Funding
Funding Support
Thrive supports Trafford social economy organisations to access to funding information and provides advice on making funding applications.
If you would like us to help you find funding opportunities for a specific project or service or have a funding application you would like some help to look through please contact our Social Economy and Funding Adviser, Resma Patel
Social Investment
Social investment is the use of repayable finance to help an organisation achieve a social purpose.
Trafford VCFSEs can use repayable finance to help increase their impact in Trafford’s communities, for example by growing their social enterprise, providing working capital for contract delivery, or buying assets.
Thrive Trafford is keen to support Trafford VCFSEs in accessing social investment, and can provide advice in relation to investment readiness support.
Thrive is connected to a range of social investors, including working in partnership with Charity Bank.
We aim to raise awareness of social investment as an alternative source of funding for Trafford VCFSEs, undertake promotional activities, and providing VCFSEs with access to social investment information and training opportunities.
Please contact our Social Economy and Funding Adviser, Resma.Patel@thrivetrafford.org.uk