ABOUT US FIND A HOME FOR TENANTS NEWS INVESTORS CONTACT US MY ONWARD Onward Community Fund Helping community projects to succeed Got a great idea for a community project, but need a little help to get it off the ground? The Onward Community Fund aims to support local groups and projects. Underpinned by our mission ‘To make a positive difference in the communities we serve’ groups can bid for up to £2,500 for their neighbourhood. Examples could include: IT training, youth projects or community events. Projects should aim to address one or more of the following: • Theme 1 – Building Stronger Communities Supporting individuals and neighbourhood community organisations to increase their expertise and develop their interest groups, in order to help the wider community and increase opportunities. • Theme 2 – Employment and Training Supporting individuals to access employment, training and enterprise opportunities. • Theme 3 – Digital Inclusion Being unable to interact and transact online has a direct and tangible impact on many key areas of everyday life. We will work in partnership in our communities to support customers to maximise their digital inclusion. • Theme 4 – Building Community Food Resilience Supporting efforts to address food insecurity within our communities, we will continue to support organisations at the forefront of tackling this current public health emergency. • Theme 5 – Youth Provision To ensure that the offer for young people evolves to meet changing needs. This is particularly important given the current economic situation, so we need to encourage collaboration between all providers to get the best for children and young people in terms of access to employment, training, and enterprise opportunities. • Theme 6 – Mental Wellbeing and Greenspaces Supporting organisations who are well placed to provided mental health support, recognising the increasing challenges relating to this issue, or develop innovative models of early intervention around access to greenspace and community networks. See which projects have been awarded funding in our last two judging rounds below: Greater Manchester ROUND 1 Knit and Natter Creative Craft Club (Hattersley) awarded £983 AVRO FC (Oldham) awarded £2500 Progress Education (Oldham) awarded £2474 Westhoughton One Stop Shop (Westhoughton) awarded £1250 Fit over 50 CIC awarded £880 (Hattersley) ROUND 2 Live Well Community Group (Salford) awarded £2460 Hyde Little Theatre (Hyde) awarded £2500 Crescent Food Bank (Bolton) awarded £1250 Child Safety Media (Stockport) awarded £500 Family Action Food Club (Manchester) awarded £200 Brink Productions Limited (Manchester) awarded £1000 All Seasons Art Group (Hyde) awarded £700 Hattersley & Mottram Community Forum (Hattersley) awarded £700 Lancashire ROUND 1 Lancashire Women (Hyndburn & Ribble Valley) awarded £2500 Friends of Rhyddings Park (Hyndburn) awarded £1000 Read Easy Preston (Preston) awarded £980 Ribble Valley Health and wellbeing partnership (Ribble Valley) awarded £2500 ROUND 2 Roc Garden (Blackpool) awarded £1250 Good Things Collective CIC (Morecambe) awarded £2,452.50 Our Creative Collection (Lancashire) awarded £1000 Gatty Park Veterans Bowling Club (Accrington) awarded £991 Merseyside ROUND 1 Hoby UK (North Liverpool) awarded £500 Food Larder-The Little Centre awarded (Beechwood- Wirral) awarded £2500 Bee Wirral (Beechwood Biston & Ballantyne) awarded £2474 Positive Impact (Princes Park, Riverside, Picton) awarded £2480 Anfield Amateur Boxing Club (Anfield, Everton) awarded £2500 ROUND 2 Our House (Birkenhead) awarded £1800 Rejuvenate Wellbeing CIC (West Derby) awarded £870 Calderstone Touch Tennis (Liverpool) awarded £950 Applications must meet the following criteria: The project must benefit Onward neighbourhoods – see a list of our neighbourhoods here. Organisations must be constituted and have their own bank account Application process There is a two stage process starting with an expression of interest form which must be completed online. A member of the Social Investment Team will contact you to discuss your project in more detail and check you eligibility to our fund. If Onward Homes decide to take your application forward, an application form will be emailed to you to complete. Interested? Please complete the expression of interest form below and a member of the team will be in touch. For more information on the Onward Community Fund please email socialinvestment@onward.co.uk. Deadline dates to submit applications: Final round: 15th January 2022 COMMUNITY FUND EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FORM Contact details First name Last name Phone number Email Which Onward region does your idea connect to Greater Manchester Lancashire Merseyside Which Onward neighbourhoods will benefit the project? What is the name of your project? How much will your project cost? We understand it may be a guess at this stage. Let us know if you are applying or have secured funds from elsewhere. What is your idea? Outline your idea. Tell us what you want to do. What benefit do you think it will bring to the community, the neighbourhood and most importantly, the people that live there? Home About us Find a home Contact us Careers Legal information Privacy policy Cookie Policy Accessibility Visit Onward on Twitter Visit Onward on Facebook Visit Onward on LinkedIn Contact Onward on WhatsApp © Onward Homes Limited 2021 Made by Komodo Digital