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Introduction to working with business for your VCSE organisation

Would you like to explore what working with businesses could look like for your organisation?

This is an introductory session is aimed at voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) groups who support people and causes in Manchester and are interested in developing meaningful relationships with local businesses.

You will:

16 May, 2024 - 10:00 to 12:30
Online
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The Greater Manchester Migrant Destitution Fund: Offering dignity amidst the Hostile Environment 

25 May 2023 - 11:47 by molly.janta-lipinski

The GM Migrant Destitution Fund aims to support people forced into destitution by their immigration status. By providing £80 cash grants per month, the fund has been a lifeline to those living at the hard edge of the Hostile Environment – denied the right to work, welfare and housing, solely on the basis of their immigration status.  

“In April 2016, I was made homeless because my asylum claim was refused. During that time, I realised I was less than nothing. A refused asylum seeker is 

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Caritas Shrewsbury - The Well Women's Group

25 May 2023 - 11:31 by molly.janta-lipinski

Caritas Shrewsbury work with children, families, communities and parishes to build stronger, supportive communities wherever there is current disadvantage. 

One way in which Caritas Shrewsbury supports the needs of refugees and asylum seekers in Manchester is the Well Project, launched in 2017. Within this Project is the Well Women’s Group, running every Friday at St. Aidens Centre, Wythenshawe, 12-2pm.  

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'because Afrocats believes in me'

25 May 2023 - 08:50 by molly.janta-lipinski

The women we work with tell us that they experience isolation, low self-esteem, long-term mental health issues such as post-traumatic stress and depression. This has been amplified by the cost of living crisis. We spoke to the women we work with and they told us:

45% felt alone

100% felt weak and tired of repetitive day-to-day depression and stress

60% said they stopped eating

“I don't want to be in the house because it is depressing to be alone at home.”

Afrocats work aims to change this.

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Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit - Refugees Welcome 

24 May 2023 - 17:08 by helen.walker

On Tuesday 7 March, the Home Secretary introduced the new Illegal Migration Bill, which has been nicknamed the ’Refugee Ban Bill’, and is the Government’s latest action on the right to claim asylum. As it was going to House of Lords on Wednesday 10 May for its second reading, Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit (GMIAU) organised a gathering in central Manchester to coincide with this under the title ‘Refugees Welcome’ to show solidarity with people seeking safety and demonstrate their opposition to what they see as the Government’s latest attack on their rights.  

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Caritas Shrewsbury - Working collaboratively to welcome Afghan refugees

24 May 2023 - 13:14 by helen.walker

Caritas Shrewsbury work with children, families, communities and parishes to build stronger, supportive communities, wherever there is current disadvantage. 

In September 2021, Caritas Shrewsbury were involved in the rapidly developing emergency work to welcome Afghan refugees. Initially the response involved providing food, mother and baby supplies, toiletries, phones, shoes and clothes to arrivals. After working with partners to meet these needs, their involvement evolved to meet the wider needs such as education, training, wellbeing and integration. 

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Revive - This family are thriving in their new community

23 May 2023 - 15:36 by helen.walker

Revive helps people establish safe new lives in Manchester after the trauma of fleeing their homelands. They offer immigration, housing, benefits and social care casework and an enrichment programme to reduce social isolation and support language skills. Their service users are disproportionately affected by the cost of living crisis - often having no recourse to public funds and being prevented from working. Those who can work tend to be in low paid employment because their qualifications and experience aren’t transferrable.  

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