The Magdalen Hospital Trust makes small grants (usually £500 - £2,000) towards projects that support vulnerable children and young adults - particularly projects that: provide training for work and personal development; provide clubs for young people; assist crime prevention; provide emergency care; provide play schemes; and provide mental health support and counselling. 
Counter Terrorism Police have launched their first ever safety campaign aimed at children and teenagers, a version of Run Hide Tell, for 11 to 16 years olds, which they recommend should be taught in schools and colleges as part of the national curriculum.
The "run, hide, tell" advice promotes that people should first try to flee an attack - or alternatively find somewhere safe to hide - and then alert authorities, when it is safe to do so.
Curiosity is a brand new £2.5m partnership between BBC Children in Need and the Wellcome Trust which will use the power of exciting and engaging science activities to create change for children and young people experiencing disadvantage in the UK. 
The Child Poverty Action Group have launched their The Cost of a Child in 2017 report which has found that inflation and the benefit freeze are making it more and more difficult for families to afford the costs associated with raising a child. Between 2012 and 2019, benefits will have risen by just 3% while prices are projected to have risen by 12%.
As part of an initiative in West Yorkshire, The Children’s Society have been looking at how Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities can keep their young people safe from child sexual exploitation. 
It explored the barriers to engagement through traditional agencies and support systems and examined what was needed to ensure that young people from these communities, their parents and carers were aware and informed.
Do you know an inspirational organisation at the heart of a community?
Somewhere that provides assistance to deserving children and their families?
The BBC are on the hunt for an amazing group of people for an exciting new factual programme.
The BBC are particularly interested in places which provide hot meals for the community – this could be a community centre serving children and families. Alternatively, this could be somewhere that supports children with disabilities.
As momentum gathers around integrated health and social care and children’s health and wellbeing, there are various calls for evidence around the voice of children and young people.
42nd Street with Youth Focus NW and Young Minds are aware of an awful lot of great work that has taken place over recent years to capture this voice and they are trying to gather this into one place and make some central sense of it to inform, amongst other things the GM commissioning framework for CAMHS and a broader charter around children and young people’s health and social care.
Looking for activities to keep your children fit and healthy during the holidays? ABL Health is running FREE summer clubs suitable for five-12-year olds, with fun, interactive sessions covering topics including Healthy Lifestyle Skills, Get Fit for Summer and Cook and Eat. 
Venues are as follows:
Longsight Community Primary School, 1 Farrer Road, Manchester, M13 0QX
Tuesday 3-day course, 9.30am to 3.30pm, July 25, 26 and 27 or August 1, 2 and 3
There are lots of activities planned for kids across Manchester over the summer holidays.
A list of free activities across Wythenshawe for people aged 6-19 can be found below.
There is also a programme below of sessions in East Manchester that has been compiled by the East Youth Partnership with the help of Manchester City Council, 4CT and supported by the Big Lottery Fund.
The following is a list of summer 2017 playschemes for children aged from 6 – 14 years old across the City of Manchester:
Please contact individual providers for details of times/dates and activities offered.
North Manchester
4CT The Grange Playscheme
Venue: The Grange Community Resource Centre, Beswick Manchester M11 3TQ
Contact: Kay Gallagher 0161 230 1420
Email: kay.gallagher.4ct@btconnect.com
Age range : 8 - 12 yrs old