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The theme for Manchester International Women’s Day 2017 is Our Manchester Women. This has been chosen to recognise the huge contribution women have made in making Manchester the world class city it is today. 
Manchester City Council are looking for your views on a range of savings options that they must consider to balance the Council’s budget over the next three years. 
Manchester City Council have already made some tough budget decisions in the last five years, with £100 million a year less to spend and a third fewer staff to deliver services.
The Government has announced that Local Charities Day will take place on 16 December 2016. Local Charities Day will celebrate small, local charities and community groups Minister for Civil Society encourages citizens to donate to local good causes through Localgiving’s ‘Grow Your Tenner’ campaign, which launches with £245,000 match funding from government. 
Do you have an existing digital programme or an activity that needs support from Digital Champion volunteers? If the answers is yes then Lloyds Banking Group might be able to help. 
Lloyds Banking Group Digital Champions have a range of skills and could support with Basic Digital Skills in a variety of ways for example helping someone get online for the first time, setting up a Facebook account, browsing online and shopping.
Information for the bulletin is compiled from a number of sources including Grantfinder, GMCVO (Greater Manchester Council for Voluntary Organisations) and direct from funders themselves. It showcases just a few of the hundreds of funding opportunities available for local community, voluntary and faith organisations.
This bulletin is produced by a partnership of local support and development agencies across Greater Manchester.
Galaxy Hot Chocolate are looking to help small, local community projects and groups through their GALAXY Hot Chocolate Fund.
From 7 November2016 until 26 February 2017, Galaxy Hot Chocolate are seeking to award a total of seventy, £300 donations to help community groups and people across UK and Ireland.
The total match fund for this year's Grow Your Tenner is £345,000, this means each charity will have the chance to benefit from up to £2,500 of match funding: £1,000 from one-time donations and £1,500 from Direct Debits. 
Our latest data sets on our work with voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations and volunteers is now available on our website here: www.manchestercommunitycentral.org/policy-and-influence/open-data
In my last blog I mentioned the exciting work that 360Giving are doing to launch a searchable facility (powered by open data) showing where grants go. GrantNav has recently been launched.
In early 2016, Manchester agreed its shared vision outline in the Our Manchester strategy to be a world-class city, with residents who live longer, and are happier and wealthier. The Our Manchester Forum provides strategic leadership on the delivery of the city’s priorities, as set out in the Our Manchester strategy. The Forum is also responsible for ensuring that the new Our Manchester approach is embedded in all sectors of the city. 
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