Rochdale

Rochdale

Steel Charitable Trust

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended for projects that make a real impact in the Trust's priority areas. The Trust awards funding in the following areas:

Arts and Heritage.
Education.
Environment.
Health.
Social or Economic Disadvantage.

Applicants may apply for support towards capital projects, specific projects, research programmes and/or core costs.

Who can apply? Applications are accepted from:

Auto Trader Community Fund – Greater Manchester

Aims/priorities: The Auto Trader Community Fund is provided by Auto Trader in partnership with Forever Manchester, the community foundation for Greater Manchester. The idea behind the Auto Trader Community Fund is to provide a positive, friendly and accessible approach to gaining much needed financial support for local groups. The funding aims to support local groups who are doing great things in their local community on a daily basis and intends to support the positive activities being undertaken by local groups.

Art Fund - Reimagine

Aims/priorities: Art Fund is an independent membership-based charity, which raises funds to aid the acquisition of artworks for the nation. It gives grants and acts as a channel for many gifts and bequests, as well as lobbying on behalf of museums and galleries and their users. 

The aims of the Reimagine programme are:

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. 

Funding is available for projects that are working towards one of Warburtons' outcome areas:

Places Called Home Fund

Aims/priorities: The Places Called Home is a £1.5 million grants fund provided by the National Lottery Community Fund in partnership with Ikea Limited, the world’s largest home furnishing retailer. The funding is intended to inspire and help people get more involved in their local community as a positive, homely place to be and meet other people. The aim is to build on the energy, creativity and practices of communities coming together during the COVID-19 pandemic, through local activities and the renewal of community spaces. 

Local Connections Fund

Aims/priorities: Grants are available for small local voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations in England that are working to reduce loneliness and isolation by bringing people and communities together as the country recovers from the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic. 

The funding is to be used to:

Comic Relief: Ministry of Justice Specialist Fund

Aims/priorities: The programme is part of a £40 million initiative announced by the Ministry of Justice in February 2021 for specialist support services to help survivors and victims of rape and domestic abuse during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

The grant funding will support activities and offer wrap-around support which improve digital and remote capacity, provide continuity in support and enhance future sustainability. 

The funding is for proposals that address the programme’s outcomes which are to increase organisations digital capacity through:

One GM Community Fund

Aims/priorities: Funding is available for community groups in Greater Manchester that focus on food poverty, homelessness, mental health and wellbeing.

The One GM Community Fund is a partnership between the Greater Manchester’s Mayor’s Charity and Forever Manchester, distributing money generously raised by the Greater Manchester community to support those most affected by the Covid crisis across the area.

Jigsaw Foundation

Aims/priorities: Through the Jigsaw Foundation, Jigsaw Group provides a community funding programme to support local projects run by charities, resident and community groups, voluntary organisations, social enterprises and partner agencies in the North West and East Midlands.

The Jigsaw Foundation funding programme seeks to make a difference to the lives of Jigsaw Homes Group residents and their communities through projects in the following areas:

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