Join Ma nchester Community Central for this event all abou t helping businesses to work with voluntary\, comm unity and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations i n a mutually beneficial way.
Manchester Comm unity Central's purpose is to encourage\, support and develop VCSE organisations and local people to have a real influence over the places and communi ties in which they live.
This networking eve nt is open to both VCSEs and businesses of all siz es with an interest in finding out more about what the VCSE sector is about and how they can work to gether to make Manchester a better place to live. There will be opportunities to begin to develop mu tually beneficial relationships\, while hearing ab out the experiences of those who already do it now \, to inspire new methods of working. A lunch prep ared by a sector organisation will be provided for you to sample!
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Agenda
10:00 – 10:20 - Registration / Networking< /p>
10:20 – 11:00 - Session 1: Introduction to V CSE Sector\, Manchester Community Central and exam ples of good practice
11:00 – 11:30 – Networ king
11:30 – 12:00 - Session 2: Next steps f or businesses and VCSEs to work together
12: 00 – 12:30 – Lunch / Networking
Tea / coffee will be available throughout\, and a light lunch will be provided by a VCSE sector organisation.
DESCRIPTION:Join Manchester Community Central for this event a ll about helping businesses to work with voluntary \, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisa tions in a mutually beneficial way.\n \n Mancheste r Community Central's purpose is to encourage\, su pport and develop VCSE organisations and local peo ple to have a real influence over the places and c ommunities in which they live.\n \n This networkin g event is open to both VCSEs and businesses of al l sizes with an interest in finding out more about what the VCSE sector is about and how they can wo rk together to make Manchester a better place to l ive. There will be opportunities to begin to devel op mutually beneficial relationships\, while heari ng about the experiences of those who already do i t now\, to inspire new methods of working. A lunch prepared by a sector organisation will be provide d for you to sample!\n \n Participants will:\n \n Hear more about what the VCSE sector is\, its impo rtance to Manchester and the role Manchester Commu nity Central plays in helping it to grow and thriv eFind out about experiences of businesses and VCSE organisations working across the sectors and what they have gained from thisUnderstand what Manches ter Community Central currently offers to help bus inesses and VCSEs work together that attendees can immediately make use ofMeet some of the amazing o rganisations that make up the sectorThis event is for:\n \n Businesses who may be completely new to working with the VCSE sector\, or want to build on what they currently doVCSE organisations who want to engage with businessesOffering insight and ins piration on the value of working together with pot ential benefits for allInformation and support on finding a VCSE organisation to work withAgenda\n \ n 10:00 – 10:20 - Registration / Networking\n \n 1 0:20 – 11:00 - Session 1: Introduction to VCSE Sec tor\, Manchester Community Central and examples of good practice\n \n 11:00 – 11:30 – Networking\n \ n 11:30 – 12:00 - Session 2: Next steps for busine sses and VCSEs to work together\n \n 12:00 – 12:30 – Lunch / Networking\n \n Tea / coffee will be av ailable throughout\, and a light lunch will be pro vided by a VCSE sector organisation.\n \n CATEGORIES:Event CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/London:20261022T100000 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261022T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261022T123000 LOCATION:St Thomas Centre\n Ardwick Green North\n Mancheste r\, M12 6FZ\n URL:https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=9053 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR