Community Grants available to support domestic abuse projects

GRANTS of up to £200 and £1000 are available to support community projects and activities in Tameside to raise awareness of domestic abuse.

Community groups and organisations are being invited to apply for the funding, which is being offered by Tameside Council working in partnership with Action Together.

Domestic abuse can happen to anyone. It negatively impacts upon the health and wellbeing of those who are living with or have experienced domestic abuse as well as their children/families.

The grants aim to support projects and activities which:

• Focus on making domestic abuse everybody’s business by raising awareness, how to recognise it and reducing stigma around domestic abuse.
• Can provide a safe neutral space for people to go to if they want to make a disclosure, or to receive peer support or stress relieving social activities.
• Can support children who have been impacted by domestic abuse.

Tameside Council Executive Member for Population Health Cllr Eleanor Wills said: “It is important that we provide the best possible care and support to those who are affected by domestic abuse and we’re committed to proactively working in partnership with local communities and organisations to create communities where people can easily access the information and support they need within their local community.

“We’ve worked closely with local people who are living with or have experienced domestic abuse to develop this grant and their views and feedback have helped to shape our focus on the kinds of projects and activities we want this funding to support.”

Examples of projects that might qualify for funding may include but are not limited to:

• Awareness and response activities
• Advice and information drop in sessions
• Domestic abuse community champions programmes
• Information toolkits
• Neutral social activity/stress relieving activity such as arts and crafts, yoga, health walks.
• Peer support social groups
• Mums and tots groups
• Coffee mornings
• Summer clubs and holiday activities
• Healthy relationship awareness and response activities
• Family activity days raising awareness, for example a picnic with conversations around domestic abuse.

The application deadline is 7 August 2022. To be eligible to apply, an organisation must be based in Tameside, be a VCFSE (Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise) organisation/ group and a member of Action Together – you can find out how to become a member for free by emailing development@actiontogether.org.uk

For further information see www.actiontogether.org.uk/tameside-domestic-abuse-grants-2022