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The first workshop is taking place in Manchester town centre on Saturday 11 February 2017 at 10.30am.
This year’s Manchester Day is on the 18 June 2017 and the theme is all about magic! Join in conjuring up wonderful inventions and illusions, bringing the city’s streets alive with stunning costumes, structures and performances. 
Your group could be part of one of the North West’s biggest and best community celebrations… or you could sign up as an individual to get a chance to join the WOW Crowd.
In 2011 Manchester took the decision to address the fragmented VCSE infrastructure in the city by combining it into a single body. Effectively this arrangement has only been in place since 2012 and has already been re-tendered once (where Macc was the successful bidder).
RECLAIM, a youth leadership and social change organisation that supports working class young people across Greater Manchester to end leadership inequality have a new campaign lead by their young people.
“Team Future is one of the most exciting and inspirational new movements in Britain today. If the UK has a future, it lies with young working class people organising and making their voices heard.” Owen Jones 
The Postcode Local Trust has changed its funding themes and application process, and is currently open for its first funding round of 2017. In 2017, the Trust is looking to fund projects that are of local importance, with a particular focus on projects that improve the environment for the benefit of local communities and encourage conservation action at a local level. 
The Vegetarian Society is making grants of up to £2,000 for activities or events to celebrate National Vegetarian Week. The Week runs from 15-21 May this year, and activities that take place in that period or the two weeks before are eligible for funding. Activities and events must promote National Vegetarian Week, and must be exclusively vegetarian or vegan - events serving non-vegetarian food will not be funded. 
Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People (GMCDP) has drafted a Disabled Peoples Manifesto. GMCDP’s intention is to present the Manifesto at a hustings of the main Mayoral candidates in April 2017, more details to follow once a date and venue has been confirmed. 
NHS Blood and Transplant are launching a local campaign on Thursday 9 March 2017, which is World Kidney Day. 
The latest news bulletin from the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership includes articles on: 20,000 cancer champions needed in Greater Manchester; 
First-ever Population Health Plan for Greater Manchester is launched; Devolution first for the VCSE sector - new agreement to support engagement; Visit by Surrey Stakeholders; A new model of primary care; Local
A social movement aims to sign up 20,000 ‘cancer champions’ who will use their experience, knowledge and passion to support those at risk of developing cancer and those recently diagnosed with the disease. 
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