Cost of Living Crisis Greater Manchester Funding Programme 2026

£5000 Grant Application Form

Refer to the separate guidance document for programme details. Read the form carefully before filling it in. Complete all sections.

Section 1: your organisation’s contact details

Key contact

This person must have your organisation’s authority to submit this form and be able to respond to any queries that could arise

Name

Position

Telephone

Organisation name

Address

Website

Type of organisation

Charitable company

Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)

Community Benefit Society

Community Interest Company (CIC) Limited by Guarantee

Registered Charity

Not-for-profit Private Limited Company

Unincorporated constituted group/association

Other…please specify

Organisation number

Section 2: people your organisation supports

2.2 Estimate how many people most affected by the cost-of-living crisis your organisation supports in an average month

2.3 Regarding the cost-of-living crisis and the people indicated above, describe the challenges faced by the people your organisation delivers activities to

Aim to write 200 words

Section 3: your organisation’s work

3.2 Tell us about the services you provide to support the people mentioned in section 2 above

Aim to write 200 words

3.3 How have you adapted your services in recent times to meet your service users’ needs?

Aim to write 200 words

3.4 What financial challenges is your organisation facing?

Aim to write 150 words

3.5 Give reasonably detailed examples of the kinds of actual organisational expenditure that this £5000 grant would support between August 2026 and January 2027

E.g. if “salaries” or “overheads”, tell us which, how much and for how long; etc.

Section 4: due diligence

Eligible organisations must have an annual income between £50,000 and £250,000. What is your organisation’s most recent official auditable annual income figure? £

NOTE: At the due diligence stage before grants are paid, we will ask to see successful applicants’ most recent annual accounts or equivalent information. We will withdraw grant awards to organisations that are unable to provide auditable evidence of an eligible annual income.

Confirm whether your organisation has the following

Safeguarding policy

Equalities policy

Health and safety policy

Data protection policy

Financial policy/policies

Full insurance cover

Select as many as relevant. Please do not send them to us yet.

If successful, we may ask you to provide the following as part of the programme’s due diligence checks: a) recent signed annual accounts or equivalent info, b) a recent bank statement), and c) the home addresses of two trustees.

The information is required as part of our standard checks to ensure recipients of charitable funding are currently active locally and financially solvent. Manchester Community Central is obliged to collect this and other information in its appointed role as fund administrator on behalf of the Eric Wright Charitable Trust. In strict accordance with The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Data Protection Act 2018, Manchester Community Central will store all personal and financial information as strictly confidential. Our Information Commissioner’s Office reference is Z9595019 and we re-register annually on 10 September. Upon request, Manchester Community Central can provide our data protection and information security policies. If you require information that is more detailed, please let us know.

Please confirm that you will promptly provide the required information if requested

If your application is successful, this funding must be fully committed as soon as reasonably possible though no later than 31 January 2027. You will submit a completed monitoring form within three weeks of committing your funding or by 19 February 2027 at the latest.

Please signify agreement with this condition of funding

Section 5: Any further information

Use this box only to add any further directly relevant supporting information or commentary