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Macc provided a strongly critical response to the consultation on the Manchester Local Care Organisation Prospectus based on discussion with a small number of voluntary sector organisations and a meeting with a number of key health and social care commissioners in the city.
Some of the main criticisms were:
Manchester City Council fund many voluntary and community sector organisations. They’re an important part of the city providing care, support and help to Manchester people.
Manchester City Council wants to make sure they get the best value for money, and provide that money in a way that helps organisations to do good work.
“Early Help is intervening early and as soon as possible to tackle problems emerging for children, young people and their families or with a population most at risk of developing problems. Effective intervention may occur at any point in a child or young person’s life”.
Emerging Futures is recruiting volunteer recovery coaches to work across Manchester as part of the MIDAS Community Team.
Training is fully accredited by LASER (formerly OCN) and expenses will be reimbursed.
Further information, interview dates and training dates can be found on the attached document.
If you are interested or would like further information please contact:
Karen Hirst or Carl Molyneux
On Tuesday 6th December, the newly opened Greater Manchester Law Centre held an Employment Support Allowance (ESA) Appeals Service session in Moss Side. People have their needs assessed by a volunteer prior to the session and appointments are booked for cases such as being ineligible for ESA following a Work Capability Assessment or a declined appeal. Staff find that there is a lot of confusion about the different stages of the process.
This briefing is a humorous (we hope) summary of some of the key trends that Macc’s Policy and Influence team have spotted during the last year that we think will impact on Manchester’s Voluntary Sector over the next year. It is not comprehensive by any means and we apologise for all the really important and vital stuff that we’ve missed out.
Happy New Year from Volunteer Centre Manchester!
It’s January 2017 and lots of people will be looking to make positive changes in their life, one of which may be volunteering in some form or another. So what better time to have a look at what your volunteering program will look like over the next year? As an organisation that provides volunteering opportunities, with just a few added adjustments it is possible that you can make your volunteering program better than ever!
Manchester City Council is consulting further on its budget for 2017-2020. There are now firm proposals with £30million of savings needed. But changes can still be made and the Council is inviting final comments and questions until 10 February, ahead of finally setting the budget in March. 
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