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VCSE Covid Recovery Fund

2 Jun 2021 - 12:07 by michelle.foster

fundingManchester Health and Care Commissioning, Manchester City Council, One Manchester and Young Manchester are investing £1.04million into the Covid Recovery Fund to support voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations (VCSE) to work together to help to strengthen their support to people across Manchester.

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The Proud Trust Receives The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service

2 Jun 2021 - 10:11 by michelle.foster

the proud trustThe Proud Trust, a specialist LGBT+ charity for young people based in Manchester, has been honoured with The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK.

The charity has been fittingly announced as an award recipient during National Volunteers Week, which takes place during the first week of June in 2021.

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Funding bulletin June 2021

2 Jun 2021 - 09:50 by michelle.foster

macc logoInformation for the bulletin is compiled from a number of sources including Grantfinder, 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.

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IVAR report – Birds in a hurricane: Voluntary sector adaptation and resilience

1 Jun 2021 - 14:47 by michelle.foster

ivar logoHow have voluntary organisations adapted to meet the new and changing needs of their communities over the last year? What has it taken to keep going? And what do they – and those who support them – need to be thinking about next?

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New IVAR and CAST report shows how small voluntary organisations are using tech in their response to change

1 Jun 2021 - 14:45 by michelle.foster

ivar & cast report imageWhat began as a piece of research about ‘the use of tech’ has evolved into a study of how several small voluntary organisations (SVOs) responded to change, embracing tech as never before.

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Tampon Tax Fund 2021-2022 funding round

26 May 2021 - 14:03 by michelle.foster

gov.ukThe Tampon Tax Fund allocates funds generated from the VAT on sanitary products to projects to improve the lives of disadvantaged women and girls.

The 2021/22 round of Tampon Tax funding is inviting charitable, benevolent and philanthropic organisations from across the United Kingdom to bid into one of two categories: Ending Violence Against Women and Girls, and a General Programme.

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Sow the City and Partners Green Prescribing Project launch event

26 May 2021 - 14:01 by michelle.foster

sow the city logoSow the City are launching a new Manchester wide Social and Therapeutic Horticulture service in July. Greater Manchester was selected as one of seven government ‘Green Social Prescribing Test and Learn’ sites and awarded £500,000 to fund two-year pilot nature-based pilot projects.

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Transport for Greater Manchester are giving away school buses

26 May 2021 - 13:53 by michelle.foster

tfgm bus imageSeveral of Transport for Greater Manchester’s (TfGM) current Yellow School Bus fleet are due to be decommissioned in July 2021. TfGM are providing an opportunity for community interest groups or schools based in Greater Manchester to apply to be gifted one of these vehicles.

Applications will be judged on several criteria, including originality, creativity, and benefit to the community.

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