Greater Manchester’s Mayor’s Fund is the way to target charitable donations to local needs...
The Mayor’s Charity run by Greater Manchester Combined Authority is recommended as a way of targeting charitable donations to local needs according to a...
Crisis requests to councils for children’s beds and bedding quadruple in five years says...
Applications to local authority crisis funds for help with beds and bedding for children have more than quadrupled in five years, according to analysis...
Manchester youth say mental health and cost of living barriers to employment – Prince’s...
The Prince’s Trust NatWest Youth Index 2024, released today, finds that almost a third of 16–25-year-olds in Greater Manchester are worried their mental health...
New research reveals the alarming reality of child modern slavery in the UK and...
A new study conducted by the University of Nottingham Rights Lab and ECPAT UK has identified the reality of child modern slavery in the...
MP’s warn of “Boys club” in music industry
Women pursuing careers in music face “endemic” misogyny and discrimination in a sector dominated by self-employment and gendered power imbalances, the Women and Equalities...
Soaring childhood obesity from pandemic will cost UK billions
A dramatic increase in child obesity levels during the Covid-19 pandemic is set to cost the UK over £8 billion, according to a new...
Manchester report shows colossal cost to taxpayer for wrongful imprisonments due to joint enterprise...
early £250m each year is spent on processing defendants in cases of joint enterprise (JE) – the legal doctrine that has seen thousands of...
Women with endometriosis are being ‘medically gaslit’ says Manchester study
Women with endometriosis are being ‘medically gaslit’ as they feel dismissed and ignored when it comes to accessing healthcare support, a new Manchester study...
Urgent reform is needed to help prevent veterans’ homelessness, according to new report
A new report calls for reform to help ex-Service personnel avoid homelessness and rough sleeping.
Produced by researchers at the University of York, The Roadmap to...
Millions on the lowest incomes would need to double their income to escape poverty
Millions of people on the lowest incomes would need to double their income just to escape poverty according to a report out this morning
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