Rochdale

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The objective of the fund is to support Armed Forces Day events across the UK to show support for our servicemen and women, past and present.

Armed Forces Day events can come in any size or shape, from national and regional celebrations, local events organised by councils, ex-Service organisations, community groups and schools. Parades of veterans, cadets and/or currently serving personnel are very popular, as are presentations of veterans' badges.

In the past, other ideas for activities have included the following:

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This fund aims to achieve the following objectives:

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The Stagecoach Greater Manchester Fund aims to encourage and support grassroots community organisations. This means small, community-based and locally controlled groups that manage themselves, encourage people to get involved as volunteers and who just need a bit of financial help to be able to work with their community in the way they’d like.

Who can apply:

The Stagecoach Greater Manchester Fund welcomes applications from grassroots community groups based in Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale and Tameside.

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This fund aims to support projects that will help increase early cancer diagnosis rates in communities that are at higher risk of a later-stage diagnosis and will educate and raise awareness of the early signs and symptoms of specific cancers, engage their communities in conversations around these cancers, and how to access timely healthcare.

Funding is for projects that support early cancer diagnosis amongst groups that are at higher risk of later-stage detection and diagnosis:

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The foundation makes grants to projects which support young people (16 years and under) who are challenged by abuse or addiction, who are young carers, or who are homeless/without a safe place to call home.

Funding is offered across the following streams:

Project grants to cover the costs of projects which:

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The Energiser Fund aims to celebrate and energise creative practice with 2-4-year-olds. Centring children’s voices, views, and lived experience, the fund will explore co-design and participation in creative projects for early years. The fund will give up to 10 organisations a three-year grant to deliver creative programmes with 2-4-year-olds. Organisations will come together to network and reflect throughout the three years, in a bespoke learning programme.

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended for strategic work, including policy work, campaigning and research, which has the potential to improve financial wellbeing at a national scale. The Foundation is interested in funding projects that examine and promote measures to:

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Transport for Sick Children is a children’s transport charity based in Stockport and covers all of Greater Manchester.

A large donation has been made to the Charity a number of years ago by a retired Consultant Paediatrician who worked in Rochdale between 1977-2001. She requested that the donation be spent for the benefit of children in Heywood, Middleton & Rochdale.

The charity would like this money to be used in the locality by organisations working with families in need.

Who can apply?