STRONGER COMMUNITIES FUND

1. Title: STRONGER COMMUNITIES FUND2. Awarding Authority: We Love MCR Charity, GB. Web: 3. Contract type: Service contract4. Description: The Awarding Authority have re-launched their longest-standing grant programme. The Stronger Communities Fund is being revitalised to help specified location in its post-Covid recovery work, and We Love MCR Charity want local communities to tell them what they need.The Stronger Communities Fund is calling on community groups and charities in Manchester to apply for funding for initiatives which celebrate and invest in Manchester’s vibrant multicultural neighbourhoods and youthful energy. Now the Covid-19 vaccination programme is underway many community groups are preparing to emerge from a period of hibernation and isolation, assessing the holes left in their operations and finances. We Love MCR Charity are asking Manchester residents directly if they know of any groups in their communities that could benefit from a cash grant from their Fund.As well as focusing on assisting in the recovery from the pandemic, the Fund’s relaunch includes 2 great new developments:The maximum grant value is increasing from £2,000 to £5,000The 2-year time limit after a successful grant application is being scrapped. The We Love MCR Charity believe in funding great ideas whenever a community is ready to get started on their project – groups are now able to re-apply to the Stronger Communities Fund just 12 months after a successful award.We Love MCR Charity are also pledging a healthy £215,000 to the Fund in the year starting 1 April 2021, reinforcing our commitment to Manchester’s people and communities.The Stronger Communities Fund is We Love MCR Charity’s oldest grant programme, operating for 10 years and already supporting community groups and charities in every corner of the city. It welcomes applications across 4 broad themes:Helping in the Early YearsCombating Loneliness and Social ExclusionProtecting and Improving our Open SpacesOffering Positive Youth ActivitiesThe Trustees meet monthly to consider applications and to award grants.5. CPV Code(s): 85320000, 98000000, 85100000, 85140000, 981331006. NUTS code(s): UKD, UKD3, UKD337. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: Manchester8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.9. Estimated value of requirement: The maximum grant value is increasing from £2,000 to £5,000We Love MCR Charity are also pledging a healthy £215,000 to the Fund in the year starting 1 April 2021, reinforcing our commitment to Manchester’s people and communities.10. Next deadline: 2.4.2021.11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information regarding the above contract notice please visit:12. Other information: For more information and to apply from the website above.TKR-2021315-EX-1575233# funding opportunity