Who we are?

Forever Manchester is the charity for people with a passion for Manchester and we want to put money back into our communities so that we can all be proud of where we live. We raise and distribute money to support local people and groups trying to make a positive change in our neighbourhoods across Greater Manchester. Without funding these groups and projects would struggle to get off the ground or simply cease to exist.

What we do?

Forever Manchester funds groups such as local junior football clubs, scout groups, OAP social clubs, youth clubs, disability groups and a whole lot more. We fund such a wide variety of groups and projects that it'd be impossible to list them all. Our vision is to build a £50 million infinity fund to ensure that the fantastic communities in which we all live can be served forever.

How we help?

There are an estimated 20,000 grass root community projects across Greater Manchester. Most of them are run by volunteers who epitomise the unmistakable Mancunian spirit, people who have the guts to stand up and be counted, people who spot things going wrong in their neighbourhoods and want to do something about it, not wait for a government report or a discussion at the local council.

And this is where we come in, we give out grants, which allow these inspirational people to set up, or continue to run, amazing community projects that make such a difference to the lives of others.

Charity the Mancunian Way

While years of regeneration have changed the face of modern Manchester and have given us World class sporting venues, a rejuvenated City Centre, the fantastic development of Media City and so much more, at the other end of the scale, in many of our local neighbourhoods, unfortunately little has changed. We can easily think of negative images of derelict buildings, unemployment, crime, violence and welfare dependency.

While there have been many different approaches to tackling poverty and social exclusion, at Forever Manchester we believe that instead of labelling people by their needs, we're going to focus on the skills, talents and assets of local people and communities and encourage real empowerment within our neighbourhoods.

This is charity the Mancunian Way. Helping local people do extraordinary things together. Building communities from the inside out and encouraging the true, creative, entrepreneurial spirit of Greater Mancunians to emerge instead of waiting in vain for outside experts to fix things.