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Offline in the North Festival – Survey

A small team of North West based social entrepreneurs have decided to come together and develop Offline Festival in the North, with the aim to connect likeminded thinkers. The first step is to…
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Infrastructure Co-design Session Information and consultation

Many of you will already be aware of and have participated in Manchester City Council (MCC) and Manchester Health and Care Commissioning’s (MHCC), joint review of their Voluntary and Community Sector…
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Culture Champions – Invitation to tender

Ambition for Ageing has developed this work in partnership with the Great Place GM project. Both partnerships are collaborating on a joint piece of work to ensure Greater Manchester is a great place…
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Curiosity Round Two now open for applications

Curiosity aims to use the power of exciting and engaging science activities to create change for children and young people experiencing disadvantage in the UK. It is a partnership between BBC…
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Democracy Disability and Devolution women's project

Calling individuals and groups interested in identifying and removing barriers to disabled women’s representation in politics. Join Breakthrough UK’s Democracy Disability and Devolution women's…
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Manchester Health and Care Commissioning Bed Base Workshop

Manchester Health and Care Commissioning (MHCC) is committed to moving to an outcome-based model of care delivery; following the development of an outcomes-based model of homecare, the next stage is…
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Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People Get Life Savvy workshops

Get Life-Savvy!-Sessions at the Windrush Millennium Centre. How to set goals for 2019 – get the best out of the New Year! In this workshop, GMCDP will talk about the personal and political goals as…
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GM Poverty Action newsletter: Universal Credit - more to do; GMPA Training courses; Launch of Food Poverty action plan; Feeding the city

In Greater Manchester Poverty Action’s (GMPA) latest newsletter Graham Whitham comments on the recent announcements about Universal Credit. More details are now available about Greater Manchester…
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Launch of the Food Poverty Action Plan for Greater Manchester

The Greater Manchester Food Poverty Alliance have been producing the Food Poverty Action Plan for Greater Manchester and they would like to invite you to the launch event, to celebrate how far they'…
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Give your views on local police funding by 27 January 2019

Funding for the police comes both directly from central government and also a proportion of your council tax. About 80% of the funding for the police comes in a grant from the government, and the…
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The Big Pancake Party 2019

Did you know that approximately 1 in 8 British adults worry about not being able to afford enough food? Research through Church Urban Fund’s Together Network shows that food poverty is an increasing…
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Bardsley Fund

The idea behind the Bardsley Fund is to provide a positive, friendly and accessible approach to gaining much needed financial support for your group. Bardsley will enjoy seeing applications from…
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