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Adactus Neighbourhood Fund - Round 2 apply by 10 Nov

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

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

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

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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Health and Wellbeing

MBME Network and the Heritage Lottery Fund

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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People/communities experiencing racial inequalities

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Manjeet must stay in the UK

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

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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Environment

The Eastlands Homes Community Grant – next deadline 24 October 2014

Helping local community groups and organisations to make a difference.

The Eastlands Homes Community Grant has been launched to support projects and activities operating in east and south-east Manchester.

Applications are encouraged from all of Eastlands Homes areas, but must benefit the local community in order to be considered.

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New Housing Strategy for Older People – ‘Living Longer, Living Better - Housing for an Age-friendly Manchester’

This is a key strategy for Manchester – the UK’s first Age Friendly City. It sets out how housing for older people will develop over the coming years and what action is needed to be taken now. It links to how care and health services will be provided for the older population. It describes how Manchester can build to make the city an attractive place for people to grow older, living as independently as possible.

All of the documents relating to the consultation are available on the website to be read or printed.

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