Greater Manchester Mayor's Charity CIO

The charity funds work that addresses homelessness across Greater Manchester, with a strong emphasis on tackling its underlying causes – poverty, isolation and poor health. Their programmes cover emergency response for frontline support to rough sleepers, the development of places and spaces for accommodation, and targeted prevention to stop homelessness before it begins. They also support mental health, physical health and community development initiatives. Grants can be used for essential running costs, salaries, project delivery, capital works and equipment. All funded activity must take place within Greater Manchester. The charity particularly welcomes applications under its Places & Spaces and Targeted Prevention strands, reflecting its ongoing commitment to the A Bed Every Night scheme. Funding is directed at organisations rooted in the local community, supporting people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

Registered charities, charitable incorporated organisations, community groups, social enterprises, public bodies, campaigning organisations and commercial companies can all apply. The charity prioritises grassroots initiatives that are locally rooted and deliver their work exclusively in Greater Manchester. Beneficiaries should be people experiencing homelessness, rough sleeping, or at risk of these. There are no income thresholds, and organisations of any size are welcome if they meet the geographic and thematic focus. The charity encourages applications from groups that understand their communities and can demonstrate how their work will make a lasting difference.

The charity will not consider a proposal that has been successfully submitted elsewhere, as it aims to support work that is not already funded. It does not fund activities taking place outside Greater Manchester, given its focus on ending homelessness across the ten boroughs. Projects unrelated to homelessness or its root causes of poverty, isolation and poor health are outside the funding priorities. Organisations must also be delivering for people experiencing homelessness, rough sleeping or at risk of these conditions.

The charity offers one-off grants, which may be used for core costs, salaries, project delivery, capital works or equipment. It welcomes matched funding arrangements but does not require them, and will not fund proposals that have been successfully submitted elsewhere. The charity accepts unsolicited applications and runs a range of programmes, including an emergency response stream for organisations facing significant financial difficulty. Its funding style emphasises partnership and a blend of immediate emergency relief with longer-term prevention.