News & Opportunities

From local parents on the search for playschemes to national organisations looking to reach out, we've put the answers to our most commonly asked questions together in this handy list of FAQs.

Following the success of our pilot in 2020, Young Manchester together with Polly McAllester and The Oglesby Charitable Trust are excited to announce the return of our LEAD+ programme with TWO cohorts starting this Autumn.

We are incredibly excited and proud to be recruiting a young person to lead Young Manchester at the top of our organisation. This young person will be our co-CEO and will job share equally with our current CEO, Imogen.

Here at Young Manchester we believe that Pride shouldn’t just be celebrated one month a year, that’s why we’ve teamed up with our friends over Queer Lit to create a ‘Virtual LGBTQ+ Bookshelf’ filled with book recommendations for the young people of Manchester!

Young Manchester is a Young Person's Foundation and a member of the YPF Trust. Together, with other Young People's Foundations from across the country, we have been exploring cultural competency and what this means for our organisations. We have together, developed a pledge which we'd like to share with you today. This pledge sits alongside and in alignment with our values as Young Manchester, which we strive to embed in all our work.

Now you know about our work, do you really value it and if you do, how will you support it?

Do you believe that young people should have more power? We are really excited to be opening application for our Young Ambassador Programme. Ambassadors are young people, aged 15-21, who are passionate about making positive change.

We know that we can only achieve the best for children and young people when the sector that supports them is strong, connected and championed. We are setting up a membership offer to help achieve just that.

Passionate about activism and championing youth voices? We're looking for a new project coordinator who is passionate about ensuring that the young people of Manchester have their voices heard, through leading and delivering our Young Ambassadors programme alongside our other project coordinator and the wider team.

We’ve spent the last few months listening to partners, supporters and young people about what we all want for services, what we want for our city and most importantly what we want for children and young people, helping us to ensure that we are shaping a future Young Manchester that is relevant and needed.