After raising a jaw-dropping £76million and counting for Red Nose Day 2017, Comic Relief has announced it has funded 109 Greater Manchester based community groups with grants from its Community Cash fund.

Forever Manchester is responsible for managing and distributing Comic Relief Community Cash funding across Greater Manchester, and with the support from the Manchester Evening News, 109 local groups have been awarded grants from the £100,000 fund to support great work that helps local people living tough lives.

Gilly Green, Comic Relief’s head of UK grants said, “The Comic Relief Community Cash initiative enables us to help more than a thousand smaller projects all across the UK. The grants awarded today can be used for a wide variety of needs, from equipment for disability sports clubs, to activities bringing communities together, to specialist training for volunteers providing essential support.“

Nick Massey, Forever Manchester’s Chief Executive added: “Comic Relief Community Cash offers a fantastic funding opportunity for local groups throughout Greater Manchester and the grants awarded today will allow them to get on and do what they do best – helping local people do extraordinary things together.

“There are so many groups in Greater Manchester which are a vital resource for the community and do a massive amount on very little money. These new Comic Relief Community Cash grants will provide a welcome boost and will soon be making a difference right across the region.”

The full list of successful community groups funding are:

  • 2nd Northenden (St Wilfrid’s) Guide Unit
  • 4th Swinton Rainbows
  • Adventures Await
  • African Community Action
  • Afrocats
  • Ashton Martial Arts
  • Attic Project
  • Better Things
  • B-Free
  • Birtle and Rochdale Riding for Special Needs
  • Bolton Rugby Union Football Club Junior Section
  • Brink Productions Limited
  • Brinnington Events Team
  • Brookhouse Community Association
  • Burnage Healthy Living Group
  • Bury & Bolton ME/CFS Support Group
  • Can-Survive UK
  • Centre For Specialist Educational Assistance Ltd. (Binoh of Manchester)
  • Cerebral Palsy United FC
  • Cherrybrook
  • Child and Family Connect
  • Christian Restoration Manchester
  • Clifton Monday Club
  • Compassion Prison Ministry
  • Darnhill Festival Association
  • Denton West End Community Library
  • DIY Theatre Community Interest Company
  • Dukinfield Moravian Church Food Hamper Outreach Project
  • Dwarf Sports Association North West Region
  • Dyslexic By Nature
  • Edgeley ROC Centre
  • Families Against Violence
  • Farnworth UCAN User Group
  • Finding Rainbows
  • Friends of Brian Hore Unit
  • Friends of Hare Hill House
  • Friends of Hopwood Park
  • Friends of Stockport Cemeteries
  • Friends of Victoria Park
  • Friendship Health Care Women Association
  • Fur Community in the UK
  • Gorton Visual Arts
  • Halliwell Befriending Service
  • Healthy Hearts Exercise Group
  • Healthy Me Healthy Communities
  • Heywood and District Angling Society
  • Hollinwood Amateur Rugby League Club
  • Irlam Royalettes
  • JCom Employment Agency Ltd
  • Jigsaw – Bolton Stroke group
  • Jigsaw (Wigan & Leigh)
  • Just a Ball Game?
  • Leigh Community Dance
  • Maltby Residents Association
  • Manchester Harriers and Athletic Club
  • Manchester Refugee Community
  • Marsh Green Art Group
  • Miners Community Arts and Music Centre
  • New Beginnings Project
  • Newall Green Gymnastics Club
  • North Manchester Black Health Forum
  • Oasis Community Hub MediaCityUK
  • Odd Arts
  • Oldham Rainbow Association
  • Partington Community Health and Social Group
  • Pennine Mencap
  • Pie Radio UK
  • Platt and Worsley Residents Group
  • Ramsbottom Angling Association
  • Red Rose Over 60’s club
  • Reflect Therapeutic Services Community Group
  • Respect For All
  • Royal Oak Community Centre
  • Salford Aces Morris Troupe
  • Salford Heartcare Support Group
  • Salford Malayalee Association
  • Sandon House Community Centre
  • Sensoriel CIC
  • So Sew
  • Solidarity
  • Special Olympics Bury
  • St Johns Band (Mossley)
  • St Luke’s 60
  • St Michael’s Parish Community Hall
  • St. Mary’s Church & Community Food Bank
  • Standish Lipreading Society
  • Stepping Stones Across the Spectrum
  • Stomp (Stockport Music Project)
  • Storehouse Project
  • Stretford Childrens Theatre
  • Swinton North District – Girlguiding
  • Trafford Blind and Deaf Social Group
  • Vale Community Association
  • Visionaries Blind and Vision Impaired self help group
  • Voluntary Youth Manchester
  • Wellbeing Awareness in the West African Diaspora
  • Wendover Court
  • West End Tiny Tots Group (Tameside)
  • West Pennine Myeloma Support Group
  • Westwood and Alder Tenants and Residents Association
  • Whitebeam Community Association
  • Whitefield Graveyard Community Group
  • Wigan & Leigh Stroke Support Group
  • Willow Project – Wigan
  • Women’s Voices CIC
  • Wonderfully Made Woman
  • Wythenshawe CATS
  • Yemeni Community Association in Greater Manchester
  • YouCan Youth and Community Group