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UHSM (University Hospital South Manchester) have put together a programme of events to launch the new community services specifications during September/October and would like to invite local voluntary and community organisations to be involved.

There will be a range of activities across a four week period with each week concentrating on a specific theme.

Frailty: 29 September
Mental Health: 5 October
Living Well in Manchester: 12 October
General Out of Hospital Community Services: 19 October

Manchester City Council has been awarded £110,000 by the Police Innovation Fund to support domestic violence and abuse (DV&A) victims in the City. There are three distinct elements within the grant programme:

Early Help/Prevention
£40,000 of this money is to develop an early help/prevention service for low and medium risk cases of DV&A. At the moment there are no interventions available for low to medium risk couples who choose to stay together.

Do you have an idea for a project that can make a difference in the local community? Need some help getting it off the ground?
The One Manchester Community Fund has £500,000 in grant funding available over the next five years to support projects in the communities in which they work. Donations will be awarded to those organisations that can demonstrate that their work is making a change happen in their community.

Tell vInspired your great idea for a project to solve a problem in your area and they’ll give you cash to make it happen. If you're aged 14-25 and have an idea that will solve a problem in your community vInspired want to help.

Submit a simple application and vInspired could offer you up to £500 to turn your ideas into reality, and help you get your project off the ground. The great thing about Cashpoint is that you run your project the way you want to.

If you’re 14-25, vInspired cashpoint could give you a grant of up to £500 to design and run your own social action project