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The Community and Education Awards were created to award the unsung heroes, who despite adversity, go above and beyond in their community or within education to positively shape those around them.
Mental Health at Work
Small and medium organisations account for 99% of the businesses in the UK. But research shows that, when it comes to mental health, they often fall behind larger organisations.
We know that there are unique challenges, as well as unique opportunities, that come with working in smaller businesses. We’ve put together a collection of resources designed to help, focused on Mind’s new, free and quick eLearning, Mental Health for Small Workplaces.
Mental Health for Small Workplaces is made up of three modules:
The National Football Museum’s new courses use the theme of football to make learning fun and relevant. Join in, build confidence, gain employability skills and meet new people.
Courses are held at the National Football Museum, 3 days a week, for 4 weeks (lasting for 50 hours in total). Football is used in creative ways; to learn about customer care, money and time management, maths, reading and writing skills and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL). The next course starts on Tuesday 7 May.
Apprenticeships are work-based training programmes designed around the needs of employers, which lead to nationally recognised qualifications. Apprenticeships are available to employers of all sizes and from all sectors and cover a wide range of occupations; they are a proven way to train your workforce and make your organisation more productive and competitive. 
Manchester City Council recognises the important role Work Clubs play in providing flexible and informal employment support to workless Manchester residents. In recognition of the valuable role they play in delivering employment support services, Manchester City Council has made available grant funding for Manchester Work Clubs to apply for.
Recently I had a very nice letter inviting me to write for a publication (quite high status) and a follow-up phone conversation to explore further. In the course of this, the London-based publisher emphasised that wanting to reach outside their heavily London-focused circle was a big priority for them. Who can guess the next bit of the conversation?
Does your group work with children and families in the early years anywhere in Greater Manchester?
Are you interested in film-making? Would you like to develop some practical film-making skills? Want to work with an award-winning filmmaker to create unique and original films which will make a real difference? Do you have something to say about your mood or well-being? Film 42 is recruiting young Black men aged 16-20 years old to take part in an exciting new project, aimed at exploring the themes of mood and well-being. 
We’re so used to reading online, road signs, books, emails and labels in supermarkets that we often don’t give it a second thought. However, up to one in twenty adults in this country struggle to read, often because they didn’t manage to learn at school and have spent years hiding it. Read Easy provides confidential, one to one coaching to help adults feel more confident and independent. 
Manchester City Council is working with the DfE on a project to promote and raise awareness of effective safeguarding practices at activities delivered to children, without their parents' or carers' supervision, within out-of-school settings. An out-of-school setting is a location which is not a school, college, 16-19 academy or provider caring for children under 8 years old which is registered with Ofsted or a childminder agency.
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