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We need volunteers

If your club, community group, organisation, charity or event needs volunteers – or needs help inspiring, managing or retaining them – then this is the place to be. Volunteer Centre Manchester and our partners have a range of services to offer and there are many ways in which we can help.

When you register with us we can help you to:

Jewson is giving away £100,000 to help build better communities

27 Feb 2015 - 09:55 by michelle.foster

Jewson are awarding funding of between £1,000 and £50,000 to community projects that will make a real difference to the lives of local people, now and in the future.

To celebrate and support the communities they serve across the UK, Jewson is offering local projects the financial support needed to help transform a vision – no matter how innovative and ambitious – into reality.

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Student Placement Opportunity

27 Feb 2015 - 09:51 by michelle.foster

As part of the University’s Q-Step programme, they are looking to offer placements for social sciences students in VCS organisations and think tanks. The placements must be about data analysis: the aim of the programme is to enable students to gain experience of data analysis, with a focus on quantitative data and skills in social research.

Placements are 6-8 weeks long – mostly in July and August. Students will be paid by the programme at Living Wage rate.

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Macmillan - Supporting You to Help Others Grants Programme

27 Feb 2015 - 09:50 by michelle.foster

The Macmillan Supporting You to Help Others Grants Programme helps give people affected by cancer the opportunity to use their experiences to support others, while also receiving support themselves. They especially welcome applications that contribute to achieving Macmillan’s Inclusion vision of a health and social care system where equal access to, and delivery of the best cancer services are available to everyone living with and beyond cancer.

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The Granada Foundation – next deadline 25 March 2015

27 Feb 2015 - 09:49 by michelle.foster

The Granada Foundation was established in 1965 to encourage the study and appreciation of the fine arts and sciences and to promote education, with a particular interest in activity in the North West of England.

The Foundation wishes to encourage and promote the study, practice and appreciation of the fine arts, including drawing, architecture and landscape architecture, sculpture, literature, music, opera, drama, cinema, and the methods and means of their dissemination.

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Get a super-fast internet connection for your charity

27 Feb 2015 - 09:48 by michelle.foster

Manchester City Council have a commitment to support businesses in Manchester to grow, and are helping to fund the physical cost of getting superfast internet connectivity.

A faster internet connection can make your organisation more efficient, cheaper to run and easier to develop.

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Stimulating Demand for Apprenticeships: Breakfast Briefings

27 Feb 2015 - 09:23 by michelle.foster

GMCVO are hosting a series of breakfast briefings to promote the benefits of employing apprentices, gauge more accurately the needs of organisations in terms of employing apprentices, how you might go about recruiting an apprentice if you are interested and share some success stories from organisations that have successfully recruited apprentices.

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Join the apprentice revolution and earn whilst you learn

27 Feb 2015 - 09:16 by michelle.foster

Apprenticeships have changed. With more than 200 types of apprenticeships across many industry sectors, from finance, to law and engineering, to science, retail and to healthcare, there is an apprenticeship out there for you.

Apprenticeships are real jobs and real careers with training. As paid employees, apprentices earn a wage and learn on the job while also attending college and working towards nationally recognised qualifications.

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Macc Open Data Policy

Macc are committed to a strong community and voluntary sector in Manchester. We believe that open data can assist with this ambition, through enabling transparency of our actions, in the form of open data.

This document describes the Macc policy on open data.

It includes our definition of open data.

It describes our best practice for how we create and publish datasets that are available for open reuse. It details the several steps we take to ensure this best practice.

The policy also includes our Code of Conduct for those that wish to use our data.

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