Manchester Community Central weekly ebulletin

24 February 2020

Age Proud Photography Competition

Changing the way people over 50 are represented in the media

This initiative is designed to generate positive and realistic images of people over 50 and we would like you to send us your photograph exploring one of the six themes below:

New Beginnings
Passing it on
Journeys
Making a Difference
Being yourself
Together

As well as being part of this movement to re-present ageing, we have a range of prizes for our shortlist entrants and winners. All 30 shortlisted entrants will receive a place in the touring exhibition in Greater Manchester and will be featured in an online gallery, with opportunities for wider exposure. The six finalists (one for each theme) will win:

A photography masterclass with ‘NotQuiteLight’ photographer Simon Buckley
The winning image will appear in a GM Ageing Hub publication in 2020
Your image printed out and framed
One overall winner will win a £250 voucher for photographic equipment

The six theme finalists and overall winner will be announced at the exhibition opening in central Manchester on the weekend of 16/17 May 2020.

The closing date for entries in Thursday 2 April 2020, 23:59
Click here to enter and for the full rules and regulations

News

Hour Manchester workshop

This free workshop led by HOUR Manchester, on 12 March, 12:00 - 15:00 at Macc, will explain how increased sharing, exchange and collaboration within communities can reduce peoples reliance on services and money. Come along and find out more

City Wide Community Explorers Meeting

We are looking forward to hosting our first City-Wide Community Explorers meeting of 2020, alongside our co-hosts MHCC and partners from Manchester City Council. Quarterly City-Wide events enable our Community Explorers network to influence and inform strategic discussions that centre on specific, relevant and timely themes that emerge throughout the year and that span across the whole city. Our next City-wide Community Explorers meeting is on 27 February, 1.30pm-3.30pm at The Mechanics Centre Ltd. The theme will be ‘Adult Safeguarding and the Voluntary and Community Sector in Manchester’. If you are interested in attending, email [email protected] to book a place.

Spirit of Manchester Fund 2020 Mini-grants

Two weeks remain until the deadline for £500 Spirit of Manchester Fund applications. We are making available nine individual mini-grants of £500, aimed at helping local people to feel connected to each other and more active in their communities. Eligible applicants are voluntary, community or social enterprise organisations based in the city of Manchester. The deadline for submitting applications is midday on Thursday 5 March 2020

Social Prescribing in Manchester – A VCSE manifesto

Monday 30 March, 1.30-4.30pm (Registration from 1pm), GM Fire and Rescue Service Training and Development Centre
The aim of this Voluntary Sector Assembly is for the VCSE sector to discuss and agree what it wants and needs in order to increase the impact and effectiveness of social prescribing. Together we will write a manifesto which will be presented by representatives of the assembly to senior representatives of Manchester Health and Care Commissioning and Manchester Local Care Organisation. Join us for an afternoon of discussion and debate to help shape the future of social prescribing in the city.

Manchester Work Clubs Funding: 2020-2021

Manchester City Council recognises the important role Work Clubs play in providing flexible and informal employment support to workless Manchester residents. In recognition of the valuable role they play in delivering employment support services, Manchester City Council has made available grant funding for Manchester Work Clubs to apply for. The aim of Manchester Work Club Grant Funding is to contribute to Manchester City Council’s priority of increasing the number of Manchester residents who are working. Applicants can apply for a maximum of £10,000 to be spent over a 1 year period. Application deadline: 9 March 2020, 10:00

Launch of partnership grants to get GM walking

GMCVO have launched the third stage of a grants programme to get Greater Manchester Walking. Funded by Greater Manchester Moving (with money from Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership), partnership grants of up to £15,000 are being offered to support activities that encourage people who are usually less active to start or increase the amount they walk regularly. There is a two stage process with the deadline to submit an Expression of Interest: 23 March 2020 5pm.There is a briefing event on 27 February, 1.30pm

Thumbs Up Community Café

Thumbs Up is a café and community hub next door to Moodswings offices at 36 New Mount Street, located by Angel Meadow, close to Ancoats and the Northern Quarter. The café is open Monday to Friday, 10am-2pm. As part of Moodswings charity, they provide hands-on opportunities for people to learn skills, build confidence and recover from life’s ups and downs through volunteering, all under the supervision of experienced mentors. The café provides a safe space for visitors who want to engage with a community.

Scope – Starting Line

Disability charity Scope have opened a new pre-employment service in Manchester. Starting Line is a free face-to face programme for disabled people who would like to start their journey into work. Sessions run two mornings a week over seven weeks. The training sessions cover a range of knowledge and skills for the employment market and workplace, including things like goal setting, CV and cover letter writing and communication skills. Customers also get one-to-one support from a specialist employment advisor to discuss their goals, plan training or volunteering opportunities, and work on their skills for finding employment.

Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter

Good Employment Charter are looking to work with employers

Both GM Hidden Talent as well as Centre for Ageing Better and GM Ageing Hub are looking to work with Employers. With a view to potentially hold knowledge sharing workshops, Ben Reese and the GM’s Hidden Talent team would love to hear which businesses and organisations are already exhibiting good recruitment practice (with regards to young people and entry level roles).

Social Innovation across Greater Manchester

The Greater Manchester Combined Authority is currently working with partners on a project looking at how the practical application of new ideas and approaches can help to tackle social challenges and improve outcomes for people. As part of this project a short survey has been designed to gather views and experiences of social innovation as well to create a snapshot of the current conditions for this across Greater Manchester. The survey is live until 6 March, 17:00

How do we close the digital skills gap in the charity sector?

It has been widely reported that there is a digital skills gap in the charity sector and charity digital specialist Bobi Robson is looking at ways to help. Complete this short survey as a part of early research to find what one of the solutions to closing the gap might look like. Bobi is interested in hearing from small local charities and those working in them including, trustees, volunteers, fundraisers, marketeers, front line staff and consultants, so please do share this amongst the charities that you support.

Events

> Launch of the Greater Manchester Black, Asian and
Minority Ethnic Social Enterprise Network

24 February, 10:30 - 12:30, Lloyds Bank

> Transport and Infrastructure: Social Value

25 February, 8:00 - 9:30, Squire Patton Boggs

> Coffee with your Councillor

26 February, 12:00 - 13:00

Northmoor Community Association

> Innovate and change – how can we tackle hunger and food waste in Greater Manchester

2 March, 12:00 - 16:30, GRUB

> Equality Access and Inclusion tool kit launch and VYM Celebration

4 March, 13:00 - 16:00, Manchester Metropolitan University Business School

> Learn about cancer and get bollyfit

5 March, 10:00 - 14:00, Burnage Community Centre

> Air quality in Manchester: holding our breath?

5 March, 12:00 - 13:30, Manchester Art Gallery

> Feed your head – women’s discussion group

19 March, 17:30 - 21:20, Manchester Science Park

Search for more events here

Training

> 5 day Wellbeing course

2 - 6 March, Trinity House Community Resource Centre

> Introduction to Community Asset Transfer

5 March, 10:00 - 13:00, Macc

> Storytelling Training for Volunteers' Week 2020

10 March, 10:00 - 14:30, Macc

> 5 Key Ideas in Health and Social Care - you need to
know to write funding applications

11 March, 10:00 - 16:00, Macc

> Social Media for Beginners

12 March, 10:00 - 13:00, Macc

> Bid Writing for Charities and Community Groups

24 March, 9:30 - 16:00, Redbank House

Search for more training opportunities here

Jobs

> Social Action Coordinator at Young Manchester

Salary: 27,000 per annum | Hours: 35 hours per week | Deadline: 26 February

> Project Worker – Refugee Older People at Manchester Refugee Support Network

Salary: £21,589 per annum pro rata | Hours: 14 hours per week | Deadline: 1 March, 18:00

> Head of Organisational Development at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Salary: £52,306 - £60,983 per annum | Hours: 37.5 hours per week | Deadline: 1 March

> Catering Assistant at Bolton Lads and Girls Club

Salary: £9.30-£10 per hour | Hours: 20 hours per week | Deadline: 2 March

> Football Coach at Bolton Lads and Girls Club

Salary: £9.30-£10 per hour | Hours: Part Time | Deadline: 2 March

> Junior Club Play Worker at Bolton Lads and Girls Club

Salary: £9.30-£10 per hour | Hours: Part Time | Deadline: 2March

> Multi Sports Worker at Bolton Lads and Girls Club

Salary: £9.30-£10 per hour | Hours: Part Time | Deadline: 2 March

> Outreach and Detached Youth Worker at Bolton Lads and Girls Club

Salary: £9.30-£10 per hour | Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings | Deadline:
2 March

> Youth Club Arts Worker at Bolton Lads and Girls Club

Salary: £9.30 - £10 per hour | Hours: Evenings and weekends | Deadline: 2March

> Youth Worker at Bolton Lads and Girls Club

Salary: £9.30-£10 per hour | Hours: Evenings and weekends | Deadline: 2 March

> Home from Hospital Admin Assistant at Manchester Care and Repair

Salary: £7,620 per annum | Hours: 15 hours per week | Deadline: 4 March, 12:00

> Assistant Finance Officer at NHS Manchester CCG

Salary: £18,813 - £20,795 per annum | Deadline: 4 March

> Family Support Coordinator at Wythenshawe Community Initiative

Salary: £24,000-£26,000 per annum | Hours: 35 hours per week | Deadline: 5 March, 17:00

> Handyperson Home Safety Operative at Manchester Care and Repair

Salary: £11,626 per annum | Hours: 22 hours per week | Deadline: 6 March, 12:00

> Operations Manager at Crossroads Derbyshire

Salary: £31,371 per annum | Hours: 37 hours per week | Deadline: 9March, 9:00

> Youth Work Co-Ordinator (Senior Club) at HideOut Youth Zone

Salary: Up to £28,000 per annum | Hours: 40 hours per week | Deadline: 9 March, 17:00

> 2 x Community Project/Development Worker (Community Services Enablement Officer) at
Henshaws

Salary: £19,383 per year | Hours: 35 hours per week | Deadline: 9 March

> 3 x GROW Trainees at Inspiring Change Manchester

Salary: £17,550 per annum pro rata | Deadline: 11 March, 23:30

> Assistant Chief Executive at Age UK Manchester

Salary: £40,600 per year | Deadline: 13 March

> Sessional Workers (Multiple Vacancies) at HideOut Youth Zone

Salary: Competitive rates | Hours: Various hours | Deadline: 16 March, 9:00

Search for more job opportunities here

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Active Communities

The aim of the Greater Manchester Older People's Network is to inform and influence Greater Manchester strategies that affect older people. Membership is open to all older people living in Greater Manchester.

Skill Givers is an employer supported volunteering project working with organisations across Manchester and Salford. The project links employers with local voluntary and community groups, charities and social enterprises, who support their community to get active.

Volunteer Centre Manchester provides information, support and training to Manchester residents who want to volunteer and to organisations who work with or involve volunteers.

Group Development

The Capacity Building Team provides group development support to build the capacity and sustainability of Manchester's voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations. This is available through bespoke, one-to-one support and our training and we co-ordinate a training calendar of other relevant training opportunities from across the city.

Click here for resources on starting a group, governance, funding factsheets, managing / taking on a building, policy templates, a directory of VCSE organisations and much more.

Weekly Drop-in Tuesday afternoons 2pm-4pm

Community groups: brand new / starting out, never accessed support from Macc, not sure of or how we can help, come along for a chat with our friendly team at offices: Macc, 3^rd Floor, Swan Buildings, 20 Swan Street, Manchester, M4 5JW. We’ll be there to listen to your ideas and questions, tell you about what we offer and show you how you can access our support.

Policy and Influence

The Policy and Influence Team promotes positive change in Manchester through bringing the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector together, enabling opportunities for constructive dialogue with the statutory and private sectors, encouraging creative solutions and informing the sector about policy and strategic developments.

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