Rochdale

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Fire Safety in the Workplace Short Course is designed to help you and your business understand the risks of fire and the steps that can be taken to mitigate the risk of fire. It will provide the knowledge required to prevent fire and protect people from harm.

The course outlines from the very basics of how fire starts and spreads, through to risk assessments and managing risk, as well as outlining the legal obligations of different people in the workplace and their roles and responsibilities relating to fire safety. 

Areas Covered:

Fully funded x 50 Millie’s Trust Family First Aid Courses free to community groups with the aim of supporting parents of children up to learn first aid techniques for children (up to 16) and adults. The courses will last all day from 9.30am-3.30pm each course up to 15 participants.

If you have space and would like to host a first aid course, or if you would like to host a course but don't currently have a space, please contact Rita.liddell@family-action.org.uk for an initial discussion by Friday 18 March.

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Stories of Strength is a podcast sharing 100 stories told by women from across Rochdale Borough. These tales of overcoming adversity will include stories about friends and family, migration, motherhood, relationships, work and women’s health and wellbeing.

Each episode is designed around the important notion that ‘you are not alone’. Like sitting down for a brew with a friend, the aim is for listeners to feel more confident, inspired, empowered, and find strength after each listen.

Aims/priorities: The programme is focused on social enterprises supporting people facing increased social and economic challenges as a result of the pandemic. Funding is intended to support them in evolving and growing sustainable community services, in the face of ongoing disruption.

Priorities of the fund include:

Aims/priorities: The scheme aims to fund small capital improvements to theatres run by charities and not-for-profit groups that will make a big impact to a theatre's resilience, sustainability or accessibility. This can include works to make theatres COVID-secure and ready to reopen. 

Grants are available for small capital projects that will make a big impact to a theatre's resilience, sustainability or accessibility.

Eligible projects include:

Aims/priorities: The Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership has established a unique and innovative fund, which aims to address health inequalities faced by marginalised ethnic communities when trying to get help from mental health services.

Aims/priorities: The aim of the Supporting Rural Communities programme is to support innovative projects that will create a long-term difference in remote rural areas of the UK.

The outcomes PCF seeks to achieve through the programme include:

Aims/priorities: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) is providing this grant programme over the next three years to support the work of the voluntary and community sector in tackling homelessness across England.

The Programme is divided into four individually biddable lots, each with a different objective:

Lot 1 - Increase the capacity and capability of the sector to prevent and relieve rough sleeping and homelessness.