Young People

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has released new research on loneliness in children and young people.

Analysis of children's and young people’s views, experiences and suggestions to overcome loneliness, using in-depth interviews, the Community Life Survey 2016 to 2017 and Good Childhood Index Survey, 2018.

A new fund has been announced by the government to support VCSE organisations that help children and young people with their mental health. Applications are invited from existing schemes to trial a new approach to helping children and young people with their mental health.

Pilotlight and the Garfield Weston Foundation would like to announce that the Weston Charity Awards are now open for applications.

The Manchester Safeguarding Adults Board (MSAB) and the Manchester Safeguarding Children Board (MSCB) are statutory bodies made up of organisations that work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of adults, children, young people and their families. Together they make up the Manchester Safeguarding Boards and their role is to coordinate and ensure effective safeguarding across the city of Manchester.

The Inter Faith Youth Trust is launching a new grant programme for young people’s organisations to hold inter faith events or activities in the Greater Manchester area. May 2019 will mark two years since the bombing at the Manchester Arena. The focus of the project is to highlight the good that can come from different communities working together in friendship. Grants are for between £200 to £1,000.

We Stand Together has recently been awarded a grant from the Big Lottery Fund through the Awards for All grant programme for a ‘Advancing #WeStandTogether’ initiative.

TechOver is an interactive careers fair that aims to introduce local schools and colleges in North Manchester to digital technology and how it shapes the modern workplace. It will offer them a chance to experience how new technology can improve and reimagine existing jobs, as well as create new ones.

Youth Music is a national charity investing in music-making projects for children and young people (aged 0-25) experiencing challenging circumstances.

Funding is focused on supporting projects for children and young people who face barriers to music-making as a result of who they are, where they live, or the circumstances they’re facing.

Are you part of a group working with 13-18 year olds? If so, this is your opportunity to attend a young people and media event at BBC MediaCityUK, hosted by BBC School Report on Saturday 8 December 2018, 11.45am-3.30pm.

Youth centre serves 800 free hot meals to local families in need.

The Manchester Youth Zone has launched a new holiday club to support families throughout Greater Manchester that are struggling to meet their basic needs with the region’s rising poverty line. The aim of the programme is to ensure children, especially those who receive free school meals during school term, have access to a safe environment and receive hot, cooked, meals throughout the holidays.