Serious Violence Reduction Campaign – Parents and young person’s survey
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and the Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) are launching a Greater Manchester-wide survey to help develop a new campaign for young people, to support them to achieve their aspirations and to not get involved in crime.
The campaign will be positive and will be developed with input from young people. It will also offer support to parents and carers to help young people get on well in life.
UpRising are currently accepting applications for Fastlaners, a free online employability skills programme for 18-24 year olds. The next programme will run from 1-26 February 2021, with an additional 12 months of mentoring support.
This is a call to young people who are working to change their community for the better.
The England-wide lockdown that was in place throughout November has now ended and has been replaced with a Tier System. The National Youth Agency (NYA) have done a full review of their guidance to reflect the latest advice from national government, working closely with Public Health England, the Health and Safety Executive and Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
Manchester Nature Consortium (MNC) are looking for 4 passionate, energetic and creative young people aged 12-17, from across Greater Manchester to join the Manchester Nature Consortium Youth Panel. The Youth Panel will work alongside the Manchester Nature Consortium and the 6 current Youth Panel members to plan and deliver the 3rd annual Manchester Festival of Nature at Heaton Park.
The UK Youth Fund – Covid Relief has been created to support youth organisations who have not had access to the crisis funding they require to survive the Covid pandemic. Youth organisations with an income of under £250,000 that are based in, and deliver their work in England are eligible to apply for up to £50,000.
Lankelly Chase has a Greater Manchester Local Fund to engage groups and organisations led by marginalised women and marginalised young people. Funding will go primarily to communities of colour, but not exclusively.
Do you know a young person who has done something exceptional this year? This award is being made to celebrate kindness, thoughtfulness, bravery or actions that have made a difference to our communities.
Papers outlining how Manchester City Council intends to address a budget shortfall of up to £105m for 2021/22 have been published.
The Ubele Initiative is looking for 12 BAME adults (18-30 year olds) to participate in a 4 month project to capture and share young BAME adults’ experiences of Covid-19 and associated lockdown responses.