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GM Poverty Action newsletter: Unsupported Temporary Accommodation; Employment Charters; skills and inequality.

This issue includes a report on the challenges posed by Greater Manchester’s unsupported temporary accommodation and its hidden homeless, GM Poverty Action examines the role of local employment charters and, as part of the Work and Wages series, take a look at whether sharing skills reduces inequality. There is also the usual list of forthcoming local events. Greater Manchester Poverty Action

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Research on women homeworkers - help requested

Homeworkers Worldwide would like you to get in contact if through your organisation’s work - or wider community engagement - you are aware of anyone involved in garment and textile manufacturing in Greater Manchester.

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Nigel Rose, Strategic Lead (Commissioning) briefing 10 April 2017

Voluntary Sector Assembly
The next assembly will be in June. The main focus will be “State of the Sector” (see below).

Spirit of Manchester Awards
Nominations for this year’s awards are now open. Nominate your group/volunteer here: http://bit.ly/SpiritofMcr by 30 April.

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Introducing Blocks: A free resources site

The Politics Project's new free resources site designed to support teachers and youth workers to have conversations about political and social issues.

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Learning, Skills and Employment

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GM Poverty Action Newsletter: Better jobs: what can a Mayor do? GMCVO's hustings - who said what; Women and their missing pensions

This issue, from Greater Manchester Poverty Action, includes a report on GMCVO’s hustings meeting with the Mayor candidates, in the work and wages series we also look at the Mayor’s post in relation to employment challenges in GM and GMPA report on the campaign fighting for the women whose pensions have been delayed, as well as the usual forthcoming local events.

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Brexit Day

It's 29th March 2017. So in an attempt to be positive about what the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector can do as Brexit officially starts, here's a short video blog we made.

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Brexit Day - Thoughts from Macc video blog

Our Chief Executive, Mike Wild (@MikeWildMacc) has produced a video blog on thoughts from on the voluntary sector and Brexit.

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Solidarity event for Westminster Attack

The Faith Network for Manchester (FN4M) are arranging an act as a mark of respect and to send a message of solidarity amongst all our communities to coincide with the London event tomorrow. The London Met are holding a minute silence by getting people to link arms along Westminster Bridge at 2.40pm this Wednesday 29 March.

FN4M are requesting your assistance in being able to organise this locally, i.e. 2.40pm this Wednesday. FN4M are also hoping for everyone to call the venue 'Westminster Bridge' for that minute of silence and use the #westandtogether.

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Community Links for Health - Soft Market Testing event

North, Central and South Manchester Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and Manchester City Council are committed to delivering a radical upgrade in prevention and public health, as outlined in the NHS Five Year Forward View. As part of its prevention programme, the CCGs intend to tender a citywide ‘Community Links for Health’ service to support the registered population of Central, North, and South Manchester. NHS CCGs

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Manchester City Council budget – based on what you said

Manchester City Council finalised their Council budget in early March after more than eight months of listening to the views of residents who took part in their biggest ever budget consultation.