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RECLAIM Project releases Powerhouse Pioneers manifesto

Working class young people from across Greater Manchester share what they believe is needed for the future of their county.

RECLAIM Project’s Powerhouse Pioneers have released their manifesto, highlighting the issues Greater Manchester’s working class young people feel are key to their future.

The idea behind RECLAIM Project’s Powerhouse Pioneers programme is to amplify Greater Manchester’s young voices and ensure their desires for the future don’t go unheard.

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Macc signs letter to David Cameron

Macc and over 130 other voluntary sector organisations from across the country have signed a letter to the Prime Minister protesting at the Government's announcement of an anti-advocacy clause to be added into all voluntary sector grant agreements from central Government.

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FareShare FoodCloud: a new initiative for fighting hunger and tackling food waste in Greater Manchester

FareShare FoodCloud is a new scheme which helps charities and community groups like you to access the free, unsold, surplus food from a day’s sales at your local Tesco supermarket. Using the simple mobile technology FoodCloud, FareShare have already helped 60 UK charity groups to access over 20 tonnes of fresh, good quality, free food.

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Greater Manchester Law Centre Steering Group

The right to justice is as important as a right to health or education. For many, law centres provide the only means for free, high-quality legal advice and representation. Quite simply, no representation means no access to justice.

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Write to your heroine and correct the balance of history, in new Manchester-based letter-writing project

‘Dear Friend’ is a letter-writing project celebrating women in public life and in struggles for liberation. It's launching on 8 March as part of Wonder Women Manchester 2016, with events at Central Library and People’s History Museum.

Everyone is invited to write a letter or postcard to a woman - living or dead - who has had an influence on their lives. Letters will be digitised, transcribed, and displayed a website and the aim is to hold an exhibition later this year.

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horizon - a free online tool for data on youth social action in the UK

Across the UK, millions of young people choose to make a difference in their community through social action — whether by campaigning against climate change, mentoring a peer who's struggling at school, starting a social enterprise, or fundraising for a cause they are passionate about.

horizon is a free digital mapping tool to enable any organisation to access data on youth social action programmes. The goal is to make it easy for schools, local authorities, third sector organisations and funders to discover what youth social action is taking place in their region

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Our latest data and further sources

Our open data on groups and volunteers has been updated and added to our website: https://www.manchestercommunitycentral.org/policy-and-influence/open-data

I’d be really interested to hear if you’ve ever used our open data and how you’ve used it.

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Manchester City Council draft budget details and savings options published

Manchester City Council has published details of options to make £13.8m of savings in its budget for 2016/17.

The Council’s financial position, and approach to addressing it, is set out in a series of reports which will be considered at scrutiny meetings this month and a special Executive meeting on 17 February before a final budget is set in March.

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Market position statement update – give your feedback

In the coming weeks Manchester City Council plan to refresh their Market Position Statement (MPS), which is intended to help identify what the future demand for care and support in Manchester might look like, to outline their commissioning intentions, and to help improve the experience of working with Manchester City Council.

The current edition of the MPS can be found here: www.manchester.gov.uk/downloads/download/5544/market_position_statement

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Introduction to Beacon Counselling Trust Provider Event

The Commissioning Hub at Manchester City Council are facilitating an awareness raising event for a charity organisation called Beacon Counselling Trust who are commissioned by GamCare (www.gamcare.org.uk) to deliver support for individuals with gambling addiction/problems, as well as those affected by gambling.

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