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Training and volunteering with Talk English

24 Jul 2015 - 10:48 by michelle.foster

Manchester Adult Education Service are looking for enthusiastic, committed volunteers who want to make a real difference to people’s lives and teach English. To be a volunteer ESOL teacher you will need to be able to demonstrate excellent skills in spoken and written English at Level 2 (GCSE equivalent) and good computer skills at Level 1.

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Grants for voluntary and community groups to help prevent homelessness

20 Jul 2015 - 11:54 by michelle.foster

If you’re a voluntary or community group, specifically one that is pro-active in this field, you can apply for funding to tackle and prevent homelessness.

As part of its continued commitment to preventing homelessness, Manchester City Council is aiming to provide investment in 2015/16 through the Directorate for Children and Families Homelessness Prevention Grants programme.

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Hepatitis c testing in Greater Manchester

17 Jul 2015 - 14:23 by michelle.foster

What is Hepatitis C?
Hepatitis C is a virus that can infect and damage the liver. In most cases it causes no noticeable symptoms until the liver has been damaged. The hepatitis C virus is found in the blood of someone with hepatitis C infection and is usually passed on through blood-to-blood contact such as by sharing razors or toothbrushes, or by sharing unsterilised needles.

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What data do you share and how are you sharing it?

17 Jul 2015 - 11:46 by michelle.foster

Our groups and volunteers data has been updated to include data for the first quarter of 2015/16.

Mike Wild, Chief Executive at Macc, has released a video talking about why we decided to release open data and the data we’ve made available for everyone.

Challenge from Mike - What data do you share and how are you sharing it?

We’re keen to encourage as many groups as possible to share their data and we’d like to hear from you about your experiences.

Big Potential

17 Jul 2015 - 09:57 by michelle.foster

Big Potential, a Big Lottery Fund grant fund, will deliver approximately £20m of grant funding over 3 years to eligible VCSE organisations with the aim of improving the sustainability, capacity and scale of VCSE organisations in order that they may deliver greater social impact.

The programme aims to raise awareness of the social investment market and support VCSEs who want to prepare themselves for social investment or winning contracts.

Big Potential has two possible application routes - Breakthrough and Advanced.

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Morrison’s Foundation Grants

17 Jul 2015 - 09:56 by michelle.foster

The Morrison’s Foundation aim to improve people's lives in the UK and provide grants to support projects carried out by charities registered in the UK.

The Morrison’s Foundation believe that good projects come in all shapes and sizes and don’t limit how much you can apply for, but ask that your project benefits people's lives in the UK.

For further information and to apply, visit: https://www.morrisonsfoundation.com/funding.html

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The Architectural Heritage Fund - Project Development Grant

17 Jul 2015 - 09:54 by michelle.foster

The Project Development Grant (PDG) scheme is intended to assist an organisation to cover some of the costs of developing and co-ordinating a project and taking it towards the start of work on site.

To qualify, an organisation must have established that the end use of the project is likely to be viable and have decided to take the project forward.

The Project Development Grant (PDG) can cover some of the costs of developing and co-ordinating a project from after basic viability has been established up until work starts on site.

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The Architectural Heritage Fund - Project Viability Grant

17 Jul 2015 - 09:52 by michelle.foster

The Project Viability Grant (PVG) scheme is intended to be an initial assessment of whether it is viable to bring a historic building back into a sustainable use. In particular it aims to enable applicants to explore the evidence of need for a suggested use, or uses, for a building and the sustainability of that use, with a view to the likely requirements of grant funders.

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Allsorts to do over the Summer school holidays

17 Jul 2015 - 09:51 by michelle.foster

There really is ‘allsorts’ for young Mancunians to do over the school holidays this Summer – try a different activity to learn new skills or just develop those you’ve already got.

Whether you fancy yourself as a BMX pro, or just want to kick a ball about with friends, the wide range of activities should keep all age-groups busy – you can even get involved in a Circus Skills workshop.

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