The Community Partnerships Programme aims to create more equitable partnerships and meaningful relationships between community groups and larger cultural institutions. MIF/The Factory are looking to pilot partnerships with four small organisations from Manchester or Salford. They’ll provide £10,000 as well as 12 months of logistical and capacity building support. Deadline: 1 August.

Funding is available for local groups to help with cost-of-living rise and refugees in the UK. The funding is for local projects and activities which are important to the community and benefit the lives of local residents. Grants of between £500 and £1,500 will support projects under four themes: Building resilient communities; Active lives; Seasonal celebrations and festivals; Leading healthier lives. Deadline: 19 August.

Anyone can nominate a registered charity, not-for-profit organisation, or community interest company in the UK, Republic of Ireland, Channel Islands or Isle of Man for the Movement for Good Awards and that one act could potentially mean an extra £1,000 to those trying to make a difference. The more nominations a charity receives, the greater their chance of winning. In September the next 250 charities will receive a £1,000 grant.

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has launched the Media Literacy Taskforce Fund to award grant funding to projects piloting new methods of delivering media literacy interventions to ‘hard to reach’ citizens. They are interested in piloting projects that will work through local communities to engage ‘hard to reach’ citizens in ways that are tailored to their needs and relevant to their daily lives. Deadline: 30 August, 9am.

Are you a social enterprise looking to grow your impact? Big Issue Invest, UnLtd and learning partner Shift have launched the Growth Impact Fund, a potential £25 million investment fund providing equity, patient debt, and revenue-based funding to early-stage and growing social businesses in the UK. The Fund is open to social enterprises that are focusing on tackling inequality or are ‘diverse-led’.

National Lottery Heritage Fund is launching a new funding initiative which will give pioneering organisations the freedom to be ambitious in their thinking and help shape the future of the heritage workforce. The Heritage Innovation Fund will give groups the power to be more experimental, creative and try new ways of working to meet the future demands and ambitions for the UK’s diverse heritage. Deadline: 27 September, 12pm.

The Greater Manchester Disabled People's Panel is made up of 15 Disabled People's organisations, run by and for disabled people. The panel has a partnership agreement with GM Mayor Andy Burnham to influence policy to make Greater Manchester a better place to live for disabled people. This survey helps to do this, and the more disabled people fill it in, the stronger the voice for change becomes. The panel are particularly looking at how disabled people are coping with the rising cost of living and their hopes for the future. Deadline: 2 August.

There are a number of catch-up clinics being run over the summer holidays. These are at a variety of venues. The clinics are for any children who attend a Manchester High School and who have missed out on their core immunisations. The vaccines that will be offered over the summer are: The teenage booster and Human papillomavirus vaccine.

Place2Be have some new resources around results day aimed at students, schools and parents and carers. Young Minds have a resource aimed at parents and carers about how to manage a ‘disappointing’ results day. Young Minds also have a useful guide on anxiety.

Artist led charity Pool Arts have been commissioned by HOME Manchester to produce new work that will be exhibited in HOME’s Granada Galleries from 29 July until 7 September. A preview will take place on 28 July at 6pm. The exhibition, titled ‘Random Acts of Kindness’ is a collection of work from some very different artists, using mixed media works in painting, collage, assemblage and installation.

Every Friday at 11am-12pm, we are holding a weekly online drop-in VCSE groups in Manchester. Book a 15 minute online meeting for a chat with our friendly team. We’ll be there to listen, tell you about what we offer and show you how you can access our support.

> Free Charity Chatter on Money Matters
   3 August, 4pm - 5pm, Online

> Meet the funder: The Good Things Foundation
   5 September, 1pm - 2pm, Online

> Suicide Bereavement Conference: Practical applications
   6 September - 29 September, 10am - 11am, Online  

> Introduction to GrantNav for Charities
   14 September, 10.30am - 11.30am, Online

> Project 17 webinar: Introduction to support options for
   families with no recourse to public funds
   27 July, 10am - 12.30pm, Online

> Project 17 webinar: Section 17 support for families with
   NRPF experiencing domestic abuse 
   4 August, 10am - 2.30pm, Online

> 10 x Violence Reduction Alliance Facilitator at 10GM
   Salary: £28,000 per annum, pro rata | Hours: Part time |
   Deadline: 1 August, 9am

> Play Development Worker at Emmeline's Pantry
   Salary: £10,000 per annum actual | Hours: 16 hours per
   week | Deadline: 4 August

Are you looking for remote volunteer opportunities and the chance to support organisations far and wide from home? We have relaunched our Hero from Home microsite with new volunteering opportunities that you can do from home, as well as information and useful resources.

Our funding search engine is a straight forward FREE service using information from IDOX Information Solutions that can help voluntary, community, social enterprise sector organisations like yours to find suitable funding. By becoming a member of Macc you will gain access to our free funding portal of funding opportunities.

Please note: To be eligible to access our funding portal you must be a voluntary, community, social enterprise sector (VCSE) organisations working in the City of Manchester with at least 50% of your beneficiaries in the City of Manchester. VCSE organisations working outside of the City of Manchester, consultants, sole traders, statutory bodies, private businesses and infrastructure organisations who become members of Macc aren’t eligible to access our funding portal. To sign up to become a member of Macc and to access our funding portal, complete our membership form

If you need any help with using the funding portal please email us: [email protected]