People/communities experiencing racial inequalities

RSMP funding opportunity: ESOL and Employment support

The North West Regional Strategic Migration Partnership (RSMP) are pleased to announce that applications are now open to fund up to 8 voluntary, community, faith, and social enterprise (VCFSE) organisations to deliver ESOL and Employment support projects across the Northwest of England

The funding through this grant programme must be used to support the following communities:

The Stories We Carry

GMECN x MBME Network have curated spotlighting everyday black people, communities and legacies.

Join this free event early evening spotlighting the stories of black people in our everyday life, as part of GMECN's x Manchester BME Network's Black History Contribution.

Author and Curator Tony Fairweather talks about the Windrush generation and showcases the Windrush Living Room.

Poet and Film Maker Nathaniel Richards talk and screening of his love letter to black women of Manchester in Ode to Black Women.

Birch Community Centre, Brighton Grove, Manchester, M14 5JT

Key policy issues: Influencing policy for social change

Learn to influence policy for social change and understand local governance, policy pathways to parliament and advocacy storytelling.

Join Voice4Change England for an engaging, practical discussion on how to influence policy both inside and outside formal systems. The webinar will explore how change really happens, from behind-the-scenes influence to building relationships, shaping narratives, and working collectively across civil society.

Online

Migrant Health Guide Launch

Join BHA online for the launch of their latest booklet, the "Migrant Health Guide".

BHA For Equality is launching a new booklet to help people from migrant communities understand and access healthcare in England. The Migrant Health Guide sets out how the NHS works, how to register with a GP, and how to get support for dental care, maternity care, sexual health and HIV care.

Online

Big Business in Social Investment: Manchester

Learn from successful social investment case studies, explore regional funding opportunities, and connect directly with investors committed to supporting Black and global majority-led organisations.

Join leading social investors, Black and global majority-led charities, and social enterprises for an exclusive networking event designed to demystify social investment and build meaningful funding partnerships.

NatWest, 1 Spinningfields Square, Manchester, M3 3AP

Local Welcome Community Meal

You are invited to join Local Welcome for their Manchester Community Meal on Saturday 3rd October.

You’ll cook and eat a meal from scratch with people in your community – some born locally, some new to the area, and some seeking sanctuary or with refugee backgrounds. 

Moss Side

GM Creative Health Champions programme: Creative Health and Global Majority Health

The GM Creative Health Champions programme is a free online training offer for people working across health, social care, local government, culture, heritage, the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector, academia and related fields who are interested in the role of creativity in supporting health and wellbeing in Greater Manchester. It is particularly suited to those who want to influence change within their organisation, community or wider system, build their knowledge of creative health, and develop the confidence to embed creative health approaches in practice

Online

GM Creative Health Champions programme: Creative Health and Health Inequalities

The GM Creative Health Champions programme is a free online training offer for people working across health, social care, local government, culture, heritage, the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector, academia and related fields who are interested in the role of creativity in supporting health and wellbeing in Greater Manchester. It is particularly suited to those who want to influence change within their organisation, community or wider system, build their knowledge of creative health, and develop the confidence to embed creative health approaches in practice

Online

GM Creative Health Champions programme: Creative Health and Good Quality Practice

The GM Creative Health Champions programme is a free online training offer for people working across health, social care, local government, culture, heritage, the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector, academia and related fields who are interested in the role of creativity in supporting health and wellbeing in Greater Manchester. It is particularly suited to those who want to influence change within their organisation, community or wider system, build their knowledge of creative health, and develop the confidence to embed creative health approaches in practice

Online

GM Creative Health Champions programme: Introduction to Creative Health in Greater Manchester

The GM Creative Health Champions programme is a free online training offer for people working across health, social care, local government, culture, heritage, the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector, academia and related fields who are interested in the role of creativity in supporting health and wellbeing in Greater Manchester. It is particularly suited to those who want to influence change within their organisation, community or wider system, build their knowledge of creative health, and develop the confidence to embed creative health approaches in practice

Online