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The Manchester Sports Awards recognise the hard work of clubs, coaches, officials and volunteers who support the development of sport highlight the achievements of the talented athletes who live in the city; and acknowledge people who work hard to make a difference through sport in our communities. 
Winners will be chosen by an independent judging panel.
National Energy Action, the National Fuel Poverty Charity, has some funding to deliver free awareness raising sessions for residents across the north west, to spread the message of the importance of staying warm over winter, with practical ideas of what to do and where to go to get help. 
The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service is the highest award given to volunteer groups across the UK.
Any group of 2 or more people doing volunteering work can be nominated for the award. The majority of the group must be volunteers, and more than half the volunteers must have the right to live in the UK. 
Home-Start is a well-known and highly respected national charity providing early help and support from trained volunteers to young families, through 300 locally managed projects in the UK. Each project is self-supporting financially and most are funded from a variety of sources including charitable trusts, statutory funding, donations and sponsorships. The Big Lottery is one of the significant funders of a large number of Home-Start projects.
Manchester City Council is inviting voluntary and community sector groups in the city to one of a series of three workshops to start discussions on a new approach to supporting the voluntary sector in Manchester. An approach tied to the Our Manchester strategy and which supports ambitious plans to radically improve the 
health and wellbeing of Manchester residents.
Following another successful Hate Crime Awareness Week, Manchester wants to continue to target hate crime. Making Manchester Safer wantd to build on the City's reputation for celebrating diversity and encouraging cohesion by holding events and activities throughout the summer. You can help do this by holding an event or activity in your neighbourhood.
Breathe Investment Grants (BIG) are available to support small scale community projects that will improve the quality of life for Adactus Housing Group residents and make a real difference to the neighbourhoods where they operate. 
Transform grants are for up to £100,000, to be spent over 1-2 years and are aimed at supporting the domestic and sexual abuse sectors as a whole. Funded projects will influence change beyond the individual charity receiving funding. This is a one-off grants programme running from August 2016 with final decisions in early 2017. 
The Guinness Partnership Aspire Awards are open to applications from individuals and community groups for projects which benefit Guinness customers, making their local communities great places to live. 
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