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Recycle for Greater Manchester Community Fund
Grants are available for voluntary and community sector groups across Greater Manchester to support projects that prevent, reuse, or recycle household waste, and generate wider social benefits for the community of Greater Manchester.
A total of £220,000 is available across the following award streams:
- Community Grants of between £2,000 and £10,000 for projects based in one district area only
-Innovation and Regional Grants of up to £20,000 for innovative City Region-wide projects working across all nine Districts of the GMCA area
The deadline for applications is Friday 31 May, (noon)
Autotrader Community Fund
Grants for small, community-based and locally controlled groups who need a bit of financial help to be able to work with their community in the way they would like to. Grants of up to £1,000 are available.
Applications close Wednesday 25 April, midday.
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SKylight Community Fund
The Community Fund is available to help improve and sustain the neighbourhoods where Stockport Homes manage properties. It will support projects that genuinely make a difference to the lives of Stockport Homes customers and the wider community. Through the Community Fund you can bid for any amount up to a maximum of £2,000.
Applications close 5pm, Friday 3 May
Stockport Climate Action Now Catalyst Fund
Grants between £1,000 and £5,000 are available for ambitious projects that raise awareness about climate change and enable people to take climate actions.
There'll be 2 rounds of the CAN Catalyst Fund across 2024 and 2025:
-Round 1: applications open from 25 March to 30 June 2024
-Round 2: applications open from 1 December 2024 to 28 February 2025
Funding decisions will be made by the cabinet member for Climate Change and Environment.
Stockport Climate Action Now Seed Fund
Aims to support residents, communities and schools to take action.
Grants up to £1,000 are available for small projects that enable residents of Stockport to work together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions locally.
Funding decisions will be made by your local councillors at area committee meetings.
This funding is open for applications until February 2025.
Community Ownership Fund
Round 4 Now Open
The government is providing funding over four years to support community groups to take ownership of assets and amenities at risk of being lost, such as community centres, parks, pubs and post office buildings.
Round 4 is the final round of the Community Ownership Fund. There will be two bidding windows in Round 4 to allocate the remaining funding:
Round 4 Window 1 is open until 10 April
Round 4 Window 2 will open in late May
Free the Fund Community Grants - Rowntree
Offering grants of up to £10,000 for projects that improve adult wellbeing through exciting community initiatives, including dance, music, gardening and sports and fitness projects. The minimum age of beneficiaries should be 21 years old, and projects must be completed by the end of September 2024.
The deadline for applications is Friday 26 April.
ASDA Foundation - Empowering Local Communities Grant
Grants are available to community groups in the UK to support a broad range of activities which can contribute towards transforming their community and improving the lives of people in their community.
Deadline for applications Friday 24 May
ASDA Foundation - U18 Grants
Offer grants from £400 to £2,000 to give children under 18 years old the best start in life by supporting a wide range of activities that improve the lives of children in the local community.
Deadline for applications Friday 24 May
Onward Community Fund
Grants are available to support local community groups and projects in Onward neighbourhoods, and support residents and communities through the cost of living crisis.
Applications close Wednesday 15 May
Armed Forces Day Event Grants
Grants are available to help organisations and individuals in the UK to host an Armed Forces Day event which can take place within two weeks of the Armed Forces Day event.
A maximum grant of £10,000 is available per application, provided that MOD funding accounts for no more than 50% of the total cost.This grant is match funded and can cover up to half the total cost of the event. For example, if the total cost of the event is £10,000 and £5,000 has been raised, the grant could cover up to £5,000.
Applications close Monday 1 April
Cost of Living Crisis - GM Grants Programme
Open to social enterprises and trading charities in Greater Manchester that are:
- providing enterprise-based services to people and communities that are in acute need owing to cost-of-living pressures
- providing impactful services to people and communities that are in acute need due to cost-of-living pressures
- experiencing financial difficulty as a result of rising running costs in their own financial model
Funded by Access – The Foundation for Social Investment, eligible organisations are invited to apply for between £1,000 and £10,000 to sustain the provision of essential community services and boost organisational sustainability. As part of their award, recipients will receive a grant and enterprising activity support delivered by GMCVO to help increase their trading activity and resilience.
Deadline for applications is Sunday 7 April
Stockport Violence Reduction Unit Fund - Adswood & Bridgehall
The aim of the Community-Led programme is to form an alliance of VCFSE organisations delivering funded provisions around priorities set by a period of community engagement. There are five priorities for the area and organisations can apply for funding to deliver provisions on one of more of these.
The application process has two stages: Stage One (Expression of Interest), Stage Two (Delivery Plan and Budget).
Organisations will need to apply by completing Stage One and sending it to funding@boltoncvs.org.uk by Friday 19 April
GM Cancer & Inequalities Fund
Grants of up to £5,000 for Greater Manchester based VCFSE organisations undertaking projects to deliver innovative projects that will raise awareness of the early signs and symptoms of cancer and identify and understand the barriers people face when receiving a cancer diagnosis.
You don’t need to be cancer experts and 10GM will give you the support you need to help your community.
Apply by Monday 25 March.
The Fore - Unrestricted Grants
They make unrestricted grants which have the potential to have a transformational impact on an organisation. Transformational impact includes helping organisations become more sustainable, more efficient, to grow significantly or enabling an organisation to take a major step forward of some kind.
Any registered charity, CIC, CIO or Community Benefit Society with turnover of under £500,000 in the last financial year is eligible to apply.
2024 funding dates are as follows:
Summer: Thursday 28 March, to 12pm (midday) on Thursday 4 April
Autumn: From 12pm (midday) Wednesday 24 July, to 12pm (midday) on Wednesday 31 July
The Locala Community Fund 2023/24
Welcomes applications from community groups, third sector and charity organisations in Stockport, Tameside, Bradford, Calderdale and Kirklees for donations of up to £1,500 to support their projects. The Community Fund is part of Locala’s Social Enterprise commitment and applications must demonstrate that the funding requested contributes towards one or more of Locala’s Social Value Pledges.
Applications close at 5pm on Friday 16 February
VCSE Energy Efficiency Scheme
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport have launched a £25.5 million funding package to help voluntary, community, and social enterprise organisations in England improve their energy efficiency.
Eligible organisations will be able to apply for 1) an independent energy assessment and 2) capital grants to install energy efficiency measures.
To apply for the second element, organisations not owning their premises will need to ask for their landlords’ permission.
Nextenergy Midlands & North Solar Impact Fund
Grants are available for local groups to support social and environmental projects and activities that benefit the residents around the NextEnergy’s solar assets in the Midlands and the Northwest of England. The maximum grant is £1,500. Decisions will be made on an ongoing basis.
Applications close 24 October 2024
Find out more here
Tesco Footie for All Fund
Grants are available to support grassroots football clubs across the UK with a priority on supporting children up to the age of 18 access sport and physical activity and/or providing more equipment and opportunity for children.
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Tesco £5k Community Pledge
Tesco and easyfundraising have come together to support voluntary organisations, charities, and CICs. They will donate £1000 funding pots to 5 community organisations this October. Follow these simple steps for a chance to win.
Firstly, register your organisation with fundraising platform easyfundraising. easyfundraising enables your community organisation to receive unrestricted funding from 8,000 leading online retailers including Tesco.
Then shop online at Tesco. Ask anyone who is connected to your organisation to use the easyfundraising platform to shop with Tesco. Each time one of them shops online at Tesco, your organisation will be entered into the draw to receive a £1,000 funding boost. The more people who shop online with Tesco on your behalf, the more chances your organisation has of winning.
Plus each time someone shops with Tesco, your organisation will receive £1.75. That’s £1.75 for free.
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Always open funds
These funds have a rolling deadline and can be applied for at any time.
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The programme supports development by allowing artists, cultural practitioners and organisations to work in new ways and to get their work out to new audiences.
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The Core Costs Funding Stream is for charities and not-for-profit organisations. Applicants to this programme can apply for grants for up to three years. They aim to give quicker decisions for grants of £15,000 or less per year.
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Funding for specific projects and activities children and young people aged 18 or under. Priority to smaller, local organisations and rarely fund organisations with income above £1 million. For UK wide Hospices and Housing Associations there is no maximum income limit. They will only consider applications for over £15,000 pa, if you are a registered non profit.
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Minor Grants are aimed at supporting small local charitable organisations which deliver services directly to beneficiaries. They fund core costs, average grant size is £500 - £4,999
Community Grants are aimed at assisting and supporting the development of smaller local charitable organisations which deliver services directly to beneficiaries. Grant Size in the range of £5,000-£20,000
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Grants are available to organisations doing legally charitable work in the UK that focuses on Communities or people most affected being involved in campaigning or leading change / Work which makes connections across our aims: Our Natural World, A Fairer Future and Creative, Confident Communities. You must have an annual turnover of less than £100,000. Funds of £30,000 upwards
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The grant is always open for applications from charities and community organisations to bid for up to £1,500. Three projects in 575 local communities are voted on by customers in Tesco stores throughout the UK, with projects changing every three months.
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A quick way to apply for smaller amounts of funding between £300 and £20,000.
Suitable for Voluntary or community organisations
Apply at least 16 weeks before you want to start the activities or spend any of the money.
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Offers a larger amount of funding (over £10,000) for organisations that work together with a shared set of goals to help their community thrive – whether that’s a community living in the same area, or people with similar interests or life experiences.
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Offers a larger amount of funding (over £10,000) for projects that last up to five years. They’re looking for projects that work with their community – whether that’s a community living in the same area, or people with similar interests or life experiences.
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