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EnglishArabicBengaliBosnianBulgarianCatalanChinese (Simplified)Chinese (Traditional)CroatianCzechDanishDutchEstonianFilipinoFinnishFrenchGermanGreekHindiHungarianIgboItalianJapaneseKoreanKurdish (Kurmanji)LatvianLithuanianLuxembourgishMacedonianMalayMalteseNepaliNorwegianPersianPolishPortuguesePunjabiRomanianRussianSerbianSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSudaneseSwahiliSwedishThaiTurkishUkrainianUrduVietnameseWelshYorubaThe Ashworth Charitable Trust supports humanitarian charities in the UK and overseas. Their vision statement outlines their priorities of the importance of education, the need to support marginalised people, and the capacity of people and human nature. Applicants must be a registered charity in the UK.
Bardsley Construction is offering funding to groups across the Greater Manchester area. The fund supports groups that address older people, children and young people, stronger communities and health and wellbeing, whose income is no more than £30,000. Awards of up to £1,000 are available. 
The Masonic Charitable Foundation Community Support grants for charities help people experiencing poverty and disadvantage, sickness and disability or barriers to education and employment. 
The charities supported make a significant and lasting difference to thousands of people in need and further those causes about which Freemasons and their families are most concerned.
Good Things Foundation and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation have teamed up. Together, they have created a competition which rewards the best ideas in the Online Centres Network. They know the difference that you make in your community. Now they want to know how you solve problems. 
Are you a small or medium sized enterprise or a recent start-up? Do you have ambitions to set-up a new organisation but need some support to get started? Do you work in a social enterprise looking to get support to start, build or grow your activity? Do you have ideas about making your organisation more energy efficient or run your organisation in a more eco-friendly way? 
For the third time since Power to Change begun in 2015, they are inviting expressions of interest (EOI) for grant funding research projects that will benefit the community business sector in England. 
This is part of a two stage process whereby EOIs will be first shortlisted for the potential to submit a full proposal.
In 2018 the Garfield Weston Foundation is 60 years old and to celebrate, they are launching a one-off grants scheme, the Weston Anniversary Fund. This Fund will provide
Capital grants ranging from £30,000 to £150,000. 
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 Big Lottery is changing the application process for Reaching Communities, to make it easier for groups and communities to apply for National Lottery funding. 
In order to do this, there will be a temporary pause on the submission of Reaching Communities applications between Monday 15 January and Monday 2 April. All applications received before 15 January will be processed in the existing manner.
Groups are invited to apply small grants of £250 and £500 to host events to recruit Cancer Champions in February 2018, or extend a planned meeting/event, that recruits new Greater Manchester Cancer Champions.
This can of course be from your business, team or network, as long as individuals are residents of or workers in Greater Manchester.
The funding is open to organisations from across Greater Manchester.
For further information and to apply, see attached.
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