Children and Families

There is a longstanding cross-party consensus that society generally, and the state more specifically, has a unique and unconditional responsibility for all children, encompassing duties to ensure their education, health and protection and to uphold their rights and freedoms as citizens. Global economic crises and austerity do not weaken this public duty, they only make it more urgent. Children’s public services are among the most important manifestations of this duty. Their funding, design, delivery and workforces are crucial to the wellbeing of children.

Enjoy a complete 4 week programme packed with a range of fun activities including outdoor sports (tennis, badminton, football, cricket, basketball, dodgeball, netball, rounders), creative arts and crafts, baking, online games, American pool, table tennis, bouncy castles, board games and foos-ball.

The playscheme will be delivered by qualified play workers, sports coaches and youth workers.

The holiday club is running from 21 July 2014, 8am to 6pm

Manchester Settlement have Childcare places available for £20 per day during
Summer School Holidays for ages 3-12 years. The cost is £20 per day

For further information and to book a place, contact Clare on 0161 614 8448, or call in to the New Roundhouse, 1328 -1330 Ashton Old Road, Openshaw, M11 1JG.
 

Romanian Roma migrants in Greater Manchester live mostly in the Gorton/Levenshulme/Longsight area.

The Manchester Common Assessment Framework (MCAF) is a key part of Manchester’s Early Help Strategy and the Threshold of Need Document. Participation by voluntary and community sector (VCS) groups in MCAF is low in Manchester and nationally and the majority of engagement is with a small number of established medium to large voluntary sector organisations (£100,000 ->£1,000,000 funding) that employ professional staff.

Manchester City Council's Public Health Team are currently reviewing the mainstream School Nursing Service, which delivers school nursing provision to mainstream Primary and Secondary Schools, Academies, Free Schools, Pupil Referral Units and the Federation Schools.

They want to understand the experiences and expectations of the service from a wide range of interested parties and to assess how the service is currently meeting the needs of Manchester children, young people and their families.

FareShare Greater Manchester fights hunger and tackles food waste by redistributing surplus food to over 100 charities in the region. They source food from the food and drinks industry, from donations and food drives, and also by capturing surplus edible fruit and vegetables at New Smithfield Market where they’re based.

On average they redistribute six tonnes of food every week.

FareShare Greater Manchester are keen to work with Manchester based play and youth providers over the summer holidays to help support children, young people and families at risk of food poverty.

Core Safeguarding Procedures
The Manchester Safeguarding Children’s Board (MSCB) and Executive have taken the decision to adopt the Greater Manchester Safeguarding Partnership (GMSP) online safeguarding procedures; these will replace the MSCB Core Safeguarding Procedures which were last updated in 2010.

Manchester City Council are carrying out a 30 day consultation of Sure Start services for under-fives.

Manchester City Council are improving services for the city’s young children and their families and are giving children a better start, reducing inequalities, and supporting those in greatest need. As part of these improvements they want your views on proposals to change the way Sure Start children’s centres are run, whether you use the centres or not.

Manchester Safeguarding Children's Board (MSCB) is keen to understand how much people who work with children and young people know about safeguarding in order to understand if there are any areas where further information and training is needed across the City. They are asking groups from the public and voluntary sector to select a small number of staff (3-5) who work with children and young people to undertake a short survey about safeguarding within their organisations.