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A lot of people in the local voluntary sector are going to be very angry today. They’re going to feel threatened, undervalued, rejected and hopeless. The Council’s budget proposals will make horrible reading for many people who’ve been working very hard for a long time to make a difference in the city. For some groups this will mean cuts to services and activities. For many it will mean many job losses – the sector is an employer too, after all. For some this may be the last straw and we may see the end of a number of organisations that have made a great contribution to the city.
In our latest issue you can find information on:
• The winners of our Spirit of Manchester awards
• Governance dos and don’ts
• An update from Mike Wild Chief Executive, Macc
• Local news and events
• News from the Volunteering Team, Capacity Building Team and Policy and Influence Team
• Plus much more…
• Are you unemployed or working 8 hours or less?
• Or are you a lone parent?
• Or are you over 50?
• Or are you an Entry 1 ESOL Learner?
With the help of a Digital Tutor, you can personalise your digital learning targets, which may include:
• Numeracy and Literacy
• Beginners’ IT
• Using email for work and leisure
• Job related computer skills required by employers
• Introduction to social media
• IT skills for self-employment
The Start Something Project, is Youth Elements CIC fully funded Enterprise and Employment programme for individuals age (19+). The project will give participants the motivation, self belief and determination to be enterprising and employable.
The programme starts on Tuesday 25 November, in Central Manchester which takes place on 2 days a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays, for 10 weeks.
Travel expenses will be reimbursed.
Manchester City Council have released the following information on their budget cuts:
‘The Council’s difficult financial situation has seen us make £250million of cuts in the last few years.
This year our overall budget is just over £560m.
The latest financial indications from the government show further reductions are required. The Council has therefore produced options to address an estimated funding shortfall of £59m in 2015/16, possibly rising to £91 million in 2016/17.
Since 2010 the amount we have to spend on services has dropped by over 40%.
Voluntary Youth Manchester (VYM) is running a campaign to retain the youth fund for the benefit of young people and the VCS organisations that work with them.
Write to your local Councillor
You will be aware that Manchester City Council is facing another round of massive cuts to its budget over the next two years, and that youth services in the city have already faced savage, disproportionate cuts since 2010-11, leaving funding for direct delivery at a mere 13% of what it was only 4 years ago.
Does your community building, centre or church hall have a number of round tables you would be willing to lend to MERCI (Manchester Environmental Resource Centre Initiative)?
We have a series of workshops coming up in our building, Bridge 5 Mill, in Ancoats which require round ‘seminar style’ tables. We can go to a commercial event hire company but thought it might be an idea to ask community organisations first as we’d be able to give you a sizable donation towards the hire.
We’re looking to seat 60, so would need 10/11 4ft tables or 8 6/7ft tables.
Parts of the Department for Work and Pensions’ discretionary Social Fund, introduced in 1987, were abolished by the Welfare Reform Act 2012. This paved the way for the delivery of new local welfare provision by local authorities, replacing Community Care Grants and Crisis Loans. In Manchester this amounts to 2.7M per annum.
The DWP decided that this funding would cease from May 2014 however this decision was challenged in a judicial review (supported by CPAG) which resulted in a ruling that the DWP had to carry out a consultation process.
Grants of up to £1,000 are available for community groups in Moss Side to use on projects that meet the following criteria:
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