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Do you want to buy at a discounted price or on a shared equity scheme?
Would you like to move into a welcoming and specially adapted street for military veteran individuals and families?
The Big Lottery Fund are looking to fund projects that draw on the strengths and personal experiences of people facing hardship so that they can overcome immediate difficulties and be ready for opportunities and challenges ahead. The Lottery are looking for projects that provide tailored support, advice and advocacy to enable people to address difficulties and be in a better position to improve circumstances and plan for their future.
The Youth Fund will provide core funding to organisations within the youth sector and outside. This is a direct response to feedback from their strategy consultation – that in order to achieve greatest positive impact in the lives of young people you work with or for, you need to achieve a balance of stability, continuity and flexibility
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation want to encourage the development, use and sustainability of effective arts-based activities in education, through arts organisations working with schools, further education colleges and teachers. This fund will support arts organisations working with schools to improve the evidence base for their work, so that they can do more to enhance the lives, development and achievements of children and young people.
The Shared Ground Fund will provide organisations with the financial support they need to test new approaches and explore ways of addressing new challenges in this area of great change and uncertainty. It will also support organisations with an already strong track record of achievement with substantial help to achieve a greater impact.
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation want to use their funding to support organisations to test, implement and develop ambitious plans to widen access to and deepen participation in the arts. It will not be enough to simply increase numbers – the emphasis is on addressing inequalities of opportunity. The Paul Hamlyn Foundation want to help organisations to build stronger evidence about what works so that they can improve practice and achieve greater impact.
The Sage Community Fund aims to support local people of all ages to nurture talent and / or provides life and employability skills which make a lasting contribution towards improving the quality of life of those it helps
Fund criteria:
The Fund offers up to £2,000 and will support applications that:
• Help groups rather than individuals
• Provides long-lasting benefits rather than transient ones
• Offers support to and / or aids the career progression and development (CPD) of those working for the groups we help
Manchester City Council are supporting local people by encouraging groups to apply for a neighbourhood investment fund (NIF). These are funds available to communities to make their neighbourhoods better places to live. The Neighbourhood Investment Fund (NIF) replaces CASH grant funding.
£20,000 of neighbourhood investment funding is available to every area (ward) in Manchester each year - to help groups carry out events and activities that benefit people in their local neighbourhood. All applications must be made online.
Applications for funding are invited from charities and community and voluntary organisations. Grants are provided for the provision of nursing or other charitable services for residents of Manchester, Salford and District who are in need of such help by reason of age, sickness or infirmity.
There is no limit to the size of the grant that you can apply for however grants of up to £1.000 have been approved by Trustees.
The GSK IMPACT Awards are an annual scheme, funded by GlaxoSmithKline as part of the company’s commitment to promote community health and well-being. The GSK IMPACT Awards recognise and reward small to medium sized charities that are doing excellent work to improve people’s health.
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