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Community Associations Funding Programme July 2013 - March 2016 Support for applicants

The community associations Manchester City Council support have historically been established community centres or associations providing a range of services and activities, or enabling others to provide services and activities, for local people. Just over £430,000 is spent on grant funding to support the valuable work these groups carry out in the community and these associations have played a vital role in supporting local residents in response to local needs.

TUPE Consultation - A critical barrier to commissioning the voluntary sector?

20 Feb 2013 - 13:19 by Nigel Rose

The Government (through the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)) is currently consulting on proposed changes to Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (TUPE) regulations. TUPE, the requirement on organisations awarded contracts by public authorities to take on staff at their original terms and conditions (for a limited period), is seen as a major barrier, by some, to the outsourcing of public services.

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Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Commissioning

Consulting Children and Young People Who Run Away From Home or Care

19 Feb 2013 - 15:46 by michelle.foster

Manchester City Council need your help to give children and young people who run away from home or care a voice.

Manchester City Council wishes to recommission its Missing from Home and Care Service. The aim of the service is to reduce the incidence of children and young people going missing and the associated behaviour, equipping them to minimise risk and provide support to those who have run away.

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Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Children and Families

Transforming Rehabilitation and Commissioning

15 Feb 2013 - 15:36 by Nigel Rose

Transforming Rehabilitation is a government proposal to contract out and extend probation services starting in 2015. The role of Probation Services will be restricted to high risk offenders. The current proposals, which are being consulted on, are that services will be delivered by a small number of prime contractors (Primes) in 16 areas which are likely to be co-terminous with the Work Programme areas.

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Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Commissioning
Crime and Disorder

Opportunities to deliver probation services in Greater Manchester

15 Feb 2013 - 12:16 by michelle.foster

GMCVO and Greater Manchester Probation Trust are looking to find new local providers to develop the provision of services for women and young men offenders, or their families, in Greater Manchester.

They are running a competition and a grant funding scheme side by side to find local voluntary and community sector groups that can either:
• grow their services (‘Scaling Up’), or
• extend current delivery (‘Service Plus’ grant fund)

Eligible groups can apply for both schemes.

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Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Crime and Disorder

Realising Ambition – Strengthening Families Programme

15 Feb 2013 - 12:14 by michelle.foster

Realising Ambition is a National Lottery funded programme aimed at helping young people fulfil their potential using evidenced based interventions.

Lifeline Project is delivering the Strengthening Families Programme (10-14) UK to families living in Manchester and Central Lancashire who have children aged 10-14 years. As a national drug and alcohol charity, the aim is to support those families where parents have experienced drug and alcohol issues

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Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Children and Families

Audit of services for Spinal Cord Injured People living in Manchester

15 Feb 2013 - 11:57 by michelle.foster

Do you have a spinal cord injury/lesion or know someone who does? Help to improve services for everyone in the future.

Aspire, Back Up and the Spinal Injuries Association want to hear from as many spinal cord injured people in Manchester as possible to understand more about your experience of local services.

Please take up to 15 minutes to complete a survey to make sure your views are heard.

The survey is available online at the following link: www.surveymonkey.com/s/FR6XGS3

News Type: 
Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Health and Wellbeing

Guidance for voluntary sector on influencing local commissioning for health and care

13 Feb 2013 - 16:58 by Nigel Rose

Regional Voices have published a short briefing document for the voluntary and community sector called "Influencing Local Commissioning on Health and Care". It describes the role and membership of Health and Well Being Boards, what a Joint Strategic Needs Assessment is and how to contribute to it, and how both of these contribute to the process of designing a Joint Health and Well Being Strategy.

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Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Commissioning
Health and Wellbeing

Volunteer Centre Training Evaluation

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