Applications for grant funding are invited from registered charities, community groups and voluntary organisations working to assist individuals who are disadvantaged, sick, have a disability and/or 
living in poverty within Greater Manchester. The priorities are:
Breakthrough UK, Manchester Coalition for Disabled People and GMICP are providing focus groups to share experiences of the Healthcare and Local Authority workforces to help create a 
Workforce Standard Framework for Disabled People and People with Long-term Health Conditions.
The focus groups are taking place on:
As part of its partnership with the Co-op, Starbucks Foundation and Rothschild Foundation, Hubbub will be launching a new Community Fridge Food Hub Fund to expand community-based food 
activity provision.
Constituted non-profit organisations in the UK can apply for the funding providing they:
Following the new government recommendations to change employment law about menopause, The Wellness Project CIC has produced a suite of new workshops all about Menopause in the 
Workplace. The Wellness Project CIC is launching the new products with a free information mini workshop all about the menopause on 18 October at 10am.
Asda Foundation’s new Cost of Living Grant will provide grants of between £500 and £2,000 for activities taking place before 28 February 2023.
To support Manchester residents through the cost-of-living crisis, Manchester City Council will be providing an advice line from 3 October that will offer:
Funded by GM Moving, small grants of up to £2,000 and medium grants of up to £5,000 are available through 10GM to support activities that encourage people who are usually less active to start or increase the amount they regularly walk this winter.
Medium grant applicants will also need to demonstrate how their project supports one or more of the following objectives:
Have you had maternity care in the last few years in Greater Manchester…and are from a South Asian background?
You are invited to an in-person session on 21 September, 10am-11.30am at Guidance Hub, 389 Waterloo Road, Cheetham Hill, Manchester, to give your views on how the pregnancy and maternity care can better serve diverse communities in Greater Manchester. Participants will be given a £20 shopping voucher.
In the context of soaring living costs, the Monitor is a vital resource that can strengthen the case for action on poverty and inform policy making and service design and delivery. Over the summer GM Poverty Action have been making several 
changes to the site. This includes adding new local level and national poverty data.
Recent updates to the Monitor include:
