Manchester City Council publish Market Position Statement on Adult Social Care
Manchester City Council have published their first Market Position Statement concerning Adult Social Care.
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Manchester City Council Advice Tender
A new tender from Manchester City Council has been advertised on The Chest. The tender is for advice services and is in 3 parts. Part 1 is for City-Wide Advice Services. Part 2 is for Targeted Individual/Family Advice Services. Part 3 is for a Framework Agreement for the Provision of Innovative Advice Solutions. All the tenders are for 1 year with the possibility of an extension for another year.
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Lobbying and Transparency Bill
At our Spirit of Manchester awards event last month one of the categories was for Most Successful Campaign. We wanted to acknowledge campaigning work because we’ve always believed that it’s the job of charities not just to meet needs but to drive change for the longer term. The history of social change in this country has been driven by the campaigning efforts of groups for centuries.
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Macc wins Council Infrastructure Contract
As you may be aware, earlier this year the City Council launched a competitive tendering process for the contract to provide support to the city's voluntary and community sector for the next three years.
We are delighted to announce that Macc has been awarded this contract.
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What Works Network
The government has commissioned six centres (the What Works Network, https://www.gov.uk/what-works-network) to summarise and share research with local decision-makers including commissioners, head teachers, police and crime commissioners.
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Surviving the Recovery
During the recent bout of hot weather, I somehow managed to come down with a cold. I not only felt ill, I also felt ridiculous: I mean who gets a cold in the middle of a heatwave? As I write this, figures have just been released showing that the country’s economy is slowly starting to grow again after the recession. It’s a similar feeling: I’m being told it’s lovely out there but it feels dreadful. No matter what the economic analysis says, when I look around I see incomes reducing, prices rising, services closing and life generally becoming more difficult.
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Manchester Disabled People’s Project
Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People (GMCDP) has a new 3-year project funded by Manchester City Councils Equalities Funding Programme. The project is open to any disabled person aged 15 and over, who lives in Manchester.
It will provide a range of information and support on independent living and other disability related issues, as well as providing one to one support, small group workshops, training and a comprehensive information resource.
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Developing the Skills of Disabled People and their organisations to provide Whole Life Planning and Peer Support to Disabled People
From the end of August through till the end of November the Manchester Area Partnership will be providing free knowledge sharing opportunities, briefings, training events and 1:1 business coaching.
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Spirit of Manchester
I've mentioned previously that there's a danger that this blog becomes a series of rants about things I'm angry about. Well not today, at least!
Our State of the Voluntary Sector report shows there are over 3000 voluntary and community groups in Manchester. I don't know them all but I do know a lot of them and one of the great pleasures of my job is that I get to see some of the amazing things happening in groups across Manchester and meet some fantastic people.
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Opportunity to Help Troubled Families
The closing date to be part of the preferred providers list for services to Troubled Families has been extended for 2 weeks to 5pm on Fri 2nd August. Applications can be made through The Chest and the name of the opportunity is "Framework Agreement for the Provision of Troubled Families Interventions". Read more here.
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