We are delighted to announce that we have supported 175 community groups across Greater Manchester to celebrate Christmas together.
Forever Manchester has always believed that connected communities make stronger, happier communities and love any activity that brings people together. That’s why, every summer and Christmas for the last few years, we’ve awarded funds so that people can host events in their communities.
Due to the huge appetite from community groups to celebrate Christmas with local people in their communities this year, we were able to fund 75 more groups than we had originally planned for.
To help groups add a bit of festivity to their Christmas celebrations, we have a produced a Connecting Communities at Christmas Paper Chain template.
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Here are the many groups and activities across Greater Manchester we are delighted to support this Christmas.
- 1st Gatley Guides Christmas Bowl – Stockport
- 1st Gatley Rainbows and Brownies – Stockport
- 1st Wythenshawe Scout Group Christmas Cooking Camp – Manchester
- Ainsworth Community Association Village Christmas Tree lights switch on – Bury
- Festive Lunch for the ladies at the Ashton Breast Cancer Support Group – Wigan
- Ashton Community Chess Club Xmas Chess Get Together – Tameside
- Astley Bridge Park Bowling Club Volunteer Christmas Party – Bolton
- Audenshaw Community Association Christmas Coffee Morning – Tameside
- Barlow Moor Community Association Connected Christmas – Manchester
- Beech Court Tenant and Resident’s Association Christmas Do! – Trafford
- Benchill Basic Crafts Xmas Lunch – Manchester
- Bickershaw Football Club Christmas Party – Wigan
- BIG About Kids: Ashtons Christmas Markets – Wigan
- Black Dog Mountain Bike Club Christmas Meet and Greet, Social Family Bike Ride – Bury
- Blackrod Sports and Community Centre: Celebrating Together in Blackrod – Bolton
- Bolton All Starz Children’s Workshop Christmas Bingo
- Bolton Town Centre Christmas Carol Singing
- Breastfeeding Together – Wigan
- Brunswick Village Christmas Party – Manchester
- Buile Hill Mansion Association – Salford (pictured)
- Burnside Centre Community Christmas 2022 – Rochdale
- Bury Hearing Hub BSL Christmas Social
- Bury Independent Living Development Christmas Party
- Bury People First Celebration Meal
- Bury Veterans Breakfast Hub Christmas Gathering
- Butterflies Bereavement Group Christmas Cheer – Manchester
- Cadishead Community Association Santa’s Surprise Party – Salford
- Caritas Diocese of Salford Red Door’s Boxing Day Bonanza
- CHALK (Community Health and Lifestyle Advice) Christmas Cheer Event – Manchester
- Christmas at Barncroft Gardens – Manchester
- Churches Together in Ramsbottom: Christmas Day Meal – Bury
- Clowes Street Tenant and Residents Association Community Lunch – Manchester
- Community Buds Christmas Celebration – Bury
- Cray Junior Activity Club Christmas Crafts And Party Get Together – Rochdale
- Creative Mind Literary Lunch, creative writing, readings of poetry, song and prose – Bolton
- Dancing with Dementia Music and Dance with Dementia Christmas Party – Salford
- Deaf Rhinos – Rochdale
- Debdale Spanish Group – Manchester
- Dementia Disco Christmas Party – Stockport
- Derrick Walker Court Social Club: Festive Lunch and Quiz Afternoon – Rochdale
- Diamonds Morris Dancing Christmas Presentation – Manchester
- Dirty Seths Book Club Christmas Meal – Manchester
- Dosti Womens Group: Christmas Bring a Dish – Bolton
- Drawing Board Productions CIC Christmas Fest 2022 – Stockport
- Eccles Healthy Heart Club Christmas Party – Salford
- EDS Homes Xmas Dinner – Wigan
- Egerton Road South Gathering – Stockport
- Elites Baham of Greater Manchester Christmas Party – Manchester
- Ellesmere Park Resident Group – Salford
- Ephrata Church Community: Not alone: Christmas Together with Food, Music and Praise – Bolton
- Evolve Community Group Festive Meal – Bolton
- Fallowfield Community Library and Resource Centre: ‘We could not do this without you’ -Manchester
- Firwood and District Residents Association Christmas Lights Switch On – Oldham
- Flourish Together CIC Celebrating a Multicultural Christmas – Trafford
- Friends of Astley Street Park Christmas Party – Wigan
- Friends of Hindley Cemetery Carols in the Park and Church – Wigan
- Friends of Low Hall National Nature Reserve Christmas Elf Hunt – Wigan
- Friends of Parr Fold Park: Hello Christmas – Salford
- Friends of Scholes Park: Gatley Festival of Lights – Stockport
- Friends of St Mary’s Park: Christmas Elf Hunt in St Mary’s Park – Salford
- Friends of Swinton Grove Park Winter Cheers – Manchester
- Friends of West Gorton Community Park Christmas Lights Switch On – Manchester
- Fun 4 Tots Christmas Party – Manchester
- Glittery CIC Winter Event – Salford
- Golborne Community Members Club Xmas Party – Wigan
- Gorton Events Christmas Light Switch – Manchester
- Grace Church Bolton Christmas Lunch – Bolton
- Grace Coffee Morning Christmas Get Together – Manchester
- Grandday Out Christmas Meal – Manchester
- Green Fingers Moston Community: Christmas wreath making and celebrations – Manchester
- GX Brabyns Neigbourhood Group: Chritsmas Tree Festival and Christmas Light Celebration – Tameside
- Hafway Christmas Dinner – Bolton
- Happy Timers CIC: Magical memories, Dementia Christmas Party – Wigan
- Heatons’ Men in Sheds Christmas Lunch – Stockport
- Higher Folds Community Centre Lee Whalley – Wigan
- Hindley and Hindley Green Community Action Group: Christmas Family Bingo – Wigan
- IBO Ladies in Diaspora Aid: Festive Time – Salford
- Indian Senior Citizens Centre Christmas Party – Manchester
- Irlam and Cadishead Healthy Hearts Club Christmas Party – Salford
- Kats Dance Fundraisers Winter Market 2022 – Rochdale
- King Foundation Xmas Carol Jumper Event – Manchester
- Kirkholt Community Church Meet Santa Photo Day – Rochdale
- Knit n Knatter Chippy Christmas Dinner – Manchester
- Know Africa CIO Charismas Party – Manchester
- Konkani Cultural Association Christmas Boom 2022 – Manchester
- Lancashire Mining Museum Christmas Carol – Wigan
- Lane Head South Residents Group Carols Round the Tree – Wigan
- Lee Court Sheltered Housing: Santa Visiting Groups in Wythenshawe – Manchester
- Leigh & District U3A Christmas Party – Wigan
- Little Rascals Mother & Toddler group Christmas Party – Salford
- Living Faith Church Christmas Eve Community Carols – Manchester
- M18 Community Care Hub Christmas Festivities – Manchester
- Manchester Carers Forum Christmas Parties – Manchester
- Manleigh CIC: Supporting Men with Mental Health Issues – Wigan
- Meet and Eat: Christmas Party – Salford
- Mero’s World Foundation Christmas Get Together – Manchester
- KarmaKids Mindful Me Christmas Lunch – Manchester
- Monday Morning Club Christmas Celebration – Manchester
- Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse Junior’s Christmas Party – Manchester
- Mossley Community Association: A Cracking Christmas Get Together – Tameside
- New Bury Vision Spread a Little Happiness – Bolton
- New Covenant International Ministries C&S Christmas Lunchout – Manchester
- Noah’s ART: Christmas Card Appeal 2022 – Tameside
- Oldhams Youthy – Bolton
- Ordinary Lifestyles Cooking Group Christmas Celebrations – Manchester
- Out In The City Christmas Quiz – Manchester
- Over 50’s Group Lifestyle Christmas Party – Wythenshawe, Manchester
- Peel Park Art Group Christmas Outing – Salford
- Perry’s Pantry Foodbank: A Very Perry Christmas – Santa comes to visit our foodbank – Manchester
- Platt Bridge Morris Dancers Presentation Christmas Party – Wigan
- Pobinam Greater Manchester: Children Christmas Party – Manchester
- Polish Centre Wilno Christmas Party – Salford
- Pool Arts: Open Studio Spreading Happiness – Manchester
- Precious Gems Big Christmas Party – Bolton
- Queer Out Here Christmas Social – Manchester
- Royal Green Quilters – Manchester
- Royal Oak Community Centre Christmas buffet for children after visiting santa’s grotto – Manchester
- Royton & Crompton Over 60s Group Christmas Extravaganza – Oldham
- Ryder Brow Community Allotment Society Winter Warmer Celebration – Manchester
- Saheli Womens Group: Christmas Extravaganza & Community Christmas Party – Oldham
- Sale and District Lions Club (CIO) Christmas Lunch for Seniors – Trafford
- Sale Sharks Foundation Christmas Wellbeing & Connect Get Together – Salford
- Salford Aces Morris Troupe Christmas Party/ Presentation – Salford
- Salford City Roosters (Eccles Amateur Rugby League Club): Roosters Wonderland – Salford
- Salford Loaves and Fishes Community Christmas Day Dinner – Salford
- Sapphire Christmas Party – Bolton
- Sarelles Morris Troupe Christmas Presentation – Manchester
- Seedfield Tenants’ & Residents’ Association Seasonal Sing-a-long – Bury
- Send Youth Group. Our Space: Christmas Party – Manchester
- Seniors Coffee and Chat Group – Oldham
- Shree Bharatiya Mandal Indian Association: Christmas Party for the elderly – Tameside
- Smithy’s Bereavement Group Christmas Party – Manchester
- Socially Yours Christmas Party – Stockport
- Sovereign House GH: Salford Christmas Party – Salford
- Spirit of Little Hulton Christmas Cheer – Salford
- Spoons Celebrating Volunteers – Manchester
- St Clement’s Church Over 60s Christmas Lunch – Manchester
- St Crispin’s Friendship Group – Manchester
- St Gabriel’s Place of Welcome Christmas Party – Tameside
- St John’s Catholic Over 60’s Christmas Get Together – Manchester
- St Margaret’s Centre and Playing Fields Cosy Cafe Christmas Party – Manchester
- St Matthew’s Church: Toddle Time Christmas Celebration – Stockport
- St. John (Ellesmere) Community Centre Tea with Santa – Salford
- Standish Lipreading Society Festive Lunch – Wigan
- Stockport Afternoon Flower Club Christmas Coffee morning – Stockport
- Stockport Pandas Christmas Wellbeing Art – Stockport
- Syrian Community Council Christmas Family Event – Manchester
- The Bike Hive Winter Warmer – Manchester
- The Byrons Social Club Christmas Party – Manchester
- The Eagles Wing Christmas Party – Bury
- The Federation of Jewish Services: The Fed Chanukah Party – Bury
- The Friends of Hopwood Park Christmas Caroling Service – Rochdale
- The Great Lever and Farnworth Voice: Memories to Cherish – Bolton
- The Hub Westhoughton Celebrating Achievement – Bolton
- The Men’s Room Christmas celebration – Manchester
- The Officials Fandeme Christmas Event – Manchester
- The River Manchester – Manchester
- The Salvation Army Openshaw: Christmas Lunch – Manchester
- Thyme for Everyone: Thyme for Christmas – Manchester
- Time out for Carers: Caring for Christmas – Salford
- TLC St Luke’s Christmas celebration – Manchester
- Tonge Moor Men in Sheds Christmas Meal – Bolton
- Transforming Lives Group Xmas Meet and Eat Get Together – Bolton
- Tyldesley Creative Writers Christmas Lunch – Wigan
- Walkden Amateur Boxing Club Christmas Giving Event – Salford
- We Are Explorers: LGBT Youth Christmas Party – Wigan
- West Didsbury Residents Association: Xmas on Burton Road – Manchester
- Westcroft Community Centre: Christmas Story Telling – Manchester
- Wheels for all Debdale Park: Christmas wheels for all event for disabled children and adult – Manchester
- Wild Things Performing Arts CIC: Staff and volunteer Christmas lunch – Oldham
- Withington Neighbourhood Care Christmas Lunch – Manchester
- Wythenshawe Anglican Team Volunteer Christmas Party – Manchester
- Wythenshawe Safety Patrol Christmas Dinner – Manchester
- Wythenshawe Warriors Walking Football Club – Manchester
- Young Uns for Oldhams : Christmas Fair Bolton
It is always worth remembering that if you support Forever Manchester, you support all this.
During these uncertain times, the ability of local community groups and organisations to best help people in their community remains dependant on maintaining support for them.
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Date added: 25th November 2022
