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EnglishArabicBengaliBosnianBulgarianCatalanChinese (Simplified)Chinese (Traditional)CroatianCzechDanishDutchEstonianFilipinoFinnishFrenchGermanGreekHindiHungarianIgboItalianJapaneseKoreanKurdish (Kurmanji)LatvianLithuanianLuxembourgishMacedonianMalayMalteseNepaliNorwegianPersianPolishPortuguesePunjabiRomanianRussianSerbianSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSudaneseSwahiliSwedishThaiTurkishUkrainianUrduVietnameseWelshYorubaThe Baring Foundation is pleased to announce two new open funds under their Strengthening the Voluntary Sector programme.This programme supports effective use of the law and human rights based approaches by the voluntary sector in the United Kingdom. It is a collaboration with the Legal Education Foundation.
Want to become a volunteer to help adults with their reading?
Manchester Adult Education Service (MAES) are running a six week course aimed at people who want to become volunteers to help adults improve their reading skills. It will provide you with an opportunity to discover how to help others learn to read.
What will be involved?
The course will run for two half days per week for six weeks. One half day will be spent volunteering on a one a one to one basis, working with adults learning to read.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of all health and social care in England. They are given powers by the government to register, monitor and inspect all health and care services, and they are interested to hear your views on the care you have received in a health and social care context.
Go along to their public listening event on Tuesday 27 October 2015 about Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, meet their inspectors and share your experience of the services and care provided in the last year.
Kaleidoscope are looking for older people in the North West region of the UK to try Acting Up! This October theatre company Kaleidoscope are launching a new initiative aimed at encouraging and supporting more older people across the UK to get involved in drama and the performing arts. The initiative which is called Acting Up will support senior citizens across the UK to set up their own Acting Up groups.
Living with a long-term condition isn’t always plain sailing and we don’t always get the support that we need.
The Building a Healthy Future course takes place over six weeks, for two hours a week. Learn how to handle stress, how to relax more, make new friends, boost your confidence and improve your overall wellbeing.
The next courses start on 2 November in Cheetham Hill and Harpurhey and on 5 November at Macc in the City Centre or Benchill.
No minimum or maximum age, everyone can benefit from this course.
Would you like to take part in a discussion group about co-producing a social research training programme for community groups in Greater Manchester?
We have written an open letter to both Manchester City and Manchester United Football Clubs, and would love you to add your name if you are a fan of either team.
Please comment below or email [email protected] with your name and how you'd like to appear on the letter, i.e. with your position in an organisation, or simply as a fan of one of the clubs.
If you share this on social media please use #ManCityUnitedLW
"Dear Khaldoon Al Mubarak and Ed Woodward,
Volunteer Centre Manchester has developed a Noticeboard Toolkit that allows organisations and agencies to print and display information about volunteering opportunities.
Some early adopters include: work clubs, housing schemes, libraries, community centres and offices.
Volunteer Centre Manchester wants to hear from volunteer-involving organisations who have materials about their volunteering, training or development opportunities to be included in the Noticeboard Toolkit.
On Friday 6 November hundreds of people will join The Manchester Sleepout to highlight some of the hardships that homeless people face every single night. Brave participants have accepted the challenge to sleep outside Manchester Cathedral to help raise awareness and funds for the work of the Booth Centre, a homeless day centre in the city. 
RECLAIM is looking for a dynamic new Chair to work collaboratively with the CEO; effectively supporting and robustly challenging the organisation in the next phase of its strategic development. The Chair will hold the Board of Trustees and the RECLAIM Management Team to account for the Charity’s mission and vision, supporting the small but talented Board and staff team, as the charity seeks to increase its reach.
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