Tameside

Aims/priorities: Funding is intended to improve maternal safety and outcomes of women and girls by supporting the development of services which address issues such as obstetric violence, female genital mutilation/cutting, domestic violence, coercion, financial abuse and pregnancy informed by previous sexual or physical trauma

Who can apply? Charities, Community Interest Companies, not-for-profit groups and grassroots movements may apply, providing they can demonstrate:

Aims/priorities: The Maintenance Fund provides six-year tapered grants to help football clubs enhance or sustain the quality of their grass pitches.

Who can apply? All applicants must have the required security of tenure and have received a PitchPower Pitch Assessment Report. To be eligible for this fund the applicant must own the freehold, have an uninterruptible lease of 10 years, have a licence for 10 years or have the written consent of the landowner.

Eligible organisations include:

Aims/priorities: The funding is for projects that will improve accessibility to waterways and facilities thereby enabling greater use of them. There is particular interest in enabling enhanced participation in paddle sports for all people.

Aims/priorities: This fund aims to support UK-based registered charities to deliver projects and activities that make a positive contribution to people’s lives through the arts. Funding will support projects and activities that engage young people in the arts, skills development in the arts and heritage sector, and projects that support local and regional arts organisations and museums.

Who can apply? UK-registered charities with an annual turnover of less than £3 million can apply.

Aims/priorities: The aim of the funding is to support charities and social enterprises who are helping young people from ethnic minority and socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds into work.

Who can apply? To be eligible to apply, organisations must:

• Be a registered charity or social enterprise working in the UK.
• Have an income of at least £100,000 in the last independently examined set of accounts.

Be supporting at least 50 young people per year into employment-focused programmes who are:

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to support projects which benefit the local community and environment, children and young people, mainstream schools and education, special needs education and people with disabilities.

Who can apply? The following organisations are eligible to apply:

Aims/priorities: 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: Grants of up to £5,000 are available.

Application process: Full guidelines and an online application form can be found on the Sustain website