Tameside

As we all know Tameside, Oldham and Rochdale have many voluntary and charitable organisations which do amazing work within their communities.  Without the volunteers who give their time so freely, many of these groups would not survive and so it is right that these bighearted people are recognised in a significant and meaningful way.  The King’s Award for Voluntary Service (formerly known as the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service) is the highest award given to local volunteer led groups across the UK.

Aims/priorities: Forever Manchester is delighted to announce, on behalf of the Greater Manchester Integrated Care System NHS Charities, that applications to the NHS Charities Together Community Partnership Grants Programme are now open.

Aims/priorities:

The grants programme is designed to inspire creativity and increase stability in the sector. It supports organisations to develop or refresh their work in response to their current situation with emphasis on encouraging curiosity, openness and reflection through the programme.

In 2023, the key aim of the Reimagine programme is to help organisations reimagine their support for the workforce.

The funding is for projects that are:

Aims/priorities:

This fund aims to support UK-registered charities in the UK and internationally in the areas of health, poverty, education, and the environment.

Who can apply?

UK-registered charities operating both in the UK and internationally can apply.

Priority will be given to small-and-medium-sized charities with an income of between £100,000 and £1 million per annum.  

Organisations must have been running for a minimum of three years to apply.

Grant amount: 

Aims/priorities: The Recycle for Greater Manchester Community Fund (2023-24) is a joint Recycle for Greater Manchester (R4GM) and Suez initiative to support Greater Manchester Community and Voluntary sector groups to deliver projects that help to reduce household waste in Greater Manchester.  The fund aims to support projects which prevent, reuse, or recycle household waste, and also reduce contamination, promote sustainable use of waste and resources, and generate wider social benefits for the communities of Greater Manchester.

Aims/priorities: The overall aims of the Road Safety Trust are to reduce death and injury on the UK roads through providing independent funding for research and the development of innovative approaches.

The objectives of the grant programme are to:

• Generate new knowledge about what works.
• Translate ideas into new measures.
• Influence road safety policy and practice.
• Support partnership working and collaboration.

There are two strands of funding:

Aims/priorities: The funding is for organisations who are led by the communities they serve and alongside providing immediate crisis support and working with people over the longer term to help them break free from poverty and achieve their potential.

Who can apply? Registered charities, charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs) and community interest companies (CICs) can apply.

To be eligible, all organisations must:

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to increase the social and environmental impact of community fridges by allowing them to deliver their own activities that will bring local people together and provide access to healthy, affordable and sustainable food.

Who can apply? Constituted voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) groups may apply.

To be eligible for fuding, applicants must:

Aims/priorities: TPW exists to drive regional and national change by adopting a racial equity and social justice lens and creating learning that impacts the wider funding ecosystem and Black and racially minoritised communities/organisations and achieve the following aims:

Aims/priorities: The fund aims to support improvement in mental health by providing grants to UK registered charities involved in the mental health and wellbeing of children and young adults.

The fund prefers to target its grant-giving to specific projects that will provide a measurable difference to the charities' users.

Who can apply? Applications will only be accepted from registered charities based in the UK. Organisations not on the respective charity register of any of the UK nations cannot be granted to.