The news from Afghanistan will significantly impact many people in the armed forces and veterans community.

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust's Military Veterans' Service and OpCourage (the transition, intervention and liaison service in the North West) are here to support veterans. They have produced a webpage and infographic with helpful things to do and support available.

Salford Citizen's Advice have pulled together the advice that has been issued for people who may be worrying about anyone caught up in the current crisis in Afghanistan.

They have broken it down into advice for British nationals and non British Nationals.

This is an excellent course to raise awareness of the issues and increase understanding of who may be susceptible to radicalisation.

The VCSE sector are often the eyes and ears of safeguarding. Sign up to a date and time that works for you for this virtual training.

Applications are now open for the free North West Thriving Communities Learning Together Programme (cohort two).

This free programme will teach you about social prescribing and the VCSE eco-system that enables social prescribing to be successful.

An Eccles knitting group and running club are working together to provide small knitted gifts for people who have been left feeling isolated and lonely after Covid. They just need some stuff and wool to bring the project to life!

If you have anything to donate, please drop off at the Eccles Coffee Stand with Yvonne outside Wilkinson’s in Eccles town centre and mark for the attention of Dorothy. 

GM100 is bringing together 18-25 year-olds from across Greater Manchester to address the challenge: “How can we act together to transform Greater Manchester into a cleaner, greener place for all?”

This is an exciting opportunity for young leaders who care about making change happen in Greater Manchester.

Ambition for Ageing are excited to launch their new Social Eating Guide alongside Talk, Listen, Change (TLC).

If you run any activity that uses food to bring people together, or you want to find out more about the reasons why you should encourage and fund social eating projects, this Social Eating Guide is for you.

As the forthcoming Health and Care Bill ushers in new measures to promote and enable collaboration in health and care, it brings with it a slew of new terminology and acronyms.

In this blog from The King's Fund, Emily Lennon shares some examples of the impact of language and how they personally think about the words they use.

If you're a charity that needs support for digital inclusion programmes, you can apply for free Vodafone SIMs, each loaded with 20GB data plus unlimited calls and texts to be used over 6 months. You can use these however you like - for example, to help stay in touch with service users, or deliver training to people in need.

World Suicide Prevention Day is held on Friday 10th September 2021.

Salford mental health charity Start Inspiring Minds will take to the streets for a Vigil and Procession of Remembrance of all the lives that have been lost to suicide to mark the day, starting at 6pm.

Our Volunteers' Expenses Fund is open for applications until Monday 4th October.

Small VCSE organisations can apply for up to £750 to make volunteering accessible for all by covering costs including: travel, DBS checks, PPE and childcare.

Grants of up to £5,000 are available for Greater Manchester-based VCSE organisations undertaking projects to promote cancer screening amongst priority groups outlined here.

Submit an expression of interest by 6th September.

This programme supports projects that will contribute to the transformation of high streets and town centres in England helping them become thriving places, strengthening local communities and encouraging local economies to prosper.

Salford Signed is a YouTube channel dedicated to providing local accessible information for residents within Salford. It is funded by Salford Clinical Commissioning Group, and co-ordinated with Salford Deaf Advocacy Service. The channel's latest video is about the 'Grab a Jab' campaign.

We are looking to recruit two additional Development Workers (one full-time and one half-time – although we are willing to be flexible) to work with us and our partners in Salford on our flagship Wellbeing Matters programme.

This vacancy closes on Tuesday 31st August at 12noon.