All Learning, Skills and Employment

From September 2016, City in the Community will be running an employability skills programme aimed at young people aged between 18-24 years old who are currently not in employment, education or training.

City in the Community is the community programme of Manchester City Football Club and was originally formed in 1894 to combat anti-social behaviour, drug and alcohol, health issues and unemployment in the local community.

Through the Safeguarding VCS Grant Programme The Department for Education want to help develop and further their strategic aims to safeguard and protect children. The Department for England are making available up to a maximum of £2.25 million in safeguarding grant funding to VCS organisations for an 18-month period (October 2016- March 2018) to help deliver on three safeguarding priorities:
• Female Genital Mutilation (FGM);

The Summer Reading Challenge takes place every year during the summer holidays. This year, the Summer Reading Challenge is celebrating 100 years of the world’s greatest storyteller, Roald Dahl. 

Sign up at your local library, and then read at least six library books of your choice to collect special collector cards and other incentives – all for free.

For further information, visit: www.manchester.gov.uk/summerreadingchallenge

Boundless Books encourages looked after young people to get excited about reading and writing through the giving of a personalised gift. The gift contains a book chosen especially for the participant based on their general interests, a personal letter and a bespoke correspondence pack containing fun stationary, stickers, pens and stamps. Participants are twinned with another participant according to their interests and are encouraged to share their experience of the book using the correspondence pack.