An ex-miners washhouse turned community arts and music venue in Moston is looking for people to get involved in all aspects of the organisation. From creative folks who can dream up and run projects, friendly faces to serve brews to the lovely folk who visit, to trustees to help set the strategic direction - the Miners Community arts and Music wants you involved.
Nominate your Local Sporting Hero, Club, Athlete or School. The community sports scene is thriving. The awards are to:
• Recognise the hard work of clubs, coaches, volunteers and officials who support the ongoing development of sport in Manchester 
• Highlight the achievements of the talented athletes who live in and represent the city
Would you like to share a story of your activity as part of the 2018 Spirit of Manchester Story Week in September?
Your opportunity to give back to Manchester 
On Saturday 1 September 2018, Platt Fields Park will host a new festival, for the people of Manchester, by the people of Manchester. The Festival of Manchester (FOM) will embody all that’s great about being in Manchester and the festival is now recruiting for volunteers to assist with the delivery of the event.
Now in its 7th year, Wythenshawe Games is Manchester’s largest community sports festival, taking in and around Wythenshawe and centering on the beautiful and historic Wythenshawe Park and Hall. As part of this great event volunteers are required to support the 10K Race and the Family Fun Weekend. 
This is your chance to celebrate the volunteers and unsung heroes who work hard to make ‘Our Manchester’ so great. These groups and individuals make a big difference in communities and help to make Manchester the thriving, friendly and buzzing city it is. Be Proud is your chance to say a big thank you and celebrate their work.
Over the next two years, the ideal candidate will work closely with the trustees of Voluntary Youth Manchester in co-ordinating an opportunity for the community-based youth work sector to come together and, drawing on VYM’s own resources and strengths, undertake an audit of and develop VYM’s practice in responding to issues of equality and diversity. 
Creative Support provides health and social care for people with support needs across England. 
A lot of the service users are, in some way, socially isolated, so to help the service users have more social engagement Creative Support have created a befriending referral scheme where service users can refer themselves for a Volunteer Befriender.
One Million Mentors (1MM) has new mentoring opportunities. All mentoring will begin from September. 
The options are (more youth partners joining every week):
Xaverian College (A Level Law students), Rusholme
• Mentor for 1 hour per half term until Jan 2019
• Assist mentees to make decisions about furthering their studies and offer, where available, work place visits