What makes a 'trusty' trustee?
Having been at the Volunteers Centre Manchester for eight months, I decided it was about time for me to learn more about the voluntary Trustee role.
Having been at the Volunteers Centre Manchester for eight months, I decided it was about time for me to learn more about the voluntary Trustee role.
This April, Get Grants are celebrating 5 years of Get Grants Virtual Fundraisers Networking Events.
These free events started in April 2020 as a way to bring fundraisers together.
Since then, Get Grants have had over 8500 attendees, and shared many challenges, frustrations, successes, little wins, and peer-support together.
Join Get Grants to celebrate the Community of Fundraisers, reflect on how far everyone has all come, and look forward to the future together.
Expect some fun and plenty of free giveaways.
The Our Manchester Voluntary and Community Sector (OMVCS) was co-designed with the VCFSE sector and launched in 2017. It invests in VCFSE organisations to help achieve the priorities of the Our Manchester Strategy, funding core and activity costs over three years.
How would it feel to you to 'really' understand your charity's finances this year?
And, be kept up to date on all things charity, CIC and not-for-profit related?
This is what the Charity Chatter on Money Matters community is all about.
Since starting the group in 2020, the community has grown and those that attend really benefit from the knowledge shared within the online room.
Come along to the next meeting and find out for yourself what Charity Chatter on Money Matters is all about.
Charities and not-for-profit organisations are very vulnerable to cyber attacks for multiple reasons. The Government's Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2024 found that a third of all charities had experienced a cyber security breach or attack in the previous 12 months. The Cyber Resilience Centre for the North West has produced advice for charities to stay protected against cyber attackers.
Read the guidance here
Struggling to define your charity’s brand? Join Media Trust’s Stronger Voices branding masterclass with expert consultant Emily Burt of Studio Lawen. Learn what makes a strong brand, why it matters, and how to craft an authentic identity that connects with supporters and funders.
This free session is open to anyone working on comms, PR and media within the equalities sector. You do not have to be a registered charity to attend this event, and staff and freelancers are welcome from all types of third sector organisations to attend. No prior branding experience is needed.
The GM VCFSE Leadership Group have published a new paper on the role of the VCFSE sector in Greater Manchester for colleagues in the public sector to help them understand the potential role/s that our sector could have in delivering the commitments and outcomes of the Greater Manchester strategy.
It’s also a chance for public sector officers to find out how to building relationships with the VCFSE sector.
Read it here
In this Nonprofit Datafolk Club workshop Data Orchard will be focusing on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion data in nonprofits.
Participants will be invited to discuss the following questions in small groups:
The Ubele Initiative presents the Phambili Funding Workshop Series, a set of three one-day training sessions designed to help Black and Racially Minoritised (BRM) community groups across England develop effective bid-writing skills. This series is tailored for organisations with an income of £250k or less, equipping them with the confidence and competence to secure funding successfully.
What to Expect
The intensive workshop will provide:
10GM want the Greater Manchester VCSE Data and Intelligence Network to be a collective space with shared ownership. 10GM invite you all to their codesign session to develop and structure their next peer learning network meeting (in June) together.
Some of the themes the session will cover: