Deadline: 06-Aug-21
We Love Manchester Charity is pleased to announce an open call for Stronger Communities Fund to have supported over 100 local groups & charities to deliver great work in Manchester’s unbeatable communities! With a re-launch and new injection of funds, 2021 is going to be a big year for this programme.
The Charity supports and inspire Mancunians to make the city a fairer, safer, cleaner, friendlier place. As community groups emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic and assess the holes in their finances and the opportunities to improve lives locally, the Fund is here to offer financial help.
Themes
The Charity looking to support projects which have one or more of the following themes:
- Helping in the Early Years – supporting children 0-4 years old, and their parents, to make the best start possible in terms of learning, health and/or nutrition
- Combating Loneliness and Social Exclusion – supporting groups of people who are at risk of exclusion from community life. For example as a result of advanced age or disability
- Protecting and Improving open Spaces – delivering work which ensures public spaces are maintained and improved for the benefit of local people, or expanding access to open spaces for all members of the community
- Offering Positive Youth Activities – providing sustainable, structured programmes/activities to help communities of young people to live safely and successfully
Funding Information
We Love MCR Stronger Communities Fund is calling on community groups and individuals in Manchester to apply for funding of up to £5,000 for initiatives that will bring their communities together.
Geographic Restrictions
Your Project should benefit residents of the City of Manchester. (I.e. not across Greater Manchester, solely within the city boundaries as defined by Manchester City Council).
Restrictions
Things they will not fund:
- Private/commercial organisations
- Project proposals which are >50%-funded by Manchester City Council
- Fundraising events
- Projects which benefit residents primarily living outside the City of Manchester
- Projects benefitting only a small number of individuals
- Projects which do not address one or more of the themes
- Projects which promote religious beliefs
- Projects that are brand new, or applications from organisations without previous experience relevant to the proposed Project
- Academic or medical research & equipment
- Organisations which already have an annual income to spend in Manchester in excess of £750,000 p.a.
- Retrospective requests (i.e. Projects/activities that have already taken place or have already been paid for)
- Applications from applicants who have received funding from the Stronger Communities Fund within the previous 1 year
- Requests that will replace or enhance a Statutory Duty of Manchester City Council
- Applications made by one organisation on behalf of another
For more information, visit We Love Manchester Charity.