The One Oldham Fund is a strategic single investment fund that uses pooled resources for the voluntary, community, faith & social enterprise (VCFSE) sector in Oldham. This investment will support the sector’s resilience to enable VCFSE organisations that are locally rooted & active in Oldham to remain viable, to continue to deliver the ongoing Covid 19 response & to contribute to the delivery of Oldham’s Covid Recovery Strategy priorities.
Phase 1 awarded projects - Small grants up to £10,000 - for formally constituted members of Action Together.
Applications were awarded for projects that meet one or more of the following priorities:
Driving Equality
- Enabling those adversely impacted by COVID-19 to access the help they need
- Reducing inequality & building resilience across Oldham’s communities
- Reducing poverty & helping people get back on their feet
Promoting Health and Wellbeing & Supporting the Most Vulnerable
- Continuing to contain the spread of COVID-19 in Oldham
- Working with residents & communities to improve health & wellbeing, preventing illness & premature death
- Safeguarding & supporting our most vulnerable residents
| Group/Organisation | Amount awarded | Project name | Awarded priorities |
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| Air Athletics Cheer & Dance | £10,000 | Air Athletics Attends National Championships |
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| All Nations Church | £10,000 | All Nations Recover and Thrive |
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| Ancora Project | £10,000 | The Ancora Project |
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| Beulah Community Church | £9,967.34 | Food Provision |
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| Chill Out Zone | £10,000 | Kick out the Blues |
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| Empowering Equine CIC | £9,500 | Equine Facilitated Learning for SEMH children |
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| Family Action | £9,814.83 | Food On Our Doorstep (FOOD Clubs) |
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| Fatima Women's Association | £9,901 | Rays of Hope |
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| Funky Fitness & Fun CIC | £8,920 | Funky Moves & Grooves |
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| Glodwick Cricket Club | £2,220 | Providing Health Facilities and Security to all users at Glodwick Cricket Club |
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| Grace | £10,000 | Sustainability & Wellbeing |
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| Henshaws Society for Blind People | £7,590.22 | Covid Impact Recovery for Visually Impaired Children |
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| Holland Close Residents Association | £10,000 | Making Stronger Links Together |
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| Kaskosan Roma Charitable Company | £9,845 | Oldham Roma Women Empowerment |
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| Manchester City Mission | £10,000 | Operation Joy & Restart |
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| Networking in East Oldham Neighbourhoods (NEON) | £10,000 | Hub Refurbishment & Sustainability |
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| Oldham Athletic Community Trust | £9,735 | Their overarching goal is to improve the health and wellbeing of a variety of different groups across the borough, whilst for the remaining months of Covid-19 restrictions continue to reinforce the messages of staying safe | |
| Oldham Boxing and Personal Development Club | £10,000 | Box and Recover |
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| Oldham Community Radio | £10,000 | Community Radio public service broadcasts |
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| Oldham Enterprise Trust CIO | £9,960 | Inspiring Enterprise |
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| Oldham Greenhill Community Sports & Recreation Club | £9,930 | Women’s Program |
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| Oldham Inspiring Youth | £9,602.80 | Weekend Warriors |
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| Oldham Play Action Group | £10,000 | Family Arts & Wellbeing |
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| Outta Skool | £10,000 | Café LGA |
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| Parents of Oldham in Touch (POINT) | £10,000 | Sustainability |
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| Peaceful Minds CIC | £8,140 | South Asian Counselling Line |
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| Pennine Mencap | £9,960 | Essential Safety, Access, & Security Works at Pennine Mencap |
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| Power2 | £9,876 | Power2 Rediscover |
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| Progress Education | £10,000 | Learning accelerator |
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| Relax With Lucy & CO | £10,000 | The Ellie’s Gift Project |
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| Rio Ferdinand Foundation | £7,590 | Digital Skills Programme |
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| Roc "n" Rolls Holts Community Centre | £10,000.00 | Their plan for the new year is to re-start the ROC Café, to be a safe, fun place where young people can come and build relationships with each other and receive support from positive adult role models. | |
| Rochdale Dawah Centre | £6,919 | Teenage Mental Health & Wellbeing Project |
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| Samurai Ju-Jitsu Academy | £3,308 | Martial Arts Club |
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| Support and Action Women's Network - SAWN | £10,000 | Sawnettas Space |
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| The Chatty Café Scheme CIC | £5,845 | Online Social Prescribing Referral |
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| The Flowhesion Foundation | £9,230 | Silver lining project |
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| WIFI North West CIC | £9,100 | Families & Food |
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| Yuvanis Youth | £10,000 | Confident Community |
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