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If you’re a voluntary or community group, specifically one that is pro-active in this field, you can apply for funding to tackle and prevent homelessness.
As part of its continued commitment to preventing homelessness, Manchester City Council is aiming to provide investment in 2015/16 through the Directorate for Children and Families Homelessness Prevention Grants programme.
What is Hepatitis C?
Hepatitis C is a virus that can infect and damage the liver. In most cases it causes no noticeable symptoms until the liver has been damaged. The hepatitis C virus is found in the blood of someone with hepatitis C infection and is usually passed on through blood-to-blood contact such as by sharing razors or toothbrushes, or by sharing unsterilised needles.
Big Potential, a Big Lottery Fund grant fund, will deliver approximately £20m of grant funding over 3 years to eligible VCSE organisations with the aim of improving the sustainability, capacity and scale of VCSE organisations in order that they may deliver greater social impact.
The programme aims to raise awareness of the social investment market and support VCSEs who want to prepare themselves for social investment or winning contracts.
Big Potential has two possible application routes - Breakthrough and Advanced.
The Morrison’s Foundation aim to improve people's lives in the UK and provide grants to support projects carried out by charities registered in the UK.
The Morrison’s Foundation believe that good projects come in all shapes and sizes and don’t limit how much you can apply for, but ask that your project benefits people's lives in the UK.
For further information and to apply, visit: https://www.morrisonsfoundation.com/funding.html
The Project Development Grant (PDG) scheme is intended to assist an organisation to cover some of the costs of developing and co-ordinating a project and taking it towards the start of work on site.
To qualify, an organisation must have established that the end use of the project is likely to be viable and have decided to take the project forward.
The Project Development Grant (PDG) can cover some of the costs of developing and co-ordinating a project from after basic viability has been established up until work starts on site.
The Project Viability Grant (PVG) scheme is intended to be an initial assessment of whether it is viable to bring a historic building back into a sustainable use. In particular it aims to enable applicants to explore the evidence of need for a suggested use, or uses, for a building and the sustainability of that use, with a view to the likely requirements of grant funders.
There really is ‘allsorts’ for young Mancunians to do over the school holidays this Summer – try a different activity to learn new skills or just develop those you’ve already got.
Whether you fancy yourself as a BMX pro, or just want to kick a ball about with friends, the wide range of activities should keep all age-groups busy – you can even get involved in a Circus Skills workshop.
The Christmas Challenge is the UK’s biggest online match funding campaign which helps UK registered charities raise funds for their cause. The Christmas Challenge takes place every December.
The Big Give offers supporters of participating charities the chance to have their donation doubled on thebiggive.org.uk when the Christmas Challenge Goes live in December. For example, a £100 online donation made to a participating charity during the Christmas Challenge can be doubled to become £200.
My Future is a new programme supported by Manchester College and Manchester City Council to provide young people aged 16 to 24 with experience in a real working environment and an opportunity to increase their knowledge and develop new skills.
The programme is based around a 4 week pre-employment training period followed by a 13 week paid (minimum wage) work placement with a local employer. This can be a voluntary sector organisation or social enterprise as well as local companies and public sector bodies.
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