In September 2023, Macc launched our first What We Stand For policy statements. These new statements set out our stance on a range of issues that affect our city. However, these are more than just written statements. They are our commitment to sharing what we believe and collaborating with others to challenge the very real social issues facing our city.
Could your charity use an extra pair of skilled hands to support finance-related projects? Don’t miss the opportunity to get expert help from postgraduate students — at no cost to your organisation.
About the programme
Charterpath has partnered with the Alliance Manchester Business School to offer a unique programme matching charities with talented students undertaking a Masters course in International Accounting. These students bring prior work experience and are eager to apply their financial skills in a UK charity setting.
A new bank of ESOL Resources, aimed at supporting new arrivals, developed in partnership with GMCA and Manchester Adult Education Service (MAES) has now launched.
This online, free to use resource bank, has been designed to support informal, non-accredited ESOL classes across Greater Manchester.
Fortia Insight is delivering a national evaluation for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and The National Lottery Community Fund, exploring how extended youth provision can help reduce youth anti-social behaviour (ASB) in communities across England. The evaluation involves visiting ten locations in summer 2026 to understand community perspectives and the impact of expanded youth services, including a visit to Ancoats and Beswick.
The Renters Right Act came into effect on 1 May 2026 and is designed to make renting fairer, safer and more secure.
This new law will strengthen private renters' rights, raise housing standards and create a fairer balance between landlords and tenants.
For tenants with an assured shorthold tenancy, which most tenants have, the Act provides the following protection:
This Mental Health Awareness Week the Mental Health Foundation is asking people to join in taking action to support good mental health. Even small actions can help us feel hopeful and less powerless. And while our individual actions matter, when we come together we are even more powerful.
Action: for yourself, for someone else, for all of us.
The guide provides tools for people to challenge harmful falsehoods and to have productive conversations with the people in their lives about VAWG and immigration. It urges people to unite over shared positive values in order to tell a more honest story, helping people to understand the real causes of, and solutions to, gendered violence.
Not In Our Name – How to talk about the weaponisation of violence against women and girls
The GM Walking Festival is a celebration of walking and wheeling, as part of May’s National Walking Month.
It’s an opportunity for everyone, whatever role you play in Greater Manchester, to celebrate the many benefits of walking and wheeling more as a fundamental part of daily life.
Walking and wheeling (meaning to moving at walking pace e.g. pushchairs, wheelchairs, and other forms of mobility aids) has many benefits including meeting new people, getting outdoors, and discovering new places, which are shown to improve health and wellbeing and reduce social isolation.
Loneliness Awareness Week is taking place from 15 to 21 June 2026 and is a global campaign hosted by leading loneliness charity Marmalade Trust.
Loneliness is something we all experience at different points in our lives. By taking part you can create space for more open conversations and meaningful connections.
About the campaign
Loneliness Awareness Week is the world's largest campaign to inspire conversations about loneliness, and promote connection activities happening across the world.
The Charity Commission has updated its guidance for charities and social media. The guidance has been updated to reflect the introduction of the Online Safety Act 2023.
Read this guidance to understand the risks, your responsibilities as trustees and what to consider if issues do arise.
The guidance explains the importance of having a social media policy. Use the checklist to help you develop a policy, or to check your existing one.