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The University of Manchester’s recently launched Student Experience Internship (SEI) scheme provides funding to pay for a limited number of students to undertake a full-time, eight week summer internship within organisations in the charity and not-for-profit sector in Manchester.

The aim is to help organisations complete projects or for students to help by undertaking a particular role that is required during the summer months. Projects can be varied in nature but need to be achievable within the eight week period.

Devolution in England is happening now. Voluntary Sector North West want the voluntary and community sector to play a key role in developing the thinking around what a good model of devolution looks like and how it could work best for communities.

This report contains thirteen different perspectives from across the North West and further afield to give food for thought on what devolution could mean and the role of the sector.

Arts Council England is offering grants through its new Research Grants Programme 2015-18 to provide opportunities for collaborative work to develop the evidence base around the impact of arts and culture.

The Research Grants Programme 2015-18 will help build on collective knowledge and deepen understanding of the impact of arts and culture and to promote greater collaboration and co-operation between the arts and cultural sector and research partners.

Comic Relief, Manchester Evening News and Forever Manchester bring Red Nose Day Community Cash to Greater Manchester. Once again they are distributing a £100,000 Red Nose Day Community Cash fund to communities across Greater Manchester.