Rochdale

Rochdale

Neighbourhood Planning Grants and Support Programme

Aims/priorities: The programme provides both grant and technical support for local communities that are drawing up a neighbourhood plan for their area.

Who can apply? Town and parish councils, neighbourhood forums and prospective neighbourhood forums preparing a neighbourhood development plan or neighbourhood development order in England may apply.

The programme is particularly keen to help ambitious groups, from all types of neighbourhoods, who want to really influence how their place grows and changes going into the future.

Parkinson’s UK Physical Activity Grants Programme

Aims/priorities: The funding is for projects that can demonstrate the following desired impact:

  • People with Parkinson's become and stay active, and/or significantly increase their levels of activity if they are already active.
  • More physical activity provision for everyone with Parkinson’s across the UK.
  • Improved social wellbeing in people with Parkinson’s as a result of attending the project.

Priority will be given to innovative and new project  that will help people with Parkinson's:

VocTech Challenge Impact Network and Grant Fund

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to support projects that use technology to address three specific challenges and demonstrate how technology can drive sustainable change in adult skills provision in the UK. The goal is to create a direct and tangible impact on learners during the funding period and ensure these changes are sustainable after the funding ends.

This call is for projects that address one of the following challenges:

Employer integration

Transition to eVisa Fund

Aims/priorities: The Home Office plans to complete the roll-out of eVisas, which are an electronic record of immigration status accessible via GOV.UK, for most immigration products, by the end of 2024. All Biometric Residence Permits (BRPs) and most Biometric Residence Cards (BRCs) are due to expire on 31 December 2024, and where these BRP/BRC holders, whose leave extends beyond this date, do not transition to an eVisa before 31 December 2024, they may experience difficulties proving their rights after this date. 

Warburtons Families Matter Community Grants Programme

Aims/priorities: The principle aim of this funding is to focus on supporting families that need help the most, in a way which adheres to their principles of transparency, trust and transformation.

The aim of these small community grants is to support projects, activities and organisations that will be of real direct benefit to families and have a direct and tangible social impact on people’s lives.

Who can apply? Not-for-profit organisations with charitable purposes that are operating in England, Scotland and Wales are eligible to apply.

The Society Foundation

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to support people from the following groups move toward paid employment:

The recently homeless or vulnerably housed.

Ex-offenders.

Young people (16-24 years old) not in employment, education or training (NEET).

Who can apply? Applications are accepted from the following:

Smallwood Trust - Women's Urgent Support Fund

Aims/priorities: The programme will provide emergency funding for organisations delivering frontline services and is led by, for and/or serving women enabling them to respond to the spike in demand of priority basic needs from women who are most at risk of poverty, because of the cost-of-living-crisis.

The funding is for projects that meet at least one of the core objectives of the fund:

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