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EnglishArabicBengaliBosnianBulgarianCatalanChinese (Simplified)Chinese (Traditional)CroatianCzechDanishDutchEstonianFilipinoFinnishFrenchGermanGreekHindiHungarianIgboItalianJapaneseKoreanKurdish (Kurmanji)LatvianLithuanianLuxembourgishMacedonianMalayMalteseNepaliNorwegianPersianPolishPortuguesePunjabiRomanianRussianSerbianSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSudaneseSwahiliSwedishThaiTurkishUkrainianUrduVietnameseWelshYorubaThe Hilden Charitable Fund has allocated a small budget to help community groups run summer play schemes for disadvantaged communities. Some priority will be given to projects which show they are inclusive of children from refugee families, and show BME involvement. 
The Trustees are looking to fund:
• Projects for children aged 5 to 18 years
• Locally based schemes lasting from 2 to 6 weeks
42nd Street is launching The Horsfall, a venue and programme exploring ways to engage with heritage and creativity to improve mental health and wellbeing.
The Horsfall is taking inspiration from the Ancoats Art Museum; a unique social and artistic experiment established in Manchester at the end of the 19th Century by namesake Thomas Horsfall, who sought to promote wellbeing and social change through contact with art and nature.
Do you get help from health professionals for feeling anxious, feeling stressed or feeling low? The Care Quality Commission (CQC) wants to hear about your experiences of health and social care for a public awareness campaign they’ll be running this summer. 
The Care Quality Commission is the independent regulator of health and social care in England.
The Charity Commission, the independent regulator of charities for England and Wales, has launched a new public beta online charity registration service. The service offers improvements to users including: 
• clearer application forms
• auto prompting and completion
• introduction of tailored question sets for charity types
• a charity name check facility
• hard copy printing
• quicker turnaround times
Manchester City Council are looking to recruit more LAC young people and Care Leavers in engagement activities and Children in Care Council.
Three Open Air Cafés have been organised where young people (over 11 years old) will be able to come and participate in a number of fun activities with refreshments.
Awaaz Community Project in collaboration with SKT Welfare are collecting essential life saving food items for the refugees in Syria.
54.3 percent of the population lives in extreme poverty, without adequate access to food. Many citizens face hunger, malnutrition, and starvation. Your support is needed to make a difference to their lives.
SKT Welfare operates a 100% donation policy. In one of their recent projects SKT Welfare distributed over 16,648 food parcels in Damascus and Northern Syria. Your donations will benefit the children and poor people of Syria.
Get on Track provides stepping stones into, volunteering, training and employment for vulnerable young people aged between 16 and 25 years old. They are mentored through a five stage personal development training programme by a team of Olympians, Paralympians, World and Commonwealth Champions. 
This year the BBC will be encouraging audiences to Do Something Great and discover their ‘inner volunteer’.
With a wealth of inspiring and heart-warming programmes across TV and radio, and a bespoke online quiz to help people discover their perfect volunteering match, the BBC will be putting people and charities in touch, to help each other. 
The NHS England Asylum Health National pilot is based in Greater Manchester.
The aim of this mini-grants programme is to create opportunities for two or more voluntary and community sector organisations in north Manchester to learn and work together in improving their local area. We want to see some great things happen and so this process is designed to be as simple as possible while still following good practice in making sure the money is well spent.
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