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The Indices of Deprivation 2010 provide a relative measure of deprivation for small areas (Lower-layer Super Output Areas) across England. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines indices for the following seven different domains of deprivation:
• Income deprivation
• Employment deprivation
• Education, skills and training deprivation
• Health deprivation and disability
• Crime
• Barriers to housing and services
• Living environment deprivation

The Big Lottery Fund has made available fixed amounts of funding per LEP area proportionate to its investment in the area. Greater Manchester was allocated £20,000. This funding, under the BLF’s Building Better Opportunities programme, is to raise awareness within the voluntary community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector of the opportunities available through the European Social Fund.

GMCVO is delivering the project in Greater Manchester in partnership with New Economy and Network for Europe.

The government has made tackling all forms of bullying a top priority and has been clear that it does not want any young person to go to school dreading the treatment they will get. It is never acceptable for a child to be bullied, victimised or harmed in any way. Bullying is a priority in the Department for Education’s (DfE) National Prosepctus Grants Programme 2015/16. This is a separate grant funded by the Government Equalities Office (GEO) that specifically targets homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying. It is being administered by the GEO in conjunction with the DfE

The theme this year is War and Impairment: The Social Consequences of Disablement, focusing on World War I. Find out more about the impact of the First World War on the two million men disabled in combat and what happened on their return.

For the first time Manchester City Council have organised a series of events for UK Disability History Month.