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Miles Platting You Decide is back

Adactus Housing has once again set aside a pot of money and would like to put you in con¬trol of how it’s spent. Miles Platting - You Decide lets Miles Platting residents de¬cide for themselves which projects are needed in their area.

What can you apply for?
Adactus Housing need your ideas for projects that will:
• benefit as many people as possible from across the community
• help to make Miles Platting a better place for everyone
• meet a real need that is not already met in the area

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Community Engagement

BBC TV's The One Show Seeks Community Projects in Need of Help Across the UK

The BBC TV's The One Show is looking for community projects across the UK that need a helping hand. It wants to use its influence to galvanise volunteer efforts in different schemes for a new weekly feature on the programme in the coming months.

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Working with business capacity building event

The National Youth Agency, funded by the Local Government Association, is working with VCS groups in Manchester and Manchester City Council to: Support the youth sector in Manchester to build constructive and productive relationships with business.

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Apprenticeships - Join the Revolution

Apprenticeships are changing. With over 200 different types of Apprenticeships across many industry sectors, there are more opportunities than ever before to undertake an Apprenticeship and earn whilst you learn. From finance to law, engineering to science, retail to healthcare, there is an Apprenticeship out there for you.

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Chances Volunteering Project

Chances is a fun and interactive youth volunteering project for young women aged 13-19 from Wythenshawe.

Over 6 sessions young women will find out what volunteering is, choose two group volunteering activities and look at how they can use their skills in the future. Chances is all about giving young women the opportunity to explore volunteering whilst celebrating what young women can do.

The next open access programme is taking place at Wythenshawe Job Centre for ages 16-19 only, on:

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Young People

£5,000 grant funding available for community groups in Manchester getting behind greener travel

As part of the Greener Journeys initiative, three grants of £5,000 are up for grabs for Greater Manchester-based community organisations, clubs and charities to promote bus travel to their members or supporters. Working alongside local bus company Stagecoach and other major bus operators, Greener Journeys hopes to find local groups with the influence and credibility to encourage people in their communities to leave their cars behind and try the bus instead.

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Adactus Neighbourhood Fund – Funding still available

Almost £60,000 has been allocated to 46 community projects across Manchester and Trafford through the first round of the Neighbourhood fund and Adactus can now announce the second round is open.

There is over £17,000 of funding available to residents groups, community groups, charitable organisations or social enterprises working in the areas where Adactus manage homes.

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The Thomas Wall Trust

The Thomas Wall Trust will consider grants of up to £1,000 for smaller charities active in serving the social and/or educational needs of their communities, especially where a grant can make a real impact in improving the lives of local people.

The Trust will consider applications from registered charities who:
• Have an annual income of less than £200,000
• Serve the social and/or educational needs of their communities
• Are able to make a real impact in improving the lives of local people.

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UpRising Internship

UpRising is an organisation dedicated to supporting and developing young adults aged 19–25 from diverse backgrounds in order to become the next generation of effective and connected leaders across the public, private and voluntary sectors. Its unique combination of leadership training, mentoring and campaigning means that young adults gain personally from the programme and importantly, they give back to their local communities.

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