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Following the announcement in June that the NWDA would face budget cuts of up to £52m, the agency have released an update on their current funding situation outlining where many of the cuts will fall.

via nwda.co.uk

Following last year's sucessful programme, when seven co-operatives across the region were supported, Co-operatives North West is delighted to announce that more free business consultancy is now available to co-operatives in the North West. Two days of free, direct, tailored consultancy is available to 15 more co-operatives between now and the end of March 2011.

On Thursday 22nd July over 120 people attended the launch of Can Cook's Pop Up Kitchen on Bold Street as part of their 'Liverpool Cookery Revolution' campaign.

The 10 place Pop Up Kitchen has been brought to Liverpool city centre by the South Liverpool cookery school and Liverpool City Council's Shops Upfront scheme.

Over the next 6 weeks, Can Cook will be running free cookery classes for members of the public to come along and get a taste for their evening and weekend courses in Thai, Indian and Italian cuisines.

MyBnk are an award winning education charity working with young people to build the knowledge, skills and confidence to manage their money effictively and make enterprising choices throughout their lives.

'Our programmes include the first ever FSA approved banking scheme run by young people for young people, providing an accessible place to save regularly and interest free loans to set up enterprises.'

Wirral Borough Council have announced their Neighbourhood Learning in Deprived Communities funding. The closing date for applications is 20th August.

'This brief is concerned with the commissioning of projects for 'hard to reach' learners aged 19+. Wirral Lifelong and Family Learning Service has an allocation of funding from the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) for revenue projects for Neighbourhood Learning in Deprived Communities (NLDC) for the academic year 2010-2011.'

For the remainder of 2010, the eligibility criteria for the Social Enterprise Opportunities Fund will be changing. Liverpool Vision has teamed up with the Community Foundation for Merseyside to pool funding to support projects offering pathways back to employment to long-term unemployed people.

Health@Work have released their training programme outlining up-coming courses for 2010/2011. If you have more than 5 people who require the same training, a course can be held for your organisation, either at the Health@Work premises or at your own.

The Government has announced its intention to abolish Government Office North West as part of its commitment to decentralisation and the localisation of power.

via insidermedia.com

The coalition government has confirmed that it intends to abolish the Government Office for the North West (GONW) along with seven other regional offices in the UK.

The Communitybuilders Fund offers loans, grants and business support. It offers three elements, which are Feasibility, Development and Investment; all are meant to meet the needs of organisations at different stages in their journey to sustainability.

Merseyside Network for Europe would like to appoint a temporary office supervisor; the role will be to support the organisation through the effective supervision and delivery of tasks within administration and finance.

MNE is a small focused company offering services to the wider voluntary and community sector across Merseyside. Their work is about Europe, the funding opportunities, the EU agenda and activities.

They are looking for an enthusiastic hard working individual who can supervise the office during a busy period of activity.