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People/communities experiencing racial inequalities

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The Eastlands Homes Community Grant – next deadline 24 October 2014

Helping local community groups and organisations to make a difference.

The Eastlands Homes Community Grant has been launched to support projects and activities operating in east and south-east Manchester.

Applications are encouraged from all of Eastlands Homes areas, but must benefit the local community in order to be considered.

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HMRC Grant Funding 2015/16

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has £2m funding to allocate in 2015/16 to the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) to provide advice and support to their customers who need extra help understanding and complying with their obligations and claiming their entitlements.

In May 2014, HMRC launched its new service for customers who need extra help, following a pilot in the North East of England.

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Big Lunch Extras - Free training and support for communities from the Eden Project

Big Lunch Extras is designed to help people interested in bringing about small, positive changes in their neighbourhoods. It builds on the success of the Big Lunch which you might have heard of, and which this year saw 4.8M neighbours sit down and have lunch together.

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The Work Place Learning Programme

The Work Place Learning Programme is here to assist small and medium size enterprises by funding training to further develop their employee’s skills and abilities and can support small to medium enterprises with up to 999 employees.

The Manchester College can offer training to your employees at no cost to your business.

Training offered:
• Customer Service
• IT Training
• First Aid at Work
• Business administration
• Basic skills
• and many more

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Grants available from Forever Manchester

Forever Manchester administers a number of funds that are available to groups and individuals across Greater Manchester.

The following grants are currently available:

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Unity Radio 92.8FM Creation Media Course

Unity Radio 92.8FM is pleased to announce the North West's newest vocational media programme, Unity Creation, supported by the European Social Fund.

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Cultural Partnership Grants 2015-18

Not-for-profit organisations can apply for funding of between £10,000 and £40,000 per year, until March 2018, to support the core costs of their organisation. A total of £900,000 is available (subject to budget) over three years from this fund.

The Culture Team and Manchester City Council want your work to have a lasting impact that will directly benefits residents and the economy, now and in the future.

You can apply on behalf of your organisation or, if you're working with another organisation, you can apply together.

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Briefings on Greater Manchester’s European funding plans

Greater Manchester has an allocation of £356 million of European Structural Funds for the 2014-20 programme.

The Funds, overall, are designed to reduce economic inequalities by targeting additional resources at developing skills, jobs and enterprise for those people and areas which need extra help. There is also clear acknowledgement of the importance of social inclusion and social innovation as necessary conditions of economic inclusion; this is similarly acknowledged in the Greater Manchester Strategy, which also acknowledges the importance of our sector in delivering this.

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