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Domestic Violence and Abuse (DV&A) Grant 2015/16

Manchester City Council has been awarded £110,000 by the Police Innovation Fund to support domestic violence and abuse (DV&A) victims in the City. There are three distinct elements within the grant programme:

Early Help/Prevention
£40,000 of this money is to develop an early help/prevention service for low and medium risk cases of DV&A. At the moment there are no interventions available for low to medium risk couples who choose to stay together.

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Domestic Violence and Abuse (DV&A) Awareness Training Grant 2015/16

Manchester City Council has £20,000 to develop and deliver training in domestic violence and abuse (DV&A) awareness for Early Help Hub staff and Social Work teams. The full funding of £20,000 will be awarded to one successful applicant to provide a training programme for frontline workers. The programme will need to be delivered to all Early Help Hub staff and Social Work teams in local area venues arranged by MCC.

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One Manchester Community Fund

Do you have an idea for a project that can make a difference in the local community? Need some help getting it off the ground?
The One Manchester Community Fund has £500,000 in grant funding available over the next five years to support projects in the communities in which they work. Donations will be awarded to those organisations that can demonstrate that their work is making a change happen in their community.

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Equity Foundation Grants available for groups in South Manchester

The Equity Foundation exists to support customers, their families and their communities.

The Equity Foundation currently offers three funding streams:

Equity Together Fund - Awards of up to £2,500. Exclusively for Equity customers and their families who want funding for projects they'd like to set up or are already involved with.

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vInspired Cashpoint

Tell vInspired your great idea for a project to solve a problem in your area and they’ll give you cash to make it happen. If you're aged 14-25 and have an idea that will solve a problem in your community vInspired want to help.

Submit a simple application and vInspired could offer you up to £500 to turn your ideas into reality, and help you get your project off the ground. The great thing about Cashpoint is that you run your project the way you want to.

If you’re 14-25, vInspired cashpoint could give you a grant of up to £500 to design and run your own social action project

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NHS England - Community Grants

Has your community or voluntary group been working to involve patients and the public in improving health care services?
Have you got some good practice to share?

NHS England is seeking to make grant awards to showcase good practice around patient and citizen participation in healthcare. NHS England know that there is really excellent patient and public involvement work happening all around the country and want to do more to share and learn from what is happening locally.

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FM Awards with Express Solicitors

In partnership with Express Solicitors, Forever Manchester are offering awards to community groups working in Northenden and Wythenshawe. Funds of £500 are available for groups with an income of less than £100,000.

For further information and to apply, contact Forever Manchester on 0161 214 094, or email: [email protected]

Deadline: 30 September 2015

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Myths about the voluntary sector - Parts 5 and 6

A few weeks back I met with a group of voluntary & community sector leaders working with children young people and families and our local Director of Children's Services. We were talking about how to build the relationship between the sectors so we hit on the idea of writing a blog to challenge a few myths and misconceptions which tend to distort the relationship.

More events added to Citywide Festival of volunteering and community groups

Showcasing the spirit of the voluntary and community sector in Manchester

More events have been added to the Spirit of Manchester Festival - a citywide celebration of the amazing and invaluable services delivered by the voluntary organisations, community groups and social enterprises in Manchester.

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Myths about the voluntary sector - Parts 1 and 2

A few weeks back I met with a group of voluntary & community sector leaders working with children young people and families and our local Director of Children's Services. We were talking about how to build the relationship between the sectors so we hit on the idea of writing a blog to challenge a few myths and misconceptions which tend to distort the relationship.

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