give groups the opportunity to raise awareness of the issue, in their community in a different way.

Delivered by England Illegal Money Lending Team (IMLT), the funding has come from the proceeds of crime taken from convicted illegal money lenders.

Grants of £5,000 are on offer for project which:

Aims/priorities: Grants are available for registered charities in the North West of England working to provide greater opportunities for and improve the lives of children, the elderly and the disabled and their carers.  The Trustees are also willing to consider particular needs caused by the Covid19 pandemic and by adapting to new ways of working. Grants are not made to individuals. Grants are not generally made for salaries or other recurring costs. Applications from charities in successive years are not viewed favourably.

Aims/priorities: The programme views enabling technology as a vital element of supporting older people to remain as independent as possible in their own homes and communities. The fund is looking for practical, holistic solutions and supporting services that can enable people to achieve better, personalised outcomes effectively and efficiently within local communities

Who can apply? UK-based organisations are eligible to apply. Applicants might include:

Aims/priorities: The first round of 2022 provides grants to young carers/young adult carers. In recognition of the huge impact the pandemic has had on children and young people across the UK, especially that those with caring responsibilities are disproportionately affected, the Trust has focused its funding on providing support to young carers and young adult carers to address learning gaps linked to the pandemic.

Aims/priorities: The fund is designed to help open up access to sustainable careers in music for people aged 18-25, particularly those who are underrepresented; and to support creative employers to innovate and incubate new and diverse talent.

Who can apply? Applications will be accepted from organisations that:

Aims/priorities: Grants for previous Wolfson grant holders to undertake basic refurbishment and maintenance works that have a clear emphasis on enhancing the sustainability of buildings, improving energy efficiency and reducing ongoing cost.

Who can apply? 

All applicants must have been awarded a capital grant from the Wolfson Foundation before January 2020.

Applications will be accepted from

Aims/priorities: Benefact Trust (formerly known as Allchurches Trust) is offering grants to Christian charities and organisations throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland to provide increased mental health support for people and communities in need regardless of faith.

The Brighter Lives Mental Health Programme will enable Christian churches, cathedrals, denominational bodies, and charities to respond to the mental health crisis exacerbated by COVID-19 through greater training, resources, and support.

Funding is for projects that: