Funding is available for projects that aim to improve the health and wellbeing of children in their first 1,000 days of life (from conception to the age of two), as it is crucial to their long-term health and wellbeing.
Objectives
To support women, fathers and families:
As you may be aware, earlier this year Manchester City Council and Manchester Health and Care Commissioning launched a competitive tendering process for the contract to provide support to the city's voluntary and community sector for the next three years. We are delighted to announce that Macc has been awarded this contract.
The Our Manchester Funds Programme Management Team would like to thank everyone who provided comments as part of the consultation on the First 1000 Days of a Child's Life Fund - either through the on-line survey, public events or through other channels.
Are you a Manchester voluntary, community and social enterprise sector organisation? Would you like to share a story of your activity to tackle the climate emergency, as part of the 2019 Spirit of Manchester Story Week in September?
We are looking for 20 VCSE organisations to share their stories during the week of 23-27 September.
Early Help Champion meetings are an opportunity to share issues and solutions to Early Help challenges, these forums are a great opportunity to network with staff from a wide range of sectors. The meetings host regular guest speakers and are an invaluable source of information on other agencies who may be able to support families. To gain further information on venue and times and to book a place email the managers detailed below.
The dates for the meetings are:
North District
17.09.2019 2pm-4pm
08.11.2019 2pm-4pm
16.12.2019 2pm-4pm
The Holiday Grants programme provides grants for recreational trips and holidays for groups of children aged 13 and under in the UK who are disabled or disadvantaged. 
Schools, youth groups, not for profit organisations and charities are all eligible to apply.
The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service is the highest award given to local volunteer groups across the UK to recognise outstanding work done in their own communities. It was created in 2002 to celebrate the anniversary of The Queen's coronation. It is the MBE for volunteer groups. 
Monday 22 July 2019 marks 100 years (to the day) of the formation of Manchester and Salford Council of Social Service. Macc, Salford CVS and Gaddum have worked together to mark the occasion with a celebratory event at the People’s History Museum. We felt it is important to mark 100 years of social action across the twin cities of Salford and Manchester.
The Programme Team have been undertaking a Co-Design process for the Targeted Fund priority 'Improving outcomes in the first 1,000 days of a child’s life' with representatives from Manchester City Council, Manchester Health & Care Commissioning Officers and individuals from various voluntary sector organisations from across Manchester.
Reuben’s Retreat was born in August 2012 in memory of Reuben Michael Graham. The goal is to provide a retreat in the North West of England where families of children with life limiting or threatening illnesses can relax and recharge, It already serves as a bereavement and counselling support centre, a place to remember and rebuild. 