Tameside

Aims/priorities: £100k in grants will be available through this year’s Greater Together Foundation Resilience Fund. These will be distributed on a commissioning basis with our Community Investment Team’s Community and Partnership Managers managing the allocation of funds for their regions.

The Community and Partnership Managers will help to identify community organisations that are eligible for the fund and provide guidance with their application if required.

Aims/priorities: Hate incidents and Hate Crime divides communities, creates a culture of fear, makes people’s lives a misery and are a common occurrence every day that are under reported.  Hatred, intimidation and abuse because of their belief, protected character or identity should not be tolerated by anyone and by Tackling Hate Together we can understand cultures and difference.

Aims/priorities: The Hinrichsen Foundation offers grants to support organisations and individuals undertaking projects to promote music.

Who can apply? Individuals, organisations and charities in the UK are eligible to apply.

Grant amount: There are two levels of funding available:

• One-off small grants typically between £500 and £2,500 (for new applicants and former beneficiaries).
• Larger projects or concert series generally £2,000 and over.

Multi-year partnerships may be considered.

Aims/priorities: The fund aims to increase sustainability in social sector organisations by supporting them to deliver projects which build organisational stability and resilience to deliver.

Examples of the kind of project which would be match funded include:

Refurbishment of premises to better serve the community and increase delivery capacity.

Development of a new service or product to bring in additional revenue.

Investment in current activity to allow growth or expansion of services.

Aims/priorities:

The Fund supports efforts to achieve social, economic and environmental justice and to end imbalances in wealth and power. It also gives people a say in where the money goes and is an alternative fund for those who struggle to get funding elsewhere.

In recognition of the cost of living crisis, Edge Fund supports mutual aid groups i.e. those focusing on covering immediate needs whilst recognising and organising against the systems that cause these inequalities in the first place.

Aims/priorities: Funding is intended to support people of colour in the UK who want to create and deliver a new cultural project.

The programme supports creativity in all its forms, including poetry, paintings, fashion, zines, music, food, flowers, photographs, workshops, events or something else completely.

Who can apply? Applications are open to UK-based individuals, aged over 18, who and identify as a person of colour (Black, Asian, Brown and/or part of the Global Majority).

Aims/priorities:

The funding is intended to support people from the following groups move toward paid employment:

• The recently homeless or vulnerably housed.
• Ex-offenders.
• Young people (16-24 years old) not in employment, education or training (NEET).

Who can apply?

Applications are accepted from the following:

Aims/priorities: The funding is designed to provide support to grassroots football organisations working with children under the age of 18 to enable them to continue to deliver activities that allow local young people to take part.

Who can apply? Applications are open to grassroots football clubs across the UK. Groups must be constituted and have a governing document and safeguarding policy in place.

Only one application per organisation will be accepted.

Aims/priorities: This fund aims to support the provision of cycle parking across Greater Manchester. Funding will support the installation and improvement of a range of cycle parking facilities that enable and encourage people to travel more by bike, including but not limited to staff, pupils, residents, patients, and visitors.

Who can apply? The following can apply:

Small businesses with: