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Volunteers' Week 2017; Events and Activities from Volunteer Centre Manchester (1 - 7 June 2017)

Volunteers' Week 2017; Events and Activities from Volunteer Centre Manchester (1 - 7 June 2017)

A very happy #volunteersweek from Volunteer Centre Manchester!...

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Taste Ramadan

You’re invited to be a guest at an Iftar dinner (a celebratory meal to break the fast) hosted by your local mosque.

Taste Ramadan is a Greater Manchester initiative that welcomes people from all faiths and backgrounds interested in connecting with the community and learning about other cultures. Share in the blessings, build bonds and explore different cultures this Ramadan.

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People/communities experiencing racial inequalities

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Citizens Advice Manchester Digital Support Hubs - Helping you find a way forward

Citizens Advice Manchester’s digital hubs across the city will support you to find the answers you need online, assisting with online forms or helping you access their other advice services.

Citizens Advice Manchester deliver assisted digital help at a number of venues across the city.

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HRUK and SUBWAY® Healthy Heart Grants

Funding of up to £10,000 is now available for communities in the Granada region for projects that promote heart healthy initiatives. Helping Hearts

Funding is awarded for original, innovative projects that promote heart health and help reduce the risk of developing heart disease.

They could address a variety of issues such as healthy eating, physical activity, smoking cessation and mental well-being, all with a focus on the heart.

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Heritage Lottery Fund – Parks for People

Historic public parks and cemeteries are valued places at the centre of local communities. Help to conserve them with funding of £100,000–£5million. Parks for People funding helps to conserve the heritage that makes both historic parks and cemeteries special. And it gives local people a say in how they are managed in the future. Projects improve people’s wellbeing and knowledge of their area, and make communities better places to live, work and visit. Heritage Lottery Fund

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Dulverton Charitable Trust

The Dulverton Charitable Trust provides single year grants in the range of £25,000 to £35,000 and Trustees prefer to support medium sized charities (with an income of £200,000 to £5 million) where the grant can make a difference, applications are also considered from newly registered charities. The Dulverton Trust

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The Foyle Foundation – Small Grants Scheme

The Foyle Foundation is a grant making charity that has provided grants valuing over £70 million in the last 15 years. The Small Grants Scheme is designed to support smaller charities registered and operating in the United Kingdom, especially those working at grass roots and local community level, in any field, across a wide range of activities. Grants are made for core costs, equipment or project funding to charities which can show that such a grant will make a significant difference to their work.

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Small Charity Week 2017

Small Charity Week (19- 24 June) is the biggest event in the small charity calendar providing free initiatives, competitions and support over six days for charities or local community organisation with an annual turnover under £1.5 million. Events include: Small Chairty Week

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Big Potential – final deadline 11 October 2017

Big Potential, a Big Lottery Fund grant fund, will deliver approximately £20m of grant funding over 3 years to voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations (VCSEs) with the aim of improving the sustainability, capacity and scale of VCSEs in order that they may deliver greater social impact. Big Potential

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