Children and Families

The Henry Smith Charity’s Holiday Grants programme supports recreational trips or holidays for groups of children aged 13 or younger who experience disadvantage or who have disabilities. There is particular interest in contributing to trips that would not take place without the Charity’s funding.

Applications are currently being accepted for holidays taken between 1 September and 31 December 2024.

Save The Children Manchester Team is looking for organisations or artists with a deep understanding of the Longsight community to collaborate with them in empowering families in Longsight to share their stories and engage with decision-makers.

The budget for this work is up to £10,000 including the output

See attached documents for full details.

Looking for things to do during the summer school holidays? Then look no further!              

Manchester City Council has teamed up with communities and activity leaders across the area to put all school holiday activities and events onto one website: www.loadstodo.co.uk/schoolhols

Through its Community Grants programme Warburtons provides a limited number of grants of up to £400 four times a year. The small grants are to benefit British families in need.

Applications will be considered from not-for-profit organisations with charitable purposes that are based and working in England, Scotland or Wales as long as their projects are addressing one of Warburtons' priority areas:
Health – supporting families to care for each other and lead healthier lives:

Are you struggling with your pregnancy?

Do you feel isolated?

Would you like extra support?

Volunteer Apis are fully trained to support you throughout your pregnancy and up to 28 days after birth. They can also:

The school holidays will soon be here. With (hopefully) warmer weather, the summer holidays can be a great opportunity to take a break and spend some time with the family. But don’t let an unexpected illness or injury spoil the summer fun. This toolkit includes information on how to keep kids safe and well this summer – as well as signposting for food banks and support if you’re feeling isolated, because we know summer can be tough.

NHS Greater Manchester want to make sure people are well prepared and know where to go to get the care they need as quickly as possible.

Macc is delighted to announce that, following an open tender process, we have once again been successful in securing the contract with Manchester City Council to deliver infrastructure support to the city's voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) sector. This work enables us to support charities, community groups (including the community work done by faith organisations), voluntary groups, and social enterprises to be healthy, sustainable, well-run and above all, impactful for our communities.