Big Give Christmas Challenge 2023 [1]
Double the difference of your charity donations this Christmas. Between 28 November and 5 December, donate whatever you can to a charity of your choice, and Big Give will do the doubling – magic!
Double the difference of your charity donations this Christmas. Between 28 November and 5 December, donate whatever you can to a charity of your choice, and Big Give will do the doubling – magic!
The Friends of Didsbury Park, a group of volunteers based in Didsbury, Manchester have just been awarded The King’s Award for Voluntary Service. This is the highest award a local voluntary group can receive in the UK and is equivalent to an MBE.
This winter, Street Support Network are partnering with Greater Manchester Homelessness Action Network (GMHAN) to launch a campaign to educate the public and businesses about how to volunteer effectively with homelessness organisations in Greater Manchester.
Greater Manchester dedicates a week to HIV testing as part of its plan to end all new cases of HIV in a Generation.
Greater Manchester HIV Testing Week, which runs from the 25-30 November, reminds Greater Manchester residents of the ease and importance of testing, ahead of World AIDS Day on 1 December.
Jasper Pickles Climbs Everest: an immersive learning audio experience exploring the health inequalities of autistic people and people with learning disabilities. It's been made in co-production by Made By Mortals with MacIntyre charity and people with lived experience.
Affordable Food Clubs can include social supermarkets, pantries, larders, mobile community shops and other community-led initiatives which provide access to nutritious food for a fraction of what these items would cost in a regular supermarket.
In the latest newsletter, GM Poverty Action to share that their Money Matters programme has surpassed £200,000 in gains for local families. Debt Justice share new messaging guide, ‘How to talk about debt’, and reflections on Living Wage Week and its recurring themes.
The new £5m GMCA Community Grants Programme will fund a number of projects across Greater Manchester. Local Voluntary and community sector (VCSE) organisations and Housing Associations can bid for funding up to £100k.
Do you want to reduce the energy costs of a community owned or managed building? Would you like to reduce your carbon footprint by making your building more environmentally friendly? Would you be interested in taking on a loan to install energy generating/saving technology?
This programme is for small, local, specialist charities supporting people facing complex issues.
Under this programme Lloyds Bank Foundation will support charities to strengthen their capacity and capabilities and become more resilient through a range of tailored development support offers alongside a three-year unrestricted grant of £75,000.
Links
[1] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/news/big-give-christmas-challenge-2023
[2] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/category/news-type/sector-news
[3] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/category/shared-topic-areas/capacity-building
[4] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/shared-topic-areas/funding
[5] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/news/friends-didsbury-park-receives-kings-award-voluntary-service
[6] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/category/shared-topic-areas/environment
[7] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/category/shared-topic-areas/volunteering
[8] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/news/volunteer-good
[9] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/shared-topic-areas/homelessness
[10] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/news/greater-manchester-hiv-testing-week-25-30-november
[11] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/category/shared-topic-areas/health-and-wellbeing
[12] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/news/explore-health-inequalities-new-immersive-audio-experience
[13] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/news/feeding-britain-toolkit-creating-and-developing-affordable-food-club
[14] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/shared-topic-areas/poverty
[15] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/news/gm-poverty-action-newsletter-22-november-2023
[16] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/news/gm-uk-shared-prosperity-fund-community-grants-programme
[17] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/category/shared-topic-areas/learning-skills-and-employment
[18] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/news/funding-opportunity-reduce-energy-consumption-your-community-building
[19] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/news/lloyds-bank-foundation-specialist-programme
[20] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/category/news-type/sector-news?page=12
[21] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/category/news-type/sector-news?page=9
[22] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/category/news-type/sector-news?page=10
[23] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/category/news-type/sector-news?page=11
[24] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/category/news-type/sector-news?page=14
[25] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/category/news-type/sector-news?page=15
[26] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/category/news-type/sector-news?page=16
[27] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/category/news-type/sector-news?page=17
[28] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/category/news-type/sector-news?page=582