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The University of Manchester and its main construction partners – Balfour Beatty, Laing O’Rourke and Sir Robert McAlpine – have established a £20,000 fund to support neighbourhood initiatives in areas closest to the University’s construction sites around Oxford Road and near Owens Park, Wilmslow Road.

In 2018 it will be 100 years since the first women secured the right to vote in the UK. Yet 100 years on, we are still fighting for gender equality. The Pankhurst Centre sees the social injustice still faced by women every single day and are calling you to action to help them to do something special for women and children in 2018: to build a Suffragette Garden to commemorate the work of Emmeline Pankhurst and the incredible Suffragette Women 100 years on, and foster the well-being of women still experiencing social injustice today.

In the latest newsletter from Greater Manchester Poverty Action: Salford City’s Mayor Paul Dennett writes about tackling poverty in the city; Wythenshawe and Sale East MP Mike Kane shares his views on debt and the impact it has on his constituency’s families. There is a brief write-up about Living Wage week and information about Trafford Housing Trust’s grant funding to improve the lives of people living in Trafford. There is also information about forthcoming meetings.

The Greater Manchester Business Awards are accepting entries for the Young Business Person of the Year Award for which will celebrate the Professionalism and Excellence of Businesses and Organisations in Greater Manchester. The Awards are independently judged by a Panel of business peers assigned to ensure a fair and open judging system for the Business Awards.