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EnglishArabicBengaliBosnianBulgarianCatalanChinese (Simplified)Chinese (Traditional)CroatianCzechDanishDutchEstonianFilipinoFinnishFrenchGermanGreekHindiHungarianIgboItalianJapaneseKoreanKurdish (Kurmanji)LatvianLithuanianLuxembourgishMacedonianMalayMalteseNepaliNorwegianPersianPolishPortuguesePunjabiRomanianRussianSerbianSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSudaneseSwahiliSwedishThaiTurkishUkrainianUrduVietnameseWelshYorubaA few weeks back I met with a group of voluntary & community sector leaders working with children young people and families and our local Director of Children's Services. We were talking about how to build the relationship between the sectors so we hit on the idea of writing a blog to challenge a few myths and misconceptions which tend to distort the relationship.
Do you work with adults who face severe barriers to employment? If so this may be of interest.
GMCVO has sent out a final call to organisations that would like to sign up to the Manchester Growth Company bid for lot C2 Working Well Expansion. Please note the deadline is Monday 24 August 2015, 5pm.
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.
Social responsibility is one of the University of Manchester’s three core strategic goals in their Manchester 2020 strategy, sitting equally alongside their commitments to world-class research and outstanding learning and student experience.
The Spirit of Manchester Awards is a series of awards celebrating and highlighting all the excellent work being carried out in Manchester’s voluntary and community sector. As well as providing recognition to the sector in these hard times, we want to raise the profile of the sector amongst the general public and encourage local giving and active citizenship.
Manchester Adult Education Service are looking for organisations that want to get involved with Talk English to host informal beginner ESOL from September/October 2015 – March 2016. Manchester Adult Education Service will support your organisation to deliver the course which will be taught by a pair of trained volunteers.
4CT Limited is a charity based in East Manchester established 10 years ago. The charity runs the Grange Community Centre in Beswick and Sporting Edge in Openshaw and has a wide range of services including youth clubs, luncheon club and activities for children with disabilities.
The main purpose of the Neighbourhood Learning in Deprived Communities (NLDC) fund is to reach disadvantaged communities and individuals, to enable them to participate in learning and to progress towards further learning and/or sustainable employment.
Manchester City Council’s (MCC) and Manchester Adult Education Service’s (MAES) priority is to tackle the issue of worklessness amongst key groups in the most deprived wards of the city, particularly those residents in receipt of out of work benefits. Therefore this is the target group for this funding.
The National Numeracy Challenge helps adults learn the maths needed for everyday life.
Around half the adult population have numeracy skills at the level expected of children at primary school and three-quarters are below the target level for school-leavers.
As well as improving performance, the Challenge also aims to transform negative attitudes towards maths and numeracy and to create a positive “can do” approach.
So if you’re the type of person who says ‘I can’t do Maths’ you can have a go at the challenge and start saying ‘I can do Maths’!
The course is aimed at helping young people recognise their talents and capabilities, and overcome any barriers that could be preventing them from accessing the job market. Although A2O aims to improve the prospects for young people finding sustained employment in a career of their choice, they also recognise suitability to alternative career paths, and self-employment.
The course is open to all 19-25 year olds, who are currently not in education, employment or training. All applicants must be eligible to work in the UK.
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