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This issue includes a report on 30 years of food banking in the USA and considers what can be learnt from their experience; Work and Wages series of articles, this time looking at the need to look for creative answers to the job market, the GM Housing Providers Poverty Issue news, which provides a brief update on homelessness and shares information about free training courses on energy awareness, as well as the usual forthcoming local events.
Could you wear just six items of clothing for six weeks? Local cooperative Stitched Up take on the challenge to raise money for clothes factory workers around the world.
GM Poverty Action have released their latest newsletter. This issue continues the Work and Wages series of articles, this time looking at care workers; GM Poverty Action report on End Child Poverty’s recent coverage of benefit freezes and poverty premiums, share information about a new initiative in Stockport, as well as the usual forthcoming local events. 
Opinion Research Services are looking to recruit members of the public who are willing to take part in the Citizens’ Economic Council – a series of up to five day long workshops about the future of the economy.
The first workshop is taking place in Manchester town centre on Saturday 11 February 2017 at 10.30am.
In 2011 Manchester took the decision to address the fragmented VCSE infrastructure in the city by combining it into a single body. Effectively this arrangement has only been in place since 2012 and has already been re-tendered once (where Macc was the successful bidder).
RECLAIM, a youth leadership and social change organisation that supports working class young people across Greater Manchester to end leadership inequality have a new campaign lead by their young people.
“Team Future is one of the most exciting and inspirational new movements in Britain today. If the UK has a future, it lies with young working class people organising and making their voices heard.” Owen Jones 
Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People (GMCDP) has drafted a Disabled Peoples Manifesto. GMCDP’s intention is to present the Manifesto at a hustings of the main Mayoral candidates in April 2017, more details to follow once a date and venue has been confirmed. 
Hate Crime Awareness Week 2017 is taking place from Monday 6 - Sunday 12 February with over 40 events taking place across the city. 
This annual event, now in its fifth year supports voluntary organisations to hold events to raise awareness of hate crime in Manchester, encourage reporting, promote community cohesion and celebrate diversity.
Our Manchester: A stocktake of assets used by people with a Learning Disability survey is part of a partnership between Macc and Breakthrough UK. Recent conversations with people with a Learning Disability have highlighted the difficulties they can experience in finding out what services and activities are available in their local area.
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