Capacity Building

There are four consultation events taking place about the proposed closure of Section 48 and proposed criteria for a new Culture and Social Impact Fund. This is your opportunity to feedback your thoughts and to ask questions about the proposed changes to cultural funding across Greater Manchester.

Wigan
Date & Time: Thursday 31 August 2017, 2pm-4pm
Venue: Wigan Town Hall
Donna Hall, GMCA Portfolio Lead – Culture, Leisure and Sport, will be in attendance

Community Links ran the National Tower Blocks Network in the 1980s and 1990s, to gather and share information about the issues in tower blocks. The Network published two National Tower Blocks Directories which contained details gathered from tower blocks owners and from tenants and community groups.

One Manchester’s Financial Inclusion Conference will this year be hosting their first ever awards to celebrate the fantastic work being carried out across the city. The conference takes place on Wednesday 4 October 2017 in central Manchester.

Submissions are now open and they are asking for nominations in three categories: Best Innovative Project, Best Partnership Working and Individual Contribution.

Book now to reserve a place at the launch of the new Our Manchester Voluntary and Community Sector grants programme.

Date & Time: Thursday 7 September 2017, 11.30am - 2pm
Venue: The Great Hall, Manchester Town Hall, Albert Square, Manchester, M60 2LA

Manchester City Council and partners are proud to launch a new funding programme for voluntary and community sector organisations.

Councillor Sue Murphy, Deputy Leader and lead Member for the voluntary and community sector, will introduce the session.

Inter Faith Youth Trust will be awarding small grants up to £500 for organisations running events or projects organised by and for young people focused around Inter Faith Week 12-19 November 2017.

The Near Neighbours programme offers small grants between £250 and £5,000, as seed funding for local groups and organisations who are working to bring together neighbours, to develop relationships across diverse faiths and ethnicities in order to improve their communities.

Changemaker is a fund to help social enterprises, small charities and community groups to deliver projects in the UK that create innovative solutions to improve communities. Santander has £200,000 to support projects that help disadvantaged people to have confidence in the future by building skills and knowledge or innovative ideas that help communities prosper.

The IARS International Institute is delighted to be appointed as an approved provider for the Impact Management Programme, funded by the Access Foundation and Power to Change. The programme offers a total of £1.8m of funding to charities and social enterprises to help them manage their impact capabilities and diversify through access to social investment and contracts.

Europia proudly presents the very 1st "Europia Women's Awards". A celebration of all the amazing achievements of the European females (but not only) of Greater Manchester. An opportunity to highlight the contributions of European communities in the local society.

The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service is the highest award given to local volunteer groups across the UK to recognise outstanding work done in their own communities. It was created in 2002 to celebrate the anniversary of The Queen's coronation. It is the MBE for volunteer groups.