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Manchester Cares – Winter Wellbeing

If you're over 65 Manchester Cares can help you stay warm, active, healthy and connected this winter. Call Amy on 0161 207 0800, if you would like Manchester Cares to: Deliver a blanket or item…
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Sport England survey – help make sport better

6.3 million people currently give up their time every year to help sport and activity happen. Sport England wants to learn more about your volunteering experience to help inform its work to improve…
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Arts Council consultation – Shaping the next ten years

After gathering and analysing a wide range of evidence, and holding conversations with the public and with stakeholders, the Arts Council have identified a series of proposed outcomes that they…
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Interested in taking part in research that could help in the fight against Alzheimer's?

The Generation Program consists of two clinical trials testing investigational study medications to see if they are effective in Alzheimer's. Your help is needed. The Generation Program are…
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Homelessness in Manchester – Here’s how to help this winter

What’s open over the festive period? Click here for a list of what is open over the festive period or download the attached A4 double sided timetable of drop-in centres around Manchester that are…
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The Christmas Dinner Project by Lemn Sissay MBE

The Christmas Dinner Project started in Manchester in 2013 with one clear vision: that no care leaver will be alone on Christmas Day. It’s about local communities across the UK, coming together to…
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Women First Fund

The Smallwood Trust are inviting applications for projects that are demonstrating good practice in achieving outcomes for women on low incomes by building their skills, confidence and aspirations to…
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Tampon Tax Fund 2019-2020 funding round – apply by 20 January 2019

The Tampon Tax Fund allocates funds generated from the VAT on sanitary products to projects to improve the lives of disadvantaged women and girls. This funding round is inviting charitable,…
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Pocket Parks Plus: supporting parks and public spaces where people can relax, exercise, socialise and play Grants Programme

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is providing a £1 million fund to support the development of new pocket parks and to refurbish existing parks that have fallen into disrepair…
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Democracy Disability and Devolution women's project

Breakthrough UK’s Democracy Disability Devolution – women's project is a (non-partisan) local project to raise awareness of barriers to disabled women’s political involvement and representation and…
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GM Poverty Action Newsletter : Food Poverty Alliance news, training courses, IKEA & the Living Wage, End Hunger UK Conf 2018; Xmas Drop-in Timetable

In the latest newsletter from Greater Manchester Poverty Action (GMPA) they announce a date for the launch of the Greater Manchester Food Poverty Alliance Action Plan. GMPA also have two more courses…
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Ex-smokers needed for a Making Smoking History campaign

Work has now started to develop a new Greater Manchester-wide quit smoking campaign, which will be launching in March next year. The campaign, from Greater Manchester Health and Social Care…
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