The Full Circle Funerals Partners Altrincham Fund is NOW CLOSED FOR APPLICATIONS. The deadline to apply was midday on Thursday 6th April 2023. New funding announcements will be published on our website, featured in our newsletter and shared on our social media channels. Click here to sign up to our mailing list. Information on the Full Circle Funerals Partners Altrincham Fund We are delighted to announce that the Full Circle Funerals Partners Altrincham Fund in partnership with Forever Manchester is now open for applications from Community Groups in South Trafford and its adjacent areas.on the CDL Fund The Full Circle Funerals Partners Altrincham Fund is offering awards of up to £1,000. We will close for applications at midday on Thursday 6th April 2023. Fund Criteria The Full Circle Funerals Partners Altrincham Fund welcomes applications from grassroots community groups based in South Trafford and its adjacent areas. Who can apply? The Full Circle Funerals Partners Altrincham Fund aims to encourage and support grassroots community organisations. This means small, community-based and locally controlled groups that manage themselves, encourage people to get involved as volunteers and who just need a bit of financial help to be able to work with their community in the way they’d like. Applicants must have an annual income of less than £50,000. Whilst funding will primarily be awarded to groups based in South Trafford, applications from Wythenshawe will also be considered. To see which areas are covered by the Fund, please view the map here. How much can you apply for? The maximum award request that will be considered is £1,000. What can you apply for? Local groups understand how they can best work in their communities, so we don’t want to limit the type of request you can make. If oversubscribed the Fund will prioritise applications from projects which focus on any of the following: Children and young people Older people Bereavement support Carers Sport and physical wellbeing Emotional and mental wellbeing Food projects (cooking & nutrition, food provision, holiday hunger etc.) Skills and employment support Is there anything you can’t apply for? Unfortunately, there are a few things that can’t be funded, such as activities that have already taken place or been paid for, contributions to major appeals, activities promoting political or religious beliefs and activity which should be provided by statutory services. If you’re not sure if we could consider your application for funding, please contact a member of the Forever Manchester Communities Team, email awards@forevermanchester.com and we’ll be happy to help. Supporting Documents For help and guidance on your groups’ supporting documents and to see what we require to be submitted alongside your application, please refer to our guidance which you can find here: For Supporting Information Deadline for Applications We will close for applications at midday on Thursday 6th April 2023. Any applications received after this time will not be considered. CLOSED FOR APPLICATIONS How long will a decision take? For this round of the Full Circle Funerals Partners Altrincham Fund, we aim to let you know the outcome of your application in May 2023. Please do not plan to start any activity until after you hear if your application has been successful. Our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) provide further information on our funding programmes. We encourage you to have a look if you would like to know a bit more about who can apply and what the application process involves. If you have any questions or have trouble completing your application, please contact us at awards@forevermanchester.com or phone 0161 214 0940. About Full Circle Funerals Partners Altrincham Full Circle Funerals Partners Altrincham are a small, local and independent funeral service and are available 24/7 so there is always someone there, for people to speak to. Firstly, they will listen to you, and then tailor their support to meet your needs. They recognise that some people want to be given clear guidance and direction, whereas others would prefer to be informed about their options so they feel empowered to make the choices that are right for them. Full Circle Funerals Partners in Altrincham are recommended in the Good Funeral Guide which means that they have been inspected and you can be assured that we achieve the high standards of care that they expect. In 2020 Full Circle Funerals Partners launched because they wanted to support other people to open modern funeral services across the UK. There are many people who want to be funeral directors for all the right reasons and the Full Circle Funerals Partners franchise network is a way for those brilliant individuals to open local and independent funeral services with the support of a large and supportive network – the best of both worlds! The first partners service opened in Altrincham in 2022.
