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Neighbourhood Planning Workshop Grants available

20 Oct 2014 - 11:33 by michelle.foster

There’s a new grant funding pool from (Department for Communities and Local Government) DCLG now available to encourage communities to take up neighbourhood planning.

Local groups can apply for grants of up to £2,000 to run a neighbourhood planning workshop in their community. The workshop must be run by knowledgeable and enthusiastic advocate of neighbourhood planning, with the aim of giving a community the information they need to begin the neighbourhood planning process.

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Extra money for Reaching Communities applicants

20 Oct 2014 - 11:32 by michelle.foster

The Big Lottery have found that community groups are so busy doing their day-to-day work that they have little time or money left for their staff and trustees to learn new skills or focus on long-term goal.

So they have decided to offer extra money to organisations who are applying to their Reaching Communities programme to help them develop their skills, knowledge and confidence.

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Wythenshawe Your Community You Decide – Grants available

17 Oct 2014 - 10:38 by michelle.foster

Greater Manchester Police and Manchester City Council have a fantastic opportunity to invest cash back of £30,000 into the community of Wythenshawe.

Do you have a great idea or a project that needs funding?

You can bid for a grant between £500 - £3000.

To apply collect an application form from the following places and return by Tuesday 5 November 2014:
• Wythenshawe Police Station, Poundswick Lane, Manchester, M22 9PQ
• Benchill Community Centre, Benchill Road, Manchester, M22 8EJA
• Lifestyle Centre, Portway, Woodhouse Park, Manchester, M22 1QW

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Adactus Neighbourhood Fund - Round 2 apply by 10 Nov

17 Oct 2014 - 10:36 by michelle.foster

In Manchester, Trafford and Cheshire Adactus tenants have allocated around £80,000 to 94 projects. Projects ranged from youth diversionary activities to healthy living to environmental improvements.

£7,000 remains so Adactus are asking for bids of up to £1,000 from community projects in Manchester, Trafford and Cheshire operating in areas where Adactus tenants live. Funding must be spent by 28 February 2015.

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Funding to prevent female genital mutilation and other forms of so-called honour based violence

17 Oct 2014 - 10:35 by michelle.foster

The Department for Communities and Local Government, in collaboration with the Government Equalities Office, is launching a call for applications for community engagement work to prevent female genital mutilation and other forms of so-called honour based violence. Any voluntary sector organisation, under section 70 of the Charities Act 2006, including faith groups, are invited to apply for a one-off grant of between £2,000 and £15,000.

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In their shoes: Understanding more about refugees and the asylum process

17 Oct 2014 - 10:32 by michelle.foster

The Refugee Welcome Trust are offering an interactive workshop promoting understanding of the asylum process and how it might feel to be a refugee.

How it works
It’s a card game based session looks at some of the situations and experiences for refugees as they leave their home country and travel to the UK. The game goes through some typical stages of the asylum process with each participant being given a character to take along the journey and discussion about each stage.

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Men of Manchester unite for Breast Cancer Care

17 Oct 2014 - 10:31 by michelle.foster

Around 350 men each year are diagnosed with breast cancer. However, as the general perception of breast cancer is that it only affects women, those men who are diagnosed are often left feeling isolated and do not know what help is available to them. To launch Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Pink Fridays, Breast Cancer Care have brought together the ‘Men of Manchester’ to dispel the myths of men and breast cancer and raise awareness of its affects.

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MBME Network and the Heritage Lottery Fund

15 Oct 2014 - 12:27 by michelle.foster

Do you have an idea you’d like to develop to apply for heritage lottery funding? Are you unsure of how ‘heritage’ is defined by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF)?

Did you know that BME led groups are a national priority for Heritage Lottery funding?

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Manjeet must stay in the UK

13 Oct 2014 - 15:10 by michelle.foster

Join the lobby outside the Appeal Tribunal Manchester

Date & Time: Thursday 16 October 2014, 9am-10am
Venue: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal, Piccadilly Exchange, Piccadilly Plaza (top of Mosley Street just before Piccadilly Gardens), Manchester M1 4AH

Human Rights campaigner and wheelchair user Manjeet Kaur urgently needs your help as she appeals a Home Office eviction decision.

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A Tale of Two Cities - Vote to bring a splash of colour to Manchester

13 Oct 2014 - 11:42 by michelle.foster

Manchester and Liverpool have launched a joint bid, called A Tale of Two Cities, to win £120,000 of funding from Kew Gardens for wildflower planting.

One community will receive the Grow Wild funding to create an inspiring wild flower haven for everyone to enjoy – and you can help decide who wins.

This is a fantastic opportunity to bring a splash of colour to the city - in the words of the council's biodiversity officer Dave Barlow, "we've gone from grey to green, now let's go from drab to fab!" - and will also be a great boost for the cities bees and other pollinators.

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