Homelessness has no place in Greater Manchester.
Greater Manchester Mayor’s Charity raises vital funds to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping in Greater Manchester. Through our events, community fundraisers, individual givers and corporate partners, we raise urgently needed funds that make a meaningful change.
Our flagship initiative, A Bed Every Night, provides a bed and vital personal support for people facing a night on the streets of Greater Manchester. It’s more than just a place to sleep. It’s the start of a journey to stability and security, helping people get back on their feet and into a home of their own.
Our model is based on collaboration with other charity partners and organisations who are working to end homelessness.
We fund front line partners across our city region who provide a range of services to help people break the cycle of homelessness. Our funding encompasses emergency response and initiatives to help stop homelessness before it becomes a reality.
Find out more about our grant making.
We are a politically independent charity with the Mayor of Greater Manchester as our Patron.
Your donation transforms lives.
Together, we can end homelessness.
A Bed Every Night.
A Bed Every Night provides a bed and vital personal support for people who are rough sleeping or at imminent risk of rough sleeping.
Just £32 covers the cost of a good night’s sleep, a hot meal and the vital wrap around support that can help people move onto more stable accommodation. It’s a lifeline that changes lives.
The funds we have donated to A Bed Every Night have supported over 87,000 nights of accommodation. Across the programme, ABEN has helped drive a 43% reduction in rough sleeping since it’s launch.
With strong links to health and housing services, A Bed Every Night helps people get back on their feet and live independently. It is a pioneering scheme, unique to Greater Manchester in its extent and coverage.
Our funding means it can support people who may be excluded from other existing services, such as people not eligible for statutory accommodation or those who have No Recourse to Public Funds.
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Get involved.
Greater Manchester is full of great people doing great things! From taking on a challenge with your friends and family, to getting your company involved, there are plenty of ways you can be part of life-changing work that is happening right on your doorstep.
Get support.
We fund projects, programmes and initiatives which aim to tackle homelessness in all its forms across the city region. Our funding falls into three key priority areas spanning emergency response, places and spaces, and targeted prevention.
What we’ve been up to…
Our events have helped raise over £4.7m of vital funds to tackle homelessness.
Our impact.
Since we launched in 2019, we have raised more than £4.7 million through collaborative partnerships, exciting events, and the generosity of Greater Manchester.
These funds have worked hard, translating into more than 87,000 nights of accommodation and wraparound support in the unrivalled emergency response initiative for rough sleeping – A Bed Every Night, and supporting over 170 organisations.
We will not stop until homelessness is rare, brief, and non-recurring. Together, we can end homelessness.
