If you want information about the latest changes to the local lockdown, if you need support or if you want to know how you can support your community, check out our dedicated page on the Action Together website.

BSL have produced a video guide on Covid-19 vaccination for eligible adults.

Community News has been produced by a network of residents and staff from various charities and organisations
across Tameside. Have a read for support and advice about how you can live a healthy, happier life, what's going on in Tameside and read about some of the great things that have
been happening around Tameside recently!

Census 2021 will provide a snapshot of modern society, particularly relevant due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Tameside households will receive a letter with a unique access code, allowing you to complete the questionnaire (available in multiple languages) on your computer, phones or tablets. If you prefer a paper questionnaire (also available in multiple languages) can also be sent to you.

Charities and voluntary organisations often use the census as evidence to get funding. It helps businesses to understand their customers. The census also provides important information on population diversity, allowing organisations to know whether they are meeting their responsibilities and triggering action where necessary.

Don't forget! We are holding a Census #WednesdaysWeekly session on Wednesday 3 March, 10am - 11am. The session is for anyone that wants to know more about the Census, how to complete it or ask any questions. Book your place here.

A public consultation has been launched on Tameside’s sport and leisure assets and they need your views.

Active Tameside is a charitable trust that manages leisure services on behalf of Tameside Council. Like many local authorities, Tameside Council is having to make difficult decisions in light of the extremely challenging economic climate brought on in part by the Covid-19 pandemic.

A sport and leisure review has been undertaken across leisure estate which proposes initial cost-saving measures aimed at achieving financial sustainability. The Council has developed these cost-saving proposals in partnership with Active Tameside.

It wants to hear your views on how these proposals might affect you and how it could continue to deliver health and wellbeing services to the local population.

Noah’s ART supports people of all ages in the recovery of their mental and physical health through their love of animals based at The Together Centre in Dukinfield. It has now extended their provision to include the newly built 'Hoppy Huts'. The Huts will provide outdoor areas to allow for the delivery of nature-based therapies, including arts and crafts, bunny yoga, dog agility and many others.

Hoppy Huts is a multi-purpose facility that, in addition to therapeutic services, will eventually host the Hoppy Huts Theatre and Dog Café!

Manchester City of Literature and partners – the Local History and Archives services for Oldham, Tameside and Manchester – want to create a new way to engage residents in local history as part of the gradual recovery from Covid-19.

Find out more here.

The consultation on the Godley Green Garden Village proposal in Hyde has now been launched. The council wants the project to be led by people rather than developers, and residents are being asked for their views so they can help to shape the proposals. There is also an online information session taking place on Thursday 25 February if you wish to attend book here.

Find out more about the propsals here.

Mind has launched  'Listening Spaces' in Tameside, Oldham and Glossop. A confidential service providing advice and resources for people to talk. 

Call 0161 330 9223 Ext 2169.

ESOL Zoom Classes available from Tameside Ace.

For more information call 0161 342 4063.

Peer support group for adults 18+ in recovery from eating disorders.

Contact: catherine@noahs-art.co.uk or call 07505474390.

Come along and meet the funders of the Lets End Hate Crime small grants that is currently available for VCFSE groups in Tameside to apply for.

When: 3 March 11am-12pm.

Book your place here.

Do you live in Tameside and want to support your local community? Come and find out what’s available in your neighbourhood, and the different ways you can give your time, whether you want to support a local group or you have your own ideas, we are here to help!

When: Wednesday 24 February, 6pm - 7.30pm.

These informal meetings will help us keep in touch with one another. They are a space to discuss organisational updates you may have, how you are involving volunteers and staying connected to them during this time. There will be an opportunity to meet people from other local organisations, to share ideas and to ask for advice.

When: Thursday 11 March, 12.30pm - 2pm.

Action Together is working closely with partners to identify best practice guidance for voluntary, community and faith sector groups to safely operate. As local and national restrictions continue to change we will provide the most up to date information we have available and how these may impact your building, services or activities.

Please join us for a Q&A session.

When: Tuesday 2 March, 10am - 11am

Are you working with communities in Tameside who may be experiencing poverty? Have you referred anyone to a foodbank or other food support agency in Tameside in the last year? Or maybe you provide food support to people who are struggling financially?

We would like to invite you to a meeting to share our new pilot project. 

When: Thursday 4 March, 10am - 11.30am

Giving World give help to charities access brand new life-essentials for free. It redirect business end-of-line, surplus and discontinued stock to the most deprived communities in the UK.

It has a wide range of products available to support your beneficiaries, including clothing for adults and children, toiletries, baby products, toys, bedding, kitchen equipment and other household items, books, crafts and ambient foods.

Goods can be collected directly, or if this is not possible for you, they can arrange delivery at cost. If you would like more information please call 0116 251 6205.

This dedicated support line is open 9.30am - 4pm Monday-Thursday, and 9.30am - 12.30pm on Friday.
You can also send an email with any queries to admin@givingworld.org.uk.

On 31 December 2020, the UK left the European Union (EU), and EU nationals in England, Scotland and Wales must apply for the EU Settlement Scheme by Wednesday 30 June 2021 if they wish to continue residing in the UK without losing rights. Europia is strongly urging EU nationals across Greater Manchester to register themselves and their children before time runs out.

Europia offer free services for EU nationals in Greater Manchester: Legal surgery, benefits advice, EUSS support, health and wellbeing, emergency fund and more.

Have you lost confidence or recently suffered a loss? Or do you feel lonely and isolated?

Warm Hearts in Winter Telephone Befriending Service has been developed to support anyone experiencing vulnerabilities, loneliness or isolation who needs that extra support during the lockdown winter months.

For more information please contact:

Ambia on 07517858350 or email:ambia@diversitymattersnw.org.uk

Angie on 07467196702 or email:Angie.Knowles@stpeterspartnerships.org

As we only have limited space here, please go to our Find Funding page on our website and sign up for our Funding Bulletin to make sure you get the most up to date information on all funding opportunities!

Do you want to know how to benefit from free funding for your organisation? easyfundraising.org.uk is a free, safe and pandemic proof funding option for your organisation in 2021.
Join the free webinar to find out how it works, see a live demo, get advice on how to make the most of it and ask the easyfundraising team questions. Plus, there’s the chance to win a £25 donation for your organisation too.

When: Wednesday 24 February, 10am - 11am

Priorities: Tameside local groups and organisations are needed to raise awareness and increase reporting of hate crime. 

Who can apply: Voluntary, community, faith, social enterprise organisations who are members of Action Together.

Amount: Up to £1,000.

Deadline: Thursday 1 April.

Priorities: To support the needs of those in poverty in the area of the Parish of the Good Shepherd, Ashton-under-Lyne. 

Who can apply: Community groups who are within the boundary area and are members of Action Together.

Amount: Up to £2,000.

Deadline: Sunday 4 April.

Priorities: We would like to fund activities/projects that aim to positively contribute to people’s health or wellbeing. It must be something creative and delivered safely, and with the aim of positively impacting on the wellbeing of Tameside residents.

Who can apply: Voluntary, community, faith, social enterprise organisations who are members of Action Together.

Amount: Up to £1,000.

Deadline: Friday 26 February.

Priorities: To bring together the people who live in Tameside and Glossop who deliver services here.

Who can apply: Voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise organisations who are registered members of Action Together.

Grant Amount: Up to £1,000.

Deadline: Wednesday 31 March.

Action Together is offering this course for staff and volunteers of VCFSE organisations who work with vulnerable adults and want to improve their knowledge and practices around safeguarding adults from harm and abuse.

When: Tuesday 23 February, 12.30pm - 3.30pm.