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Mayoral age-friendly communities challenge launched – submit your schemes by 1 December

During The Festival of Ageing’s opening celebrations, Manchester’s Mayor, Andy Burnham issued his age-friendly communities mayoral challenge. He is asking the voluntary and community sector, public…
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Putting the Government’s new LGBT Action Plan into practice – Greater Manchester Schools Achieve the Rainbow Flag Award

This week the Government launched its national LGBT Action Plan to ensure the rights of our lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans citizens. In particular it revealed that “gay cure” therapies are still…
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Inquiry into the Challenge of Care at Home

Your opportunity to improve Care at Home services in Greater Manchester. Shared Future CIC are seeking caring professionals to join their innovative Inquiry into Care at Home. Shared Future CIC are…
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Creative Support befriending opportunities

Creative Support provides health and social care for people with support needs across England. A lot of the service users are, in some way, socially isolated, so to help the service users have more…
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Mentoring opportunities at One Million Mentors

One Million Mentors (1MM) has new mentoring opportunities. All mentoring will begin from September. The options are (more youth partners joining every week): Xaverian College (A Level Law students…
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GM Poverty Action newsletter: Training; Food Poverty surveys; GM Living Wage; Local businessman's blog; Space in Common

The newsletter includes information about their first training course in September and the Greater Manchester Food Poverty Alliance seeks your help gathering information about holiday hunger…
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Revised guidance published: Working together to safeguard children 2018

Statutory guidance on inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in England. Department for Education (DfE) statutory guidance sets out what organisations and agencies who…
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Read Manchester – Read, enjoy, succeed

Read Manchester is a campaign from Manchester City Council and the National Literacy Trust to promote reading and boost literacy throughout the city. Read Manchester is delighted to be part of Bee…
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The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service 2019

The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service is the highest award given to local volunteer groups across the UK to recognise outstanding work done in their own communities. It was created in 2002 to…
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DSC Social Change Awards 2018 – Nominations now open

DSC Social Change Awards celebrate the passionate individuals and effective organisations committed to making a positive impact on society. The Social Change Awards are for all those working to…
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Manchester Safeguarding Boards e-Bulletin 1 July 2018

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…
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LGBT Carers have your say

The Manchester Carers Network want to know what support information and advice you need. Manchester Carers Network, a group of 21 voluntary organisations who provide information, advice and support…
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