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Find out how Manchester Carers Centre can help you:
• Free guidance on employment, learning, and volunteering opportunities
• Accessing grants
• Meet other Young Adult Carers
• Enjoy social events
• Help and advice with money
• Find solutions to help your situations
Boundless Books encourages looked after young people to get excited about reading and writing through the giving of a personalised gift. The gift contains a book chosen especially for the participant based on their general interests, a personal letter and a bespoke correspondence pack containing fun stationary, stickers, pens and stamps. Participants are twinned with another participant according to their interests and are encouraged to share their experience of the book using the correspondence pack.
Each year Voluntary Youth Manchester (VYM) evaluates the work they do and the activities, resources and services they offer, and this year VYM want to get your feedback though an online survey. 
Jiaojiao Mo, a postgraduate student undertaking a module in Intercultural Engagement at Manchester University, is assisting in putting this survey together. Her perspective from outside of the sector, indeed outside the country, has given invaluable objectivity.
Manchester City Council are looking to recruit more LAC young people and Care Leavers in engagement activities and Children in Care Council.
Three Open Air Cafés have been organised where young people (over 11 years old) will be able to come and participate in a number of fun activities with refreshments.
Get on Track provides stepping stones into, volunteering, training and employment for vulnerable young people aged between 16 and 25 years old. They are mentored through a five stage personal development training programme by a team of Olympians, Paralympians, World and Commonwealth Champions. 
What do you think makes Greater Manchester so great? That’s the question being asked by Greater Manchester’s youth leadership charity, RECLAIM Project, as part of their new #GreatManc campaign.
From the 11 April, Greater Manchester will begin to see the face of 16-year-old Elijah, one of RECLAIM Project’s Powerhouse Pioneers, on billboards featuring a point from their recent manifesto:
“Discarding intolerance makes a great society, embracing our differences makes our Manchester Greater.”
Fastlaners is for 18-25 year olds who might have some sort of work experience or qualification, but who are struggling to find a meaningful job that will kick start their career.
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Could you give us 10 minutes to talk about health?
As part of Greater Manchester’s Devolution agenda, for the first time Greater Manchester is taking control of £6 billion of public funding for health and social care from April 2016.
On Saturday 27 February ReachOut are taking to the streets of Manchester to raise money for ReachOut to help end educational inequality through providing young people with mentors to support their academic and personal needs.
How will the day work?
Time and date: 9am – 2pm or 2pm – 6pm or all day on Saturday 27 February
Location: Manchester City Centre, Oxford Road, Wilmslow Road
Dress code: Warm, comfortable clothes. Fancy dress is optional!
Wellington College working with Future Foundations is seeking community and voluntary sector organisations based in Manchester and Birmingham to set a short project for a team of 10 students to undertake on Tuesday 21 June 2016.
This project will feature as part of a residential programme for Year 9 (13-14 year old) students from Wellington College. The three day programme will also feature guest speakers and a City Challenge as young people work in teams to complete social action themed tasks around the city centre.
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