Young People

Open Air Cafe

Manchester City Council are looking to recruit more LAC young people and Care Leavers in engagement activities and Children in Care Council.

Three Open Air Cafés have been organised where young people (over 11 years old) will be able to come and participate in a number of fun activities with refreshments.

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Putting the Great in Greater Manchester: RECLAIM Project launches #GreatManc campaign

What do you think makes Greater Manchester so great? That’s the question being asked by Greater Manchester’s youth leadership charity, RECLAIM Project, as part of their new #GreatManc campaign.

From the 11 April, Greater Manchester will begin to see the face of 16-year-old Elijah, one of RECLAIM Project’s Powerhouse Pioneers, on billboards featuring a point from their recent manifesto:

“Discarding intolerance makes a great society, embracing our differences makes our Manchester Greater.”

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Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Devolution

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Could you give us 10 minutes to talk about health?

As part of Greater Manchester’s Devolution agenda, for the first time Greater Manchester is taking control of £6 billion of public funding for health and social care from April 2016.

ReachOut Street Collection

On Saturday 27 February ReachOut are taking to the streets of Manchester to raise money for ReachOut to help end educational inequality through providing young people with mentors to support their academic and personal needs.

How will the day work?
Time and date: 9am – 2pm or 2pm – 6pm or all day on Saturday 27 February
Location: Manchester City Centre, Oxford Road, Wilmslow Road
Dress code: Warm, comfortable clothes. Fancy dress is optional!

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Junior Social Apprentice – opportunities for young people to help your organisation/charity this summer

Wellington College working with Future Foundations is seeking community and voluntary sector organisations based in Manchester and Birmingham to set a short project for a team of 10 students to undertake on Tuesday 21 June 2016.

This project will feature as part of a residential programme for Year 9 (13-14 year old) students from Wellington College. The three day programme will also feature guest speakers and a City Challenge as young people work in teams to complete social action themed tasks around the city centre.

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horizon - a free online tool for data on youth social action in the UK

Across the UK, millions of young people choose to make a difference in their community through social action — whether by campaigning against climate change, mentoring a peer who's struggling at school, starting a social enterprise, or fundraising for a cause they are passionate about.

horizon is a free digital mapping tool to enable any organisation to access data on youth social action programmes. The goal is to make it easy for schools, local authorities, third sector organisations and funders to discover what youth social action is taking place in their region

GMYN 10K Run places - Join team GMYN

The Greater Manchester Youth Network (GMYN) has charity places available at the Great Manchester 10K Run.

Are you looking for a challenge in 2016? Would you like to do something to support young people in Greater Manchester at the same time?

Apply for a place now and be part of Manchester's Greatest Run on Sunday 22 May. The 10k running event is broadcast live on BBC.

Join Team GMYN for only £10 registration fee and pledge to raise a minimum sponsorship of £250 to help continue GMYN’s work to transform the lives of disadvantaged young people.

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