Community Engagement

Join this free event in celebration of Age Without Limits Day!

Following on from successful performances at prestigious venues including Manchester (Royal Exchange Theatre), Oldham, Chester - You are invited to join Annette, Enid, Joan, Kinisha Yvonne (the cast) for this extra special performance. 

Horizons Festival is a free 2-day global arts festival in the heart of Manchester. A summer weekend packed with shows, live music events, creative family activities, global cinema, workshops, standup comedy and pressing discussions.

New to knitting? 

Starter pack (needles, yarn and simple pattern) available for £5.

Everything you need to get you started!

If you are knitting already, come along and make new friends.

This event is free. There is no need to book, just turn up!

Sessions are every Friday from 10am - 12pm (5th, 12th, 19th, 26th June, 3rd, 10th, 17th July)

Turn funding rejections into success. Learn why bids fail, refine your writing, and create stronger, compelling grant applications.

Fundraisers across the sector are dealing with more rejections than usual. But even in this landscape, charities are still having fundraising success.

So how can fundraisers turn their rejections into successes?

Focussing on what you can control in your bid writing and making it as strong and compelling as possible is crucial.

This free workshop will cover the following topics:

• Importance of evaluating,
• different ways to evaluate and deciding which way is best suited for your project,
• deciding what questions to ask and the data you need both for your organisation and for measuring impact for your funders

This free workshop will cover the following topics:

• What is signposting and what are referrals,
• what are the benefits of signposting and referrals for your clients and your organisation,
• setting up referral and signposting pathways,
• having effective and sensitive conversations to create signposting opportunities,
• accessing and setting up resources to signpost/refer and manage capacity

This free workshop is focused on Partnership Working. 

Topics will include: 

• Benefits of partnership work for your clients and your organisations,
• setting up partnerships appropriate to your service and your organisational goals,
• networking in spaces appropriate to your service and organisation,
• maintaining and developing relationships with partner organisations,
• developing your network

This is a free workshop focusing on Community Engagement.

Topics will include: 

• How to engage with the groups and individuals you want to work with,
• different barriers people face and how to overcome them in your service/activity,
• providing a positive client experience,
• creating an inclusive and accessible environment,
• recruiting people to attend your service/activity,
• carrying out outreach work.