Storytelling is one of the most powerful ways charities can demonstrate their impact, build public understanding and inspire action. This practical introductory session explores how to identify stories that bring your charity’s work to life.
Great storytelling doesn’t happen by chance. It requires clear processes, thoughtful decision-making and a commitment to putting people before content.
This practical workshop explores how charities can build an ethical, sustainable approach to gathering, managing and sharing stories from people with living and lived experience. You’ll learn how to develop a Stories Hub – a structured system for identifying, collecting, storing and using stories safely and effectively – so your charity has powerful, authentic content ready when opportunities arise.
Almost four in five charities are using artificial intelligence (AI), according to the 2026 Charity Digital Skills report, but very few are using it strategically. Many charities are asking for more guidance on how to use AI, with 60% saying they’d like more training for staff and volunteers and 48% requesting sector support on responsible AI.
This accessible, non-technical webinar introduces essential AI literacy for charities, civil society organisations and activists. It explains how generative AI works, where it may be useful, and where caution is needed.
Connecting communities across Greater Manchester and beyond to raise awareness of local social ventures
Come and socialise at this SOUP event or pitch your ideas to some of Manchester’s successful social entrepreneurs and business support providers, enjoy some amazing food and secure as many votes as you can to take home a pot of cash to help you get your idea started.
There will be a guaranteed £250 in cash prize for the winner to grow their idea.
The Outdoor Collaborative (TOC) is set to launch its Youth Ambassador Programme 2026 – 2027, aimed at recruiting people across Greater Manchester to help support young people in our local communities: improving their mental and physical wellbeing and helping them build a better connection to community life.
About the Youth Ambassador Programme
How do we build a future where commercial success and community impact go hand in hand?
"Social value" is no longer just a corporate social responsibility checkbox - it is a powerful driver of funding, procurement, and cross-sector partnerships. As an ecosystem activator and neutral convener, Venture Café invites you to look beyond profit and explore how intentional innovation can solve some of society's most pressing challenges.
Learn better practice in engaging with people with lived experience of poverty.
What you’ll learn:
George House Trust: Positive Ambition Manchester – Free and Accessible Training for the VCSE Sector
What is Positive Ambition Manchester?
Positive Ambition Manchester is an ambitious new project, aimed at eradicating HIV stigma and discrimination in Manchester. The project will combine a programme of external education and training for the VCSE sector, alongside activism and campaigning, to create a fairer and stigma-free Manchester.
Why is this work important?
Join UrbanMuse for a special screening of Notes from the Underground, a powerful documentary exploring Cape Town's underground Hip Hop movement and its role in community organising, cultural resistance and social movements.
Funded by Black Lives Matter UK, this event examines how Hip Hop became a tool for education, activism and preserving cultural identity during the 1980s and why it still relevant today.
Community Health MCR - Community Cancer Conversations Programme 2026-2027
You’ve told Ladybarn Community Hub that “cancer feels deeply isolating”, “there aren’t always spaces to talk openly with people who understand, especially outside the hospital”.
So Ladybarn Community Hub are creating something new together! A community space for conversation, peer support, connection, reflection, belonging.