Small charities at risk of crisis, warns major UK funder
Garfield Weston Foundation says too few charities are applying for core costs over fears they’ll be turned down
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OurManchester Crowdfunding Launch
Manchester City Council is launching the new ‘OurManchester’ Hive on crowdfunding platform Spacehive with a pledge pot of £60,000 for your local projects. 
Anyone can make great ideas happen through crowdfunding! What could you or your organisation do to make Manchester an even better place to live and work?
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OneFamily Foundation Community Awards 2016
The OneFamily Foundation is running this national funding competition for community projects in the UK that are nominated by OneFamily customers. 
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Refugee Action Frontline Immigration Advice Project
Refugee Action is pleased to announce the launch of its new Frontline Immigration Advice Project. This project aims to support organisations providing frontline services to migrants 
to cope with a beneficiary demand for immigration advice where legal aid is not available or accessible.
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Free counselling and emotional support service for young people in Manchester
Any young person aged between 11 and 19, living within the City of Manchester area can now get free online emotional and mental health support using a website called Kooth.com. They can sign up, choose an avatar (an online character) to represent them anonymously and have an online chat with a counsellor or use the many other features on the site such as
message forums and blogs. 
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Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People Living Our Lives
Living Our Lives are workshops and information sharing events for disabled people of all ages living in Manchester. They are an opportunity to find out more about different issues important to disabled people. 
Living Our Lives workshops will be spread out through 2016 and early 2017, so let Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People (GMCDP) know what you want to find out about these can schedule it in later this year.
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Rapha Bike Ride
Ride 220 miles with Rapha through the heart of England in one of the most demanding and rewarding events of the year, raising money for Ambitious About Autism along the way. Now in its third year, the Manchester to London challenge will be taking place on Sunday 4 September.
Riders will set off from the Manchester Velodrome at dawn, riding down the spine of the country through the Peak District, Midlands and the Chilterns before finishing at London’s Olympic Velodrome.
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Carers Week 2016 - Monday 6 to Sunday 12 June 2016
Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges carers face and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities throughout the UK.
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Voluntary Sector Assembly - 8 June 2016
This assembly gave an opportunity for participants to share, learn and discuss some of the key issues affecting the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector in Manchester and to be part of The Way Forward, a set of proposals to maintain and increase the impact of the VCSE sector in Manchester. The two main topics were Our Manchester – An Asset-Based Approach and Manchester’s Primary Care Led Prevention Programme – A Radical Upgrade.
Young Manchester are recruiting trustees
Young Manchester is an independent, city wide Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) set up to develop a new way of working to support Youth and Play services for children and young people across Manchester, by working with partner agencies to commission work at a local level. 
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