Connecting Communities at Christmas 2024

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Forever Manchester is offering 125 awards of £125 to help community groups across Greater Manchester 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 Christmas for the last few years, we’ve awarded funds so that people can host events in their communities. Every Christmas we see an array of incredible ideas and events which enable people to get together in person or digitally, all bringing the Christmas spirit to their community. However you want to connect and celebrate, Forever Manchester is offering 125 awards of £125 to help.

We will close for applications at midday on Thursday 14^th November.

Who can apply?

Applicants must be from a community organisation based in one of the ten boroughs of Greater Manchester. Organisations should have their own bank account, or know a community organisation willing to accept an award on your behalf. Funds cannot be paid into personal bank accounts.

If we receive more eligible applications than there are awards available, final awards will then be allocated via a draw and priority will firstly be given to organisations with an income of £10,000 or less.

How much can you apply for?

Forever Manchester is offering 125 awards of £125.

What can you apply for?
That is up to you! We’re just here to provide that bit extra of help you might need to make it happen, but here’s a few ideas that we know communities have enjoyed in the past:

Community Christmas trails for people to follow, e.g. houses could dress windows for each day of advent or people could make snowmen to put in their windows for people to find – you could create a map and post it through everyone’s doors!
Traditional Christmas parties with Santa and a festive lunch.
Gathering in the park or communal space, enjoying hot drinks, festive treats and crafts.
Carol singing for neighbours and the community.
Online bingo or quizzes with themed questions and prizes.

Deadline for Applications

We will close for applications at midday on Thursday 14th November 2024. Any applications received after this time will not be considered.

How long will the decision take?

Successful applicants will be informed by email by Thursday 21st November 2024 and payments released the same day (please note they may take several days to reach bank accounts).

If you have any questions or have trouble completing your application, please contact us at awards@forevermanchester.com or phone 0161 214 0940.

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If you have any questions or have trouble filling this in, please contact us at awards@forevermanchester.com or phone 0161 214 0940.

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Main Contact Person

Please provide us with the contact details of the person filling in this form.

Title

First Name

Surname

Telephone Number

Email Address

Should your application be successful, we would like to send out some correspondence to you by post. Please confirm the best postal address.

Number and Street

Note: Please provide a recognised address and check it is written correctly.

Town/City

Postcode

Please also confirm the location your activity will be held.

Note: Please provide us with the full address, including number/street, town/city and postcode.

Are you part of a formal community group? (i.e. a constituted group / a registered charity / C.I.C / etc.)

YesNo

What is the name of the community group? If you are not part of a group, state the name of your event

If you are part of a community group, please enter the name of the group. If you are not, please state the name of your event.

Email address of community group

If the event will be publicised on social media, please provide details.

Facebook Account

Add the social media account name of the community group or venue who will be hosting the event.

Twitter Account

Instagram Account

Connecting Communities at Christmas

Please tell us about your event

Name of your Event

What motivated you to put on an event for your community?

What are you going to do, and who is it for? (e.g. everyone on your street, children from your group, older people in the local area etc)

What difference do you think the event will make to the community?

What do you think people will get from joining in?

Which Local Authority will the activity take place in?

Where will the activity take place?
For example, please name the venue, community centre or park where the event will be held.

When will the activity take place? Activities must take place in December 2024.
Please be as accurate as possible as Forever Manchester staff may may wish to attend your event

Event must be happening in December

How many people do you think will take part?

Numbers only

Banking Details

Please note, awards can only be paid into the bank account of a community organisation, not to an individual. If you are applying but are not a community group with a bank account, see if you can find a local group to accept the funds on your behalf. Money cannot be paid into a personal account.

Are you using the bank account of a community group that you are not formally associated with?

YesNo

Please tick this box to confirm that they have agreed to this.

I confirm the community group have agreed to receive the funds.

Name of community group

Main contact at the community group

Email address and telephone number

Bank Name

Bank Account Name

Bank Account Number

Sort Code

Building Society Roll Number (if applicable)

Using your personal information

By completing this application form, you accept that Forever Manchester will have access to the personal data about you and other individuals named.

As a necessary part of the application process, Forever Manchester will collect personal data about you and other people connected with your organisation. The personal data we collect includes name, address, telephone number, email address and could also include date of birth and photographs.

We will use the information you give us during assessment and during the life of your award (if successful) to manage and monitor the award and check the money is being used appropriately.

If you do not give us consent to use this data, we will not be able to process your application.

We hold and store your information in line with the Data Protection legislation currently in force. For more information explaining how we use your information, please see our privacy policy which can be found on our website by clicking here.

I confirm that I have read and understand the privacy statement above and consent to my personal data being used as outlined within the privacy policy.

Yes

Publicity

Forever Manchester would like to follow up with successful applicants and potentially feature them in publicity activities. This could include featuring the work of your organisation on our website or social media channels.

Please tick the box to confirm that if your application is successful, you are happy for Forever Manchester to use information about your group or project for publicity purposes. If you would prefer not to feature in any publicity, don’t worry, not ticking this will not affect the outcome of your award application.

If successful, do you agree to partake in Forever Manchester publicity activities?

Yes

Declaration

If successful we agree to spend any award as outlined in our application form or specified within the award letter. Should we be unable to continue with the awarded project or there are any changes to the way in which we wish to spend the award, we will contact Forever Manchester first.

Please tick this box to indicate that you have read the above and agree to the terms.

Yes

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