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Union Street Media Arts CIC (USMA) have been working with Cedar Mount Academy (CMA) and Greater Manchester Police (GMP) to support pupils to raise awareness about the risks of gang involvement through media, film and performance. This is being done within their school, other schools and youth organisations, around Greater Manchester and beyond. The project was funded by the Home Office to carry out this piece of work under the Communities Against Guns, Gangs and Knives Fund.
The Adactus Neighbourhood Fund for 2013/14 has been launched with a total of £200,000 in grant funding available across the Group.
Adactus Housing are now looking for residents, community groups and voluntary organisations to submit bids for projects that will benefit people living throughout communities.
Applications for the fund, now in its fourth year, are judged by a panel of residents. Last year the fund provided healthy living sessions, improved communal gardens, funded community clean up days and provided diversionary activities for young people.
The Greater Manchester Strategy was first developed in 2009. It established an ambitious vision for 2020. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority want to secure long-term economic growth and enable the city region to fulfil its economic potential, whilst ensuring that residents are able to contribute to and share in that prosperity.
Manchester Mind, one of the North West’s most forward-thinking and dynamic voluntary sector organisations has an exciting opportunity for a talented individual to take on the role of Treasurer.
WIth many people in Manchester finding it harder to cope with a wide range of pressures Manchester Mind are finding that more people are experiencing poor mental health. Manchester Mind are now facing increasing demands for their services whilst operating in a challenging funding environment and know that there are even more challenging times ahead.
Manchester Cultural Partnership, together with Manchester City Council are planning to bid for the Creative Employment Programme which is an Arts Council England initiative. The aim of the programme is to support apprenticeships, paid internships and traineeships across the arts and cultural sector.
The mayor of Salford, Ian Stewart, has advertised through The Chest an invitation for the trustees of third sector organisations to attend an event to discuss commissioning strategy. The dates of the events are 23rd and 25th April at 4.30pm. Attendance is restricted to two from any organisation and is by invitation only. To reserve a place at one of the events contact Kath Roberts on 0161 925 1121 or at [email protected].
Cost benefit analysis (CBA), joint planning and commissioning are central planks of the Community Budgets approach. CBA is being used to assess the overall impact of a set of interventions and the benefits that accrue to individual public authorities.
Tony Lloyd, Police Commissioner for Greater Manchester, has published his response to Transforming Rehabilitation following a series of consultation events around the region.
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