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Projects that will fix, maintain, improve and repair charitable and community facilities for those in need by reason of financial hardship, sickness, disability, distress or other disadvantage in the UK are eligible to apply.
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has announced changes to the £150 million Community Ownership Fund, to make it easier for communities across the UK to take over local assets that are at risk of closure.
Previously only available to charities and community groups, the Fund is now also open to applications from parish councils.
This free government service for UK organisations performs a range of simple online checks to identify common vulnerabilities in your public-facing IT. All checks are remote, without the need to 
install software and uses the same kind of publicly available information as cyber criminals use to find easy targets.
Lloyds Bank Foundation have developed a toolkit designed to help charities establish a risk management framework to identify, rate, control and monitor risk.
This guide will help everyone in your charity learn how to:
The women we work with tell us that they experience isolation, low self-esteem, long-term mental health issues such as post-traumatic stress and depression. This has been amplified by the cost of living crisis. We spoke to the women we work with and they told us:
45% felt alone
100% felt weak and tired of repetitive day-to-day depression and stress
60% said they stopped eating
“I don't want to be in the house because it is depressing to be alone at home.”
Afrocats work aims to change this.
Cryptocurrencies are becoming more popular for use within charities, from investment to donations, there are many reasons why charities should consider them.
On Tuesday 7 March, the Home Secretary introduced the new Illegal Migration Bill, which has been nicknamed the ’Refugee Ban Bill’, and is the Government’s latest action on the right to claim asylum. As it was going to House of Lords on Wednesday 10 May for its second reading, Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit (GMIAU) organised a gathering in central Manchester to coincide with this under the title ‘Refugees Welcome’ to show solidarity with people seeking safety and demonstrate their opposition to what they see as the Government’s latest attack on their rights.
Aviva, in partnership with WWF and the RSPB, is giving £1 million to support community groups across the UK to protect and restore nature in their local area. We all have the power to make a real difference and help bring nature back to life.
Funding for projects to improve the mental health of young women aged 16 to 25 years old in the North East or North West of England, Yorkshire and Humber or Northern Ireland.
In the last 12 months in Greater Manchester, there were fewer than 90 hospital admissions due to assault by sharp objects among victims aged under25 (down by 17% compared to 2021, and down 
by 26% compared to the year pre-covid), and a significant decrease in homicides (down by 27% compared to 2021), and knife enabled homicides (down by 19% compared to 2021).
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