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EnglishArabicBengaliBosnianBulgarianCatalanChinese (Simplified)Chinese (Traditional)CroatianCzechDanishDutchEstonianFilipinoFinnishFrenchGermanGreekHindiHungarianIgboItalianJapaneseKoreanKurdish (Kurmanji)LatvianLithuanianLuxembourgishMacedonianMalayMalteseNepaliNorwegianPersianPolishPortuguesePunjabiRomanianRussianSerbianSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSudaneseSwahiliSwedishThaiTurkishUkrainianUrduVietnameseWelshYorubaThe Child Poverty Action Group have launched their The Cost of a Child in 2017 report which has found that inflation and the benefit freeze are making it more and more difficult for families to afford the costs associated with raising a child. Between 2012 and 2019, benefits will have risen by just 3% while prices are projected to have risen by 12%.
As part of an initiative in West Yorkshire, The Children’s Society have been looking at how Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities can keep their young people safe from child sexual exploitation. 
It explored the barriers to engagement through traditional agencies and support systems and examined what was needed to ensure that young people from these communities, their parents and carers were aware and informed.
Do you know an inspirational organisation at the heart of a community?
Somewhere that provides assistance to deserving children and their families?
The BBC are on the hunt for an amazing group of people for an exciting new factual programme.
The BBC are particularly interested in places which provide hot meals for the community – this could be a community centre serving children and families. Alternatively, this could be somewhere that supports children with disabilities.
As momentum gathers around integrated health and social care and children’s health and wellbeing, there are various calls for evidence around the voice of children and young people.
42nd Street with Youth Focus NW and Young Minds are aware of an awful lot of great work that has taken place over recent years to capture this voice and they are trying to gather this into one place and make some central sense of it to inform, amongst other things the GM commissioning framework for CAMHS and a broader charter around children and young people’s health and social care.
Looking for activities to keep your children fit and healthy during the holidays? ABL Health is running FREE summer clubs suitable for five-12-year olds, with fun, interactive sessions covering topics including Healthy Lifestyle Skills, Get Fit for Summer and Cook and Eat. 
Venues are as follows:
Longsight Community Primary School, 1 Farrer Road, Manchester, M13 0QX
Tuesday 3-day course, 9.30am to 3.30pm, July 25, 26 and 27 or August 1, 2 and 3
There are lots of activities planned for kids across Manchester over the summer holidays.
A list of free activities across Wythenshawe for people aged 6-19 can be found below.
There is also a programme below of sessions in East Manchester that has been compiled by the East Youth Partnership with the help of Manchester City Council, 4CT and supported by the Big Lottery Fund.
The following is a list of summer 2017 playschemes for children aged from 6 – 14 years old across the City of Manchester:
Please contact individual providers for details of times/dates and activities offered.
North Manchester
4CT The Grange Playscheme
Venue: The Grange Community Resource Centre, Beswick Manchester M11 3TQ
Contact: Kay Gallagher 0161 230 1420
Email: [email protected]
Age range : 8 - 12 yrs old
The Secret Life of Us campaign brings to life the realities of the challenges disabled children, young people and their families face in living a life many of us take for granted. 
Developed in close partnership with parents, it reveals the parts of their lives that most people simply do not see.
The Manchester Safeguarding Boards (MSB) comprises the Manchester Safeguarding Adults Board (MSAB) and the Manchester Safeguarding Children Boards (MSCB). The Boards share an Independent Chair, Julia Stephens-Row; and are supported by the MSB Business Unit. 
The Manchester Safeguarding Boards have developed their strategic priorities for 2017/18, with invaluable input from children, young people and adults with care and support needs.
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