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EnglishArabicBengaliBosnianBulgarianCatalanChinese (Simplified)Chinese (Traditional)CroatianCzechDanishDutchEstonianFilipinoFinnishFrenchGermanGreekHindiHungarianIgboItalianJapaneseKoreanKurdish (Kurmanji)LatvianLithuanianLuxembourgishMacedonianMalayMalteseNepaliNorwegianPersianPolishPortuguesePunjabiRomanianRussianSerbianSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSudaneseSwahiliSwedishThaiTurkishUkrainianUrduVietnameseWelshYorubaThe GM Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Network is running a free FASD awareness-raising session where everyone is welcome including parents, carers and professionals at Rochdale 
Connections Trust on 14 February.
This will include details of what FASD is, how it happens and the different ways that FASD can impact people.
LGBT Foundation are looking for passionate individuals with links to Greater Manchester’s LGBTQ+ communities to join the Greater Manchester LGBTQ+ Equality Panel.
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) are anticipating that the commissioning process for the People and Skills investment priority of the Core UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) will 
be carried out through its
The VCSE sector often promotes our social impact, but VCSE organisations are also critical to the functioning of thriving local economies. It is important that we understand our role and ensure we 
are part of approaches to build economic resilience.
Are you a Greater Manchester Social Enterprise?
Social Enterprise UK and the social enterprise sector in Greater Manchester need your help to understand the key trends and issues affecting social enterprises in 2023.
In GM Poverty Action’s first newsletter of 2023 there is an article by the Resolution Foundation about the challenges of the cost-of-living crisis. It also mentions Manchester City Council’s recently 
signed-off anti-poverty strategy. There are a number of short articles as well as information about some very interesting events.
*THIS PROGRAMME IS CLOSED TO APPLICATIONS*
Fifteen £1,000 Spirit of Manchester grants are available to small and grassroots voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations in the city of Manchester that support communities of people most affected by social inequalities and the cost of living crisis.
Cancer is a subject that doesn’t bear thinking about and yet 900,000+ people in the workforce are preoccupied with it. They are living with cancer and 28% of them say they have had little or no support from their employer. (Source Macmillan Cancer Support - The Forgotten C)
Macc attended Manchester City Council’s January’s Health Scrutiny Committee meeting. This meeting focused on emergency issues of sickness within communities, the pressure on hospitals, primary care, and the Ambulance Service and ongoing strike action. Manchester has had a severe flu season (500 people admitted to hospital across Manchester with flu during December) and cases of Covid are rising. Before Christmas, Strep A was high amongst children in Manchester with all critical beds being full. Other hospitals across the region helped to provide beds for children from Manchester.
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