Voluntary Sector Assembly - COVID-19 and the Manchester Voluntary Sector
8 April, 2020 - 13:00 to 16:00
This is a time of rapid change, more rapid than most of us have ever experienced. National and local government are operating at a speed that even two weeks ago would have been considered impossible and it is very difficult to keep up with what is going on. VCSE groups are going through a rapid transition that impacts every organisation in a different way. Some organisations have adapted easily and quickly and are running most of their services and providing new services.
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Beneficiaries and communities need you to act. Your urgent help is needed to make EveryDayCounts go viral.
Following the publication of the Windrush Lessons Learned Review, 15 race equality and migrant rights organisations (full list below) have today called for an independent review into the extent of institutional racism in the Home Office and whether its immigration policies are in accordance with equality law around racial discrimination.
The Coronavirus is having a huge impact across GM Poverty Action’s network. Public, private and VCSE sector organisations are thinking about how they maintain and adapt services to response to emerging needs. The situation will have a significant impact on people experiencing poverty, and on responses to poverty, both in the short and long-term.
Food Drop, a platform that ensures unsold food from the high street goes to local charities, is coming to Manchester.
In the latest newsletter today GM Poverty Action look at the GM Food Poverty Action Plan one year on and share information about the progress made. GM Poverty Action also ask for your contributions to a discussion taking place later this month in London about how the NHS tackles poverty.
Good Things Foundation has been contracted by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to support the delivery of the next Census in England and Wales.
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