Rochdale

Aims/priorities: Social investment is a form of repayable finance tailored to voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations, including community groups and charities, to support them to deliver their social impact.

Whether you address social needs, aim to strengthen communities, improve people’s life chances, enhance culture or protect the environment - if your business trades (or aims to trade) for the common good, or is looking to create community assets, social investment could be right for you.

This is an opportunity to work as part of a charity committed to our Vision of enabling everyone in our communities to achieve better mental health. TOG Mind is a fast-paced charity delivering a wide variety of mental health and emotional wellbeing services.

At TOG Mind with have over 100 volunteers providing invaluable support across a wide range of roles across all of our services.

In the role as Volunteer Manager, you will work as part of the Community Development Team and you will be responsible for:

Aims/priorities: This fund aims to improve the health and wellbeing of communities across Greater Manchester by encouraging people who are usually less active to start or increase the amount they regularly walk or wheel this autumn/winter.

Who can apply? The following can apply:

Aims/priorities: The funding is for organisations to help and run local, regional or national projects that can be up and running as soon as possible once the funding has been awarded (from autumn/winter 2023).

The grants will support children and young people aged 21 years and younger who are on:

Aims/priorities: The McCarthy Stone Foundation is offering 30 grants of up to £1,000 each to support local groups that are organising events and activities for people over the age of 65 years during the festive period (1 December 2023 and 2 January 2024).

The funding is intended to help older people who may be isolated or lonely, particularly during this time.

The grants can be used for a number of different things, including but not limited to:

Aims/priorities: This funding is for organisations to give extra support to young people in areas where they may be at risk of anti-social behaviour. We want to fund extra hours of youth work for additional activities that give these young people more places to go and positive things to do.

This programme is funded by the Department of Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) and The National Lottery Community Fund.

They can fund work with young people aged:

As an admin assistant your job will be to provide administration support and to assist with front of house/reception cover at one of our hubs for children, young people and families.

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 30

Salary: £17,004.00

Location: Heywood

Application closing date: 10 October

Interview date: 17 October

For more information please visit www.togmind.org/vacancies  or email recruitment@togmind.org 

As an admin assistant your job will be to provide administration support and to assist with front of house/reception cover at one of our hubs for children, young people and families.

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 30

Salary: £17,004.00

Location: Heywood

Application closing date: 10 October

Interview date: 17 October

For more information please visit www.togmind.org/vacancies  or email recruitment@togmind.org 

Rochdale and District Mind aim to support people in Rochdale, Heywood, Middleton and the surrounding areas to develop and sustain good mental health and emotional wellbeing.

They are a recognised effective provider of services to support emotional health & wellbeing, which includes the provision of commissioned therapeutic services and hold BACP Service Accreditation.

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Part Time (14 hours per week)

Salary:£8,983.52 – £9,580.80 (Actual Annual Salary)

Location: Rochdale

Application closing date: Open until filled

Aims/priorities: The funding is expected to provide around 2,000 new defibrillators in community spaces across England.

This could include town halls, community centres, local shops, post offices and local parks, to ensure that defibrillators are evenly spread throughout communities and easily accessible if someone is experiencing an unexpected cardiac arrest.

Who can apply? Local community organisations, such as sports clubs, local theatres, community halls, etc., may register their interest now.