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NCVO (National Council for Voluntary Organisations) and Serco, a company that holds a wide variety of government contracts, are to agree together a set of quality standards for the relationship between prime contractors (often known as primes) and sub-contractors. These standards will cover areas such as risk, fair payment and how much support is offered by the prime. These will represent good practice and will not be legally enforceable. The time-scale is rapid but there is no date set as yet.
Your second opportunity to apply for funding from the Cheetham Community First programme will run from the 11 February 2013, with all applications to be received by midday on 28 February 2013.
This is a matched funding programme, which means that every £1 provided in funding must be matched by a similar amount of in-kind donations (this means donations of cash, services, free products or volunteer time). The fund is to assist not for profit, voluntary and community groups to develop exciting projects which meet Cheetham’s ward priorities.
Manchester City Council currently funds a range of support and capacity-building services to voluntary and community sector organisations in Manchester. These services are known as “Manchester Community Central” and are delivered by Macc.
GMYN is offering funding through the East Manchester Ending Youth Violence bursary programme for staff or volunteers from voluntary, community and faith organisations to attend training, conferences and events which will increase their ability to support young people engaged in/at risk of being engaged in violent activity.
The training or events may directly address issues of youth violence and working with young people involved in gangs or violence, but could also a range of other issues identified as key risk factors for young people, such as:
In December 2012 Volunteer Centre Manchester achieved its accreditation from Volunteering England.
This means we are now officially recognised as the Manchester centre as we have provided evidence that we comply with all six core functions to the required standard based on the track record which has been built up in the last 12 months.
Booking appointments with Volunteer Centre Manchester for your clients or organisation
If you have clients who wish to volunteer, please contact us beforehand to make an one to one appointment with our Development Workers.
As we are a small team with large numbers of volunteers being referred to us, we need to ensure that we have enough staff to cover one to one sessions.
Free CRB (DBS) checks for Manchester Volunteers
A dedicated Criminal Records Bureau (DBS) checking service for Manchester’s voluntary sector
Volunteer Centre Manchester and CRB (DBS) Services Manchester are working in partnership to support Manchester’s community and volunteering groups.
The FE Guild project has been set up to undertake a detailed study, between November 2012 and April 2013, into the concept of establishing an FE Guild.
The project is aimed at enhancing and developing the professionalism of the Further Education workforce and a vital element of the project is the widest possible consultation with the diverse FE sector.
Mind Your Money is a free service for social housing residents across Manchester helping to keep you financially safe.
Mind Your Money can help you:
• Find ways to save money
• Understand the cost of borrowing
• Open a bank account
• Avoid loan sharks
• Deal with your debts
• Improve your chances of getting a job
• Cope with the new Universal credit
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