Volunteering with a Criminal Record
Back on Track have produced a new edition of their booklet Volunteering with a Criminal Record, which has all kinds of useful information and some great success stories.
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Back on Track have produced a new edition of their booklet Volunteering with a Criminal Record, which has all kinds of useful information and some great success stories.
Apply for a grant of £10,000-£50,000 to help young people aged 11 to 25 to explore their heritage, from green spaces, museums, and historic sites to language, local memories and youth culture.
The Heritage Lottery Fund are enthusiastic about engaging young people with heritage. Getting involved helps them develop new skills and interests, connect with their communities and have fun. And they bring fresh ideas and enthusiasm to projects.
Government grants mean businesses in Manchester can get a better deal on superfast broadband for a short-time only.
Over 850 businesses in Manchester and Salford have taken advantage of grants of up to £3000 and now businesses wanting to upgrade, are getting connectivity deals as cheaply as £30 to £40 per month supported by the government grants.
Better connectivity is helping businesses reduce costs and grow.
The Galaxy Hot Chocolate Fund is looking to help small, local community groups and charities across the UK and Ireland by donating cash awards to support warm hearted people and projects.
At the end of each week until 23 February, four applicants will receive an award of £300. The Fund will also be awarding a People’s Choice entry with £300 (the organisation that gains the most support in any given week).
For further information and to apply, visit: www.galaxyhotchocolate.com
The Lesbian & Gay Foundation (The LGF) are working hard to ensure that the LGB&T community receive world-class services and support. An important part of that process is making sure that the people of The LGF share that important belief. With that in mind, LGF are currently seeking to recruit new members to their Board of Trustees.
Do you want to develop a new social or community enterprise?
Thrive! is the start of Lattice Works. 5 half days of expert training and support starting mid February 2015 that will help you and your organisation become more sustainable, become less reliant on grant funding, and so able to offer a better service to your community.
Thrive! covers techniques used by successful social enterprises in an understandable and relevant way. Practical and high quality training, that helps you understand the culture and practise of social enterprise.
Manchester has less than 100 days to save Ancoats Dispensary formally know as the Ardwick and Ancoats Hospital. This week, Ancoats Dispensary Trust (ADT), the grassroots community group working to restore one of Manchester’s most iconic Victorian buildings, announced that it needs to raise £55,000 by February 2015. This ‘match’funding will unlock over £770,000 of funding recently awarded by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).
The essential trustee is the Charity Commission’s guide to charity trustees’ responsibilities. The commission wants to make this guide as clear as possible and easier for trustees to use, to support them in complying with their duties. The commission wants your views on a new updated draft.
Lord Young, the Prime Minister’s Adviser on Enterprise, is leading a review of the Social Value Act.
The Social Value Act improves the way taxpayers’ money is spent on public services. We are looking at experience of the Act to date and considering the benefits of extending it.
Between the Lines is a play reading ad discussion groups for over 18s. Each session will focus on a play that in some way relates to a current position (thematically, through the time it was written or ‘in conversation’ with the play that is being produced). The session will not require everyone to read aloud but there will be opportunities to do so and to discuss the paly, as well as to gain insights into the production.