Groups we’ve helped

Gorton Visual Arts

Gorton Visual Arts provide opportunities for older people and people with learning difficulties or mental health issues to gain new skills and work alongside professional artists on various arts projects.

Hats and Paint (Period Portraits)

Hats and Paint (Period Portraits) is a social art group where strangers can get together over art, music, and...

Community Media Crew Group

Community Media Crew Group is a day-care group that provides the opportunity for people with learning disabilities to gain...

Stockport Afternoon Flower Club

Stockport Afternoon Flower Club are a group of older ladies and gentlemen who share a love of flowers, flower...

Mandem Meetup CIC

Mandem Meetup are a social group, promoting and improving the conversation around men’s mental health and wellbeing.

Dancing With Dementia

Dancing with Dementia provides a place where people living with dementia can participate in social activities with family and...

Friends of West Gorton Community Park

Friends of West Gorton Community Park (FWGCP) are a group of residents and volunteers who run activities in their...

Theatre of the Senses CIC

Theatre of the Senses offers Trafford residents from all backgrounds the opportunity to engage with the arts and participate...

Kings Foundation

Kings Foundation work to reduce knife crime and gang culture around the community in Moston, Greater Manchester.

Monday Morning Club

Monday Morning Club is a group of local residents in Benchill who meet weekly to socialise and build friendships.

Growing Together Levenshulme

Growing Together Levenshulme is a community group of around 100 asylum seekers and refugees centred around a community allotment...

Fair Futures CIC

Fair Futures CIC work with children, young people and families to reduce barriers to education and promote successful learning....

Local people doing extraordinary things together

This is the place, where, every day, week in and week out, using donations and fundraising from our supporters,...

Carribean and African Health Network

Caribbean and African Health Network (CAHN) are a Black-led organisation set up in 2017 in Greater Manchester to address...

Our Space Youth Group

Our Space is a Wythenshawe-based youth group for children and young people aged 5 to 16 with Special Educational...

Fantastic Funding Figures!

We’re delighted that between January and March 2024, we were able to make an amazing 89 grants to community...

Out In The City

Out in The City is a social support group based in Manchester for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual...

Pride on the Range

Pride on the Range is run by small team of passionate volunteers, to celebrate diversity and support and promote...

Salford Pride

Salford Pride celebrates inclusion and equality; where LGBT+ people are represented, thrive and live authentically, in Salford and beyond.

CDL Fund – Supporting Community Activities in Stockport (2022-23)

We were delighted to provide £18,530 of funding to support 20 community groups based in the borough of Stockport...

Ashton Community Chess Club

Ashton Community Chess Club, in Tameside, teaches children and young people aged 5-18 years old of all abilities how...

Connecting Communities this Summer

We were delighted to provide funding to help 69 community groups across Greater Manchester get together and connect with...

Abraham Moss Warriors at the Heart of the Community

Abraham Moss Warriors at the Heart of the Community is a multi-cultural club with a focus on sport and...

United Estates of Wythenshawe

UEW provide a Social Cultural Centre for local people in Wythenshawe. A centre designed, run by those it serves...

Auto Trader Community Fund – For Groups Doing Great Things (2023 Pt2)

We were delighted to award £27,436 of funding to support 29 grassroots community groups based across the ten boroughs...

Forever Manchester Awards 2023 – Giving Groups a Hand Up

We were delighted to provide £17,652 of funding to support 20 community groups who just need a bit of...

Denton West End Community Library

Denton West End Community Library celbrates 10 years of being community-owned. Threatened with closure in 2012, the library...

Full Circle Funeral Partners – Supporting Groups in Trafford (2022-23)

We were delighted to provide £14,412 of funding to support 17 community groups in South Trafford and its adjacent...

Auto Trader Community Fund – For Great Stuff (2023 Pt 1)

We were delighted to award £30,812 of funding to support 32 grassroots community groups based across the ten boroughs...

Connecting Communities this Christmas

We are delighted to announce that we have supported 175 community groups across Greater Manchester to celebrate Christmas together.

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