Our Space, Your Place offers organisations, community groups and charities across the region the opportunity to benefit from support in the form of funding or time, to improve their community.
The only condition is that the contribution should be used for something which will genuinely enhance or improve services, facilities or the environment within their local area.
Contributions are available from £100 to £1,000.
There really is allsorts for young Mancunians to do over the school holidays this Autumn – try a different activity to learn new skills or just develop those you’ve already got.
Whether you fancy yourself as a BMX pro, or just want to kick a ball about with friends, the wide range of activities should keep all age-groups busy – you can even get involved in a Circus Skills workshop!.
A BBC Watchdog Special on saving money is looking for families with 2 children (aged from 5 to 16 years) with a household income of up to £30,000.
They can teach you how to reduce your household bills and get things for free without changing the quality of your life.
The families must be happy to be filmed for a maximum of five days during November
For further information and to take part contact Bronagh McKenna on 0773 496 6531 or email: Bronagh.mckenna@bbc.co.uk
The ‘It’s not okay’ campaign has been created by Project Phoenix, a unique collaboration of public and third sector partners throughout Greater Manchester.
Project Phoenix aspire to be national leaders in the approach they’re taking to protect young people from Child Sexual Exploitation and prosecute offenders.
For further information, visit: www.itsnotokay.co.uk
UK registered charities can apply for capital grant funding for building projects and/or for free professional property advice.
The building project can be anywhere in the UK, and can involve refurbishment, conversion, extension, new build and work to outdoor spaces. The spaces are to be used to provide support for children and/or young people up to 25 years old, who are experiencing social and/or economic disadvantages.
Manchester Safeguarding Arrangements have been branded inadequate by OFSTED in their recent inspection of Children’s Services.
It cited:
• Long backlogs in processing referrals (500 children)
• High case loads of social workers
• Concerns that learning from serious incidents was not being implemented.
Four weeks to go and the Spirit of Manchester Festival is building up nicely.
The BBC Children in Need Main Grants programme is open to charities and not-for-profit organisations applying for grants over £10,000 per year for up to three years.
BBC Children in Need give grants for...
Children and young people of 18 years and under experiencing disadvantage through:
1. Illness, distress, abuse or neglect
2. Any kind of disability
3. Behavioural or psychological difficulties
4. Living in poverty or situations of deprivation
Out of the many reasons I applied for an internship, probably the one I dwelt on most was the fear of being unprepared for the real world come summer 2015 when I graduate. As I scrolled through available opportunities nothing appeared to spring out at me and I had almost become resigned to the fact that I would return home for the summer in search of any sort of employment that would tide me over till September.
One of the things I love most about working in the voluntary sector is that if you have a really good idea you can generally find a way to make it happen. It might take a while – things like our State of the Sector and Civil Economy work were on my wishlist for years before we were finally able to publish the finished work. But sometimes you can be taken by surprise at how fast you can go from the idea to it actually happening.