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Centre for Social Action Innovation Fund: Digital Social Action

24 Jul 2014 - 15:38 by michelle.foster

The Centre for Social Action Innovation Fund is a £14m fund run by Nesta, the UK's Innovation Foundation, working in partnership with the Cabinet Office.

They will provide financial and non-financial support to help grow the impact and reach of innovations that mobilise people's energy and talents to help each other, working alongside public services.

The Fund is currently looking for innovative organisations and programmes that use social action use digital technology to get people involved in social action.

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100 people offered free cooking lessons in East Manchester

2 Jul 2014 - 16:01 by michelle.foster

On Sunday 6 July, 100 people from East Manchester will have a chance to learn how to cook up a great meal. The Community Cooking Roadshow “cooking pods” will be at New Smithfield Market in Openshaw from 11am - 2pm, and will teach local people how to cook three different delicious meals. As well as the FREE cooking lesson and FREE meal, all participants will receive recipes, ingredients, and store cupboard spices to take away, to inspire them to recreate the meal at home.

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Honourable Mentions

19 Jun 2014 - 10:26 by Mike Wild

In the last few weeks, we’ve seen announcements of the Queens Award for Voluntary Service and the Birthday Honours. Of course I always check these to see if any local people or groups have won recognition for their work and it’s been great to see Manchester well represented. Here’s a quick list

Queens Award for Voluntary Service 2014

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Wythenshawe Games 2014 – Get involved

13 Jun 2014 - 09:28 by michelle.foster

Established in 2012 as a legacy of the London Olympic and Paralympic Games, Wythenshawe Games is a large community sports festival, which takes place every year in one of Manchester’s most disadvantaged communities. The Games centre around a drop-in sports festival in Wythenshawe Park, one of Manchester’s most beautiful community parks and host to some great community sports facilities - an athletics track, tennis courts, bowling greens, football pitches, a community farm and an historic Hall.

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Don't forget to say "Thank You".

4 Jun 2014 - 13:18 by Mike Wild

I’ve just come back from being on the BBC Breakfast sofa talking about volunteering. As is always the case with these things, it’s all very rushed and last minute and it’s over in a flash. Actually that’s one of good things in a sense because it gives you less time to panic! It was a great opportunity to fly the flag for volunteering in the middle of Volunteers Week and to talk about the sheer wealth of volunteering which happens in Manchester, as one exampleof the amazing work of volunteers across the whole country.

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Refugee Community Organisations Funding Workshop Project

2 Jun 2014 - 14:27 by michelle.foster

Manchester Refugee Support Network (MRSN) are offering seven Refugee Community Organisations (RCOs) support through a series of four workshops aimed at improving their capacity to assess and apply for funding. The workshops will be practical and participatory, and require the commitment of the participants to preparation research and consultation.

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Guardian’s national coverage of FRN members being swamped by people wanting cookers, fridges and furniture amid welfare cuts

22 May 2014 - 13:59 by michelle.foster

The Furniture Re-use Network (FRN) have gained national coverage for the sector in the Guardian newspaper and website. The story covers the reuse sector’s concern and position relating to the impact on support for low income households due to the abolition by the Government of the Local Welfare Assistance Scheme.

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Commuter Cycle Project - Free Adult Cycle Training

20 May 2014 - 15:24 by michelle.foster

Whatever your level, Transport for Greater Manchester can help you get the best from your bike.

The expert instructors offer a choice of two free courses:

Learn to Ride
If it’s been a while since you’ve ridden a bike, or maybe you’ve never had the chance to try, Learn to Ride is the course for you.

Held in friendly, accessible venues across Greater Manchester, Learn to Ride group courses are led by a qualified instructor.

Bikes and helmets are provided, but you can bring your own if you’d prefer.

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MMU Didsbury campus contents disposal

9 May 2014 - 10:13 by michelle.foster

The Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) campus at Didsbury is closing and is moving to Birley fields in Hulme this summer. As a result the university will have many items including generic ones such as desks, filing cabinets, sofas and flip-boards, to specialist equipment such as kilns, football goal nets, plan chests, band-saws and pianos which are surplus to requirements

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