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By Anna Tate
The current Conservative Government has introduced changes to current sentencing guidelines as part of the new Criminal Justice Bill 2023. The new Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill was introduced to parliament in November 2023 and states that there is a presumption that sentences of less 12 months, received for low level offence would be suspended for some offenders…
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By Anna Tate
This meeting of the Health Scrutiny Committee focused on several main reports including Health and Homelessness. The Health and Homelessness report was delivered by David Regan, Director of Public Health, who is one of the co-chairs of the Health and Homelessness task group alongside Bernie Enright. The report sets out the efforts of the task group, which focus on collaboration…
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The November cost of living payment happily resulted in a substantial decrease in food bank referrals from CA, however rereferral numbers have now risen to match the levels we saw this time last year..
Debt, especially in energy and council tax, has sharply risen once more, with approximately 50% of CA debt clients now in a negative budget The interconnected nature of debts is evident, with many…
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Ethical fundraising and due diligence on donors
Millie Brown, Macc – April 2022
A guide for charities when considering whether to accept a donation.
For a full list of ethically dubious activities to look out for, as well as a checklist for conducting due diligence and where to find the information you’ll need to inform this difficult decision, see this factsheet Ethical fundraising: how to…
Nigel Rose
On July 14th Macc is holding a voluntary sector assembly about social prescribing, where we will be helping the VCSE sector to write a manifesto about what we collectively want from social prescribing. This article is my personal take on some of the issues.
I was heavily involved in the planning stages of social prescribing in Manchester 4? Years ago, and have kept touch with it ever since,…
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I was sitting at home in January after losing my job several months prior and being very bored watching too much Netflix. After a chat with my father-in-law I thought I would try and volunteer to be a driver helping those less able to go to their vaccination appointments. I couldn’t find anywhere how to do this but instead came across a link for volunteer marshals at vaccination centres…
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I have been volunteering as a marshal at the Wythenshawe, Fallowfield, Beswick, Cheetham Hill and Newton Heath sites.
My wife, Sheila and I have been volunteering since early January, after she read about the opportunity in the Volunteer Centre email.
All of the centres are very well organised and volunteers are well supported. We are given lots of flexibility over which…
stuart.vaughan
On 8 March the country began its journey out of Coronavirus lockdown restrictions towards a ‘new normal’ where society is back to something approaching the life we remember from 2019. Tentatively, restrictions are being lifted, and 8 March saw the first of these, with the resumption of education – with some continuing limitations such as use of face-masks, social distancing etc.
12 April saw us…
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I volunteered to be a marshall at the Wythenshawe vaccination centre in December when my friend's daughter, who is a local GP, told him they were looking for volunteers.
I am usually on car park duties, which is the first point of contact for most people coming for vaccination.
As there are only a limited number of accessible spaces it is essential that they are reserved for those who…
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Where did you hear about this volunteering?
I heard about volunteering from a friend who was already volunteering at the Wythenshawe vaccination site before Christmas.
Where and how have you been helping?
I have mainly been at Wythenshawe but also the Jaine Centre, Irish Centre and Plant Hill, all with a different feel and experience.
I have mainly been on meet and greet but also ‘inside’ and…
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Our latest story from volunteers that are helping to tackle Covid-19 comes from Poppy Soldatos - who is lending a hand with the blessing of her employer at this time:
Why did you sign up, and where did you hear about this volunteering
My job is Tesco Community Champion, I work with the community in Cheetham Hill and Crumpsall and get updates through emails. As soon as we got the call-out I put…
jack.puller
This week's story comes in the form of a poem (MANCHESTER VACCINATION VOLUNTEER MARSHALS).
Thanks to Sharon Jones who followed up her Vaccination Volunteering Story by sending us this piece.
Sharon's poem is also available to view by clicking here.
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