0333 321 3021
EnglishArabicBengaliBosnianBulgarianCatalanChinese (Simplified)Chinese (Traditional)CroatianCzechDanishDutchEstonianFilipinoFinnishFrenchGermanGreekHindiHungarianIgboItalianJapaneseKoreanKurdish (Kurmanji)LatvianLithuanianLuxembourgishMacedonianMalayMalteseNepaliNorwegianPersianPolishPortuguesePunjabiRomanianRussianSerbianSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSudaneseSwahiliSwedishThaiTurkishUkrainianUrduVietnameseWelshYorubaA free roadshow for social businesses across the North West will come to Manchester this month, geared towards helping community-driven organisations understand what funding is available to them to help them become more successful. 
Manchester City Council has £10,000 to deliver training in Honour Based Violence (HBV) awareness for Early Help Hub staff and Social Work teams. The full funding of £10,000 will be awarded to one successful applicant to provide a training programme for frontline workers. The programme will need to be delivered to all Early Help Hub staff and Social Work teams in venues arranged by the provider. The successful applicant will be expected to deliver the training programme between January 2017 and March 2017.
Manchester City Council has £10,000 to raise awareness in Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) to communities in Manchester. The full funding of £10,000 will be awarded to one successful applicant to provide an engagement programme for the community. The successful applicant will be expected to deliver the programme between January 2017 and March 2017. 
Manchester is an eclectic and welcoming city and for many years which has been tackling the causes of inequality and demonstrating the benefits of diverse and cohesive communities. Manchester City Council recognises that community cohesion does not happen by itself – it is driven by people making an effort to support one another in their communities and neighbourhoods. They want to build on this by holding events and activities throughout their annual Hate Crime Awareness Week 2017. You can help do this by holding an event or activity in your neighbourhood.
Recent conversations with people with a learning disability have highlighted the difficulties they can experience in finding out what services and activities are available in their local area. We would like to make this easier so in partnership with Breakthrough UK, Macc are conducting a stocktake of assets used by people with a learning disability in Manchester.
The third meeting of the co-design group was held on Tuesday 1st November. It began with presentations focusing on examples of approaches to procurement including; setting up a separate organisation to do it - Manchester Youth Trust; crowd funding; and models from Camden and Bristol. The group then discussed the examples and began to develop a range of models.
If you're part of a campaigning group, community group or NGO in the North of England, here's a chance to help shape the future of road and rail transport. 
The People’s Plan is an independent, non-partisan, public engagement programme by and for citizens and civil society of Greater Manchester. Macc is working with the People’s Plan 
and other partners to deliver five local borough events across Greater Manchester. These events are open for all those interested in finding out more and exploring their thoughts on Devolution.
To celebrate #GivingTuesday on the 29 November and the newly announced Local Charities Day on the 16 December, Local Giving are running two festive #GiveMe5 campaigns to encourage everyone to support a local charity and give something back to their communities. 
Grants of between £1,000 and £5,000 are available for charities and community organisations working across the UK to support Affinity Sutton residents of all ages to get and stay online and to build the skills, motivation and confidence to use the internet safely as an everyday tool. 
Printer-friendly version