Before you start thinking we’re just a bunch of charmers with a logo. Let’s get serious! We are professionals with experience and expertise. We are a registered Charity which operates within the powers prescribed in our Memorandum and Articles of Association and complies with all relevant requirements of the Charities Act 2011. We meet all the standards required under the UK Community Foundations’ Quality Accreditation 5, demonstrating good practice across the areas of: Strategy, Governance and Risk; Financial and Information Management; Philanthropy Services and Donor Management; Grant-Making and Community Participation; Organisational and Network Development. We are registered with the Fundraising Regulator, the independent regulator of charitable fundraising in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Charities that register with the regulator agree to ensure their fundraising is legal, open, honest and respectful. The standards for fundraising are set out in the Code of Fundraising Practice and Forever Manchester is committed to follow the code in all of its fundraising activities.
We are committed to the IVAR (Institute for Voluntary Action Research) principles governing open and trusting grant making practices. We publish our grant data on the 360 Giving website alongside all the major UK grant making organisations. We have joined Grantmakers AI Network committed to supporting responsible use of AI technology throughout the grant making process. We are supporters of the Good Employment Charter. We are registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and abide by all associated legislation. We are a registered Living Wage employer We are independently audited each year
We have won national awards for our progressive grantmaking and for our pioneering community building approach. We work with some of the region’s most successful businesses, like Kellogg’s, Manchester Building Society, Auto Trader, Zuto, Barclays, Eversheds, Unity Trust, and Beever & Struthers. We’ve delivered grant programmes for Government Departments, Comic Relief, the Big Lottery, GMCA and 8 of the 10 GM local authorities. We work strategically with the NHS, Housing Associations & National Charities. We hope that gives you a flavour of what we’re about and demonstrates that we’re a safe pair of hands when it comes to handling your philanthropic needs. But don’t just take our word for it! Click here to read about which businesses have chosen to support us and hear from them about their experience of partnering with us.
