Report: Going for GOLD! Growing Older with Learning Disabilities
GM GOLD (Growing Older with Learning Disabilities) was an inclusive research project carried out by a team of older people with learning disabilities.
Ambition for Ageing wanted to find out what older people with learning disabilities think about their local area, whether they feel part of their local community and what support or barriers exist to meaningful social contacts, interactions and activities.
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The public response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been a source of much-needed hope. Thousands of spontaneous, voluntary Mutual Aid groups have emerged to support the most vulnerable people in our society. They are supplying food and medicine, connecting with those who are lonely, and organising community resources.
The latest newsletter looks at the disproportionate impact of poverty on BAME communities and share comments from VCSE leaders in Greater Manchester on this and the recent Social Metrics Commission report. There is also an article by Marcus Johns of IPPR North, writing about ten years of the austerity crisis. There is also a reminder about the Annual Impact survey for you to complete.
Every day ‘ordinary’ people make an extraordinary difference through volunteering with groups across the UK. Chances are that most people know at least one group whose work and volunteers immediately spring to mind as being exceptional. However, most people will not have thought of nominating these groups for the prestigious Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service.
A new £9.5million funding scheme that will support community-led organisations in England affected by the Covid-19 crisis, has been unveiled.
Is your charity looking to re-position, re-engage stakeholders and re-ignite funding support post-Covid? If so, sign up for Media Trust’s Summer School which will focus on digital communications for charities as they seek to recover and rebuild after the crisis.
Applications open for Infrastructure Organisations to support BAME-led charities and groups to access National Emergencies Trust (NET) funds.
Manchester Community Safety Partnership, Manchester City Council, Young Manchester and other partners across Manchester are committed to driving a bold new approach to keeping children and young people safe in Manchester by tackling anti-social behaviour and violence which impacts on children and young people across the city.
BBC Children in Need and Youth Futures Foundation are partnering to deliver Inspiring Futures, a £6 million programme to fund positive activities which support children and young people to achieve their potential on their journey towards employment.
This funding opportunity is about looking to the future and making a bigger change. Comic Relief are looking for organisations that will make a significant contribution to their sector – for example, whether that’s forging new ways of working in the wake of COVID-19, contributing evidence that will move things forward, cross-sector collaboration which recognises the way issues intersect, or advocacy and campaigning work.
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