Would you like to raise awareness of your organisation? Celebrate your community and the work you do together? Recruit new supporters, volunteers and funds? If so, then we would love for you to hold an event as part of this year's Spirit of Manchester Festival! 
The Spirit of Manchester Festival is an annual city-wide celebration of the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector in Manchester. It is a fantastic opportunity to show people in our communities the huge wealth of activity going on in the VCSE sector across the city.
To join in, all you need to do is put on an event, big or small, to showcase your organisation between 1-10 October 2016. This could be an event that you hold regularly or a special event for the occasion. The idea is simply to open your doors for a little while, and put something on which introduces your organisation and the great activities and services you deliver.
You could do something simple like an open day, a coffee morning or a bake off or go a bit bigger with an art exhibition, a sports match, a fun fair/day or something a bit more creative. If you need some ideas, example Festival events can be downloaded here. It’s entirely up to you, but whatever it is it should showcase the talent and creativity of your group and the people involved.
The idea is that these should all be small events on a ‘pass the hat’ basis asking people to donate to the charity or community group in return for the entertainment they’ve enjoyed.
Macc will provide you with a Spirit of Manchester Festival logo and offer support with promoting your event online and through our communication channels.
By working together to provide a brilliant Festival, we gain a bigger voice on a bigger platform and show people the difference that we’re collectively making within the community. We hope you decide to come and get involved! Any event, big or small, is an important contribution – the more events, the more noise we can make!
Register your event now
If you would like to hold an event as part of the Festival, then please register your event with us. Our registration form is available to download here. Once completed, please return this form to Adele at [email protected]. Submitting this form will be taken as your agreement of the terms and conditions, which can be downloaded here.
Get in touch
If you would like to discuss this opportunity further or have any queries regarding the Festival, then please contact Adele on 0161 834 9823 or at [email protected].
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If you’re using any social media, the hashtag for the Festival is #SpiritofMcr16
