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Don't forget to say "Thank You".

I’ve just come back from being on the BBC Breakfast sofa talking about volunteering. As is always the case with these things, it’s all very rushed and last minute and it’s over in a flash. Actually that’s one of good things in a sense because it gives you less time to panic! It was a great opportunity to fly the flag for volunteering in the middle of Volunteers Week and to talk about the sheer wealth of volunteering which happens in Manchester, as one exampleof the amazing work of volunteers across the whole country.

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Progress of the Climate Change Plan For Manchester

MACF AGM Manchester: A Certain Future is an action plan to reduce the carbon emissions by 41% for the City of Manchester written by organisations all over the city, so it is owned by the city.

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Greater Manchester Faith Leaders Election Statement

This is a statement from the Greater Manchester Faith Community Leaders regarding the Local and European Parliamentary elections on Thursday 22 May 2014.

“We will vote on May 22nd. We urge all people in our communities to vote.

The elections – European and local – depend upon our involvement. Our communities' health depends upon every person within them expressing their view. If we abstain, can we complain? If we stay at home, we may be saying “Yes” to a political vision that will destroy our society.

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Manchester groups asked to participate in short safeguarding survey for Manchester Safeguarding Children Board

Manchester Safeguarding Children's Board (MSCB) is keen to understand how much people who work with children and young people know about safeguarding in order to understand if there are any areas where further information and training is needed across the City. They are asking groups from the public and voluntary sector to select a small number of staff (3-5) who work with children and young people to undertake a short survey about safeguarding within their organisations.

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Children and Families

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Changes in EU Procurement Rules

The 2014 EU Procurement Directives were adopted by the EU on 28 March 2014 and the UK government is intending to put them into operation in the UK as quickly as possible. Manchester City Council and other public bodies are beginning to assess their impact. The new rules remove the distinction between Part A and Part B procurement and are intended, on the whole, to open up the market, especially to small and medium enterprises.

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Commissioning

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Rewarding the Good and Punishing the Bad (Part 2)

Nigel Rose, Strategic Lead (Commissioning) has published the second part of his two-part blog which proposes a solution to the thorny problem of including evidence of past performance in decision-making about funding. How can we ensure that organisations that perform well continue to be funded and those that are perform badly are decommissioned?

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Rewarding the Good and Punishing the Bad Part 2

In part 1 of this article I sketched out some issues to consider when taking into account evidence of past performance in decision-making about funding. In part 2, I attempt to provide some answers.

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Commissioning

Funding

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A Civil Economy for Manchester

Could Manchester be Europe’s answer to America’s hippest city - Portland, Oregon?

Manchester has enjoyed solid economic success, there is now an opportunity for a ‘new wave’ to Manchester’s future. A new report A Civil Economy for Manchester, prepared for Macc by the think-do tank the Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) demonstrates how this new wave is about unleashing the power of citizens, social and voluntary group.

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Joint Statement from Macc and VYM on Youth and Play Services Evaluation

Macc, together with VYM and Manchester City Council jointly carried out an evaluation of Manchester City Council's Youth and Play Services Commissioning (2014/15) which has, as yet, not been published. The statement explains the position of Macc and VYM who want to see the evaluation published as soon as possible, and the steps that have been agreed with Manchester City Council to make this happen.

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Children and Families

Commissioning

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Young People

Guest Blog: Livelihoods and VCS Assets

I've not added anything to my blog for ages - lots of ideas but no time to write them up properly! Anyway, I'm delighted to be posting this guest blog by Katy Goldstraw, Manchester Met Student. Katy is currently working on a PhD thesis on the impact of austerity on the voluntary sector and is working with Macc to talk to local groups and share her findings. You can access her research here http://bearingwitnessadultsocialcarevcsmanchester.wordpress.com/

Mike

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