0333 321 3021

FacebookYouTubeFlickrTwitter

Manchester Community Central

EnglishEnglish
EnglishEnglishArabicArabicBengaliBengaliBosnianBosnianBulgarianBulgarianCatalanCatalanChinese (Simplified)Chinese (Simplified)Chinese (Traditional)Chinese (Traditional)CroatianCroatianCzechCzechDanishDanishDutchDutchEstonianEstonianFilipinoFilipinoFinnishFinnishFrenchFrenchGermanGermanGreekGreekHindiHindiHungarianHungarianIgboIgboItalianItalianJapaneseJapaneseKoreanKoreanKurdish (Kurmanji)Kurdish (Kurmanji)LatvianLatvianLithuanianLithuanianLuxembourgishLuxembourgishMacedonianMacedonianMalayMalayMalteseMalteseNepaliNepaliNorwegianNorwegianPersianPersianPolishPolishPortuguesePortuguesePunjabiPunjabiRomanianRomanianRussianRussianSerbianSerbianSlovakSlovakSlovenianSlovenianSomaliSomaliSpanishSpanishSudaneseSudaneseSwahiliSwahiliSwedishSwedishThaiThaiTurkishTurkishUkrainianUkrainianUrduUrduVietnameseVietnameseWelshWelshYorubaYoruba

All

A new home for Macc and a venue for the local voluntary and community sector – survey results

1 Apr 2015 - 10:24 by michelle.foster

Like many other local groups Macc is determined to ensure that it continues to operate in the city and that we meet the current and future needs of the sector as efficiently and effectively as possible. We are currently investigating opportunities to re-locate our offices through the potential transfer of assets from Manchester City Council.

During February 2015 Macc undertook an extensive survey to gather important views and opinions from our members, customers and stakeholders. 266 groups and individuals participated through an online questionnaire, focus groups and interviews.

News Type: 
Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Capacity Building
Policy and Influence
Volunteering

Persimmon Community Champions – Charity match programme

1 Apr 2015 - 10:22 by michelle.foster

Persimmon Community Champions is here to fund good causes across the UK. In the next 12 months Persimmon Homes plan to give away up to £750,000 to fund local community initiatives.

The charity match programme gives donations of up to £1000 to local UK groups and charities, which have already raised vital funds themselves.

All of Persimmon Homes 24 businesses, their timber frame business Space4 and their PLC head office are giving away up to £2000 each every month – that’s £52,000 a month available to fund local community initiatives.

News Type: 
Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Capacity Building
Funding

Challenge Manchester to raise £400,000 for four charities this summer

1 Apr 2015 - 10:21 by michelle.foster

Challenge Manchester is hosting their first ever event in Manchester this summer, bringing together business communities in the North West to take part in four challenges in the city centre to help raise £400,000 for four Manchester charities.

Challenge Manchester will be taking place throughout June and July 2015.

Manchester businesses can enter a team of 10 employees or company clientele to represent them in the first ever City of Manchester Challenge.

News Type: 
Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Capacity Building
Funding

Finding out more about self-employed workers in the care sector

1 Apr 2015 - 10:19 by michelle.foster

Community Catalysts recently learned that the rise in self-employment accounted for 90 per cent of all jobs growth during the recessionary years of 2008-13. Should these rates continue, the Royal Society of Arts predict that the number of people in self-employment could outgrow the public sector workforce by 2018.

News Type: 
Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Health and Wellbeing

First Steps – Grants to develop a community action plan

1 Apr 2015 - 10:18 by michelle.foster

The First Steps programme aims to help at least 100 new communities to identify important local issues and develop community action plans.

The First Steps programme is designed to give small community groups the freedom to develop action plans to improve their neighbourhood.

News Type: 
Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Capacity Building
Funding

Reports relating to investigations into abuse in children’s homes and schools and investigations into NHS establishments

1 Apr 2015 - 10:17 by michelle.foster

Investigations into abuse in children’s homes and schools from the Department for Education
This is a statement regarding investigations relating to Jimmy Savile and a number of children’s homes and schools in England. Click here to read the report

News Type: 
Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Children and Families
Policy and Influence

Small Charity Week’s eBay Auction 2015

1 Apr 2015 - 10:15 by michelle.foster

Get involved in this year's Small Charity Week eBay Auction and you could be in with a chance to win an extra £2,000 prize pot.

eBay has more than 17 million users worldwide so this is a great way to raise awareness and funding for your charity. Call on your celebrity supporters, patrons, corporates or anyone else you may know who can provide you with an appropriate auction item. You need to find special items to sell before the deadline on the 8 May 2015, in order to raise funds for your charity.

Small Charity Week is run by The FSI and runs from 15-20 June this year.

News Type: 
Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Capacity Building
Funding

Awards for All England light pilot

31 Mar 2015 - 09:55 by michelle.foster

Are you interested in helping The Big Lottery by trying out a shorter and simpler Awards for All application form?

The Big Lottery are looking for around 100 A4A applicants to help them pilot a new A4A application form during April and May 2015. This is part of their commitment to delivering simple processes and using good judgement.

News Type: 
Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Capacity Building
Funding

Can you help with venue space?

27 Mar 2015 - 10:10 by michelle.foster

TAGMA (Tanzania Association of Greater Manchester) is a volunteer led Community Association. They are organising an event for Union Day (Muungano) to celebrate when Tanganyika and Zanzibar came together.

They need help finding a suitable venue, with capacity to hold up to 150 people for Saturday 25 April 2015. Do you have a suitable community space to offer? TAGMA is currently unfunded but will try to meet a small room hire cost from member contributions.

News Type: 
Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
People/communities experiencing racial inequalities
Capacity Building

The Big Lottery announces their Strategic Framework 2015-21

26 Mar 2015 - 14:40 by michelle.foster

The Big Lottery’s new strategic framework sets out what people can expect from them as a funder over the next six years. Their vision is that people should be in the lead in improving their lives and communities.

Their approach will focus on the skills, assets and energy that people can draw upon and the potential in their ideas.

The Big Lottery have laid out in their strategy that they feel that strong, vibrant communities can be built and renewed by the people living in them – making them ready for anything in the face of future opportunities and challenges.

News Type: 
Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Capacity Building
Funding

Pages