Manchester Deaf Centre has set up a mutual support group for d/Deaf male ex-offenders. This support group is being set up together with CMS and funding from the Movember Foundation. It follows a pilot mutual support group for d/Deaf ex-offenders in Lancashire.
The Tackling Child Exploitation Support Programme, which is funded by the DfE, have launched a six-month programme of learning events. These are aimed at strategic leaders, senior managers and individuals interested in ideas to support systems improvement and working to address child exploitation and extra-familial harm.
Manchester Deaf Centre is setting up a mutual support group for d/Deaf male ex-offenders. This support group is being set up together with CMS and funding from the Movember Foundation. It follows a pilot mutual support group for d/Deaf ex-offenders in Lancashire.
Clinks has announced the launch of the first phase of their Stronger voice training programme.
Stronger voice is a three-year project, aimed at helping the voluntary sector working in criminal justice to develop a unified and influential voice, at both a national and regional level.
Funding is available for interventions which focus on preventing violence against women and girls in public spaces at night, including in the night-time economy.
The Safety of Women at Night Fund will fund initiatives focused on preventing violence against women and girls in public spaces at night, including:
Safety4Sisters works to support migrant women across the North West who have experienced gender-based violence and who have no recourse to public funds or state benefits.
Safety4Sisters are a grassroots feminist and anti-racist organisation and are currently seeking dynamic and committed women for trustee roles in the North West. (Ability to travel to Manchester is required, expenses provided.)
Funding for smaller, specialist organisations in England and Wales that support survivors and victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence, who are led 'by, with and for' communities facing racial inequality, disabled people or LGBTQ+ communities.
The Survivors Welfare Advice Project (SWAP) is a free nationwide service run by Child Poverty Action Group.
SWAP advise professionals working with domestic abuse survivors on issues relating to their benefit claims and entitlement.
The project will also gather evidence of systematic problems with the welfare system faced by survivors to help inform their policy and legal work.
Manchester City Council is seeking three VCS representatives to represent the interests of domestic abuse victims, the interests of children of domestic abuse victims and the interests of charities and voluntary groups that work with victims of domestic abuse. The recruitment and selection process is being carried out by Macc.
The role of the representatives is:
The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has launched a public consultation to gain a wide range of views on proposals developed to tackle gender-based violence in the city-region, ranging from how men and boys treat women and girls to strengthening services for victims and survivors.