Free

We often hear the youth and play sector is struggling to recruit youth workers and delivery support staff. We can often be competing for the same people and wasting resources trying to recruit appropriately trained and experienced staff in a current cost of living crisis.

This informal workshop will facilitate discussions to come up with new ideas and approaches to help the sector think differently, and plan more together to recruit and share fantastic staff.

The workshop will cover:

This session will inform you of the opportunities available across Greater Manchester for you and your workforce to develop skills and gain relevant qualifications. The session will also provide you the chance to input into facilitated discussions on current opportunities and barriers to workforce development.

This informal session will explore the following themes of training and CPD:

Join Asthma + Lung UK, local community groups and artists for a creative day to explore how air pollution impacts our health, and how we can all tackle it.

For the first time, Asthma + Lung UK will be bringing the powerful exhibition This is Life + Breath: Stories of Toxic Air photographer Chris O’Donovan, to Manchester. The 10 striking portraits include local story-tellers Dave and teenager Maksim, two local citizens affected by toxic air.

Join Beeston-Clarke Accountants on 2nd April where they will be joined by guest speaker Joanne Parker from Joanne Parker Communications who will lead a session on "Ways to tell your charity's story". 

Struggling to define your charity’s brand? Join Media Trust’s Stronger Voices branding masterclass with expert consultant Emily Burt of Studio Lawen. Learn what makes a strong brand, why it matters, and how to craft an authentic identity that connects with supporters and funders.  

This free session is open to anyone working on comms, PR and media within the equalities sector. You do not have to be a registered charity to attend this event, and staff and freelancers are welcome from all types of third sector organisations to attend. No prior branding experience is needed.

This session is part of Project 17's new training series in collaboration with United Impact.

This session, will focus on ensuring families receive the appropriate Section 17 support. The session will explore how to identify when support is inadequate and examine the negative impact this can have on families. The session will also cover effective strategies for supporting families in securing more suitable solutions, including the use of advocacy, judicial review, and formal complaints to improve their situations.

Join the webinar to hear from Cooperation Town partners who run a movement of community food co-ops, self-organising on streets and estates across the country.
 

Hear from Feeding Britain partners on best practices in collecting and using data to understand and address food insecurity at a local authority or food partnership level.
 

The NSPCC are excited to invite you to their North West Virtual Open Day, where you'll learn how everyone can work together to protect children and support families across the region.

The regional hub enables NSPCC to work closely with communities, schools, and local partners in the North West to deliver real impact. This is your opportunity to hear directly from the teams about how you can help:

Last spring and summer, NHS Greater Manchester and partners from the Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) held a series of workshops to explore building a shared culture of co-production. These sessions kick-started important conversations about what co-production means and how to achieve consistency across our partnership.

However, we know that truly defining co-production requires more than internal discussions - it needs the voices and experiences of everyone involved.