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Sow the City – Building a healthier city where everyone can grow their own food

1 Nov 2016 - 10:51 by michelle.foster

Growing food in cities makes a lot of sense. Gardens, allotments, patios, rooftops and window-ledges all have the potential to provide us with an abundance of free and nutritious food.

Plus food grown in urban environments can help reduce food transportation, create jobs, and strengthen communities.

We all have food in common. We eat it, crave it, and dream about it. So let’s celebrate and grow it.

News Type: 
Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Environment

Manchester Neighbourhood Profiles Published

31 Oct 2016 - 15:13 by helen.walker

Neighbourhood profiles for the 12 One Team Localities across Manchester have been developed and published by Manchester City Council. 

The main purpose of the profiles is to to support the development of out of hospital and urgent care services at a local level and to help the 12 integrated neighbourhood teams in Manchester (and other people delivering services at a local level) to determine their priorities, agree the outcomes they want to achieve and think through the ‘how, what and where’ of service delivery.

To date, two sets of profiles have been produced:

News Type: 
Policy News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Community Engagement
Health and Wellbeing

Manchester Carers Network October ebulletin

28 Oct 2016 - 09:51 by michelle.foster

The latest monthly ebulletin from the Manchester Cares Network contains: Fund-raising events, the Manchester Carers Network Calendar and the latest news from Dementia Carers – peer mentoring, CAB project with GPs, Age Friendly Manchester, Young Carers Conference, Accessible events at HOME and the Manchester Carers Network.

News Type: 
Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Health and Wellbeing

Our latest data sets and the launch of GrantNav

26 Oct 2016 - 14:46 by michelle.foster

Our latest data sets on our work with voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations and volunteers is now available on our website here: www.manchestercommunitycentral.org/policy-and-influence/open-data

In my last blog I mentioned the exciting work that 360Giving are doing to launch a searchable facility (powered by open data) showing where grants go. GrantNav has recently been launched.

Shared Topic Areas: 
Capacity Building
Policy and Influence
Volunteering

The People's Plan for Greater Manchester

26 Oct 2016 - 11:41 by Mike Wild

Macc’s purpose is to encourage, support and develop voluntary and community groups and individuals to have a real influence over the places and communities in which they live. So for that reason alone, we’re supporting the People’s Plan as a non-partisan, citizen-led movement bringing new and seldom-heard voices into the conversation about the future of Greater Manchester.

Shared Topic Areas: 
Arts & culture
People/communities experiencing racial inequalities
Business citizenship
Children and Families
Commissioning
Community Engagement
Crime and Disorder
Environment
Equalities
Faith
Health and Wellbeing
Homelessness
Learning, Skills and Employment
LGBTQIA+
Mental Health
Older People
Physical Disability
Policy and Influence
Social enterprise
Transgender
Volunteering
Young People
Other

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