Rochdale

Aims/priorities: The Trust views communication skills as critical capabilities for people who want to improve their employment prospects, self-confidence, resilience, and life chances.

The funding is for registered charities that are working to develop communication skills for people from disadvantaged groups who want to improve their employment prospects.

Aims/priorities: The Pet Rescue Grant is a new fund provided and administered by Naturewatch Foundation, a registered animal welfare charity whose mission is to end animal cruelty and advance animal welfare standards.

The Foundation is offering £5,000 to help frontline animal welfare services in the UK to provide a second chance to pets who have been exploited for profit.

The grant can be used for things such as:

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended help early-stage musicians and wider music adjacent creatives to invest in their own projects and make their ideas happen. The fund is especially aimed at those whose lack of finance holds them back from pursuing their goals.

Who can apply? Applications will be accepted from 18-25 year old creatives (under-30s who identify as d/Deaf or disabled) in the UK who lack the finance to develop their creative project or idea.

Aims/priorities: A package of funding support including grants and loans from the Recovery Loan Fund are available for Black and Racially Minoritised charities and social enterprises based in England who are improving people's lives or the environment they live in. 

Who can apply? Eligible organisations must:

Aims/priorities: The objectives of the Foundation are to support the repair and conservation of rural historic buildings and structures located in England and Wales, including where appropriate their gardens, grounds and outbuildings

Funding is intended to support projects which are ready to proceed (i.e. can be started within 1-2 years) but which either do not qualify for funding from any of the mainstream sources or have been awarded only partial funding and require significant further funds to complete the resource package.

Aims/priorities: The Talent Development Network is PRS Foundation's new approach to funding organisations, consolidating existing support into one holistic programme for organisations working at the frontline of talent development.

The programme offers:

Aims/priorities: We know communities and grassroots groups have been impacted by the ongoing Cost of Living crisis. Even if the peak of the crisis has passed, many groups continue to experience a rise in demand for their services at the same time as a decline in income and rising costs. The Cost of Living Grant is for groups whose main activities are supporting some of the most vulnerable members of our society by providing them with the essentials, or simply providing a safe warm and welcoming space for those struggling to heat their homes during the winter.

Aims/priorities: The Asda Foundation believes that groups supporting under 18s are particularly in need of our support. The Under 18s Better Starts Grant is designed to support a broad range of activities for this age group, all of which can contribute towards empowering local community groups and improving the lives of children in the local area. This grant is for groups who support solely under 18s in your community (for example, school holiday clubs and youth groups).

Aims/priorities: The Asda Foundation is committed to supporting local communities through grant giving and we believe it takes a whole community working together to improve people's lives. The Empowering Local Communities Grant is designed to support a broad range of activities helping to strengthen local communities.

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The Voicescape Community Fund welcomes applications from grassroots community groups based in any of the ten boroughs of Greater Manchester. The Fund will focus on projects which support those most affected by the cost-of-living crisis, as well as projects that provide education and skills development.

Local groups understand how they can best work in their communities, so we don’t want to limit the type of request you can make as long as they meet one of the following fund priorities: