Parklife Community Fund opens for local applicants and causes [1]
Community groups wishing to run a project within parks / green spaces near to or in Heaton Park are invited to apply for a grant from the Parklife 2017 Community Fund.
Community groups wishing to run a project within parks / green spaces near to or in Heaton Park are invited to apply for a grant from the Parklife 2017 Community Fund.
One Manchester are looking at ways to support new and growing businesses in the area and have allocated £40,000 to do just that.
If you are a locally based business (or your business helps deliver social benefits to communities), One Manchester are interested in hearing from you.
Local groups needing an extra boost to set up or grow a community business can access support and match funding to launch their share offer, thanks to the Community Shares Booster programme.
Public parks lie at the heart of communities around the world, providing green spaces that welcome everyone. They offer a natural resource and release from the pressures of modern urban life. However, like many publicly provided services, the UK’s public parks are under increasing financial pressure, with limited resources available to adapt to changing circumstances.
Women’s charities can now bid for the latest £15 million round of the Tampon Tax Fund, Minister for Sport and Civil Society Tracey Crouch has announced. The Tampon Tax Fund allocates funds generated from the VAT on sanitary products to projects that improve the lives of disadvantaged women and girls.
The fund is open to charitable, benevolent and philanthropic organisations from across the United Kingdom.
Information for the bulletin is compiled from a number of sources including Grantfinder, GMCVO (Greater Manchester Council for Voluntary Organisations) and direct from funders themselves. It showcases just a few of the hundreds of funding opportunities available for local community, voluntary and faith organisations.
This bulletin is produced by a partnership of local support and development agencies across Greater Manchester.
The Weston Charity Awards were created by the Garfield Weston Foundation to celebrate and support great front-line charities working in the fields of Youth, Welfare and Community. The Awards help charities to plan for sustainability, development and growth through a year-long programme.
The Garfield Weston Foundation will select 20 winners this year and they will receive a fantastic package of benefits:
The Masonic Charitable Foundation can consider small (up to £5,000) and large (£5,000 and above) grants to charities offering support in four key areas of need:
The third round of the Transform Foundation’s 2017 Charity Website Grant Programme is officially open. This will be providing £18,000 grants to charities to fund the redevelopment of their websites in order to:
As part of Transport for Greater Manchester’s (TfGM) 2018 Women’s Cycling campaign, and in support of International Women’s Day, they are offering the opportunity for clubs, groups or organisations, located within Greater Manchester, to apply for funding towards events/activities that will encourage women to cycle and make journeys by bike.
Links
[1] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/news/parklife-community-fund-opens-local-applicants-and-causes
[2] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/category/news-type/sector-news
[3] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/category/shared-topic-areas/capacity-building
[4] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/category/shared-topic-areas/environment
[5] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/shared-topic-areas/funding
[6] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/news/one-manchester-catalyst-fund-business-and-start-grant-%E2%80%93-apply-8-jan-2018
[7] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/news/community-shares-booster-programme-%E2%80%93-%C2%A310000-grants-and-%C2%A3100000-match-funding-community-share
[8] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/news/rethinking-parks-fund-helping-parks-innovate
[9] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/news/tampon-tax-fund-apply-28-jan-2018
[10] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/news/funding-bulletin-december-2017
[11] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/news/weston-charity-awards-2018
[12] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/news/masonic-charitable-foundation-%E2%80%93-charity-grants
[13] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/news/applications-open-round-three-transform-foundation%E2%80%99s-charity-website-grant-programme
[14] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/news/women%E2%80%99s-cycling-grants
[15] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/shared-topic-areas/funding?page=111
[16] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/shared-topic-areas/funding?page=108
[17] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/shared-topic-areas/funding?page=109
[18] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/shared-topic-areas/funding?page=110
[19] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/shared-topic-areas/funding?page=113
[20] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/shared-topic-areas/funding?page=114
[21] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/shared-topic-areas/funding?page=115
[22] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/shared-topic-areas/funding?page=116
[23] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/shared-topic-areas/funding?page=192