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Healthwatch Manchester is carrying out a short survey to understand everyone’s experience of the lock down in Manchester.
They especially need to know about the impact it is having on individuals and communities with protected characteristics, such as BAME, LGBTQ+, long term conditions, learning disabilities etc.
The idea of the diner is to create a welcoming space for anyone to come and get a freshly cooked meal, meet members of their community and find out what’s going on in the area.
The diner is open Wednesdays: 9, 16, 23, 30 September, 12pm-2pm at Northmoor Community Centre, 95-97 Northmoor Road, Longsight, Manchester, M12 5RT.
The meals cost £1 and are takeaway only. There is 2-metre social distancing in place.
The C19 BAME LEARN project aims to understand the mechanisms and factors that can improve inclusion, protection and well-being of health and social care workers (HSCW) from black and minority ethnicity (BAME) backgrounds involved in the provision of health and social care across the spectrum of acute, community and private settings.
Information for the bulletin is compiled from a number of sources including Grantfinder, and direct from funders themselves. It showcases just a few of the hundreds of funding opportunities available for local community, voluntary and faith organisations.
This bulletin is produced by a partnership of local support and development agencies across Greater Manchester.
At 10am on 3 August Lloyds Bank Foundation are launching £7.4 million COVID funding aimed at supporting charities to recover beyond the immediate crisis.
The COVID Recovery Fund will offer around 140 charities a two-year unrestricted grant of £50,000 alongside a Development Partner to help charities navigate a tumultuous future.
A new charity, The Fat Beehive Foundation, has launched to support and amplify the work of small charities providing much needed services.
The charity will provide grants of up to £2,500 to help small charities build websites and digital products which will enhance their work and consequently provide social good.
Cycling UK is launching a second phase of the Big Bike Revival with programme of pop-up Dr Bike events.
Community Matters have produced a series of 4 helpsheets to support organisations decision making about reopening.
Ensuring your organisation is Covid Secure – Things you will have to consider or change to be become Covid Secure before reopening
Trustees will need to strike a balance between carrying out their charity’s purpose and safeguarding people as they reopen, the Chartered Governance Institute (ICSA) has said. ICSA has issued the advice as part of new guidance for charity trustees on how to reopen safely. The guidance outlines a series of practical steps and questions trustees will need to address while planning for the resume of their charity’s activities as lockdown is eased.
To read the guidance click here
This learning document shares inspirational activities, models and approaches of Covid Mutual Aid Groups in Central Manchester.
These groups have done an amazing job of harnessing the ‘neighbourliness’ that was and is still needed, to not only look out for those who have been most at risk but also build stronger communities.
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