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Groups Receive Funding Through the Tameside Recovery Fund

Published date: 
Tuesday, 24th May 2022

The Tameside Community Recovery Fund is a Participatory Budgeting event where local communities can have a say and vote for their favourite community project. The Fund is supported by Action Together.

Earlier this month 10 local groups from Tameside West (Denton, Audenshaw and Droylsden) received funding (of up to £2,000 per group) with the aim of re-building their communities to develop a greener, safer and stronger place to live!

Applications for Tameside South area are open until Monday 30 May. To find out more go to our Find Funding section.

Group raises funds for new defibrillator

Published date: 
Tuesday, 24th May 2022

On Thursday 19 May the Civic Mayor of Tameside, Councillor Janet Cooper, and her consort, Mr Dennis Fitzpatrick attended the Richmond Street Community Centre, Ashton for the dedication of the new defibrillator mounted in the Centre. 

The mayor said she was very pleased that the defibrillator has been fitted as they are lifesavers. She thanked all those who contributed to the fundraising and fitting of the defibrillator. Joy Foster, a member of Place of Welcome, states "It was great that we have been able to raise the funds so quickly".

Concertina Charitable Trust

Aims/priorities: Funding is intended to provide musical entertainment and related activities for the elderly to provide therapeutic benefit for their health and wellbeing. The Trust awards grants to charitable bodies which provide cultural activities and related facilities for the elderly, in order to improve the quality of life of elderly people.

Pilgrim Trust - Young Women's Mental Health Grant

Aims/priorities: Grants are available for projects to improve the mental health of young women aged 16 to 25 years old in Northern Ireland or the North East and North West of England. 

For the 2022 round, only young women and girls living in Northern Ireland or the North East or North West of England will receive support. National charities may apply but the funded activity must only support those from these areas.

Priority will be given to partnership applications.

Cobb Charity

Aims/priorities: The Cobb Charity offers grants to small "up and coming" charities working throughout the UK. The funding is for educational projects that encourage the awareness and application of environmental care and sustainability. The funding is for educational projects that encourage the awareness and application of environmental care and sustainability. Costs should be associated with activities that will raise awareness of environmental care and sustainability.

Skipton Building Society Charitable Foundation

Aims/priorities: The Skipton Building Society Charitable Foundation offers grants to UK registered charities based and working in the UK, particularly those who are in areas near the Society's Principal Office or one of its branches.

The funding is intended to support registered charities undertaking charitable projects which benefit children through education and/or welfare, youth schemes and projects, or the elderly and their care.

Charities should address the following objectives:

Happy Days Children's Charity

Aims/priorities: The Happy Days Charity is a national children's charity dedicated to providing holidays, days out, and theatre trips for disadvantaged young people with special needs. The Charity supports families with children aged 3-17 who have learning difficulties, physical or mental disabilities, acute, chronic or life limiting illnesses, been abused or neglected, witnessed domestic violence, been bereaved or act as carers for a parent or a sibling. 

Group Day Trips and Visiting Theatre

Stalybridge Community Grant Fund

Aims/priorities: The Stalybridge Community Grant Fund is provided and administered by Tameside Council. It Is part of the Greater Manchester Town of Culture Programme, which aims to celebrate the distinctiveness of one town each year selected from the ten districts of Greater Manchester. This fund aims to support community groups to deliver activities and events as part of the Stalybridge Town of Culture bid.

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