Capacity Building

The Nine Lives Fund is a partnership between Forever Manchester and the Chambers of 9 St. Johns Street, Manchester.

This fund is open to youth groups providing sports and diversionary activities, including groups supporting young people with disabilities. Age range 10-18 living in disadvantaged areas of Greater Manchester.

Groups that encourage active participation from volunteers, have minimal cash reserves and limited access to funding support.

Awards up to £2,000 are available.

As part of the national Surviving Winter campaign Forever Manchester has £10,000 to give to Luncheon clubs in Greater Manchester.

‘Surviving Winter’ is an important campaign that generates funds to help some of the most vulnerable people in our communities and those most severely affected by fuel bill price hikes and rise in the cost of living.

Surviving Winter Awards are available to support the running of luncheon clubs across Greater Manchester.

This funding is to support the general running of your club and cannot be used for day trips for your members.

Manchester BME Network is delighted to invite you to participate in their next Learning Circles. Learning Circles provide a space for you to come together with your peers to share your experiences and find solutions to your organisational issues and challenges.

These sessions are free, but places are limited.

The next Learning Circles are:

• Keeping Going: Is it really hard to keep going in the current climate? Is it a struggle to keep services running? Dates: 25 February, 4, 11, 18 March 2014

The Social Impact Awards 2014 are a national awards programme to celebrate and reward excellence in charities, not for profit and social enterprise organisations as well as public and private sector organisations who have made a ‘big difference’ in their communities.

The awards will be presented at an evening theatre style ceremony in Manchester on 7 May 2014, following a half day conference, which will provide education, information, advice and case studies for third sector organisations and their partners in the public and private sectors.

The Tree Council has funds available to assist schools and community groups proposing to undertake well-planned orchard planting projects during National Tree Week, 29 November to 7 December 2014.

This grant fund is open to all Schools and Community Groups within the United Kingdom, with the condition that children aged sixteen or under with the condition that children aged sixteen or under are involved in the planting or, where the trees are too large to be directly handled by them, related educational activities.

The Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales has announced its intention to launch a new funding strategy. The new strategy – to be launched in April - reflects discussions with charities and other funders, and will reinforce the Foundation’s ongoing commitment to support small and medium sized charities in a challenging economic funding environment.

The Premier League and The FA Facilities Fund, is available to football clubs, schools, councils and local sports associations and is focused on supporting the development of new or refurbished local football facilities.

Managed by the Football Foundation on behalf of the funding partners – the Premier League, The FA and Government, via Sport England – the Fund is a three-year £102m commitment to improving the nation’s grassroots football facilities.

Affinity Sutton offers grants of £300 to £5000 to charities and community groups to deliver positive initiatives that benefit Affinity Sutton residents. They are very keen to encourage more charity and voluntary groups to apply.

The People's Postcode Trust Small Grants Programme exists to try to make the world a better place through short-term, project specific funding.

Through this programme, funding is provided for projects of up to twelve months in length, ranging from £500 up to £20,000 to registered charities, community and voluntary groups, community interest companies and other not-for-profit organisations.

Hilton in the Community Foundation (HCF) is committed to supporting those most in need to have a brighter future. Focusing on children and young people, HCF supports activities in education and health to relieve suffering and equip individuals.