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Building your organisation's network? Learn purposeful strategies for connections, effective follow-up, and expanding your impact.

Strong connections are the cornerstone of success. Networking isn't just about collecting business cards; it's about building meaningful relationships that can unlock new opportunities, amplify your mission, and secure vital support for your cause.

What you'll learn in this session:

The Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance are inviting VCFSE organisations from across Greater Manchester to join a joint summit bringing together the Cancer Alliance and VCFSE partners.

This is a chance to build stronger relationships, share ideas and experience, celebrate impact, and work together to shape how we improve cancer outcomes in our communities in the future.

The event is open to all VCFSE organisations, not just those already working in cancer. 

Share and join an online webinar sharing information on financial support opportunities for families.

The webinar will explore:

• Benefit checker tool/calculator
• Citizens Advice support
• Access to energy grants
• Credit Union offers, including family and school uniform loans
• Cracking Good Food kitchen kit shop

Action for radical change in NHS, public services and VCSE – presented by Five Giants Foundation, People’s Powerhouse, Wellbeing Enterprises.

We know the change that is needed. A profound shift from a system that does things to people to one that does things with them. We know this because change is happening: the public, health, voluntary and community sector working differently – and we see the positive outcomes. Yet doing to is deeply embedded. We all want things to change but somehow the system resists and carries on with business as usual. And so the problems just get worse.

Discover how to strengthen your organisation's capacity and achieve more through collaboration.

In today's interconnected world, collaboration is key to maximising your organisation's impact. Whether you're a charity, a social enterprise, or a community group, developing and managing effective partnerships can significantly amplify your reach, resources, and influence.

All community organisations exist because they want to make a difference, but why do we need to be able to talk about how we do that?

Monitoring and evaluation is collecting and recording information about your work and service users. It is checking that what you deliver is working, and then being able to show others what difference your work makes to services users and the community you serve (and why that’s important).

This session will;

Join the Manchester Lit&Phil and MACFEST for a vibrant evening celebrating the power of words to bridge cultures, spark understanding, and illuminate the rich tapestry of our city.

This event brings together a distinguished panel of poets, whose award-winning works span continents, traditions, and lived experiences.