FOREVERMANCHESTER.COM march 2015 ON FOR GREATER MANCHESTER FOREVER MANCHESTER'S FANZINE FOR PEOPLE WITH A PASSI IN THIS ISSUE Page 2 A big fat thanks On Friday 20th February 2015, 400 Greater Mancunians gathered at the world class Midland Hotel in the centre of Manchester to celebrate 25 years of Forever Manchester. to our birthday It was, and if you were there I hope you agree, a fantastic night, filled with passion, laughter and tears, just like all the best birthday parties you’ve ever been to. Page 3 Now at the risk of sounding blindingly obvious, and a bit like Swiss Tony, a birthday party is a celebration of the anniversary of the birth of the person who is being honoured, and so, in the build up to the event as I was preparing a few words of welcome for our guests, I started thinking about Forever Manchester as a person. A person with 25 years of experience, with stories to tell and a whole life ahead of them. And you know, dear friends, with these thoughts in mind I came to think that Forever Manchester is, in many ways, like a beautiful woman. sponsors manchester arena are FM Page 4-5 £38,000 raised celebrating 25 years of fm Page 6 forever manchester award winners Page 7 moston and harpurhey She is compassionate, caring and kind. She is passionate, thoughtful, modern and original. She is Forever Manchester and she likes a party and boy did she enjoy this one. With so many of our friends and supporters in the room, the event was buzzing from start to finish and with guests from all different walks of life represented, it felt like a thriving community in its own right. People from community projects locked in conversation with representatives from some of the world’s leading global brands and Manchester’s finest businesses, young people chatting with older people, amazing performances from the unsung heroes in our community, MAD Theatre Company and the Autistic Superstars and united emotions throughout the evening culminating in a thrilling performance of Silver Sparks, our 25th Anniversary poem; a poem crafted and delivered by our masterful poet in residence Tony Walsh in honour of our beautiful birthday girl. And throughout the evening Forever Manchester’s words and thoughts rang out through the room; her belief in the unlimited potential of ordinary people, her belief that everyone has skills talents and assets and the recognition that this is the place where we all live, work and play, that there is no us and them, only us. And so, with huge thanks to the brilliant businesses who helped fund the evening and to the incredible team of staff and volunteers who helped run the evening, we raised a glass to the birthday girl. She is Forever Manchester, and just like us she was born here, raised here, educated here, she has partied here, she loves the music, the football, the culture, the history, the rain and most of all she loves the people. Happy Birthday Forever Manchester! HIEF EXEC C Y E S S A M K C I NTwitter @MasseyManc ity to say a huge thank you to all of the Forever Manchester would like to take this opportun Hotel on 20th February. sponsors at our 25th Birthday held at The Midland tains to create an incredible night which involved our If you were there, you’ll know we really moved moun d, staff, volunteers, Ambassadors and everyone else supporters, corporate partners, community groups we funde in between. d like to thank the many hotels, restaurants We had some excellent raffle prizes on offer and woul and businesses who donated prizes to us. supported and sponsored our 25th birthday Huge thanks goes to the following companies, who and helped it to make it the success that it was: Metronet – Headline Sponsor Havas Lynx – Photobooth Sponsor Kyocera – Programme Sponsor The Faculty of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciencese at Manchester Met – Ticketing Sponsor Brooks MacDonald – Fundraiser of the Year Award Sponsor CDL – Inspirational Community Group Award Sponsor Vista Employer Services Ltd. – Captain Manchester Award Sponsor Weber Shandwick – Corporate Supporter of the Year Sponsor Kellogg’s – Lifetime Achievement Award 2015 Sponsor Beever and Struthers – Twitter Wall Sponsor Voicescape – Compere (Archie Kelly) Sponsor Online Ventures Group – Audio/Visual Sponsor Motion Digital – Event Video Sponsor Eventbrite – Online Ticketing Service Provider Giraffe Event Solutions – Centre Piece creators and helpers on the day Bow So Sweet – Creator of our fantastic birthday cake Hard Rock Cafe – For donating two raffle prizes and allowing Jack Barton to be Captain Manchester The Midland Hotel – For incredible service throughout the night and great customer service in the build up to the event Drumbeat Creative – Designers of all of our Marketing tools such as the programme, tickets, presentation and more Drop Dead Chocolates – Donators of the chocolates, which accompanied the coffees on the night and a raffle prize ver Manchester it was a first. For many, silver signifies second, for Fore foundation. Reaching the important milestone of 25 years since its , the famous first meeting place of Mr Forever Manchester at The Midland Hotel of party of y ersar anniv r silve the Attending together its constituent parts in terms where Forever Manchester chose to bring Rolls and Mr Royce, it was also the place tant partnerships to celebrate. supporters, beneficiaries and other impor cause, not the support this charity. For them, it's the , it struck me what a force of people others, for mes outco e chang to y Looking around the room on the night energ and their time, their money, their skills g givin nally ditio Uncon s. count applause, that ester. here on their doorstep in Greater Manch ip with the al in bringing to life our relationsh from Brother UK, people who are pivot improve in the we us, d aroun those ve Sitting among a table of my colleagues impro and bit sophy, they see what I see, we do our s people. charity aligned to our citizenship philo total sense for any business who value makes It nity. commu work a as and long term as a business tial. Manchester, its people, history and poten 'Silver Sparks' poem about Forever moment the enormity of that In rs. Resident poet, Tony Walsh recited his ssado Amba and rters of some of the most active suppo I could see tears rolling down the faces years came vibrantly to life. 25 its in made has ty chari the impact the Donors. The individuals. The Ambassadors. The . They are the people. The businesses. meant words those what knew all They nity called Greater Manchester. The Sponsors. The Fundraisers. The commu in readiness for the next 25 years, that have already RESET their clocks ons isati organ and e peopl d htene They are the enlig s it serves. Forever Manchester and the communitie which promises to be a golden time for tantly, you can we make giving easy and more impor people too? Engaging with us is easy, rted. suppo get that cts Would you like you to be one of those proje ng amazi the rence you can make by visiting some of see with your own eyes what a diffe Tweet Us. We'll be in touch. Take some action. Call us. Write to Us. 2 Telephone: Twitter: Email: 0161 214 0940 @4EVERManchester [email protected] the Manchester Arena donated 100 tickets for us to give to ter stand out stars we’ve met in the communities across Grea nds Manchester to attend The X Factor Live Tour with frie and family on Friday 20th February. In 2015, Manchester Arena are celebrating their 20th Birthday, and they have chosen Forever Manchester as one of their Charities of the Year. The Arena have offered us many perks as their Charity of the Year for 2015, including the opportunity to collect at the Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Take That and Simply Red gigs this year, which will hopefully bring in a great income. Our branding is also visible throughout the Arena, using their hashtag #WeAreManchester, which fits perfectly with our ethos and what we’re about. It’s a great privilege to be chosen by Manchester Arena in their 20th anniversary year and we hope to raise some great funds with this opportunity. As part of this commitment, the Arena offered 100 tickets for The X Factor Live Tour for us to award to community groups across Greater Manchester. We were pleased to award tickets to pupils who took part in our Cool 2 B Kind programme delivered in primary schools in Oldham by our Community Builders. The tickets were awarded in assemblies to the pupils with the most improved behaviour since the Cool 2 B Kind programme ended. Teachers at Alt Primary School and Stoneleigh Academy in Oldham surprised pupils with the tickets for themselves and an adult to take them to Manchester Arena on Friday 20th February. As well as these schools, tickets were awarded to a number of community groups across Greater Manchester to celebrate their involvement in their communities and reward them. The groups were all given their own section in the Arena taking up a whole chunk of it and had a ball. Forever Manchester is thankful to Manchester Arena for allowing us to gift these tickets to the people in our communities that support people in their areas who want to do extraordinary things together. The kind donation of these tickets allowed these individuals to have a great night and let their hair down. We’re looking forward to the year ahead and hope this relationship will be the start of great things with Manchester Arena. 3 y r a rock, you’ll know that Frida de un ing hid en be e u’v yo s les Un celebration at The Midland ay thd bir th 25 r ou s wa ry ua br 20th Fe Hotel in Manchester. porters vidual in the A great night was had by every indi supporters, our of ety vari room, which included a Mr Captain and f staf rs, ntee community groups, volu papped ing gett rn, retu a e Manchester himself mad our ing help and es with most of our attende compere, Archie Kelly. h a glass of Guests were greeted on arrival wit e from Affinity champagne and a great performanc cunian anthems Show Choir, who were singing Man of the evening. to get our supporters in the spirit liantly passionate The night then opened with a bril c, Nick Massey, Exe ef Chi and emotional speech from ster’s journey and who spoke about Forever Manche ver Manchester Fore – (yep what “she” meant to him sey). Mas Mr by lady has been Christened a 4 ster sup Nearly 400 proud Forever Manche ater Manchester Gre a ying enjo t, nigh the turned up on rtainment from themed three-course meal and ente y and Autistic local talent MaD Theatre Compan Finn. Superstars Carly Ryan and Martin h Birthday, MaD After their performance at our 25t g £1 from each atin don ly Theatre Company are kind ‘Gin and , tion duc pro ticket sold for their latest and 25th June. h 24t on Chronic Arthritis’ at Bury Met Tunafish Media A video, brilliantly put together by video really got the entertainment going. The what we’re all illustrated our key messages and , which is the about here at Forever Manchester anchester.com people. This can be seen at foreverm we’d strongly If you haven’t already seen this, we do what we recommend it, it really outlines why do every single day. Autistic Superstar, Carly Ryan also brought both men and women to tears with her fabul ous rendition of ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’ on the evening. Our raffle and silent auction alone brought in over £2,000, with a signed Manchester United and Manchester City shirt on offer as well as Mike Joyce of The Smith’s drumsticks and other great Mancunian prizes. As well as this, an excellent DJ set from Dave Haslam of Hacienda fame closed the evening, playing a great eclectic mix of tunes to get everyone on the dancefloor. Our compere, Archie Kelly aka Kenny Dalglish Snr. had the room in fits of laughter throughou t the evening with his Northern wit and brilli ant presence on the stage. We also had an awards ceremony, recognisin g individuals, groups and businesses for the hard work they do to keep Forever Manchester going. See page 6. Our Poet in Residence, Tony Walsh closed the on-stage entertainment with a great rendition of ‘Silver Sparks’, a poem he wrote for us in celebration of our 25th year. His performance was finished with a great display of glitter across the room, which can be seen behind this article. The glitter and confetti fired out of the cannons illustrated the ‘silver sparks’ that flow through Manchester, and the work that Forever Manchester does. Our Twitter feed exploded during and after Tony’s performance, which brought people to tears with the passion and pride that was felt for Greater Manchester and Forever Manchester’s work in the region. Tweets included: AV on the Paul Yates, Founder of OVG, sponsors of the ibly the poss ter, night: “Thank you Forever Manches I can all is al ption best night I have had in years. Exce t” grea so g ethin say, honoured to be part of som ort: Challenge4Change, a community group we supp t nigh t grea a for ter ches Man ver “Thanks to Fore of ort supp ing ongo their last night and for Challenge4Change. Happy Birthday.” erson: Forever Manchester Ambassador, Michael Hend years 25 ter. ches “Awesome evening Forever Man and still looking awesome!” nix Archie Kelly, Compere of the evening and Phoe to you k than huge “A Snr. lish Nights’ Kenny Dalg the to me ing invit for ter Forever Manches le. wonderful 25th birthday bash. Lovely peop .” work Keep up the good Nick Massey, Chief Exec said: “I am very prou d of our team and thankful to everyone who helped to make our 25th birthday the great success it was. We all worked hard to celebrate what Forever Manchester is all about. “Forever Manchester is all about the people of this great city and I think we illustrated that on the night. It was a real celebration that I enjoyed and I think everyone else did. The whole Forever Manchester team was there to celebrate a culmination of 25 years of hard work to get us to where we are today.” A great night was had by all on the night and we’d like to thank everyone involved, whether you attended, or helped to make the night the success it was, we thank you from the botto m of our hearts for making our Silver Anniversa ry so special. It was a real honour to be involved. In total, the night raised an incredible £38,000. Ever y penny will be invested back into communities across Greater Manchester. Thes e areas will be the communities that each and every one of you work, play or live, which we are over the moon about. If you were papped by our photographer or our photobooth on the night head to facebook.com/ForeverManchester to have a nosey (or laugh) at them to bring back some great memories. Due to the phenomenal success of our 25th birthday, we’re already planning one for next year, so keep your eyes peeled, as it’s sure to be another sell out! Here’s to the next 25 years! 5 t Our 25th birthday on 20th February saw a grea gnised awards ceremony, which celebrated and reco k year the people who help us to continue our wor night. on year. Five awards were given out on the gs We were pleased to award the following gon to these supporters: MacDonald Fundraiser of the Year sponsored by Brooks assador and the Amb r Andrew Trott-Barn is a Forever Mancheste Mirror Ball. As The t, even creator of Forever Manchester’s biggest Halloween the t, even r well as this Andrew has started its siste in 2014 065 £73, d Spooktacular. Together these events raise selling out th, mon this alone, with 2015’s Mirror Ball coming up six months in advance. sored by CDL Inspirational Community Group Award spon Wigan area. the in olds year 5 14-2 Fix It UK, works with r choices and Their aim is to improve the life chances, caree by doing learn to r prefe who le peop opportunities of young training, eventually things. They offer life skills and car mechanic fication. giving them a Motor Industry recognised quali Vista Employer Captain Manchester Award sponsored by 6 Services Ltd. dor who, in 2014 Dave Foran is a Forever Manchester Ambassa up Manchester set created the Forever Manchester beer. Dave ide a platform prov to d Radio Online, a radio station establishe s, which at the show for ordinary people to host their own radio been involved also has same time offers help and support. Dave ing Captain bring ding inclu in key events with Forever Manchester helping at and Run s Manchester to life, launching the Backward year. last the charity auction at the Corn Exchange sored by Corporate Supporter of the Year Award spon Weber Shandwick ways throughout CDL supported Forever Manchester in various , sponsored the 2014. They are a Manchester Million supporter 25th birthday, Inspirational Community Group Award at our with Forever fund a have also they and r took part in Caketobe Stockport. Manchester to support community groups in Award sponsored Forever Manchester’s Lifetime Achievement by Kellogg’s ved with Forever Harry Alldritt from Middleton has been invol e volunteer in his activ an Manchester for over a decade and been thing of a local some him local community for far longer making celebrity. still goes out of his As well as doing a lot for his community, he r. way to support us, here at Forever Mancheste offices on more He has also helped Forever Manchester to move unity, his comm his thes than one occasion. Harry lives and brea rs. He othe ing help and passion is simply meeting new people his ing help tarily volun spends approximately 50 hours a week local community. Moston and Harpurhey are one of fourteen communities across the UK that have been selected to receive a minimum of £200,000 in funding over three years to increase community participation and improve wellbeing. t of 2012, Fourteen is a £3.5m programme funded by Spiri ect events a charity set up by the Big Lottery Fund to conn as Glasgow to communities across the country. Events such ty to abili their in le rkab 2014 and London 2012 are rema er pow the ugh bring people together: inspiring pride thro of participation. will be delivered The investment into Moston and Harpurhey and managed by Forever Manchester. ter will create Together with Spirit of 2012, Forever Manches happiness. a legacy, which will improve wellbeing and de how the Residents of Moston and Harpurhey will deci t. spen £200,000 community investment will be ity will decide Fourteen is community led and each commun tion in one or themselves how they want to increase participa more of the following activities: • Social action and volunteering • Grass roots sport and physical activity • Culture activity and the arts ment • Youth leadership and personal develop communities this Our Community Builders are going out into the and Harpurhey to month to speak with the residents of Moston who can join the Local le begin putting together and identifying peop s priorities and grantReference Group – this group will help to focu the Fourteen programme. making for the local area within the terms of team on a regular basis The Local Reference Group will meet with our e in December 2017, (3-4 times a year) until the end of this programm ing decisions in the and will support Forever Manchester with fund teen. context of the Community Plan in place for Four ramme in Moston For further information about the Fourteen prog 0161 214 0940. and Harpurhey, please contact our office on moston harpurhey 7 There will be a full 18 holes of golf on the day with corporate supporters and general donors who support our work teeing against one another. If you are interested in signing up a team head to forevermanchester.com/golfday to sign up. #HardRockRising Hard Rock Cafe are hosting the North West region's #HardRockRising and will be supporting us. Chief Exec Nick Massey will be a guest judge. For the fifth straight year, Hard Rock continues its commitment to aspiring musicians by holding a worldwide search for talented bands to showcase on its international stage. Every Thursday in March from 8pm sees three heats and then a Regional Finale. LIVE AT 2PM EVERY WEDNESDAY at www.ldok.net Tune into the 2 hour online radio show dedicated to everything Forever Manchester. The show is hosted by Terry Day who has been around the world of radio, music and general entertainment for Yonks! Each week Terry is joined by a special guest Forever Manchester supporter. Expect lots of chat, laughs and Manchester tunes. ounted Forever Manchester are offering disc chester Man at Gre 5 charity places for the 201 . May 10th day Sun 10K Run to be held on re’ and raise If you would like ‘Run for Round’e help to support money for Forever Manchester to Manchester, community projects across Greater places fill up. sign up now before our discounted ted sign-up We are currently offering a discoun fee of £25. ctly on the (Standard fee is £38 if booked dire Great Run website) gs Award Captain Manchester’s Cool Runnin that raises s ines bus is also up for grabs to the , head to this on tion rma the most cash. For info tion peti -com 10k forevermanchester.com/ to raise over Last year over 100 runners helped this year £10,000 for Forever Manchester and t to be wan we hope to raise even more. If you head to , this do one of the runners that helps us 10k forevermanchester.com/manchester our discounted Please note: By registering with minimum of a e rais to rate you are committing £150 in sponsorship. The live show is broadcast every Wednesday between 2pm and 4pm and is repeated on Sunday’s at 2pm and Tuesday’s at 7pm. Tune into at www.ldok.net Prestwich Beer Festival, a 3-day event for beer and foodie lovers alike, have chosen Forever Manchester as their charity partner. Held at The Longfield Suite in The Longfield Centre Thursday 26th-Saturday 28th March, the festival will also be selling our buzzing honey beer! For more information head to forevermanchester.com/beerfestival GET IN TOUCH Visit: www.forevermanchester.com Call: 0161 214 0940 Email: [email protected] Registered Charity No. 1017504 @4EVERManchester forevermanchester Forever Manchester Designed by TRANSMISSION www.transmissioncreative.co.uk
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