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If you know a fantastic woman or a group of women who deserve recognition, please take this opportunity to nominate them.
This is an excellent opportunity to recognise women who have made an important difference within Manchester.
As a city, Manchester is the fourth most deprived place in the country – with the second lowest average income. In five wards in Greater Manchester half of all children live in poverty – Moss Side, Hulme, Ancoats and Clayton in Manchester and Irwell Riverside in Salford (Greater Manchester Poverty Commission, 2013).
The Enthusiasm Trust have a unique opportunity for fellow organisations who are working within the youth crime and youth violence agenda.
The Enthusiasm Trust are gathering a number of key representatives who will become the voice of the community sector within this remit.
This group will inform and shape key elements of working with young people within this agenda. An opportunity to share good practise, set into motion key ideas and challenge existing approaches.
NAVCA is conducting a survey of the sector's involvement in health structures and in determining local health and social care priorities.
At our Spirit of Manchester awards event last month one of the categories was for Most Successful Campaign. We wanted to acknowledge campaigning work because we’ve always believed that it’s the job of charities not just to meet needs but to drive change for the longer term. The history of social change in this country has been driven by the campaigning efforts of groups for centuries.
As you may be aware, earlier this year the City Council launched a competitive tendering process for the contract to provide support to the city's voluntary and community sector for the next three years.
We are delighted to announce that Macc has been awarded this contract.
Social Action and Research Foundation (SARF) is working with Manchester Creative Studio to carry out a Statutory Consultation.
Manchester Creative Studio is a new employer-led school opening in September 2014 which prepares young people aged 14-19 for a career in the creative industries.
The Manchester Partnership has been operating within an evolving policy and governance context for some time, and there are now a number of issues which together merit a review of the role of the Manchester Board and how this sits within the wider partnership arrangements.
The Compact Awards highlight outstanding examples of partnership work between voluntary and community organisations and the statutory sector and provide an opportunity to recognise achievement as a result of the Compact way of working. 
Compact Voice are now inviting nominations for the Compact Awards which provide examples of best practice in partnership working.
The judges, including the Lord Mayor of Manchester, have now met and decided on the shortlisted candidates for the first Spirit of Manchester Award! The nominations reflected all the exciting and diverse work happening in Manchester's voluntary and community sector. We will be making films of all the shortlisted applicants which will be voted on at the awards ceremony to determine the winner.
We are excited that the awards will be presented at the new NOMA building, thank you to the Co-operative who kindly donated the room.
Shortlisted organisations
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