Capacity Building

Through its Community Grants programme Warburtons provides a limited number of grants of up to £400 four times a year. The small grants are to benefit British families in need.

Applications will be considered from not-for-profit organisations with charitable purposes that are based and working in England, Scotland or Wales as long as their projects are addressing one of Warburtons' priority areas:
Health – supporting families to care for each other and lead healthier lives:

This programme will help charities to identify and prioritise their development goals, building on what they are already great at and how to respond to and overcome challenges.

GMCVO are delivering this grant programme on behalf of the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) to improve local spaces and services along its 70-mile route between Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and York.

A total of £175,000 is to be distributed along the route, with funding available in the form of small grants (£1,000 to £5,000) or medium grants (£5,000 to £20,000).

Community projects within 5 miles of the core TRU route and its key diversionary routes will be eligible to receive funding.

The Auto Trader Community Fund is offering awards of up to £1,000 to grassroots community groups based in any of the ten boroughs of Greater Manchester.

The Auto Trader Community Fund aims to encourage and support grassroots community organisations. This means small, community-based and locally controlled groups that manage themselves, encourage people to get involved as volunteers and who just need a bit of financial help to be able to work with their community in the way they’d like.

The Voicescape Community Fund is offering awards of up to £1,000 to grassroots community groups based in any of the ten boroughs of Greater Manchester. The Fund will focus on projects which support those most affected by the cost-of-living crisis, as well as projects that provide education and skills development.