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EnglishArabicBengaliBosnianBulgarianCatalanChinese (Simplified)Chinese (Traditional)CroatianCzechDanishDutchEstonianFilipinoFinnishFrenchGermanGreekHindiHungarianIgboItalianJapaneseKoreanKurdish (Kurmanji)LatvianLithuanianLuxembourgishMacedonianMalayMalteseNepaliNorwegianPersianPolishPortuguesePunjabiRomanianRussianSerbianSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSudaneseSwahiliSwedishThaiTurkishUkrainianUrduVietnameseWelshYorubaAngie has been working as a support housing manager at Manchester Settlement for the last 13 years. She and her team support people living in two projects, one for care leavers and looked after children and the other for single homeless people with support needs.
The DAVE (Deaf, Actively, Volunteering, Experience) project helps 35 young people (aged 16-25), with a wide range of hearing defects, to manage the transition from education to whatever they want to do next.
Set up as a Community Interest Company in 2012, 4 Steps is supported by Manchester City Council and provides information, advice and guidance to people seeking to improve their employment prospects and to VCSE organisations wanting to grow and become more sustainable.
Our State of the Sector Survey in 2013 found that there were 3,093 voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations in Manchester, with an estimated income of £477 million. The sector employed the equivalent of 12,400 full time staff and 94,300 volunteers gave 370,000 hours, with an estimated value of £332 million. Decision makers took note of the survey results, we know it increased their understanding of the sector. Some of the key facts (3093 organisations, 94,300 volunteers) are now widely quoted by colleagues in the Council, the NHS and other bodies such as Big Lottery Fund.
From September 2016, City in the Community will be running an employability skills programme aimed at young people aged between 18-24 years old who are currently not in employment, education or training. 
City in the Community is the community programme of Manchester City Football Club and was originally formed in 1894 to combat anti-social behaviour, drug and alcohol, health issues and unemployment in the local community.
The Training and Skills Development Foundation are hosting 1 to 1 Minibus Driving Awareness Scheme (MiDAS) training exclusively during August.
More information can be found on the attached booking form.
Through the Safeguarding VCS Grant Programme The Department for Education want to help develop and further their strategic aims to safeguard and protect children. The Department for England are making available up to a maximum of £2.25 million in safeguarding grant funding to VCS organisations for an 18-month period (October 2016- March 
2018) to help deliver on three safeguarding priorities:
• Female Genital Mutilation (FGM);
Voting is now open to vote for the Best Community Space Spirit of Manchester Award 2016. 
Award criteria
A community space can be a piece of land or a building available for use by the community. Organisations needed to show:
• Best use of a community space
• How the space is seen as central within the community
• The impact it has within the local community
The Summer Reading Challenge takes place every year during the summer holidays. This year, the Summer Reading Challenge is celebrating 100 years of the world’s greatest storyteller, Roald Dahl.
Sign up at your local library, and then read at least six library books of your choice to collect special collector cards and other incentives – all for free.
For further information, visit: www.manchester.gov.uk/summerreadingchallenge
Wellbeing Our Way’s POW WOWs (shared learning workshops) bring together people working in charities, wider health and care organisations, and those with lived experience from across Greater Manchester to develop approaches which enable people to live well. They are a great opportunity for shared learning between staff working directly with people with long term health needs, as well as those who are commissioning and developing these approaches.
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