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EnglishArabicBengaliBosnianBulgarianCatalanChinese (Simplified)Chinese (Traditional)CroatianCzechDanishDutchEstonianFilipinoFinnishFrenchGermanGreekHindiHungarianIgboItalianJapaneseKoreanKurdish (Kurmanji)LatvianLithuanianLuxembourgishMacedonianMalayMalteseNepaliNorwegianPersianPolishPortuguesePunjabiRomanianRussianSerbianSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSudaneseSwahiliSwedishThaiTurkishUkrainianUrduVietnameseWelshYorubaThe BBC TV's The One Show is looking for community projects across the UK that need a helping hand. It wants to use its influence to galvanise volunteer efforts in different schemes for a new weekly feature on the programme in the coming months.
The National Youth Agency, funded by the Local Government Association, is working with VCS groups in Manchester and Manchester City Council to: Support the youth sector in Manchester to build constructive and productive relationships with business.
Apprenticeships are changing. With over 200 different types of Apprenticeships across many industry sectors, there are more opportunities than ever before to undertake an Apprenticeship and earn whilst you learn. From finance to law, engineering to science, retail to healthcare, there is an Apprenticeship out there for you.
Chances is a fun and interactive youth volunteering project for young women aged 13-19 from Wythenshawe.
Over 6 sessions young women will find out what volunteering is, choose two group volunteering activities and look at how they can use their skills in the future. Chances is all about giving young women the opportunity to explore volunteering whilst celebrating what young women can do.
The next open access programme is taking place at Wythenshawe Job Centre for ages 16-19 only, on:
As part of the Greener Journeys initiative, three grants of £5,000 are up for grabs for Greater Manchester-based community organisations, clubs and charities to promote bus travel to their members or supporters. Working alongside local bus company Stagecoach and other major bus operators, Greener Journeys hopes to find local groups with the influence and credibility to encourage people in their communities to leave their cars behind and try the bus instead.
I've finally got a blog of my own! Of course the immediate problem is what insightful and entertaining pearls of wisdom I should try to create for my first post.
One question I get asked a lot is "What does ‘MACC’ stand for?” And I usually reply by starting to talk about values until it dawns on me that they're actually just asking about the acronym M.A.C.C.
This State of the Wards Report is part of the State of the City 2010/11 series of reports. The State of the Wards Report presents an overview of performance at ward and neighbourhood level and highlights progress in a number of areas across the city, so that there is a better understanding of where improvement effort needs to be targeted.
This State of the City Report tell the story of the city through statistics and indicators, supplemented by case studies that bring to life the numbers.
To download the report, click here: www.manchester.gov.uk/manchesterpartnership/downloads/download/5/state_of_the_city_report_2011
The Manchester Way is the Manchester Partnerships Sustainable Community Strategy. It is delivered through actions that will benefit everyone who lives, studies, works in, or enjoys our original modern city.
The Compact is an agreed framework within which statutory, voluntary and community organisations may work together.
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