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Greater Manchester Youth Network is recruiting for trustees to join their board

9 Oct 2017 - 12:29 by michelle.foster

Would you like to join Greater Manchester Youth Network (GMYN trustee board? Greater Manchester Youth Network

GMYN is an exciting youth charity that is proudly delivering a number of innovative programmes to support disadvantaged young people across Greater Manchester. The organisation is governed by a board of trustees with various backgrounds and skills and GMYN would like to expand their board to help the organisation develop further.

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Thriving not just surviving: Young Men and Mental Health

4 Oct 2017 - 11:40 by michelle.foster

Comic Relief has launched a £1.75 million fund to support vulnerable and disadvantaged young men with mental health problems. Comic Relief is seeking proposals to deliver specialised mental health provision which puts the needs of young men at the heart of their work. Comic Relief are especially interested in funding organisations that test out different approaches to engagement and support to establish what works.

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The Magdalen Hospital Trust small grants

4 Oct 2017 - 11:38 by michelle.foster

The Magdalen Hospital Trust makes small grants (usually £500 - £2,000) towards projects that support vulnerable children and young adults - particularly projects that: provide training for work and personal development; provide clubs for young people; assist crime prevention; provide emergency care; provide play schemes; and provide mental health support and counselling. The Magdalen Hospital Trust

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ACT for YOUTH Campaign

4 Oct 2017 - 11:36 by michelle.foster

Counter Terrorism Police have launched their first ever safety campaign aimed at children and teenagers, a version of Run Hide Tell, for 11 to 16 years olds, which they recommend should be taught in schools and colleges as part of the national curriculum.

The "run, hide, tell" advice promotes that people should first try to flee an attack - or alternatively find somewhere safe to hide - and then alert authorities, when it is safe to do so.

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Goals, and help achieving them - Active Communities Network Story

26 Sep 2017 - 09:15 by helen.walker

Every Friday evening, the three astroturf pitches at the Manchester Tennis & Football Centre in Ancoats fill up with dozens of young men and boys playing 7-a-side football.

This club is run by Active Communities Network and it has grown very popular since starting in 2010, with between 50 and 80 young people attending each session. It is free and open to everyone between 14 and 21 years old.

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New Work Placements Programme with the Challenge and Department of Education

19 Sep 2017 - 15:23 by michelle.foster

The Challenge have recently been commissioned by the Department of Education to design and pilot a new model for student work placements, which the government is planning to roll out nationally as a mandatory requirement for all (~250,000) technical education students by 2020, as part of their newly proposed t-levels.

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Domestic violence and abuse – You Tube resources for young people

15 Sep 2017 - 09:12 by michelle.foster

As part of the ‘Delivering Differently’ strategic review of DV&A services, a seven typologies campaign was developed to reach different groups of people with communications relevant to them. Manchester City Council

One of these approaches involved working with young people with lived experience of DV&A via the Young People’s Support Foundation to co-design a campaign targeted to them and their peers.

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