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This bulletin is produced by a partnership of local support and development agencies across Greater Manchester.
Would you like to share a story of your activity as part of the 2018 Spirit of Manchester Story Week in September?
A Small Grants Programme from Inter Faith Youth Trust for events organised by and for young people focused around Inter Faith Week 11-18 November 2018 is now open for applications. 
The Inter Faith Youth Trust will be awarding small grants up to £500 for organisations running events or projects connected with Inter Faith Week 2018.
GSK’s IMPACT Awards reward charities that are doing excellent work to improve people’s health. Organisations must be at least three years old, working in a health-related field in the UK, with income between £80,000 and £2.5 million. Up to 20 awards will be made ranging from £3,000 to £40,000 plus free training valued at up to £6,000. Organisations will also have a film made, receive help with press and publicity and be given a set of promotional materials.
The Telegraph is delighted to announce that applications from charities for their annual Christmas Appeal are now open. 
As it enters its 28th year, the appeal's enduring success bears testament to the generosity of our readers, who have kindly donated millions of pounds to dozens of deserving causes.
With support from Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the FSI is delivering a heavily subsidised training event in Manchester on 4 October offering small and local charities and community groups four courses on key fundraising and governance topics. Training courses on offer include Developing Your Fundraising Strategy, Legacy Fundraising, Budgets, Management Accounts, and Cash Flow Forecasting, and How to Prepare Your Annual Reports.
Do you need fundraising or governance training for your small charity? Have a tiny budget? With the support of Garfield Weston Foundation, the FSI will be delivering a programme of webinars and class-based training courses over 2018-19 to support small and local based in Manchester. 
The Justice and Equality Fund, supported by TIME’S UP UK, has launched new grants programmes aimed at tackling the culture of harassment, abuse and impunity. Grants of up to £200,000 will be available to organisations that provide emotional and practical support to people who have experienced sexual harassment, particularly in the workplace. 
Following the Prime Minister's wider endorsement of the Jo Cox Commission recommendations on Loneliness in January 2018, the £11.5 million Building Connections Fund has been set up to support projects that are able to prevent or reduce loneliness. 
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), in partnership with Sport England, has launched the new Integrated Communities Innovation Fund. The Fund will help drive forward proposals to tackle the key causes of poor integration set out in the Government’s Integrated Communities Strategy Green Paper published in March 2018, by offering support to projects who can demonstrate innovative approaches to tackle the barriers to integration and building integrated communities in England.
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