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Thank you to the following who have provided support to the first Spirit of Manchester Awards.
If you would like to donate a prize to the raffle that will be held at the awards ceremony, or offer any other support/sponsorship please contact Hannah, Email: [email protected]
Together Works is the social enterprise network for Greater Manchester and they are supporting Manchester-based organisations to create or improve their business plans to enable them to secure income by trading for profit.
The Social Enterprise sector is the fastest growing sector in the UK and can help Greater Manchester’s economy grow and create sustainable jobs. Many organisations and people have great ideas or are already successfully trading on a small scale but don’t feel ready or able to scale up. Together Works can help.
Developing the Skills of Disabled People and their organisations to provide Whole Life Planning and Peer Support to Disabled People
From the end of August through till the end of November the Manchester Area Partnership will be providing free knowledge sharing opportunities, briefings, training events and 1:1 business coaching.
We are delighted to have the following five judges involved in our first Spirit of Manchester Awards
I've mentioned previously that there's a danger that this blog becomes a series of rants about things I'm angry about. Well not today, at least!
Our State of the Voluntary Sector report shows there are over 3000 voluntary and community groups in Manchester. I don't know them all but I do know a lot of them and one of the great pleasures of my job is that I get to see some of the amazing things happening in groups across Manchester and meet some fantastic people.
Since April 2013, North, Central and South Manchester Clinical Commissioning Groups have taken on responsibility for organising and paying for NHS Mental Health services in Manchester. They have just released their draft commissioning intentions document that describes how they think Mental Health services should look by 2015. You can find out more at their web pagehttp://www.manchester.nhs.uk/commissioning/mental-health-commissioning-i... .
HMRC have developed tools to guide you through tax issues and support you in understanding the tax implications for your organisation
Business Enterprise E-learning tool
Starting Your Own Business
This will guide you through everything you need to know to get started in setting up your business
Don't miss this chance to highlight your work and gain recognition. The Spirit of Manchester Awards, managed by Macc, celebrate and highlight all the excellent work being carried out in Manchester in these hard times. Make sure you get your nominations in by the end of Friday 2 August.
The Google for Nonprofits programme, which offers charities free and discounted access to online collaboration tools, advice, and free Google advertising, has now been extended to charities registered in England and Wales. Previously it was available only to eligible nonprofits in the USA since it was established in 2011.
Benefits
Charities approved for the Google for Nonprofits programme in the UK will receive at no charge access to:
In January this year, The Manchester Community Safety Partnership launched its new Hate Crime Strategy - Let's End Hate Crime for Manchester.
This strategy sets out a clear vision for tackling hate crime in Manchester against the following five key partnership priorities:
1. Prevent hate crime
2. Increase the reporting of hate crime and hate incidents
3. Take effective action against perpetrators
4. Support victims of hate crime
5. Improve partnership responses
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