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EnglishArabicBengaliBosnianBulgarianCatalanChinese (Simplified)Chinese (Traditional)CroatianCzechDanishDutchEstonianFilipinoFinnishFrenchGermanGreekHindiHungarianIgboItalianJapaneseKoreanKurdish (Kurmanji)LatvianLithuanianLuxembourgishMacedonianMalayMalteseNepaliNorwegianPersianPolishPortuguesePunjabiRomanianRussianSerbianSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSudaneseSwahiliSwedishThaiTurkishUkrainianUrduVietnameseWelshYorubaThe Challenge have recently been commissioned by the Department of Education to design and pilot a new model for student work placements, which the government is planning to roll out nationally as a mandatory requirement for all (~250,000) technical education students by 2020, as part of their newly proposed t-levels. 
Manchester City Council have some free chairs to give away which are located at Hulme Hall, in the grounds of Claremont Resource Centre, which is at the junction of Jarvis road and Rolls Crescent in Hulme, M15 5FS. The chairs will need to be collected.
‘You can tell it is a Community Explorers meeting by the noise’. Lots of conversations and networking is the one of the main reasons people attend these community health and care meetings. On Tuesday 19 September, there were 18 participants including Jobcentre Plus, Manchester Carers Forum and the North Manchester Black Health Forum. 
Thanks to everyone who supported the recent Spirit Manchester Story Week held on18-22 September. It was a busy week and featured a range of stories from across the Manchester voluntary sector.
Sport can have a significant and measurable impact on people’s lives. Recognising the positive impact rugby union and its values can have on individuals and communities, Comic Relief and England Rugby are working in partnership to deliver the Try for Change Fund. 
Manchester BME Network are starting their free legal advice sessions again on Tuesday (19 September), with the sessions taking place on Tuesdays 9.30am-11.30am at Mauldeth House, 2nd floor right, Nell Lane, Chorlton, Manchester, M21 7RL. 
Areas covered, include: Housing, Immigration, Employment, Property, Family and Taxation
Disabled Living, one of Manchester’s oldest charities, is calling for people to get in touch who have memories, materials and/or photographs about their links with the charity. Hundreds of thousands of people across the North West have been involved with the organisation in its 120 year history as service users, volunteers, staff and trustees. 
Are you over 55?
Would you like to learn skills to help you thrive in later life?
Are you approaching retirement with worries about the future?
Perhaps you recently retired and are struggling to adjust.
Or maybe you’d rather just like to get more from your life.
Then this course is for you.
The course is taking place on Tuesdays 2pm-4.30pm starting on Tuesday 7 November finishing on 12 December at Parkfield Court, 38-40 Barlow Moor Road, Didsbury, Manchester, M20 2GE
Cracking Good Food will be at the Manchester Food and Drink Festival 4 October, 3pm-5pm at the Festival Hub Albert Square Cooking with octogenarians. 
Come along and taste the food of the Octogenarian Cooks – a group of older people sharing their recipes and cooking skills.
Throughout the summer Sporting Memories have been busy building on the Greater Manchester Sporting Memories Network that they have now established. These groups continue to flourish and go from strength to strength, so much so that they are now able to roll out the beginning of the next phase which will involve establishing new groups tailored for people living with dementia. 
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