All Policy and Influence

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

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.

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.