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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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A Civil Economy for Manchester

6 May 2014 - 10:32 by Mike Wild

Could Manchester be Europe’s answer to America’s hippest city - Portland, Oregon?

Manchester has enjoyed solid economic success, there is now an opportunity for a ‘new wave’ to Manchester’s future. A new report A Civil Economy for Manchester, prepared for Macc by the think-do tank the Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) demonstrates how this new wave is about unleashing the power of citizens, social and voluntary group.

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BARC Welfare Fusion Community Cafe

1 May 2014 - 10:41 by michelle.foster

The BARC Welfare Fusion café in St Lukes Church and Neighbourhood Centre, Longsight, was established following the closure of the Elderly Day Care Service during the summer of July 2013 whom many of the Elders, Trustees and Executive Committee were saddened to see close.

The Broad African Representative Council (BARC) put their ideas together and Fusion Community Cafe was born!

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Supporting the Manchester Midnight Walk

24 Apr 2014 - 13:48 by michelle.foster

Community Transport can be many things for many people, flexible, accessible, a life line. But Manchester Community Transport (MCT) is a going the extra mile for St Ann’s Hospice this year.

St Ann’s Hospice, a local charity, is looking for people to take part in their annual 10km sponsored midnight walk on 20 June 2014 to raise vital funds, and MCT offered to advertise the walk free of charge on their buses.

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Office space for hire, suitable for voluntary and community groups

15 Apr 2014 - 09:46 by michelle.foster

Church Action on Poverty have space available for hire in their central Manchester office.

Church Action on Poverty are looking to sub-let some of their office space to other Manchester-based charities and community groups.

There is room for up to six desks at a rate of £2,500 per desk per year (a lower price can be negotiated if you do not need all of the services listed below).

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