People/communities experiencing racial inequalities

Contract Readiness for VCSEs: Building Partnerships and Consortia

Are you seeking to expand your organisation's reach and capabilities through strategic partnerships and consortia?

This 90 minute webinar is the ideal first step towards contract readiness, giving voluntary, community or social enterprises (VCSEs) a solid grounding in building partnerships and consortiums.

This webinar will help you to:

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Home Truths 2, Race Equity Series: Mission-driven race equity

Home Truths 2: Race Equity Series session four continues a new event series hosted by ACEVO and Voice4Change England. This is an integral part of our ongoing initiative aimed at challenging and addressing racial inequality in civil society.  

Join for a lively discussion on how mainstream civil society can transition towards a deeper and irreversible commitment to race equity. The session will explore how civil society can move from occasionally focussing on anti-racism and race equity to making these values central to who we are and what we do.

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Islamophobia Awareness Month

Statement from Manchester City Council:

A message to our Muslim communities
As we approach Islamophobia Awareness Month, it is more important than ever to stand united as a city against all hatred, whether it is based on someone’s race, gender, religion, sexuality, or any part of their identity.

We are proud to be a vibrant, diverse and welcoming city made up of people from different faiths and backgrounds. We see this as our strength.

Season 9 of Meet the Mancunian Podcast is here

The first episode launches with an incredible story of resilience and impact. This episode features Maria Romanenko, nominated as Volunteer of the Year in the Spirit of Manchester Awards.

Fleeing Ukraine amidst war, Maria now devotes her time to supporting fellow Ukrainian refugees in Manchester. She offers free walking tours and thousands of volunteer hours, despite her own challenges. Maria’s dedication even earned her the Prime Minister’s Points of Light Award.

Greater Manchester Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Partnerships Review Survey

The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) have commissioned a review into the collaboration and partnership work being conducted in Greater Manchester across the areas of Modern Slavery, homelessness, and migration and asylum.

The University of Manchester is leading this review and has developed a brief survey to get a sense of which organisations are collaborating in the above-mentioned areas.

Complete the survey here 
 

WorkWell: Racially Minoritised Groups – funding opportunity

As part of the Manchester WorkWell programme, Manchester City Council (MCC) wishes to grant fund two voluntary, community, faith sector (VCFS) organisations to provide a service which integrates employment and health support for communities experiencing racial discrimination and disadvantage. 

What is WorkWell?