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Levenshulme Inspire – Meal Buddies on Wheels
This week Levenshulme Inspire launched their Meal Buddies on Wheels, providing meals to people who need them most in the community.
You can help keep the wheels turning by donating to their fundraising campaign here
Children’s guide to coronavirus
The Children’s Commissioner for England has created a children’s guide to coronavirus to help explain the situation.
The guide aims to answer children’s questions about coronavirus, tell children how to stay safe and protect other people and how to help them make the best of their time at home.
What’s your NHS story?
The NHS stands at the most extraordinary moment of its history as it responds to coronavirus (Covid-19).
The University of Manchester are collecting stories from a diverse range of people and communities who have worked for and been treated by the NHS since 1948.
Your stories will create the first Digital Archive of NHS history. To keep everyone safe the University of Manchester are doing interviews by phone.
The National Lottery Community Fund: Our funding approach in response to COVID-19
Dawn Austwick, CEO, The National Lottery Community Fund has released the following statement on the funding approach in response to Covid-19:
“At this extraordinarily difficult time, we are all being challenged and moved in ways that seemed unimaginable just weeks ago.
Crisis – In this together: emergency grants fund
A fund to support organisations working to support the homeless or reduce homelessness.
Two programmes are available, grants of up to £5,000 and grants of up to £50,000.
Mental health and wellbeing support in Manchester during the pandemic
Thrive Manchester has complied a list of organisations offering mental health and wellbeing support for people in Manchester.
There is a list of support organisations for adults and a list of support organisations for under 18s.
CAF Coronavirus Emergency Fund
In this time of national crisis, CAF has launched this rapid response Fund to help smaller charitable organisations affected by the impact of Covid-19. Grants of up to £10,000 will help them to continue to deliver much needed support to our communities across the UK.
This is intended as a rapid response fund, and CAF aim to make payments to selected organisations within 14 days of application.
Manchester kindness stories
Although things are hard at the moment there's some amazing stuff happening. We have been gathering stories about positive things that are happening in Manchester's communities during this time as a response to the COVID-19 crisis. It has been fantastic to see the community spirit across the city. If you have a story please email us on: [email protected] #Manchesterkind #NeverMoreNeeded
Central Hub launches in Manchester to support city's most vulnerable residents
A new central hub has launched today, Monday 30 March, which will coordinate vital support for Manchester's most vulnerable people, to help them cope with the impacts of the coronavirus outbreak.
As part of the launch, Manchester City Council staff will be redeployed to a bespoke call centre in the Town Hall Extension to get help to people in the greatest need.