Young Manchester is pleased to launch a new fund for the city, set up to engage and inspire children and young people in outdoor learning and adventurous activities. 
The grants scheme supports the city’s vision for outdoor learning – Learning Through Adventure 2017 – 2020.
Young Manchester is a new charity, established to commission youth and play services across the City of Manchester with a mandate to make Manchester a world-class city for children and young people, where they can be happy, safe and healthy, realise their full potential and prosper from the city's economic growth.
Young Arts Fundraisers are looking for applicants for the second round of its mentoring programme, which it runs in partnership with the IoF Cultural Sector Network. 
Young Arts Fundraisers launched in 2016 and is a professional network for early-career fundraisers in the cultural sector. It started the programme last year and it is open to anyone, regardless of background, location, or team size.
A little over 2 weeks into the UK Spring, and I've yet to reach for the cleaning products...
"Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell was “Oh no, not again”.
Many people have speculated that if we knew exactly why the bowl of petunias had thought that we would know a lot more about the nature of the Universe than we do now."
The Manchester Safeguarding Boards (MSB) comprises the Manchester Safeguarding Adults Board (MSAB) and the Manchester Safeguarding Children Boards (MSCB). The Boards share an Independent Chair, Julia Stephens-Row; and are supported by the MSB Business Unit. 
As part of Student Volunteering Week 2018, Volunteer Centre Manchester is excited to share some guest blogs from people who undertake student volunteering and those who manage and support said activity. Here's the first from the University of Manchester:
Celebrating Student Volunteering Week at The University of Manchester
OnSide’s vision is to give all young people somewhere safe and inspiring to go in their leisure time. OnSide provides quality, safe and affordable facilities – Youth Zones – that allow young people to spend their leisure time engaging in fun but productive activities, supported by positive adult role models, which improve their life chances, choices and opportunities. 
OnSide Youth Zone Network has secured funding from Nesta and DCMS through the Savers Support Fund to scale the Able to Manage social action programme to improve money management skills and reduce debt for 14-21year olds (up to aged 25 for young people with a disability).
Andy Burnham and Cllr Shori are appealing to organisations who work with young people to apply so their young people can be part of the Youth Combined Authority – the first of its kind in the country. 