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health, or just wants to talk to someone during evenings or weekends during the winter months.
Northmoor Community Centre’s Job Club runs as a Free Drop in every Tuesday and Wednesday, 10am-1pm at Northmoor Hub, Northmoor Community Association, 95-97 Northmoor Road, 
Longsight, Manchester, M12 5RT.
The Business Growth Hub is supporting Greater Manchester businesses to navigate the increasing cost of doing business and provide specialist support. The here for business hub is The Business 
Growth Hub’s response to the cost of living/energy crises that organisations are facing currently. The hub is for all organisations that are struggling with rising costs including social enterprises, charities, community groups etc.
The new app helps care leavers in Greater Manchester find and access support, offers and opportunities that are available all in one place.
Care leavers in Greater Manchester will be able to use a new app to help them find and access support, offers and opportunities that are available to them, all in one place.
The ‘Bee Connected’ app has been developed by Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and digital agency Focusgov following feedback from care leavers that support available to them wasn’t always easy to find.
Groundwork free training courses for Greater Manchester communities. The courses are open to people who are over 19, unemployed or earning less than £18,525. A minimum of 10 people are 
needed to run a programme.
Accredited qualifications
Personal Development
Funding is available to engage children and young people at risk of entering the criminal justice system.
The Youth Justice Support Fund is a new grants programme backed by the Sport for Development Coalition which aims to meet the following two goals:
Julia and Hans Rausing Trust has announced a new grants programme to further the efforts of foodbanks across the UK in tackling the growing food poverty crisis.
To be eligible to apply, organisations must:
One-off grants for small charities and other not-for-profit organisations that are supporting local communities in the UK who are facing financial hardship over the next six months.
New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) is providing two separate funds in the financial hardship sector, aiming to relieve and reduce financial hardship in the UK.
Manchester City Council wants to understand your priorities to help them focus their spending as they set their budget. They need to save £96million up to 2026, so it’s important they hear your 
views. A shortfall of £96million means tough decisions. They’ll have to meet the shortfall with a mix of efficiency savings, extra income and cuts.
Age Friendly Manchester has partnered with national older person’s charity Independent Age to produce a new printed information guide called ‘Winterwise – a guide to keeping well this winter’.
Designed for older residents across Greater Manchester, the guide brings together key information on cost of living support and how to stay warm, stay safe and stay well.
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