Tameside

Aims/priorities: The Second Act Entrepreneur Fund provides grants to entrepreneurs aged 40 and over. The programme is intended to support people who have started a business or are planning to start one and provides grant funding alongside business coaching from Hatch Enterprise.

Applicants are asked to explain why they started their business, or why they want to start one, and how they would use the grant. Applications are assessed against the viability of the business, evidence of demand and plans for future growth.

Aims/priorities: The Foundation aims to make a difference to the lives of older people and other adults with a physical, learning or mental disability; supporting practical solutions that lead to increased personal independence, self-sufficiency and dignity.

The aim of this fund is on connecting or re-connecting people with others in their local community. Applications that combat loneliness and enable people to be active and engaged will receive highest priority.

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Funding and specialist support are available for UK social entrepreneurs to help them develop as social leaders, and to start up or grow their idea for a social venture.

UnLtd is committed to allocating 50% of its Awards to Black, Asian and minority ethnic social entrepreneurs and/or disabled social entrepreneurs across its programmes.

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Blooming Genius was created by Genius Within C.I.C. as part of its social-impact work to support neurodivergent children and young people. The initiative focuses on grassroots organisations and communities that may have limited access to information and support around neurodiversity.

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The Strategic Legal Fund (SLF) for migrant groups in the UK is a fund to support legal work in the UK that goes beyond securing justice for an individual and makes a significant contribution to law, practice and procedures to uphold and promote the rights of asylum seekers, refugees and migrants more generally.

The SLF aims to tackle injustices and inconsistencies in law and practice that disadvantage or discriminate against asylum seekers, refugees and migrants as a result of their migration status.

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Grants are available through the Pathways to Work Innovation Fund to test new and innovative approaches that support disabled people and people with long-term health conditions to move towards, enter, stay and progress in work.

The fund aims to build evidence about what works and for whom, with tested approaches expected to generate learning that can inform future services. Funded projects should have potential for their approaches to be adopted, replicated or scaled more widely.

Aims/priorities: Grants are available to prepayment meter and credit account British Gas customers and customers of other suppliers who are facing fuel poverty and have received money advice/guidance within the last six months.

The funding is intended for British Gas customers (and eligible customers of other suppliers) who are struggling with their energy bills and need help to pay off their energy debt.

The British Gas Energy Trust is interested in funding applications where the applicant can show a sustainable position moving forwards.

Aims/priorities: Grants are available to create opportunities for research, innovation and transformative projects in the archive sector in England and Wales.

The funding is intended to prepare the archives sector for the future, in an uncertain world. The funder will invest in the skills of the archives sector workforce; in research, to lead innovation in technology and archival practice; and in engagement, to connect archives with changing societies in places across England and Wales.

Aims/priorities: The Project Grants scheme is part of the 'Spaces, Places and Belonging' Community Hub launched in early 2026. This is a new national programme led by The National Archives in partnership with Leeds Museums & Galleries, the National Library of Wales, and the Community Archives & Heritage Group. 

Aims/priorities: The England Illegal Money Lending Team (known as Stop Loan Sharks) currently has grants available, using money confiscated from convicted loan sharks. Instead of benefiting criminals, these funds are being reinvested into communities to help protect people from illegal lenders and prevent future harm. Illegal lenders, or loan sharks, lend money without having authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority. They often give loans with no paperwork and can add huge charges or use violence and intimidation, to ensure you keep paying them.