Tameside

Aims/priorities: This fund aims to support a wide variety of projects and activities that improve outcomes for people with heart disease around Greater Manchester and reduce its impact on lives beyond current NHS provision.

Who can apply? Groups delivering projects and activities to support people with heart disease around Greater Manchester can apply.

The following projects will likely be given greater priority:

Aims/priorities: This fund aims to address the following challenges facing places of worship:

• The repair needs of listed buildings, particularly those in more rural areas.
• Workforce and volunteer capability to manage heritage.
• Supporting heritage in places of worship that are currently inaccessible, at risk, or under-used, to maximise their full potential.

The fund will support strategic projects at a regional or national level that will:

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to support community-led sustainability projects and initiatives by non-profit organisations, community groups and educational facilities. The Stobart Sustainability Fund aims to help these groups transform their local communities by tackling climate change, reducing carbon emissions or protecting and enhancing the environment.

Who can apply? Applications will be accepted from community groups, educational facilities or small businesses.

Aims/priorities: The funding is for projects that help towards enabling serving women to make informed choices and improve their access to services that enhance their wellbeing. 

The project should look to address the needs of Service women affected by a range of issues which are particular to (or exacerbated by) serving in the Armed Forces, as well as issues where support may be less readily accessible than it is for women in civilian life.

Projects need to meet one of the following outcomes:

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to enable and deliver accessible mental health and wellbeing support for those with seldom heard needs in Armed Forces communities, with a focus on prevention and early intervention - through collaborative projects between Armed Forces organisations and non-Armed Forces specialist organisations.

The funding should benefit current serving Armed Forces personnel, Reservists (including RFA Royal Fleet Auxiliary), Veterans, and their families, whose needs are seldom heard.

Aims/priorities: The funding is for projects that:

• Benefit communities across the UK (by working in different locations, or by sharing learning between countries).
• Scale up their impact by expanding their work (by helping more people, or doing more for people they already work with).
• Support people experiencing poverty, disadvantage, and discrimination.
• Help make significant changes to services or systems that affect people’s everyday lives.

Projects must also meet one of the following aims:

Aims/priorities: The programme provides community innovators with the funding, support and connections they need to get their project off the ground, or scale it to increase its impact. This is a way to encourage people’s freedom to act and to collaborate, strengthening the connection between people and place.

The programme is specifically intended to support people who are working to transform their neighbourhoods for the better.

Projects need to address one or more of the challenges:

Aims/priorities: This fund aims to support projects and activities that use music as a tool for change and the values of rock and metal community to help create an equal society. 

Who can apply? Community groups, charities, and not-for-profit organisations can apply.

Priority will be given to grassroots community groups and small-to-medium-sized voluntary organisations.

Applicants must have:

Aims/priorities: The initiative is intended to enable underrepresented young people (aged 13-25) to research, discover and commemorate local histories, fostering a sense of belonging through exploring local identity and stories. Each funded project will create a place marker to celebrate and share these stories with the entire community.

The aims of the initiative are as follows:

Aims/priorities: The Fore provides unrestricted grants to small charities and social enterprises based in the UK.

The funding is intended to have a transformational impact on the organisations being supported by unlocking exponential growth, sustainability, efficiency or some other major step forward.

There is particular interest in grassroots organisations working with underserved communities.

The grants are viewed by the Fore as investments in the organisations it supports.

The Fore funds work across the following charitable sectors: