Greater Manchester receives £2.75m from local support fund

GMCVO is one of eight support organisations in Greater Manchester to benefit from a share of the Cabinet Office’s £30 million Transforming Local Infrastructure (TLI) Fund.
Projects supported by the TLI Fund focus on bringing together different voluntary sector support providers to offer high quality local services at lower cost. These projects will also make it easier for the organisations to forge better links with local businesses, develop stronger partnerships with local public sector bodies and for people to volunteer.
Nationally, over 70 partnerships of local support and development organisations will receive TLI funding. In Greater Manchester, the following organisations have been awarded funding totalling over £2.75 million.

Bolton Community and Voluntary Services   £331,064
Greater Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisation   £289,915
Manchester Alliance for Community Care   £399,800
Voluntary Action Oldham   £277,778
Salford Community and Voluntary Services   £361,478
Tameside Third Sector Coalition   £337,645
Voluntary and Community Action Trafford   £383,000
Wigan And Leigh Council For Voluntary Service   £373,000

The TLI Fund is being managed by Big Fund, the non-lottery funding operation of the Big Lottery Fund. The list of successful applications can be seen via the link below.

♦ The Big Lottery Fund is planning a distinct and additional investment in funding support services for voluntary organisations of at least £20 million. Detailed proposals about their plans will be published later this year. It is planned that the majority of this investment will go to frontline voluntary organisations in order to give them greater choice and control over the support services which they need.