Trafford Community Collective

Registered charity 1193780 · since 2021traffordcollective.org.uk·Trafford·Updated 31 October 2026

At a glance

£15,510

Annual giving, year to 31 March 2025

From filed accounts

Open to applications

Fixed application deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

Your work fits if your group is constituted, a voluntary, community, faith or social enterprise organisation delivering in Trafford on health inequalities, across themes such as debt and income support, employment, housing, mental health, physical health checks and family support; projects with participatory approaches and longer-term benefits are particularly welcomed.
The stated maximum for Live Well Trafford Community Grants is up to £10,000, but the annual report's total of £15,510 paid suggests asking only for what the project needs.
Submit an editable Word form by emailing LiveWellGrants@traffordcollective.org.uk before the closing deadline; Live Well Grants open in April and close in May, and Older Adults Wellbeing Grants open in November and close in December.
Live Well Grants are not open to groups with turnover of £100,000 or more per year, or to groups that are not constituted or lack a bank account, and the Live Well Trafford Community Grants round requires applicants to be members of the Collective, deliver in Trafford, and not focus on Sale or Partington.

Overview

Trafford Community Collective is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1193780).

Trafford Community Collective is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales that exists to develop the capacity and skills of people from socially and economically disadvantaged communities of Trafford, and, in partnership with others, to support, promote and connect the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise sector across the area. It makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy, advice and information. Its Live Well grant programme supports constituted groups working to address health inequalities. The annual report gives one total of £15,510 paid, which may include grants to individuals.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Trafford Community Collective supports, promotes and connects the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise sector across Trafford. Through its published Live Well grant programme, it supports constituted VCFSE organisations working in Trafford to deliver community activities and projects addressing health inequalities, especially for people facing the greatest inequalities. The programme's named areas include debt and income support, employment, housing, mental health, physical health checks and family support. It seeks projects that help residents build resilience and reduce poverty and disadvantage, involve community members in decisions, and offer longer-term benefits. The Collective describes itself as local infrastructure for the sector and administers funding with partners.

Themes

Debt and income support
Employment support
Housing support and advice
Mental health and wellbeing
Upstream physical health checks
Family support

Geographic Focus

Trafford. Not funded: Sale; Partington.

What they don't fund

Live Well Trafford Community Grants 2026/27 only:
- Delivery must not focus on Sale or Partington for this funding round, as those areas are receiving separate Live Well investment
- Applicants must be members of Trafford Community Collective
- Your organisation must be delivering activity in Trafford
- We welcome applications from constituted VCFSE organisations, including registered charities and charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs), community interest companies (CICs), community benefit societies and other constituted community groups with a bank account in the organisation’s name
Live Well Grants only: Your VCFSE group must have a turnover of less than £100,000 per year; Your group must be constituted and hold a bank account

How to apply

Applicants email their application to LiveWellGrants@traffordcollective.org.uk.

Deadlines: Applications to a published funding round must be submitted by its stated closing deadline.

Application windows:

Older Adults Wellbeing Grants: Opens in November and closes in December
Trafford’s Live Well Grants: Opens in April and closes in May

Who can apply:

Trafford’s Live Well Grants: Your VCFSE group must have a turnover of less than £100,000 per year. Your group must be constituted and hold a bank account.

What to send:

Live Well Trafford Community Grants: Please submit the form in an editable Word format.
Trafford’s Live Well Grants: As well as a completed application form we welcome additional information in various forms. This can be as creative as you want, using a range of media e.g. videos, drama, pictures etc

Application success factors

What the charity says:

Projects that reduce health inequalities by improving residents’ health and mental wellbeing are particularly welcomed.
Projects should promote participatory approaches and involve stakeholders and community members in decisions.
Projects offering longer-term benefits to residents through improved facilities, updated equipment or specialist support are particularly welcomed.
Projects working at tiers 1 and 2 are most aligned with the fund.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Trafford

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Trafford Community Collective.

Forever ManchesterFixed deadlinesGave £2.3M Salford CVS (Community and Voluntary Services)RollingGave £2.3M The Greater Manchester High Sheriff’s Police TrustMixed deadlinesGave £280k Community Foundation for Staffordshire & ShropshireMixed deadlinesGave £1.9M Groundwork Greater ManchesterNo public process Bolton CVSMixed deadlinesGave £2.4M Eric Wright Charitable TrustMixed deadlinesGave £2.2M Community FuturesNo public process The Peter Kershaw TrustFixed deadlinesGave £175k Liverpool Charity and Voluntary ServicesMixed deadlinesGave £998k

4 years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2022	£79,580	£36,745	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£205,801	£64,907	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£418,070	£291,334	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£386,169	£471,206	£15,510	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: grants paid out in the year.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.