Manchester Day Parade - ‘Wish you were here!’ [1]
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.
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 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 Manchester around £50 million is spent on council tax benefit. Initial figures showed that funding for a local scheme would reduce by 10 per cent, leaving a funding gap of £5 million.
It means that, from April 2013, there will be less money to go round for people who claim the support.
As part of Manchester's International Women's Day celebrations Manchester City Council are hosting the city's women's awards.
These awards provide an opportunity to recognise the amazing contribution that women make to the city and to redress the under-representation of women in many industries by celebrating local women's achievements.
Red Rose Forest is planning a winter of tree planting – and need your help to create whole new swathes of woodland across Greater Manchester.
With funding secured from the government’s Big Tree Plant initiative and environmental charity Trees for Cities they’re aiming to plant thousands of trees during the next two months.
The Department of Health is seeking feedback from the NHS and other interested parties on final proposals to revise the governance of NHS charities.
NHS Charities were established to receive and manage charitable funds to support healthcare in the NHS. They are typically linked to individual NHS providers (mainly hospital trusts) and range from Great Ormond Street to residual historical funds.
Manchester City Council has a strategy to become of the world’s leading digital cities by 2020. One of the ways the Council can achieve this is through their Go ON Manchester campaign to help businesses and individuals to get online and improve their digital skills. This is a long term campaign, with the first phase aimed at local businesses and organisations.
Currently only 14 per cent of small businesses sell products and services online. This means that many organisations are missing opportunities to improve sales, generate more business and create new jobs.
Heineken, the UK’s leading brewer, is launching a new community initiative that will see its 270 Manchester Brewery colleagues get involved in kick-starting and reinvigorating local projects within Moss Side.
This new initiative, that will allow Heineken to play a more active part in local life, has been created in conjunction with social enterprise Your Square Mile, a UK-wide organisation that offers practical support to help people make positive change in their communities.
14 support organisations [12] in Manchester are now working together to make sure local voluntary and community groups get the best support possible.
The Big Dig is a nationwide project which aims to engage over 10,000 people in Community Food-Growing Projects across England.
Do you have a Community Garden or Group Allotment?
A green space at your School, Youth Club, Church or Mosque that you want to reclaim and develop?
Does your Community want to create such a growing space?
In Greater Manchester Big Dig is run by The Kindling Trust.
Each year, the Vodafone World of Difference UK programme gives 500 people the chance to work for a UK charity of their choice, and get paid. They can choose to work either full-time for two months or part-time for four.
As well as providing support to charities, the programme has so far helped 1,500 people bring valuable skills and experience to charitable organisations across the UK.
For the first time, the World of Difference UK 2012 programme will be open to all previous participants and offers both full and part-time placements.
Links
[1] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/news/manchester-day-parade-%E2%80%98wish-you-were-here-%E2%80%99
[2] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/category/news-type/sector-news
[3] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/shared-topic-areas/funding
[4] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/category/shared-topic-areas/other
[5] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/news/further-changes-council-tax-benefit-changes-tell-manchester-city-council-what-you-think
[6] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/news/international-women%E2%80%99s-day-women%E2%80%99s-awards-2013-nominations
[7] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/news/help-red-rose-forest-create-new-woodlands-all
[8] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/news/comments-wanted-proposals-revise-regulation-nhs-charities
[9] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/news/become-digital-champion-and-help-manchester-become-one-world%E2%80%99s-leading-digital-cities
[10] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/news/heineken-launches-partnership-your-square-mile-drive-community-projects-moss-side
[11] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/news/transforming-local-infrastructure-manchester
[12] http://www.manchestercommunitycentral.org/transforminglocalinfrastructure/partnerorganisations
[13] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/news/big-dig-3
[14] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/news/2012-world-difference
[15] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/category/shared-topic-areas/other?page=30
[16] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/category/shared-topic-areas/other?page=26
[17] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/category/shared-topic-areas/other?page=27
[18] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/category/shared-topic-areas/other?page=28
[19] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/category/shared-topic-areas/other?page=29
[20] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/category/shared-topic-areas/other?page=32
[21] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/category/shared-topic-areas/other?page=33
[22] https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/category/shared-topic-areas/other?page=34