Children and Families

North Manchester First 1000 Days of a Child's Life Fund

Our ManchesterThe Our Manchester Programme Management Team are pleased to announce that First 1000 Days of a Child's Life Fund specifically for North Manchester will be opening for applications on Monday 19 October 2020 for a 4 week period with a closing date of 10am on Monday 16 November.

The grants available to apply for are as follows:

Start Well Strategy for Manchester – Staff and Volunteer survey

manchester city councilThe Start Well Develop Well team at buzz are involved, alongside a number of other partner organisations, in helping to develop a Start Well Strategy for Manchester. This will shape how families experience the first 1000 days of their child’s life which is fundamental to establishing good patterns and practices that form how that child grows up and the life that they will live.

New resources to help reassure students across GM about their return to the classroom

gmhscpTo help support children and young people back to school the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership (GMHSC Partnership) has worked with educational and clinical colleagues to create a series of resource packs to assist teachers to support students who may be understandably anxious.

VRU Vulnerable Children's Charities Funding for Greater Manchester

home officeOn 22 June 2020, the Government announced that the Home Office had secured additional, one-off emergency support funding for small/micro charities that are working in marginalised communities with vulnerable young people at risk of being involved in serious violence.  The Greater Manchester Violence Reduction Unit had been provided funding to allocate grants to Greater Manchester’s small and micro charities (defined as those having an income

Spirit of Manchester Story Week 2020 – No Going Back

spirit story 2020

Are you a Manchester voluntary, community and social enterprise sector organisation?

Would you like to share a story of your new everyday activity, as part of the 2020 Spirit of Manchester Story Week in September?

We are looking for 20 VCSE organisations to share their stories during the week of 21-25 September.