Community Explorers and Early Help strategy refresh
Do you work with children, young people and families in Manchester? 
Manchester's Early Help Strategy is being refreshed in 2018 - what do you think the future should look like?
Children and Families
Information on plans to commemorate the anniversary of the Manchester Arena attack
Manchester City Council is leading the city’s arrangements to mark the anniversary of the Manchester Arena attack on Tuesday 22 May 2018. 
Those affected by those terrible events will want to mark the date in different ways, so the programme is varied and takes different forms, to make sure that people can feel connected to it.
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Manchester Safeguarding Boards e-Bulletin Seventh edition – 3 April 2018
The Manchester Safeguarding Boards (MSB) comprises the Manchester Safeguarding Adults Board (MSAB) and the Manchester Safeguarding Children Boards (MSCB). The Boards share an Independent Chair, Julia Stephens-Row; and are supported by the MSB Business Unit. 
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Big Adoption Day – 21 March 2018
For the third consecutive year Caritas Care are pleased to be supporting Big Adoption Day on Wednesday 21 March. 
To celebrate Caritas Care are holding a number of events across Lancashire, Cumbria and Manchester.
You are invited to come along for a chat and a cuppa with the team to talk about the many different routes to adoption available to meet your needs.
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Civil Society Strategy Consultation: Save the Petunias!
"Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell was “Oh no, not again”.
Many people have speculated that if we knew exactly why the bowl of petunias had thought that we would know a lot more about the nature of the Universe than we do now."
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Manchester Safeguarding Boards e-Bulletin Sixth edition – 5 March 2018
The Manchester Safeguarding Boards (MSB) comprises the Manchester Safeguarding Adults Board (MSAB) and the Manchester Safeguarding Children Boards (MSCB). The Boards share an Independent Chair, Julia Stephens-Row; and are supported by the MSB Business Unit.
The Church of England Wythenshawe Holiday Breakfast Club
The Church of England Wythenshawe is running a Holiday Breakfast Club 10am – 11.30am on: 
Monday 19 February at William Temple Church
Tuesday 20 February and Wednesday 21 February at St Richard’s, Peel Hall
Thursday 23 February at St Martin’s, Baguley
Friday 24 February at St Luke’s, Benchill
There will be free breakfasts and crafts for children and parents.
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Local Safeguarding Fora members wanted
The North, Central and South Safeguarding Children Fora are the connection between the strategic work of the Manchester Safeguarding Children’s Board (MSCB) and front-line practitioners from all agencies. Their main purpose is to ensure that there is a direct link between practice issues at a local level and the overall direction of the Board. 
Manchester Safeguarding Boards e-Bulletin Fifth edition – February 2018
The Manchester Safeguarding Boards (MSB) comprises the Manchester Safeguarding Adults Board (MSAB) and the Manchester Safeguarding Children Boards (MSCB). The Boards share an Independent Chair, Julia Stephens-Row; and are supported by the MSB Business Unit. The bulletin includes news, events, training opportunities and links to information and resources which we hope will be of use to the multi-agency safeguarding workforce and the wider community across Manchester.
Coming up in 2018…
I’m writing this in the final days of 2017 and a list of things which will affect charities, community groups, voluntary organisations and social enterprises even just within Manchester is something you can never actually finish writing (note to self: write more blogs this year) but here are the things which are swishing around in my head as things to think about for 2018.