Life Chances Fund
The Life Chances Fund (LCF) is an £80m fund, which aims to help those people in society who face the most significant barriers to leading happy and productive lives. 
News Type:
Shared Topic Areas:
All Sector News
Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Act 2017 receives Royal Assent
The Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Act 2017 makes a number of amendments to the legislation which underpins the Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme (GASDS), introduced in April 2013. The purpose of these changes is to simplify the scheme and extend access to smaller and newer charities. The Act also makes a few technical amendments to the legislation which establishes Tax-Free Childcare, the Government’s scheme to support parents’ childcare costs, scheduled to be rolled out from early 2017.
News Type:
Shared Topic Areas:
Early Help Roadshows
Early Help Hubs – you’ve probably heard about them! Do you want to understand them better? How they help families by working with them. Have you had experience of using the Early Help Assessment and working with the Hubs? 
These sessions are for voluntary sector colleagues and is being run by the voluntary sector in order to develop working relationships and understanding.
News Type:
Shared Topic Areas:
Home-Start volunteering
Volunteering with Home-Start is a great opportunity to gain skills and experience in dealing with families and children and to do something rewarding through helping local families. If you have a couple of hours spare a week to support a family with young children this could be for you. 
News Type:
Shared Topic Areas:
Greater Manchester Youth Network Great Manchester Run - places available
Fancy a challenge in 2017 whilst also helping Greater Manchester Youth Network (GMYN) support disadvantaged young people? 
Join Team GMYN and take part in either the Great Manchester 10k or Half Marathon run, on Sunday 28 May 2017 in Manchester City Centre.
There are two ways to get yourself signed up:
News Type:
Shared Topic Areas:
North and East MCR world cafe experience - Designing a community investment programme for health and wellbeing
The Orange Club UK, along with Give2Gain Community and Raising the Value have been commissioned by NHS North Manchester Clinical Commissioning Group to design a Strength Based Community Investment Programme focusing on Health and Wellbeing. 
News Type:
Shared Topic Areas:
Santander Internship Programme
The University of Salford has partnered with Santander to offer internship opportunities to University of Salford students and graduates. The internships duration will be between 1 and 10 weeks with the intern working on a full-time or part-time basis. Full time positions are based on a 35 hour week. 
Funding
Each intern under the programme shall be paid a minimum of £300 per week based on a 35 hour week.
News Type:
Shared Topic Areas:
Apply for funding to design and deliver a peer led job club
Design and deliver holistic and peer-led employment support with a Journey to Employment Job Club.
The Government’s Work, Health and Disability Green Paper publication announced the introduction of a new peer-led initiative for disabled people and those with a health condition who want to move closer or into employment known as the Journey to Employment(J2E) job clubs. 
News Type:
Shared Topic Areas:
Our Manchester: A Stocktake of assets used by people with a Learning Disability in Manchester
Our Manchester: A stocktake of assets used by people with a Learning Disability survey is part of a partnership between Macc and Breakthrough UK. Recent conversations with people with a Learning Disability have highlighted the difficulties they can experience in finding out what services and activities are available in their local area.
News Type:
Shared Topic Areas:
Call for proposals European Regional Development Fund Priority Axis: 1) Promoting Research and Innovation
The call focuses on increasing investment by SMEs in research and innovation and increase the number of SMEs engaged in work with research or public institutions and large enterprises to help bring new products to market. 
News Type:
Shared Topic Areas:
Printer-friendly version