In September 2023, Macc launched our first What We Stand For policy statements. These new statements set out our stance on a range of issues that affect our city. However, these are more than just written statements. They are our commitment to sharing what we believe and collaborating with others to challenge the very real social issues facing our city.
In Season 9 of the Meet the Mancunian Podcast, host Deepa Thomas-Sutcliffe collaborates with the Spirit of Manchester Awards to feature interviews with award winners and nominees from the city's voluntary and community sector.
Are you from a Black or Minority Ethnic background with a learning disability in Manchester?
Or are you a family member or carer?
Take part in a group meeting or a phone call about Manchester services.
What is good? What needs to change?
Share your experiences.
Call Sandra to take part on 0330 128 1186 / 0788 293 0414.
Caribbean and African Health Network's Black History Month Event Directory showcases events happening across the 10 localities of Greater Manchester and the rest of the UK.
The Greater Manchester directory is proudly commissioned by the Mayor of Greater Manchester and the Combined Authority (GMCA).
These events offer countless opportunities to connect, celebrate, and honour Black contributions.
Manchester City Council, along with key partners across the City, have embarked on an ambitious three to five year partnership with children's charity the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK). The programme is part of a global UNICEF initiative launched in 1996 that reaches close to 30 million children in 40 countries.
Feeling creative? Groundwork is running a series of free workshops to learn new skills around upcycling and repurposing of textile waste, turning unusable into new creations.
Manchester and Salford workshops starting in October 2024.
Open to residents 16+ no prior experience necessary.
Contact: [email protected]
We are recruiting for a VCSE Policy and Influence Development Worker.
Manchester’s Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector is made of thousands of organisations and individuals who use their time, skills, creativity and energy to improve the quality of life in the city. They have knowledge, insight and ideas to offer which can help shape policy and decision making locally, regionally and nationally.
The Digital Inclusion Team have been given some laptops through a social value contract to be given to/used by Manchester City Council residents. The Team will be giving the laptops to community groups to do this. The machines are specifically for use by your clients and are Lenovo MS Windows laptop computers. No other software is offered.
If you are interested in receiving some hardware, then please fill out this form (max 5 per application): Digital Inclusion Laptop Grant Form
Deadline: 31st October 2024, 11:45pm
Resolve Poverty have launched new research on the prevalence of local authority anti-poverty strategies across England. It finds that councils in the north of England and in areas with high levels of poverty are more like to have an anti-poverty strategy in place.
NHS Greater Manchester wants to improve children’s Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) services and would like to hear from you. NHS Greater Manchester want to hear from people living with ADHD, their family members or carers, and also want to hear from anyone working with people who have ADHD in Greater Manchester.
This project is part of a bigger piece of work called ‘Neurodiversity Programme’ to improve how NHS Greater Manchester care for children with conditions like ADHD and autism.