Spirit of Manchester Fund
At the Spirit of Manchester Awards 2024, we will be holding both a raffle and an auction in the room to help raise money for our Spirit of Manchester Fund. For the 2023 awards, we raised a whopping £1200 to go towards the fund!
Macc established the Spirit of Manchester Fund in 2015 as part of the Spirit of Manchester, our annual celebration of the city’s voluntary, community and social enterprise sector.
We raise funds to provide mini-grants for local voluntary and community groups, social enterprises or registered charities to deliver all sorts of projects for the city’s benefit. We believe the wealth of talent, skills and energy in Manchester can be unleashed for the common good with even small amounts of funding. Macc uses every penny donated each year to fund a Mini-grants Programme, through which we offer awards of up to £500 to support local projects across the city. Organisations can apply for mini-grants through an annual programme. Each year we assemble an independent external panel to select the successful applications.
Raffle prizes
Tickets will be available on the night from our dedicated raffle team staff members at £2 per ticket.
For this year, we have a wide range of prize bundles to win, these include:
- £12 Hey Little Cupcake voucher
- 4 player game at Electric Gamebox and 4 Knoops drink vouchers
- 2 tickets and 2 drinks at Junkyard Golf
- 2 return tickets with Avanti West Coast
- Chocolate box
- Celebration cake voucher from La Chouquette and 2 Knoops drink vouchers
- 2 tickets to the David Hockney exhibition at Aviva Studios and 2 Knoops drink vouchers
- £25 Fred Aldous voucher and 2 Knoops drink vouchers
- Table of 10 to GRUB's Disco Bingo
- £50 King's Arms bar tab
- 2 Laser Quest vouchers and 2 Knoops drink vouchers
- La Strada Blu-ray and £15 Knoops voucher
- Bottle of champagne
- 6 tickets for Treasure Hunt Manchester
- 2 guest list spots at Victoria Warehouse and 2 Knoops drink vouchers
- Vegan hamper and £15 Knoops voucher
- 1 hour off-peak voucher for Virtual Hideout in a double headset room
- 3 A5 prints by Nadia Kawafi and 2 signed Stanley Chow artworks
- £20 Greggs voucher
Auction
At this year's Spirit of Manchester Awards, we will be holding an auction alongside of the raffle, these include:
- Theatre, Comedy and Music Package (2 tickets to 'Escaped and Alone and What If If Only' at the Royal Exchange Theatre, 2 tickets to the Halle Orchestra at Bridgewater Hall and 2 tickets to Frog and Bucket with a bottle of wine)
- Bikes Package (£100 voucher from Pop-up Bikes and a tour ride with Richard Phillips)
- Music Night Out Package (2 tickets to Band on the Wall with a £30 voucher to Hip Hop Chip Shop)
- Hello Oriental Dining Package (£100 voucher to spend on food and drink at Hello Oriental)
- Manchester Spirit Package (Tasting and distillery tour at the Spirit of Manchester Distillery, plus a bottle of pink gin and vodka)
- Exclusive Manchester City FC Signed Shirt (A Manchester City shirt signed by Erling Haaland)