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Manchester groups asked to participate in short safeguarding survey for Manchester Safeguarding Children Board

12 May 2014 - 11:26 by michelle.foster

Manchester Safeguarding Children's Board (MSCB) is keen to understand how much people who work with children and young people know about safeguarding in order to understand if there are any areas where further information and training is needed across the City. They are asking groups from the public and voluntary sector to select a small number of staff (3-5) who work with children and young people to undertake a short survey about safeguarding within their organisations.

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Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Children and Families
Policy and Influence

Changes in EU Procurement Rules

9 May 2014 - 10:50 by Nigel Rose

The 2014 EU Procurement Directives were adopted by the EU on 28 March 2014 and the UK government is intending to put them into operation in the UK as quickly as possible. Manchester City Council and other public bodies are beginning to assess their impact. The new rules remove the distinction between Part A and Part B procurement and are intended, on the whole, to open up the market, especially to small and medium enterprises.

News Type: 
Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Commissioning
Policy and Influence

Two social media competitions for I Love Small Charities Day

9 May 2014 - 10:16 by michelle.foster

Small Charity Week launches with I Love Small Charities Day – a day to raise awareness of the work of all small charities across the UK, whether you take part in one of the competitions below or carry out your own activity.

There are two competitions to help raise the profile of small charities, which includes a cash prize for the winning small charities.

News Type: 
Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Capacity Building

MMU Didsbury campus contents disposal

9 May 2014 - 10:13 by michelle.foster

The Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) campus at Didsbury is closing and is moving to Birley fields in Hulme this summer. As a result the university will have many items including generic ones such as desks, filing cabinets, sofas and flip-boards, to specialist equipment such as kilns, football goal nets, plan chests, band-saws and pianos which are surplus to requirements

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Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Other

Carers Support Group

8 May 2014 - 12:14 by michelle.foster

Do you care for a friend or family member?

If the answer is yes, why not come along to the Manchester Carers Forum’s support group every second Tuesday of the month at Crossacres Resource Centre, 1 Peel Hall Road, Wythenshawe, M22 5DG.

Sessions are 12pm - 2pm and include:
• Free pamper treatments
• Guest speakers
• Hot lunch

For more information, contact Jackie on 0161 819 2226.
 

News Type: 
Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Health and Wellbeing

Rewarding the Good and Punishing the Bad (Part 2)

7 May 2014 - 14:03 by Nigel Rose

Nigel Rose, Strategic Lead (Commissioning) has published the second part of his two-part blog which proposes a solution to the thorny problem of including evidence of past performance in decision-making about funding. How can we ensure that organisations that perform well continue to be funded and those that are perform badly are decommissioned?

News Type: 
Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Commissioning
Funding
Policy and Influence

The Booth Centre has moved

7 May 2014 - 12:13 by michelle.foster

After 19 years based at Manchester Cathedral the Booth Centre has moved.

On 31 March The Booth Centre opened a new Advice and Skills Centre at Edward Holt House, on Pimblett Street, just behind Victoria Station in Manchester. (This is the old Glentop House building which has been gutted and remodled).

News Type: 
Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Homelessness

Training Grants - available from Community Group Training

2 May 2014 - 10:34 by cheryl.mcalister

Each year Community Group Training use profits to give out as grants. As Community Group Training launched in September 2013, their first grants will be distributed in September 2014.

Community Group Training are committed to supporting small voluntary and community groups in the UK. They distribute grants through their Charitable Foundation which are then given out through grants.

News Type: 
Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Capacity Building

Grants Available to UK Groups for Money/Debt Advice Projects

1 May 2014 - 12:45 by michelle.foster

The MSE Charity has grants of up to £5,000 available for self-help groups and innovative projects that will help educate people about money/debt/consumer issues. Projects must assist people to improve their quality of life through knowledge and understanding of how to manage and take control of their own financial situation. Projects must also provide outcomes that will benefit their wider communities.

Eligible Groups

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

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