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Manchester City Council and Walk the Plank are pleased to announce that next year’s Manchester Day Parade will take place on Sunday 2 June 2013.
The Parade, now in its 4th year, is a large scale…
Not-for-profit organisations that help people overcome barriers and gain the skills and confidence to get back into work can apply now for the penultimate round of the European Social Fund (ESF)…
Crossroads Care in partnership with Manchester Carers Centre are holding drop in sessions for carers at the St James and Emmanuel Parish Hall in Didsbury.
Do you care and support family or friends…
Manchester has put itself forward to undertake a peer review of safeguarding services, which will be done in February 2013 (see attached for further information).
The fundamental aim of a peer review…
The commissioning strategy sets out South Manchester Clinical Commissioning Group’s vision and commissioning priorities for the coming years. It includes an outline of the South Manchester area in…
StreetSmart supports a wide range of homeless organisations every penny raised in each city is spent only in that city.
Homeless charities seeking funding from StreetSmart should submit their…
The Charity Commission will start considering online applications for registration as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) from 12 noon on Monday 10 December 2012.
The CIO is a new legal form…
In celebration of Black History Month February 2013 a dinner and dance to recognise the true Heroes and Sheroes in the Community of Manchester is being held.
Who would you like to see awarded on the…
The government recently introduced changes to the Council Tax Benefit system to start in April 2013. They are changing the rules on how money is paid, and changing the name to Council Tax Support.
In…
Grants of £5,000 have been awarded to three Greater Manchester-based community organisations. The grants will fund innovative projects to encourage local people to leave their cars behind and try the…
The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) merged on 1 December to form the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). As a result 'CRB checks' are now called 'DBS…
The Manchester Youth Fund and Play Fund 2013/2015 seeks to provide an appropriate, sufficient and equitable spread of provision for 5-19 year olds (up to 25 for those in vulnerable groups) across the…