As you may be aware, earlier this year Manchester City Council and Manchester Health and Care Commissioning launched a competitive tendering process for the contract to provide support to the city's voluntary and community sector for the next three years. We are delighted to announce that Macc has been awarded this contract.
Did you know that there are 620,000 people living in Poverty in Greater Manchester?
Did you know that just £3.00 (the cost of a meal dal) will help FareShare feed 12 people living in Poverty in Manchester?
All new first year student nurses (just over 300) at the University of Manchester will be studying neighbourhoods across Manchester, Stockport, Tameside and Trafford over the coming weeks. This is one of the first activities they will undertake before they ever go on a ward or work with community nurses.
NHS England is seeking your views on proposals to tackle the causes of preventable ill health in England. In launching the consultation NHS England has said: “We know that our health is shaped by the environment in which we live, the choices we make, and the services we receive. We need to take action on each of these”. The consultation on 14 October 2019.
Applications are invited for grants to harness the creativity and capacity of the voluntary sector to improve outcomes for those living with FASD and their families, and to reduce the number of alcohol exposed pregnancies.
£473k is available for bids to commence in financial year 2020/21. The aim is for a smaller number of grants and therefore application via consortia where projects align are encouraged.
We Are Undefeatable aims to inspire the one in four people in England who live with one or more long-term health condition to be active.
We Are Undefeatable recognises the unique barriers that those living with health conditions face and it is the first time a campaign has shown the emotional stories of men and women living with a variety of conditions getting active in ways that work for them.
On 9 September That Counts! - a major new campaign aiming to inspire thousands of people from across Greater Manchester to lead a more active life, went live across the city region.
Caring, Working, Living led by GMCVO and delivered in partnership with Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, is a Greater Manchester wide project that will target mainly private sector small and medium employers, and support them to develop their recruitment and employment practices to make job opportunities more accessible to Returners.
Greater Manchester Suicide Bereavement Information Service is a new service (hosted by the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership) launched for all residents/staff/services for the Greater Manchester area, to offer information and resources for individuals bereaved or affected by suicide.
Wellbeing in the workplace is a topical issue across all sectors, however only limited research has been done in regards to the wellbeing of Chief Executives working in the charity sector.