The second set of findings from the Community Life Survey – a valuable new survey set up to provide Official Statistics on issues that are key to encouraging social action and empowering communities, including volunteering, charitable giving, community engagement and well-being - have been released.
The Environment Team at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) is currently carrying out a research project around attitudes towards Education for Sustainable Development in relation to employability.
The results from the survey will inform the university's actions on embedding Education for Sustainable Development into the curriculum. It could impact on 30,000 students per year.
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The third annual survey of Local Compacts is now open. Compact Voice are encouraging anyone with a knowledge of Compact working or government policy to take 10 minutes to fill in the survey. They are offering everyone who completes the survey the chance to win an Amazon Kindle Paperwhite.
It is really important that Compact Voice are able to gain an understanding of the issues, challenges and successes experienced by local Compacts across the country, and the survey provides a vital way of doing this.
1. In 2012/13 there were 3,093 community and voluntary organisations, co-operatives and social enterprises in Manchester
2. In 2012/13 the total income of the sector was £477 million
3. Medium and large organisations receive 95% of the total sector income
4. 1,987 organisations are micro (with an annual income under £10 thousand)
5. There are 94,300 volunteers in the sector
6. Volunteers give 370,000 hours each week
7. The contribution of volunteers in the sector is valued at £332 million each year
This morning I was in the happy position of being able to present our new research into the state of the voluntary sector in Manchester. It has been a long-held ambition of mine to be able to show the full extent of the enormous contribution which voluntary organisations, community groups, social enterprises and the community work of faith groups make to the city.
New data released from NCVO’s UK Civil Society Almanac 2013 shows the powerful effect that high inflation had on charity sector finances in recent years. NCVO's UK Civil Society Almanac 2013 examines charities' accounts for financial year 2010/11.
In cash terms, the charity sector generated an extra £2bn in income in 2010/11 compared to the previous year, with a total income of £38.3bn. But rising costs – inflation was at 5% – wiped out the effect of this increase and meant that the sector’s real-terms income was almost identical to its level in 2009/10.
Do you work in your local community?
Do you want to do more, more easily?
Digital tools could help you, and Community How To has brought together loads of tools on their website.
The service helps community and third sector organisations find digital tools which could help groups do more of what they do best, and helps groups to share their ideas and tools with others.
The Challenge Network’s mission is to connect and inspire people to strengthen their communities.
The Challenge Network are looking for organisations that want to partner with them for their summer programme. The Network believe that all members of the community have a role to play in rebuilding trust and strengthening their local area, which is why partnership is crucial.
Following a reduction in Government funding for commissioning drug and alcohol services, Manchester City Council are proposing to assess the priority level of each service they commission with a view to achieving savings that have the least impact on treatment for drug and alcohol users in Manchester.
The Greater Manchester Strategy was first developed in 2009. It established an ambitious vision for 2020. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority want to secure long-term economic growth and enable the city region to fulfil its economic potential, whilst ensuring that residents are able to contribute to and share in that prosperity.