Volunteering

The University of Manchester 2023 Student Experience Internships Project

The University of Manchester’s Careers Service are looking for Manchester-based charities to partner with to deliver their 2023 Student Experience Internships (SEI).

university of manchesterThe purpose of the SEI scheme is to provide the penultimate-year undergraduates with an insight into the world of work before they begin their graduate journey.

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The Green Spaces Fund is looking for volunteer panel members

Greater Manchester Environment Fund (GMEF) have been managing the Green Spaces Fund since its launch in June 2022. Round 1 applications proved that the Green Spaces Fund is in volunteerdemand, and GMEF selected 21 excellent projects out of 71 applications received. GMEF’s work promoting Round 2 is already indicating that they are likely to receive 200 applications and they have doubled the funding available.

Young Trustees Movement Champion Training

The Young Trustees Movement are running free 1 hour workshops in November to February that will leave you equipped to champion diversity on boards.

young peopleWhen 1/12 trustees are named either John or David and fewer than 3% of trustees are under 30. It’s no secret that board diversity is an issue.

By the end of the 1 hour workshop you will:

Step Up MCR Board and Advisory Panel opportunities

Step Up MCR is the new place-based giving scheme for Manchester primarily focusing on the neighbourhoods of Ancoats and Beswick and Clayton and Openshaw.

Step Up MCR brings people together from within the community to maximise on our human potential, energy, skills, and resilience for the benefit of local people.

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NCVO Trustees’ Week webinars

Now in its 12th year, Trustees’ Week (7-11 November 2022) is a chance for the sector to come together and mark the amazing achievements of the 700,000 volunteer trustees who run charities in trusteesEngland and Wales.

This year, NCVO are running a series of webinars to help you learn how to lead through changing times.

Trustees' Week webinar series

The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service

Every day, millions of people across the UK are making a difference by volunteering. Each year, outstanding examples of this work are celebrated through the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service the queen's award for voluntary service(QAVS). Created in 2002 for the Queen’s Golden Jubilee, QAVS awards have been shining a light on the fantastic work of voluntary groups for many years.

Board shadowing webinar: what it is, how it benefits charities and getting involved

Are you keen to support people from diverse backgrounds to take up Board positions? Do you want to bring lived experience expertise around the table? Do you want to make your Board more boardaccessible and inclusive to young people or racialised minorities?

GM VCSE Work and Wellbeing survey

As we know from our State of the VCSE sector research, there are around 75,000 paid staff and 500,000 volunteers working in charities, community groups, faith-based organisations and social gm vcse workforce surveyenterprises across Greater Manchester. This is a massive workforce of people who are dedicated to doing good in their communities.