Two Tameside organisations in running for local community fund

Nine community organisations across Greater Manchester have been shortlisted for a grant from the PatchApp Community Fund and the public are being urged to choose the one that matters most to them. 

Almost 100 organisations applied to the fund, with 15 being put forward to a public vote, which will see the top 5 selected to receive a grant from the Fund. 

Two of the organisations being put to the public vote are from Tameside.

PatchApp is a start-up home maintenance tech company operating across the North West and Yorkshire. The fledgling company makes it easier to find, book and manage your window cleaning and will shortly add a host of other home services to it’s portfolio. 

The services are carried out by former members of the Armed Forces, who PatchApp are working with to ensure they have good, stable careers when they leave the Armed Forces. 

The organisations which have been shortlisted from the public vote from Greater Manchester are:

• Silversprings Primary Academy, Tameside 
• Stalybridge Celtic Junior Girls, Tameside 
• Black Scorpion Karate, Wigan 
• Friends of St.Lukes, Wigan 
• Lancashire Cricket Foundation, Lancashire and Greater Manchester 
• North Stars Theatre Company, Oldham
• Remade Women, Wigan and Leigh 
• String of Hearts CIC, Trafford
• West Didsbury CE Primary PTA, West Didsbury

SILVERSPRINGS PRIMARY ACADEMY, TAMESIDE

https://silversprings.greatacademies.co.uk 

We are a primary school eco-friendly kitchen gardening project and we would like to use the funding to buy tools and plants.

STALYBRIDGE CELTIC JUNIOR GILRS

https://stalybridgecelticjuniors.com/

A Three Star FA Charter Standard Development Junior Football Club for all abilities since 1975.The Girls u14s are a team that have been playing together since the age of 8, and the funding will help towards kit and equipment as well as a 4 day tournament in Holland.

The public vote closes this Thursday evening (5^th June) at midnight. Anyone can vote on the Community Fund page at www.patchapp.uk.

The business was founded in 2022 by Paul White, one of the founders of the Modern Milkman, and Innovate UK Young Innovator of the Year, Conor Walsh. It has thousands customers in the region. 

The business has a strong social element to it as co-founder Paul White explained: “We’re really committed to leaving the world in a better place than we found it, and that’s what drives a lot of what we do. We wanted to reach right into the heart of the communities we serve and we thought that our Local Community Fund was the best way to do this”.

Conor added: “The number of applications has been staggering, and it’s been fantastic to see the wonderful work that is going on across the region. It’s really heartening to see that there are so many people who care about their local communities. It’s great to see so many finalists from Greater Manchester, which really reflects the great sense of community here”.

Local organisations can still apply for a grant at www.patchapp.uk, and a shortlist of organisations will be drawn up each month, which will then go to a public vote.