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Applications for funding are invited from charities and community and voluntary organisations. Grants are provided for the provision of nursing or other charitable services for residents of Manchester, Salford and District who are in need of such help by reason of age, sickness or infirmity.

There is no limit to the size of the grant that you can apply for however grants of up to £1.000 have been approved by Trustees.

The Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Devolution programme team has developed this survey to talk with people across Greater Manchester.

They want to hear what you think about the Devolution programme and also how they can keep you involved in the future.

All your feedback will be used by the team to help inform their work moving forwards. As a thank you for completing the survey, they are offering the opportunity to enter into a prize draw to win £100 of shopping vouchers.

The streets of Manchester will be closed to traffic on 2 August, as thousands of people are set to descend on the city in celebration of all things cycling at Sky Ride 2015.

One of fifteen major events taking place across the country this summer, Sky Ride Manchester 2015 is set to be a brilliant day out. Start your ride at the renowned National Cycle Centre or cycle under the magnificent Chinese arch in Manchester’s iconic Chinatown.

Employee absence from work is persistently higher in the public and voluntary sectors than in other sectors, with stress increasingly blamed as the main problem.

Research shows that – on average – the annual absence from work in the public sector was 9.6 days, 8.3 days in the not-for-profit sector and 6.6 days in the private sector. This is costly for the sectors – with the median annual cost of public-sector absence being £899 per employee, which is nearly £300 more than other sector.