Activities and organisations we will fund
We want to see realistic bids and we understand that quality youth work costs money. This funding is intended to provide a platform for long term investment in the sector and we want to ensure that funding is sufficient to allow for quality work to take place (e.g. that staff are well supervised, can attend training etc.)
The value for money that a project delivers will be assessed against its total contribution to the aim of the Fund. Bids will not be assessed against one another in pricing but they will be assessed for unreasonable costs. If you submit a bid over the suggested funding guidelines it will be considered but your partnership should plan in advance for the eventuality that you are successful in your application but are requested to reduce your application in line with the suggested grant size.
We believe that those who work with our residents have a collective responsibility to ensure that:
- Good communication, coordination and a consistent approach is delivered across all services
- Young people have a voice and involvement in determining the solutions to their own issues, and in wider society.
What we will fund:
Items directly relating to the cost of your activities or service enhancements
- Staff salaries, including delivery staff and/or management costs including the time for quality practice supervision
- Training and capacity building activities
- Food, equipment and resources directly related to the costs of running your activities and engaging children and young people
- Transport costs
- Volunteer expenses
- DBS checks
- A proportion of your core costs, clearly related to the scale of activity delivered under this funding All costs must be reasonable and it must be clear how all expenditure directly meets the needs of children and young people.
What we will not fund:
- Items not related to the cost of your activities
- Purchase of vehicles or property
- Building renovation/repair costs
All costs must be reasonable.
To be eligible for the grant your organisation must:
- Have a constitution
- Be based in Manchester and accountable to the community that you are predominantly delivering services to
- Be a not-for-profit organisation – this includes voluntary, community and faith organisations, co-operatives and mutual societies, non-governmental organisations which are value driven and which principally invest their surpluses to further social, environmental or cultural objectives
- Be representative and inclusive of the community you are intending to work with
You cannot apply if you are:
- A private sector, or “for profit” organisation
- A public sector organisation i.e. local authority, education institution, health authority etc.
There should be opportunities for the people who you are supporting to be involved in your work, for example by volunteering in your service and/or being part of your management committee or other body.
Funding
The maximum funding available is as follows for 2023/24 and 2024/25:
Harpurhey, Moston and Charlestown up to £50,000
Miles Platting & Newton Heath and Clayton and Openshaw up to £50,000
Gorton and Abbey Hey up to £20,000
Cheetham up to £20,000
This is subject to funding being available in 24/25.
If your application is successful, funding will be paid following evidence provided by the successful applicant as to how they are meeting the objectives of the grant programme and of successful outcomes achieved.