Manchester City of Sanctuary - The beauty of cultivating smiles
“Music gives me a good feeling. It is so nice that we sing together and I have found new friends from the class. It is important to be together and the singing gives us peace and calm. For now, most of us need peace”. Tarane
Manchester City of Sanctuary provides creative, physical and social activities for refugees and asylum seekers. They are informal sessions posted in a WhatsApp group to come along to if you want to. They are ways to make and see friends, and a respite from difficult circumstances.
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Pilotlight are opening a new programme of support for charities in England and Wales coming out of the pandemic. Pilotlight are offering free, patient support for charity leaders, putting together teams of business experts to help them over the course of a year. 
The Loneliness Engagement Fund provides small grants between £15,000 and £50,000 to organisations who can engage with target groups at high risk of loneliness. The fund will give out up to £260,000 of grants in total.
Do you want to be part of an exciting new innovative short breaks and outreach support service for children and young people in Manchester?
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust are adopting a virtual format for their Annual Members’ Meeting, on 21 September you are invited to watch pre-recorded presentations in relation to their 2020/21 Annual Report and Accounts, alongside outlining their Plans for the Future. A Membership Report update will also available from Geraldine Thompson (Lead Governor), with the results of their 2021 Governor Elections/Nominations also being highlighted. 
Applications for £10,000 grants are open. These grants are to help Black and minoritised women’s organisations, led-by-and-for women, which have been impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic, to support women and girls, dealing with the impact of Covid-19.
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