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EnglishArabicBengaliBosnianBulgarianCatalanChinese (Simplified)Chinese (Traditional)CroatianCzechDanishDutchEstonianFilipinoFinnishFrenchGermanGreekHindiHungarianIgboItalianJapaneseKoreanKurdish (Kurmanji)LatvianLithuanianLuxembourgishMacedonianMalayMalteseNepaliNorwegianPersianPolishPortuguesePunjabiRomanianRussianSerbianSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSudaneseSwahiliSwedishThaiTurkishUkrainianUrduVietnameseWelshYorubaThe charity The Proud Trust, has been awarded £800,000 from The Big Lottery Fund towards a £2mn project to re-develop the LGBT+ Centre on Sidney Street, with work planned to commence in early 2019. 
Manchester Refugee Support Network have recently launched a Young Refugee Employment Support project aimed at tackling the unacceptably high levels of unemployment amongst Manchester’s refugee community. 
Are you between 16 and 25? Looking for work?
The Manchester Safeguarding Boards (MSB) comprises the Manchester Safeguarding Adults Board (MSAB) and the Manchester Safeguarding Children Boards (MSCB). The Boards share an Independent Chair, Julia Stephens-Row; and are supported by the MSB Business Unit. 
The Festival of Ageing will take place from the 2 July to 15 July. The celebratory event will portray a more positive view of ageing, as well as encouraging policy-makers to take the action needed to improve the lives of Greater Manchester’s 907,000 older people – a figure set to rise to 1.1million in the next twenty years. 
In the latest Greater Manchester Poverty Action (GMPA) newsletter GMPA launch their Beyond Poverty Report which shares the stories of people from across Greater Manchester who have recent or current first-hand experience of poverty. In this issue there are also some snippets of information about food poverty projects both National and local and provided a brief introduction to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s report on Universal Basic Income. The Living Wage has its usual regular column and details about forthcoming events are included, as usual, on the final page.
Our year long celebration of voluntary, community and social enterprise sector organisations in Manchester, includes:
Sign up to receive our supporters newsletter to find out how your contribution has helped to support voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations in Manchester and hear about opportunities to get involved in our year long Spirit of Manchester celebration of VCSE organisations in Manchester, which includ
I went to Young Manchester’s Welcome Event a couple of evenings ago held at HOME. It was a positive and celebratory event with performances by a number of young people including beat boxing, singing and dancing, as well as the usual heartfelt speeches, the best of which (sorry to other speakers) was one by Saeed Atcha, founder of the magazine Xplode (an invitee to the royal wedding!). He is definitely one to watch.
Information for the bulletin is compiled from a number of sources including Grantfinder, GMCVO (Greater Manchester Council for Voluntary Organisations) and direct from funders themselves. It showcases just a few of the hundreds of funding opportunities available for local community, voluntary and faith organisations. 
This bulletin is produced by a partnership of local support and development agencies across Greater Manchester.
The Macc Policy Network is an opportunity for people involved in the voluntary sector across Manchester to learn from each other about what is happening in policy and strategy in the city. The more we share, the more effective we can be.
In this first network meeting, members of the Macc Policy and Influence Team will talk about the wide range of strategic discussions we are involved in and share our views on future directions and opportunities. There’ll be plenty of time for discussion and getting to know each other.
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