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EnglishArabicBengaliBosnianBulgarianCatalanChinese (Simplified)Chinese (Traditional)CroatianCzechDanishDutchEstonianFilipinoFinnishFrenchGermanGreekHindiHungarianIgboItalianJapaneseKoreanKurdish (Kurmanji)LatvianLithuanianLuxembourgishMacedonianMalayMalteseNepaliNorwegianPersianPolishPortuguesePunjabiRomanianRussianSerbianSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSudaneseSwahiliSwedishThaiTurkishUkrainianUrduVietnameseWelshYorubaThe government has published its plan for dealing with hate crime in England and Wales. This document sets out the government’s plan of actions to deal with hate crime until May 2020. It outlines actions the government will take to: 
• prevent and respond to hate crime
• increase reporting of hate crime incidents
• improve support for victims
• build an understanding of hate crime
Manchester Local Pharmaceutical Committee (LPC) have announced that as of the 1 October 2016 they will be merging with LPC’s across Greater Manchester to form one Greater Manchester wide LPC.
This Greater Manchester LPC (name to be agreed) will include the following localities:
• Manchester
• Ashton, Leigh and Wigan
• Tameside, Oldham and Glossop
• Stockport
• Salford and Trafford
• Bury and Rochdale
This report sets out recommendations for voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations in the health and care sector.
This is a joint review by the Department of Health, Public Health England, and NHS England. 
The Community Life Survey is an annual survey commissioned by Cabinet Office to provide Official Statistics on issues that are key to encouraging social action and empowering communities, including volunteering, giving and community engagement. Headline findings show: 
NCVO is involved in the Skills exchange project which is being led by the government’s Office for Civil Society. The project aims to connect charities and business and raise the awareness of the benefits of skills-based volunteering for both the charity and business sectors. NCVO hope to maximise cross sector skills-based volunteering, whilst preparing the groundwork for future legislation. 
Our latest data sets on our work with voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations and volunteers is now available on our website here: www.manchestercommunitycentral.org/policy-and-influence/open-data
Manchester City Council know that more budget cuts are coming, and before they start making budget decisions, they want to talk about what matters most, to you, in your neighbourhood.
Manchester City Council wants to use what you say to shape their future budgets. 
In July 2015, Greater Manchester consulted on its ‘2040 Vision’ for transport in the city region, which set out their long-term transport ambitions for a world-class, integrated transport system. Using feedback received during the consultation process, they have now drafted a ‘Greater Manchester Transport Strategy 2040’ and supporting ‘2040 Delivery Plan for 2016/17-2021/22’ on behalf of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). Together, once finalised, this suite of documents will form a new Local Transport Plan.
Absolute Community is designed to enable staff to understand the powerful assets within individuals, neighbourhoods and communities of place, business and identity.
Be inspired, contribute your powerful assets and learn how to maximise on the gifts, talents and skills all around us.
Introduction sessions
Friday 1 July 2016, 9.30am - 12.30pm and 2pm - 5pm
Friday 8 July 2016, 9.30am - 12.30pm and 2pm - 5pm
Wednesday 3 August 2016, 9.30am - 12.30pm and 2pm - 5pm
Wednesday 11 August 2016, 9.30am - 12.30pm and 2pm - 5pm
A 5 year research programme to investigate the effectiveness of benefit sanctions and work support in helping people to change people's behaviour, has published its initial findings. Among their key findings was that "The impacts of benefit sanctions are universally reported by welfare service users as profoundly negative. Routinely, sanctions had severely detrimental financial, material, emotional and health impacts on those subject to them.
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