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MEaP
🆕Employability program
The programme will deliver a combination of training and workshops in career building, digital skills fundamentals, and health and wellbeing. The focus will be supporting those who are long term sick or looking after family/home to help them to re-enter the employment market and to progress into volunteering opportunities, further training, or employment. This includes developing personal learning and action plans, accessing support services to overcome barriers.
Eligibility: You must be unemployed. This course is tailored for job seekers.
Digishawe Booklet
This useful resource has been created by the 'Digishawe' network, a small partnership group creating initiatives to help Wythenshawe residents get online and access digital support in the local area.
Digishawe Booklet: Helping residents to get online
Factory International Venue Hire
Throughout the year Factory International's spaces will be available for event hire. Due to the flexibility of their space they can hold:
- Awards and dinners
- Brand and product launches
- Conferences and exhibitions
- Fashion events
- Filming and broadcast
- Standing receptions
- Brand activations
- Christmas parties
- Weddings and receptions
Get in touch with their events team at events@factoryinternational.org
Find out more about Factory International Venue Hire
GM Get Online: A Guide to Digital Support Offers for Disabled People
This booklet from GMCA is packed with information about different organisations across Greater Manchester offering a range of online support; most of which is free or at a reduced cost.
Get Online Greater Manchester: A Guide to Digital Support Offers for Disabled People (greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk)
Government funded childcare launching April 2024 and an expansion of Before and After School provision for working parents from September 2024.
Childcare Choices: Get the help that fits your family, so you can juggle work and life
Thousands of families could be saving money on their childcare costs. But some simply don’t know what support they might be eligible for.
The Childcare Choices website brings together all the existing childcare offers in one place, so parents can get the help that fits their family. This could be through Tax-Free Childcare, 30 Hours Childcare, or Universal Credit Childcare. Some families might be eligible to use more than one childcare scheme together and get the most out of it.
And from next year even more help is on the way:
- As of April 2024, eligible working parents in England with children aged 2 have access to 15 hours childcare.
- From September 2024, the 15 hours childcare offer will be expanded to eligible working parents in England with children between 9 and 23 months old.
- From September 2025, eligible working parents in England with children between 9 months up to school age will have access to 30 hours childcare.
Support is also expanding for primary-school aged children – from September 2024, parents are expected to see an expansion in the availability of childcare in their local area before and after school, between 8am and 6pm, also known as ‘wraparound care’.
Don’t miss out on getting the support you are entitled to. Visit the Childcare Choices website to check what offer you might be eligible for and sign up to their newsletter to get the latest updates about the childcare support expansion.
Home Instead
Join them for Talk Care Tuesdays: Become a Home Instead Care Professional
Are you looking for a fulfilling career where you can make a real difference to the lives of older people? Look no further than Talk Care Tuesdays with Home Instead Altrincham Sale and Wythenshawe!
Join them every Tuesday from 1pm to 2pm at Home Instead Altrincham, Sale and Wythenshawe, located at The Parflo Building, Huxley Street, Broadheath, WA14 5EL.
Get personalized advice on starting a career with Home Instead Altrincham, Sale, and Wythenshawe.
Discover why their Care Professionals love their role and get answers to all your questions.
Benefits of working with Home Instead:
- Minimum 1-hour call times
- Regular clients
- Full training provided
- Rates of pay: £13.40 per hour during the week, £14.40 per hour on weekends, plus mileage
- Care experience not necessary
As Julie, one of their Care Professionals, says, "Not one care company does what Home Instead does."
And Jackie, another Care Professional, shares, "I like being able to make a difference to someone’s day, leaving them feeling safe and supported."
Can't make it on Tuesdays?
No worries! They understand that Tuesdays might not work for everyone. Simply give them a call at 0161 506 8305 and they can arrange for you to pop in.
Manchester Active
Grant funding for children and young people’s cycling activity
As part of the Manchester European Capital of Cycling, they're pleased to announce the Manchester Active small grant programme is now live! Manchester Active is offering small grants of up to £500 to community groups to engage children and young people between the ages of 6 to 16 years in cycling, including putting on events and activities.
Please note the funding is for cycling delivery within the Manchester City Council area.
Manchester Community Central
Volunteers' Week Events 2024
Join the celebration of 40 years of volunteering in Manchester!
Volunteers' Week celebrates the amazing contributions volunteers make to communities across the UK. The celebration starts on the first Monday in June every year. It’s a chance to recognise, celebrate and thank the UK’s incredible volunteers for all they contribute to our local communities, the voluntary sector, and society as a whole. Volunteering has been central to the lives and wellbeing of everyone who lives in the city of Manchester, so join Manchester Volunteer Centre's celebrations of 40 years of Volunteers’ Week as they look to inspire more people to make a difference.
The events are open to all members of the public, whether you volunteer or not, as well as any organisations who would like to take some time to recognise and reward their amazing volunteers.
Events:
Drop-Ins at the Volunteer Centre: Tuesday 4 June and Thursday 6 June, 10am to 4pm. Loaction: Ground Floor, Swan Buildings, 20 Swan Street, Manchester, M4 5JW
Exhibiting and Celebrating 40 Years of Volunteering in Manchester: Wednesday 5 June, 11am to 5pm. Location: Manchester Craft and Design Centre, 17 Oak St, Manchester, M4 5JD.
Manchester Community Central
Driver Volunteering Opportunities
Manchester Community Central have lots of volunteering opportunities for volunteer drivers, to ensure organisations can continue to deliver their services.
Manchester Disability Collaborative
Manchester Disability Collaborative is currently seeking the views of disabled people to inform their aims for 2024.
The Collaborative aims to improve Manchester for disabled people living and working here, and picks four priorities each year to work on. They're keen to involve as many disabled people as possible, along with their parents, carers and other stakeholders.
Manchester Disability Collaborative Aims Survey
Pure Innovations
Pure Innovations is a charity providing support services to enable people with a disability, learning difficulty, autism or mental health condition to lead fulfilled lives. They currently offer the following two programmes:
Our Future
The Our Future programme is designed to help people with learning disabilities and/or autism develop important life skills. It is a 10 week group workshop with a maximum of 6 per group covering:
- Self-development
- Community
- Mental and physical wellbeing
- Digital skills
- Healthy relationships and sexual health
- Money and budgeting
- Pre-employment with a focus on voluntary work/work experience or moving onto supported employment
- Safe travel and route planning
- CV building and interview techniques
The course is very person-centred for each individual, which helps them to reach a goal of their choice. They have guest speakers from the NHS, Citizens Advice, local workshops, volunteering groups and more depending on the groups interests. They also visit employers and have tours around different industries who offer both voluntary and paid work and they often do group voluntary days or activities.
If anyone is not comfortable in a group setting, they do offer this on a 1-1, focusing on an area of your choice.
Our Manchester
The Our Manchester programme is designed to help and support people with learning disabilities and/or autism into paid employment including:
- A dedicated employment officer
- A vocational profile created with an Action Plan to meet goals
- CV creation and interview preparation and support
- Job identification and application support
- Negotiation with employer’s and job shaping
- Travel training
- Job coaching
- Ongoing in and out of work reviews, monitoring and support
They help with finding work, speaking to the employer, making reasonable adjustments and support through the entire process. This is person centred so help is given as much or as little as needed, this can be alongside them during the interview and working interviews as well as working alongside the client while learning the job role. Once the client is comfortable in the role, they fade out gradually into the background until they are supporting remotely when needed.
Eligibility:
- Have a Learning Disability and/or Autism
- Live in the Manchester City Council Area
- Age 17 year and 6 months plus
To discuss or make a referral, please contact Pure Innovations via the info provided below.
Email: ourmanchesterourfuture@pureinnovations.co.uk
Telephone: 0161 804 4400 (ask for Supported Employment Manchester team)
Web: Home - Pure Innovations
Step Up MCR
Neighbourhood Health Fund
In collaboration with Manchester Local Care Organisation, Step Up have £10,000 available for community groups in Ancoats & Beswick and Clayton & Openshaw addressing Heart Health & Bowel Health.
Activities do not need to be clinical to be funded. They are looking to support community-based projects which could include:
- Healthy cooking classes
- Cost of living or employment support
- Walking, cycling or swimming groups
- Gardening projects
- Mindfulness classes or yoga sessions
Need inspiration? See some of the local projects they’re currently working with.
Head to Step Up MCR website to find out more and to apply.
Funding is flexible and will depend on the quantity and quality of applications received. This means they may fund one project at £10,000, or 10 smaller projects of £1,000.
Think Employment
Are you looking for teaching support?
Think Employment have candidates ready to interview. Their candidates are level 3 qualified and DBS checked.
At Think Employment, the (Ofsted Rated 'Good') training provider, they're offering a select-few Manchester-based education institutions collaboration to provide candidates for their roles. They only enroll the most suitable people on their Bootcamp, monitoring their progress, ability, and passion for a career in teaching support. Upon completion of their Bootcamp, learners receive a Level 3 qualification and are fit to provide teaching support to educators. You tell them when you're hiring, and they'll send you suitable candidates.
Get in touch to find out more, email:Jo-anne.daley@thinkemployment.com
Work and Skills Team, Manchester City Council
It's Never Too Late To Start Volunteering
Volunteering is when someone spends time doing something to benefit others. It can include shopping for someone, being a mentor, assisting someone with a job search, giving reading lessons, helping at a food bank, befriending – and much more. Anyone can volunteer; you can do as much or as little as you like, to fit around your life. It may be a regular activity, a one-off, or anything in between. Volunteering is for people of all ages, abilities, experiences and backgrounds. You don’t need any skills or qualifications to begin volunteering. Your past experiences may be extremely useful when volunteering
How can I get involved?
In Manchester there are many ways you can find an opportunity that suits you.
Volunteer Centre Manchester
The Volunteer Centre has a site where you can find details of local volunteering opportunities, advice on volunteering, help with finding the right volunteer role, and more.
MCRVIP
MCRVIP is a volunteering site managed by Manchester City Council. This is where you can find opportunities to volunteer with Council teams such as Libraries, MCRactive and Manchester Art Galleries.
Working Well: Support to Succeed
Working Well: Support to Succeed can hep you to overcome barriers which may prevent you from gaining work or pursuing your ambitions. The programme will help to boost your confidence and support you in achieving your goals.
Support to Succeed offers:
- Tailored one-to-one support with a dedicated Key Worker
- A range of available services including individual counselling, physiotherapy, debt advice
- Participation in activities to reduce social isolation such as gardening, sports and group sessions
- Support to progress into further learning, work experience, apprenticeships or employment (where this is right for the individual)
- A dedicated offer and Key Worker for people aged 50+
Benefits of the programme:
- Gain confidence as they support you every step of the way.
- Access specialist services to help with barriers like childcare or transport.
- Potential to increase your income once in a job.
- Improve skills and open doors to new opportunities.
Eligibility:
- Be a resident of Greater Manchester.
- Be aged 19 or over
- Not currently be on a DWP / GMCA employment support programme, or due to be referred to one of these programmes
- Must not be within one of the DWP intensive work search groups (Jobseekers Allowance and Universal Credit Intensive Work Search Regime)
Referrals and further Information:
Contact will be made within two working days to check eligibility.
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