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Junior Social Apprentice – opportunities for young people to help your organisation/charity this summer

12 Feb 2016 - 11:01 by michelle.foster

Wellington College working with Future Foundations is seeking community and voluntary sector organisations based in Manchester and Birmingham to set a short project for a team of 10 students to undertake on Tuesday 21 June 2016.

This project will feature as part of a residential programme for Year 9 (13-14 year old) students from Wellington College. The three day programme will also feature guest speakers and a City Challenge as young people work in teams to complete social action themed tasks around the city centre.

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horizon - a free online tool for data on youth social action in the UK

27 Jan 2016 - 09:41 by michelle.foster

Across the UK, millions of young people choose to make a difference in their community through social action — whether by campaigning against climate change, mentoring a peer who's struggling at school, starting a social enterprise, or fundraising for a cause they are passionate about.

horizon is a free digital mapping tool to enable any organisation to access data on youth social action programmes. The goal is to make it easy for schools, local authorities, third sector organisations and funders to discover what youth social action is taking place in their region

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GMYN 10K Run places - Join team GMYN

22 Jan 2016 - 10:38 by michelle.foster

The Greater Manchester Youth Network (GMYN) has charity places available at the Great Manchester 10K Run.

Are you looking for a challenge in 2016? Would you like to do something to support young people in Greater Manchester at the same time?

Apply for a place now and be part of Manchester's Greatest Run on Sunday 22 May. The 10k running event is broadcast live on BBC.

Join Team GMYN for only £10 registration fee and pledge to raise a minimum sponsorship of £250 to help continue GMYN’s work to transform the lives of disadvantaged young people.

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Prince’s Trust learning and development opportunity

15 Jan 2016 - 10:40 by michelle.foster

The Prince's Trust Team programme delivered by The Manchester College and based at its Wythenshawe campus is currently recruiting for the next programme which starts on 8 February 2016.

The Team programme is a 12 week personal development opportunity aimed at enabling young people between 16-25 to develop the confidence to get back into employment or education.

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Manchester Youth Council Update

18 Dec 2015 - 10:53 by michelle.foster

The Manchester Youth Council is a group of young people who are passionate about giving a voice to the youth of Manchester, raising awareness of issues for young people and having our say about the decisions that affect people’s lives.

How Does it Work?
The membership model offers young people more ways to get involved in the activities of Manchester Youth Council (MYC).

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Youth HELP Training

11 Dec 2015 - 11:17 by michelle.foster

The Youth Health, Empowerment and Leadership Programme (HELP), provided free by Multicultural Arts and Media Centre (MAMC), will be delivered through a choice of the following 5 modules:
1. Getting to know each other, knowledge of the NHS, what is mental health and mental illness
2. Empowering young people through arts, effective communication and presentation skills
3. Learning through participation (visits to local health and public services)
4. Feedback, evaluation and lessons learnt

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YMCA Manchester Volunteer trustee roles

4 Dec 2015 - 11:21 by michelle.foster

YMCA Manchester is making a formal call for people to apply for two volunteer trustee roles with their organisation.

Honorary Treasurer
YMCA Manchester are inviting applications for the role of Treasurer. YMCA Manchester currently has a Board comprised of 11 Trustees drawn from the membership of the leisure facility, the Y Club.

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Tools for the Job – free workshops

20 Nov 2015 - 10:56 by michelle.foster

VYM is offering a series of free workshops for the voluntary youth sector, especially Youth and Play funded organisations. The purpose of these workshops is to offer you the support and training to use effective tools and resources that will help you demonstrate quality and outcomes, to manage and use data, to understand what it takes to submit effective tenders, and to aid your financial reporting.

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Manchester Youth Market Programme - Applications now open

20 Nov 2015 - 10:46 by michelle.foster

The Manchester Youth Market programme is one of We Love Manchester charity’s flagship projects. It will help young, budding entrepreneurs to make the transition from developing a business idea to taking it to the public to test trade.

Working with key partners such as the Princes Trust, Innospace, the Business Growth Hub, the Manchester Enterprise Centre, vInspired and The Manchester College, the programme will ensure young people have access to a wide range of training to prepare them for trading.

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