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2022 campaign and a new employment legal advice service. GM Living Wage campaign and the Tameside Poverty Truth Commission provide updates and there is a short piece about Minimum Income Standards.
Proud Futures is a programme tailored to the needs of LGBT+ young people aged 18-25 who are not currently in employment, education or training. The programme is designed to support young 
LGBT+ people into meaningful work, education or volunteer opportunities. It has been designed for those who are unsure about their next steps in life and who might feel nervous about taking part.
**THIS PROGRAMME IS CLOSED TO APPLICATIONS**
A new GM body set up to bring diversity, choice and, high standards of care for children in residential care.
About the Taskforce
The GM CICSET (Children in Care Social Enterprise Taskforce) is inspiring social enterprises and third sector organisations to co-produce innovative solutions for children’s social care services in GM.
Whether it’s reading spaces, quiet places or somewhere to meet new faces, people are being asked to submit their ideas for a chance to win a free decommissioned yellow school bus this summer.
Healthy Me Healthy Communities - "If it wasn't for your place I don't know where I'd be"
The cost of living crisis continues to have a detrimental effect on disadvanteged neighborhoods in Manchester, many of which had barely had the chance to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. In this Spirit of Manchester story, we hear from Len Grant, a local artist who has been documenting the cost of living crisis and telling the stories of the people turning to food banks and community grocers to survive.
Inspire 2022 is a youth-led, events-based social action programme which uses national events as a springboard for young people to design positive activities for their own communities, bridging 
community divides an giving young people a voice in a year of national celebration.
Programme outcomes:
Be Smoke Free have seen their referrals double since the beginning of April, which is no coincidence as the cost of living crisis forces people to find new ways to save money. Quitting or cutting down on smoking can help free up funds in the short term and can improve health and wellbeing in long term. In this Spirit of Manchester Story we hear how quitting smoking can help people combat the rising cost of living.
Be Smoke Free, Manchester - Saving money through quitting smoking
Katie Burke, Community and Engagement Lead, Change Grow Live
Citizens Advice Manchester - No strangers to supporting people in times of national crisis
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