Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s (JRF) comprehensive report, UK poverty: Causes, costs and solutions, presents the evidence for their strategy to solve UK poverty.
UK poverty is real, costly and harmful. Millions of people, many of them in a working family, are struggling to make ends meet. 
Would you like to raise awareness of your organisation? Celebrate your community and the work you do together? Recruit new supporters, volunteers and funds? If so, then we would love for you to hold an event as part of this year's Spirit of Manchester Festival! 
Spirit Story is a week-long campaign taking place from 19-23 September that will document the extraordinary everyday work of the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector in Manchester. Over 30 organisations are now involved but there is still time for your organisation to sign up. 
Manchester City Council are in the process of developing a new antisocial behaviour policy and procedure.
The City Council welcome your views regarding their approach to tackling antisocial behaviour and encourage you to contribute to the shaping of the policy and procedure by completing this short questionnaire. 
Manchester City Council are writing a new ‘Residential Quality Guidance’. This is a guide for developers and architects that sets out the kind of new homes wanted in Manchester.
The City Council think it’s important to have their own guidance, specific to Manchester, to get the kind of homes that Mancunians want, that suit the city.
Last week we launched Sprit Story, a week-long campaign taking place in September that will document the extraordinary everyday stories of the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector in Manchester. We have already had a great response so please contact us to make sure your organisation is involved!
The first report from the Inclusive Growth Analysis Unit sets out the current picture of economic growth, inequality and poverty in Greater Manchester, and the potential that pursuing inclusive growth could bring. It also sets out the challenges to achieveing this such as persistant levels of poverty, a need for a stronger skills base and also asks if a 'more of the same' approach can really make the difference needed.
On Thursday 18 August 2016 we announced the winner for our Spirit of Manchester 2016 Best Community Space Award – congratulations to Growing in the City! 
This is the first year of the Best Community Space award and we decided that you the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector in Manchester should decide the winner. We are delighted that over 700 votes were cast in our online vote.
Manchester's Safeguarding Adults Board is collating its Annual Report 2015/16 to evidence how partners across Manchester have worked together to safeguard adults at risk in our community. Manchester Safeguarding Adults Board are offering you the opportunity to share examples of your work over this period so that it can be showcased within the report. 
Do you want to show how you shape our city?
Would you like to promote your organisation and the important work of the voluntary and community sector in Manchester?