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Peer-led recovery communities are powerful, life-changing spaces set up and run by people with lived experience of addiction. They offer vital support, but many struggle for funding and recognition.

Funded by Changing Futures and being delivered in partnership with Gaddum and 10GM, this project gathers evidence to show the value of peer-led recovery communities in Greater Manchester. The aim is to convince commissioners and funders that these groups deserve long-term investment.

Can you help to raise support for and awareness of the value of peer-led recovery groups?

Whatever your fundraising goals are, the team at easyfundraising can help you get there. This month, they are offering 250 exclusive online fundraising packs to community organisations.

How to get yours
To get your hands on your complementary pack, simply follow these steps:

Complete the Environmental, Social, and Governance maturity survey. Now in its second year this free tool enables charities and not-for-profit organisations to analyse and report on their organisation’s environmental, social and governance maturity. Eastside People are offering everybody who completes the survey the opportunity to receive a tailored confidential report for their organisation with benchmark data, an action plan, and a free consultation to take the next steps.

The 2025 edition of the ESG Survey is open until Friday 25th July 2025.

New legislation as part of the Elections Act 2022 means that all postal voters must reapply every three years and complete an identity check.

What’s changing?
If you applied for a postal vote before 30 October 2023, you need to reapply this year to keep voting by post.

How to reapply
Apply securely online here 

If this affects you, you should have received an email or letter from the Elections Team. Please respond as soon as possible. Don’t wait for the deadline.

The Manchester Community Safety Partnership (CSP) is refreshing its strategy to tackle crime and antisocial behaviour and support people with vulnerabilities.

Take part in the consultation to tell CSP what you think are the most important community safety priorities for Manchester. Your feedback will contribute towards shaping the priorities for Manchester's Community Safety Partnership for the next three years.

Complete the survey here 

Macc’s statement on the Supreme Court Ruling on the legal definition of sex and call to respond to the Equality and Human Right’s Commission’s Code of Practice consultation 

The Open Doors Project is a pilot scheme established by the Office for Social Responsibility in collaboration with Manchester Museum and Alliance Manchester Business School. The scheme allows community members to book meeting rooms totally free-of-charge on the Oxford Road campus. These room bookings are open to voluntary and charity organisations, CICs and social enterprises, community groups, and residents’ associations.

On Tuesday 1st July 2025, British Cycling are launching the British Cycling Foundation with a full day of social impact activity. All staff and riders will spend the day volunteering in their communities, celebrating the positive impact of cycling and wider community action.

Activities will take place throughout the day and are not limited to cycling – they may include supporting foodbanks, community gardening, or helping with the clean-up of parks and canals.

Small Charity Week is a campaign to empower the UK’s small charities to have an even greater impact on society, and to address the challenges they face.

Throughout the week, training and events are provided for small charities, and a national conversation is created about the vital role of small charities in strengthening communities across the UK.

Take a look at the events taking place across the week here  

Find out more and get involved here 

On the 27th of May, the Race Equality Foundation released a critical report titled Understanding the Racist Riots of 2024 and What Should Be Done. The report highlights how the UK government has failed to address the underlying causes of the summer 2024 riots, which saw widespread racist violence targeting minoritised ethnic and religious communities.