Spirit Story Day One - Monday 19 September
There were three stories that happened on 19 September:
The Proud Trust - A cafe which is open to everyone on the public's own terms
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There were three stories that happened on 19 September:
The Proud Trust - A cafe which is open to everyone on the public's own terms
The second edition of the Manchester Health & Social Care Stakeholder Bulletin is out now. It contains an update on plans for the new single commissioning and hospital systems, and the latest information on the Local Care Organisation.
The bulletin also sets out the overall plans for integrating health and social care in Manchester, which are summarised by this diagram:
Santander is a leading financial services provider that offers a wide range of personal and commercial financial products and services in the UK.
The bank serves around 14 million active customers through their branch network and regional Corporate Business Centres.
They have launched an exciting new community programme called The Discovery Project to help one million people by 2020.
Kick the Dust aims to make heritage relevant to the lives of young people, aged 11-25, now and in to the future. Building on their needs and interests, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) wants to see a greater number and diversity of young people benefit from high quality engagement with heritage. Transform how heritage engages young people with an ambitious, youth-focused project. You can apply for a grant of £500,000-£1,000,000 as part of a consortium.
The Transform Foundation has recently launched a new grant programme, which will be providing £18,000 grants to a select number of non-profits, to fund the design and build of a new website for them. The grant will include a range of cutting edge tools for engaging with supporters and service users as well as the costs of the strategy, design and training required to get the website up and running.
The Second Half Fund is a partnership between Nesta and the Office for Civil Society. Nesta and the Office for Civil Society are looking to support the growth of innovations that mobilise the time and talents of many more people aged over 50, to help others, alongside public services in four key priority areas:
• Children and young people: People aged 50+ supporting and encouraging children and young people to succeed and find employment through social action
The Join In Stay In Fund will award grants of up to £50,000 and significant non-financial support from a behavioural science evaluation partner, for organisations to undertake Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs) to understand which interventions work best in retaining volunteers who are 50 and over following a large one-off volunteering event.
The Give More Get More Fund is a partnership between Nesta and the Office for Civil Society which will support organisations to develop and test intensive volunteering placements for people during, or as they approach, retirement, that create clear impact alongside public services. For example, you might be a hospital that can offer placements for three months for people to radically improve patients’ well-being and outcomes, or a charity who can create intensive placements for people in schools to improve literacy and attainment.
The LAB Project is a two week course for age 19+ unemployed people, helping to develop communication skills, confidence and motivation, to enable progression into employment, further training or volunteering.
On Friday 23rd September, a woman with three children, one of whom is disabled, attended a Europia advice session as she had been left in a difficult situation with the DWP when the private solicitor she had hired disappeared. She was left very distressed as she did not understand that she had unintentionally created difficulties for herself as she lacked an understanding of the legal system. Europia were able to explain to her how she came to find herself in her situation.