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The Adamson Trust

Aims/priorities: The funding aims to support organisations and registered charities that provide assistance with the cost of holidays or respite breaks for disabled children (aged 3 to 17 years) with physical, mental, or emotional impairments. Funding is available for the costs associated with holidays and/or respite breaks. The holiday must be taken by the day preceding the child's 18th birthday.

Peter Cruddas Foundation

Aims/priorities: The Foundation aims to benefit disadvantaged and disengaged young people in England and Wales, through funding charitable organisation that help them towards pathways into education, training and employment. 

Funding is available for the following priority areas:

Greater Manchester Answer Cancer Fund

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to support local VCSE (voluntary, community and social enterprise) organisations to raise awareness of cancer screening and possible symptoms and causes of cancer. 

The funding is for events that help increase the awareness of cancer screening as well as boosting the numbers of people signing up as “Answer Cancer Champions” by running local level awareness-raising and recruitment events.

The focus is on three types of cancer:

GM Mental Wellbeing grants

Aims/priorities: GMCVO have launched the second year of a grants programme to support people from communities of identity or experience, based in Greater Manchester, that may struggle to achieve high levels of mental wellbeing.

Following the success of year 1, a second year of the GM Mental Wellbeing grants programme has been agreed which will build on the lessons learned and successful projects delivered.

The communities identified are:

Walkers and Comic Relief: Smiles Fund

Aims/priorities: The Smiles Fund is the result of a partnership between Comic Relief and Walkers to improve wellbeing and tackle disadvantage in the UK. 

Funding is intended to support early intervention and community-based approaches which use participation in the arts and comedy to:

The Prince's Countryside Fund

Aims/priorities: The Prince’s Countryside Fund (PCF) exists to support thriving rural communities with farming at their heart. The Fund is supported by the People's Postcode Lottery and the NFU Mutual Charitable Trust. The funding is intended to support innovative projects across the UK that will provide a lasting legacy to the individuals and communities they seek to benefit. 

The funding is for projects that address either of the following programmes:

Hong Kong British Nationals (Overseas) Welcome Programme - Regional VCSE Grant Scheme

**The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is running two events on 10 and 11 August to talk about the grant schemes in more detail. Register here**

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to support British National (Overseas) status holders and their eligible family members with the opportunity to come to the UK to live, study and work, on a pathway to citizenship. 

The Welcome Programme aims to:

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