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Greater Manchester Violence Reduction Unit – Community-Led Approaches Programme

Bolton CVS is administering the community-led approaches programme with the Greater Manchester Violence Reduction Unit (VRU), and 10GM.

The community-led approach to violence reduction, means the Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) works closely with communities to understand the strengths, challenges, and needs of the community and determine how local investments will be made.

Several boroughs across the city-region have received funding from the VRU as part of its investment in community-led programmes, outlined in Greater Manchester’s Serious Violence Action Plan.

When communities are affected by violence often the key to sustainable solutions can often be found by speaking to local residents about the underlying causes of crime, working with rather than deciding for them.

Working in a place-based way these initiatives are about learning what are the priorities in each community and co-designing services with local people that will benefit their community.

The key focus of the programme is ensuring that young people and stakeholders come together, focussing on a strength-based approach, to identify what’s going on, what’s not happening and to develop ideas from within the community to inform projects and activities.

See below for details about the current funding opportunities in Greater Manchester.

Find out more about the VRU Community-Led Approach to Violence Reduction project here.

You can find out more information about the strategy behind this programme through the Greater Manchester Serious Violence Action Plan.

See Open Funds Below

Greater Manchester Violence Reduction Unit: Community-led Approaches Programme – Partnership Programme – Rochdale- Darnhill

Expressions of interest are invited from organisations with strong connections with Darnhill, Rochdale to form an alliance to work together to develop the key areas identified.

The outcomes we want to see for young people living in Darnhill as result of this funding include:

  • Improved aspirations.
  • Improved access to activities and opportunities.
  • Improved mental and physical wellbeing.
  • Improved relationships between young people and their parents/carers.
  • Improved sense of pride, respect and belonging in their community.

Expression of interest should bring together a partnership of voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations who can achieve outcomes in Darnhill.

The delivery proposals need to prioritise young people aged 8-25 years.

Please see the guidelines for further details.

GUIDELINES WORD/GUIDELINES pdf

Grant size – Up to £100,000

Closing date – 28.04.2024

Application Form

Greater Manchester Violence Reduction Unit: Community-led Approaches Programme – Partnership Programme – Trafford- Gorse Hill.

Expressions of interest are invited from organisations with strong connections with the Gorse Hill community in Trafford to form an alliance to work together to develop the key areas identified by this co-design.

The outcomes we want to see for young people living in Gorse Hill as result of this funding include:

  •   • Improved aspirations.
    • Improved access to activities and opportunities.
    • Improved mental and physical wellbeing.
    • Improved relationships between young people and their parents/carers.
    • Improved sense of pride, respect and belonging in their community.

Expressions of interest should bring together a partnership of voluntary, community & social enterprise organisations who can achieve this outcomes in Gorse Hill.

The delivery proposals need to prioritise young people aged 8-25 years.

See guidelines for more details. Guidlines WORD/PDF

Grant size – Total partnership fund available up to £100,000

Closing date – 13.05.2024

 

Application Form

Greater Manchester Violence Reduction Unit: Community-led Approaches Programme – Alliance Programme – Stockport- Adswood and Bridgehall.

Expressions of interest are invited from organisations with strong connections with the Adswood and Bridgehall communities in Stockport to form an alliance to work together to develop the key areas identified.

The outcomes we want to see for young people living in Adswood and Bridgehall as result of this funding include:

  • A reduction in serious violence and anti-social behaviour perpetrated by and affecting young people and the community of Adswood and Bridgehall.
  • An increased feeling of safety in and connectedness with the local community.
  • Improved aspirations, confidence, self-belief, emotional resilience and mental wellbeing.
  • An increase in positive role models for young people.
  • Improved access to individual, group and family supported.
  • The delivery proposals need to prioritise young people aged 10-25 years.

Expression of interest should be from organizations who are willing to work with others to form a partnership of voluntary, community & social enterprise organisations who can achieve the outcomes in Adswood and Bridgehall.

Please see the guidelines for further details.

 GUIDELINES WORD/GUIDELINES PDF 

Grant size – Total partnership fund available up to £100,000

Closing date – 19.04.2024

Application Form

Find examples of projects that have previously been funded through Bolton CVS managed grants here.

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