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Do you need funding for your peer support work? Would you like to have your say on funding? PeerFest 2023 is happening in Greater Manchester this year with funding as just one of many opportunities…
Are you a disabled person, or do you have lived experience of disability or a long-term health condition? Do you live in the city of Manchester? Could you use your lived experience and knowledge to…
Good Employment Week is an annual week of activities that aims to raise awareness of good employment across the city-region. It is taking place between 19-24 June 2023. For this inaugural year, the…
AWS and Amazon have announced that they are delivering their first ever Pop-Up Skills Centre in Manchester 19 June - 7 July 2023. The foundational tech courses are provided for anyone 16+ who wants…
In the latest newsletter, the End Child Poverty Coalition explores its newly launched local child poverty statistics, Just Fair updates on the latest local authority to adopt the socio-economic duty…
Family Hubs are looking for families, parents and carers to help decide on how the new website and brand for the Family Hubs should look. Family Hubs are a new initiative being developed nationally…
Do you run a Food Bank? Are you noting the same families requiring this help? Do you offer Early Help support? So many of Manchester’s children, young people and families would have been lost without…
The aim of Living Well is to transform community mental health services – with greater choice and more control by the people who need support as to what care is available, where to get it and how it…
In the GM Poverty newsletter, Child Poverty Action Group share an update on their research into the cost of going to school and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation explore the idea of a social safety net…
Proud 2 b Parents exist to improve the health and wellbeing of LGBT+ parents/carers and their children, whilst reducing health inequalities. Proud 2 b Parents do this by providing effective social…
The GM Migrant Destitution Fund aims to support people forced into destitution by their immigration status. By providing £80 cash grants per month, the fund has been a lifeline to those living at the…
Caritas Shrewsbury work with children, families, communities and parishes to build stronger, supportive communities wherever there is current disadvantage.  One way in which Caritas Shrewsbury…