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VSNW Social Prescribing Survey

24 Apr 2015 - 09:59 by michelle.foster

Social prescribing has become a key agenda. VSNW think that social prescribing could provide an important way to drive change, for the benefit of local people, that focusses on the strengths of our sector.

In order to help VSNW make the case for the sector’s role, they would like to find out what’s happening, what’s already being commissioned and who would like to be involved in this agenda as it develops. In order to do this, they have set up a short survey.

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Sector News
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Health and Wellbeing

GP Films In 5 Languages – Which NHS Service to use when you’re unwell

24 Apr 2015 - 09:59 by michelle.foster

Manchester is one of the most linguistically diverse cities in Europe, and is home to over 150 different languages. Working closely with multilingual GPs, a new approach has been developed by the Manchester Clinical Commissioning Groups to help reach these audiences. Local GPs have supported the production of videos, which are in Arabic, Bengali, English, Punjabi and Urdu. The GPs explain what to do when you’re feeling unwell and which NHS services to use.

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Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Health and Wellbeing

Health and Social Care Volunteering Fund 2015 to 2016

24 Apr 2015 - 09:58 by michelle.foster

The Health and Social Care Volunteering Fund (HSCVF) provides grants to voluntary sector organisations to:
• Collaborate: deliver a strategic project that plays an effective and integrated role in addressing health, public health and social care needs in conjunction with commissioners
• Innovate: test out a new area of work delivered by their volunteers
• Develop: support the Strategic Vision for Volunteering by investing resources in volunteer support and management systems

News Type: 
Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Capacity Building
Funding
Volunteering

National Numeracy Challenge – Don’t let numbers hold you back!

21 Apr 2015 - 15:40 by cheryl.mcalister

The National Numeracy Challenge helps adults learn the maths needed for everyday life.

Around half the adult population have numeracy skills at the level expected of children at primary school and three-quarters are below the target level for school-leavers.

As well as improving performance, the Challenge also aims to transform negative attitudes towards maths and numeracy and to create a positive “can do” approach.

So if you’re the type of person who says ‘I can’t do Maths’ you can have a go at the challenge and start saying ‘I can do Maths’!

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Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Learning, Skills and Employment

Green and Blue Infrastructure consultation - Have your say on greening the city

16 Apr 2015 - 10:51 by michelle.foster

Manchester City Council is consulting on a proposed strategy for parks, river valleys, trees, gardens and other green spaces. It will use the strategy to decide on more detailed action– by the Council, community groups, residents, businesses and others. It will also be used to support bids for funding.

Manchester City Council is consulting on a draft strategy for Manchester’s 'green and blue infrastructure' – which includes parks, river valleys, gardens, street trees, green roofs, canals and more.

News Type: 
Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Environment

Seed Fund – next deadline 4 May 2015

16 Apr 2015 - 10:50 by michelle.foster

The Seed Fund is a partnership between Forever Manchester, Oglesby Charitable Trust and Hogben Family, which encourages emerging grassroots, locally controlled groups that are less than one year old.

The fund supports individuals who have community ideas.
Awards of up to £1,000 are available.

For further information and to apply, visit: http://forevermanchester.com/funding/, or contact 0161 214 0940, or email: [email protected]

News Type: 
Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Capacity Building
Funding

Nine Lives Community Fund – next deadline 4 May 2015

16 Apr 2015 - 10:49 by michelle.foster

The Nine Lives Fund is a partnership between Forever Manchester and the Chambers of 9 St. Johns Street, Manchester. The Fund is currently inviting applications from groups that provide activities for young people between the ages of 10 – 18 and living in deprived areas of Greater Manchester and with an income of under £150,000.

Priority will be given to projects working with children and young people with disabilities.

Awards of up to £2,000 are available.

News Type: 
Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Capacity Building
Funding

The British Red Cross International Family Tracing service

16 Apr 2015 - 10:48 by michelle.foster

The British Red Cross International Family Tracing (IFT) service helps those separated from their family members through armed conflict, disasters and migration to re-establish contact.

The predominant service users are asylum seekers and refugees but the service also works with those seeking information about family members whom they were separated from through World War Two.

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Sector News
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Other

The Community Economic Development (CED) programme

16 Apr 2015 - 10:46 by michelle.foster

The Community Economic Development (CED) programme is a new initiative designed for local community groups and organisations who want to take a lead in shaping their economies for the benefit of local communities.

If you belong to a community that wants to work towards seeing real economic change in your area – whether this is in food, housing, finance, energy or any other local economic opportunities – then the CED programme will set you on the right path.

News Type: 
Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Capacity Building
Funding

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