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Tameside Live Well Spaces Fund 2026

Action Together's Live Well Spaces Fund gives £25,000 over 12 months to Tameside Community Anchor Organisations (not-for-profit, community-led, multi-purpose groups running a community building, green or blue space) to work towards the Live Well Spaces Quality Mark. It is a development programme as much as a grant: payments are staged against Quality Mark progress, and trustees must commit to an Equality Impact Assessment, an Organisational Health Check, governance and safeguarding work, and active part in Tameside's Live Well network. It starts with an expression of interest, due by 12 noon on Monday 9 November 2026.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
Up to £25,000
Deadline
22 days left
9 November
Effort
Moderate
full application with documents

Who can apply

  • Community Anchor Organisations in Tameside, defined by the fund as: not for profit; community led and run; based in and occupying a community building (and/or green or blue space) rooted in a neighbourhood or town in Tameside; multi-functional, offering a broad range of activities, services and opportunities; with strong local knowledge, networks and connections; and with a mission to improve the whole community, not just part of it
  • Applicants must also be a VCFSE group locally rooted in a Tameside neighbourhood, a member of Action Together CIO (free), formally constituted and incorporated, with relevant liability insurance, up-to-date safeguarding policies, at least three unrelated board or committee members, and a bank account in the organisation's name with two unrelated signatories
  • The Board of Trustees must commit to working towards the Quality Mark with Action Together (the web page says nine months from December 2026, the EOI form says twelve months) and to collaboration across Live Well, and the organisation must demonstrate the seven Community-led Wellbeing Principles and the hallmarks of a Live Well Space (or a clear ambition to)
  • It is an open call: any organisation meeting this definition can submit an expression of interest; there is no pre-selected list of anchors

What it funds

Capacity, time and resources for Community Anchor Organisations to achieve the Live Well Spaces Quality Mark, strengthen long-term sustainability and develop equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) practice, while taking an active role in Tameside's Live Well ecosystem. Funded work includes:

  • Completing an Equality Impact Assessment
  • An Organisational Health Check
  • Strengthening governance and safeguarding
  • Taking part in neighbourhood forums
  • Training and networking
  • Capturing one or two stories of change
  • Gathering evidence against all seven sections of the Quality Mark framework with the Action Together Development Team
  • Costs on a full cost recovery basis:
  • Organisational overheads and running costs
  • Staff and volunteer costs
  • Management and administration
  • Equipment and promotional materials
  • Training and development
  • Transport and travel
  • One-off events and activities
  • Capital costs that support delivery of the Quality Mark

The £25,000 is paid in three staged payments linked to Quality Mark progress; budgets at EOI stage are indicative.

What it will not fund

  • Organisations trading for profit
  • Statutory services or statutory activities
  • Organisations intending to redistribute grant awards
  • Activity aimed at increasing membership of a political party
  • Promotion of a religious belief, or activities with any religious affiliation
  • For requests over £5,000, organisations not registered with Companies House or the Charity Commission and not evidently working towards it
  • Contingency costs, loans, endowments or interest
  • Paying someone to write your bid
  • Profit-making or fundraising activities
  • VAT you can reclaim
  • Retrospective costs (expenses already incurred)
  • Organisations that have not completed monitoring for previous Action Together funding

How to apply

  1. Read the Live Well Spaces Fund 2026 Guidance Notes, including the Community-led Wellbeing Principles and the Live Well Spaces hallmarks
  2. Join Action Together CIO (free) if you are not already a member; talk to your Community Development Worker if needed
  3. Complete the Expression of Interest form: your organisation and neighbourhood, how you act as a Community Anchor, your EDI practice, how the Board will commit to the Quality Mark programme, and an indicative budget
  4. Email the EOI to funding@actiontogether.org.uk by 12 noon on Monday 9 November 2026
  5. The Live Well Delivery Group (statutory and VCFSE representatives) assesses eligible EOIs and makes recommendations
  6. Shortlisted organisations have an introductory online discussion with the Chair and one other trustee (or senior leader), held December 2026 to January 2027
  7. If awarded, provide the supporting documents before the first payment and work through the 12-month Quality Mark programme; spend all funding by 31 December 2027

Applications opened 29 September 2026; all grants will be awarded by 31 December 2026.

The number of grants available is not stated.

Have ready

  • Expression of Interest form
  • Governing document (e.g. constitution, memorandum and articles of association)
  • Recent bank statement for an account in the organisation's name with at least two unrelated signatories
  • Public liability and employers' liability insurance (if applicable)
  • Safeguarding policy
  • Project risk assessment(s)

The guidance lists these to send with the form; the EOI form says successful applicants must supply them before any funding is released.

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