Manchester Alliance for Community Care

MACC funds activities that bring communities together, including events, equipment, training, project delivery, and volunteer expenses such as transport. They support projects that promote understanding and harmony among diverse groups, with a priority on ethnic minority communities, refugees, LGBTQ people, disabled people, and young people. Their grants are for work happening within Manchester city, and they have a stated priority to support communities most affected by the cost of living crisis. They fund through two main programmes: one for volunteer expenses and another for community development mini-grants.

MACC funds community groups, unincorporated associations, registered charities, CIOs, CICs, CLGs, community benefit societies, and social enterprises. They do not fund individuals or faith groups whose substantive activities involve proselytism. Applicants must be based in Manchester city and deliver activities there. Priority beneficiaries include ethnic minority communities, refugees, LGBTQ people, disabled people, and young people. They welcome unsolicited applications.

MACC does not fund political organisations, religious groups whose substantive activities involve proselytism, or costs such as salaries, core costs, training, equipment, or client/beneficiary expenses. They also exclude costs incurred after a programme's end date and speakers from within the applicant organisation.

MACC makes one-off grants through specific programmes. They accept unsolicited applications via online forms during advertised rounds. Their grants are for project delivery and volunteer expenses, not for salaries or core costs.