Parklife Festival UK Donates $200,000 To Support Manchester’s Grassroots

Parklife Festival is giving back £155,000 ($204,000) in funding to support grassroots projects across Greater Manchester.

Parklife runs the so-called Community Fund in collaboration with Manchester, Bury and Rochdale councils. Since launching in 2017, the festival has generated over £449,000 ($591,194) for the benefit of community groups. Ppriority is given to groups and projects that utilize parks and open spaces and/or work with young people.

This year’s total includes £55,000 ($72,000) raised from guest list donations by Parklife attendees, plus a further £100,000 ($132,000) generated from other concerts and events held in Heaton Park.

The Parklife fund will be distributed by Manchester, Bury and Rochdale councils to projects that enhance local life, from youth program to community wellbeing initiatives. The fund from other concerts and events will be distributed by Manchester and Bury councils.

Sam Kandel, founder of Parklife Festival, commented, “Parklife is proud to call Heaton Park home, and it’s really important to us that the festival has a lasting, positive impact on the local community. The Community Fund is our way of saying thank you to residents and supporting the brilliant grassroots projects that make Manchester, Bury, and Rochdale such special places to live.”

Parklife Festival, promoted by The Warehouse Project, has grown into the largest metropolitan festival in the UK, attracting some 60,000 daily visitors by its own admission.

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