Manchester City Council’s support for Community events is intended to promote and celebrate the diversity of the city, secure the active participation of residents and capture other benefits such as community cohesion, civic pride, skill development, volunteering opportunities, and improving health and well-being.
Manchester is proud of its diverse population and the City Council is committed to providing opportunities to connect people from different backgrounds and help people learn about each other through a range of activities in various settings.
Community Event Funding recognises the potential contribution that events can make to communities, the local economy and to Manchester City Council policy priorities. A Community Event must involve the idea of community in some form and encompass a celebration of this community.
About community events funding
Community Events Funding provides development funding to help community based, not-for-profit events and festivals to grow and increase their effectiveness while encouraging organisers to work towards self-sustainability of the event. Applicants must be able to demonstrate the social and economic returns that the use of public funds can realise and that these returns make a positive contribution to Manchester’s social and economic wellbeing.
Common characteristics of a Community Event within the scope of this funding:
- A Community Event may be defined by ethnicity, country of origin, heritage or a nationally significant day of celebration and will promote a sense of shared identity and a sense of collective belonging
- A Community Event should provide an accessible way for people to find out about other cultures and backgrounds.
- A Community Event should celebrate and positively promote what an individual community represents – contributing to the social well-being of a community through participation, volunteering, involvement and the development of a sense of identity / common interest and strengthening community relations.