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My Future - Work Experience for Young People in Manchester

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.

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People/communities experiencing racial inequalities

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Business citizenship

Equalities

Learning, Skills and Employment

Social enterprise

Young People

Visual minutes from Another Year Facing the Challenge Parts 1 and 2

Visual minutes from Another Year Facing the Challenge Parts 1 and 2

Housing help for military veterans

Are you a physically or psychologically wounded military veteran looking for an affordable home to rent in Manchester?

Do you want to buy at a discounted price or on a shared equity scheme?

Would you like to move into a welcoming and specially adapted street for military veteran individuals and families?

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Manchester Community Assets Pilot

The Community Ownership and Management of Assets programme (COMA) is a national programme run by Locality and Community Matters.

Another Year Facing the Challenge Parts 1 and 2

On the 16th April 2015 we held the first of two voluntary sector assemblies (VSA) designed to prepare the voluntary sector for the coming year, a year in which we know there will be further cuts in public sector spending that will hurt most severely the people we support.

Big Lottery Fund - Help Through Crisis

The Big Lottery Fund are looking to fund projects that draw on the strengths and personal experiences of people facing hardship so that they can overcome immediate difficulties and be ready for opportunities and challenges ahead. The Lottery are looking for projects that provide tailored support, advice and advocacy to enable people to address difficulties and be in a better position to improve circumstances and plan for their future.

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Paul Hamlyn Foundation Youth Fund

The Youth Fund will provide core funding to organisations within the youth sector and outside. This is a direct response to feedback from their strategy consultation – that in order to achieve greatest positive impact in the lives of young people you work with or for, you need to achieve a balance of stability, continuity and flexibility

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Paul Hamlyn Foundation Arts-based Learning Fund

The Paul Hamlyn Foundation want to encourage the development, use and sustainability of effective arts-based activities in education, through arts organisations working with schools, further education colleges and teachers. This fund will support arts organisations working with schools to improve the evidence base for their work, so that they can do more to enhance the lives, development and achievements of children and young people.

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Paul Hamlyn Foundation Shared Ground Fund

The Shared Ground Fund will provide organisations with the financial support they need to test new approaches and explore ways of addressing new challenges in this area of great change and uncertainty. It will also support organisations with an already strong track record of achievement with substantial help to achieve a greater impact.

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