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Data Protection Practitioners' Conference 2026

Join over 7,500 SMEs already registered for the ICO's Data Protection Practitioners' Conference 2026 on 13th October. This virtual event features 12 live practical sessions, alongside inspiring keynote speakers, hands-on workshops and expert-led panel discussions.

With more external speakers than ever before from across the ICO, public sector and industry, including Paul Peters from the National Cyber Resilience Centre Group, you'll gain valuable insights, practical guidance and real world expertise to support your organisation's data protection journey.

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Care for the Future

Join Care for the Future for their national consultation event, share your views and help influence better practice in supporting care experienced people.

This National Care Leavers’ Month, Care for the Future are bringing together care experienced people from across the UK for Care for the Future – a free event in Manchester where you can share your experiences, talk about the issues that matter to you and connect with other care experienced people.

Your experiences and views can help shape the future of Rees Foundation, including the services and support we provide.

Bridge5Mill, 22A Beswick Street, Manchester, M4 7HR
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The Stories We Carry

GMECN x MBME Network have curated spotlighting everyday black people, communities and legacies.

Join this free event early evening spotlighting the stories of black people in our everyday life, as part of GMECN's x Manchester BME Network's Black History Contribution.

Author and Curator Tony Fairweather talks about the Windrush generation and showcases the Windrush Living Room.

Poet and Film Maker Nathaniel Richards talk and screening of his love letter to black women of Manchester in Ode to Black Women.

Birch Community Centre, Brighton Grove, Manchester, M14 5JT

From Crisis to 'Resilience': Opportunities and Challenges of the CRF

Exploring the opportunities, challenges and practical implications of the new Crisis and Resilience Fund for local areas.

This webinar is hosted by the Understanding Strengths-Based Prevention (USP) team, formerly known as the MoVE or ESA team, at the Universities of Hull and Sheffield. It brings the team's research on prevention into the emerging national conversation about the Crisis and Resilience Fund (CRF), creating an opportunity to connect research evidence with learning from those shaping and implementing the Fund nationally and locally.

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Local Anti-Poverty Strategy Development

Join Resolve Poverty for a free webinar session, exploring what makes an effective anti-poverty strategy, and how localities can turn ambition into action?

Join Resolve Poverty for an upcoming webinar exploring the development of effective anti-poverty strategies, with a focus on why they matter, and how they can support meaningful action to tackle poverty.

The webinar will explore:

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Trusted communities, safer futures: rethinking support for survivors of domestic abuse

Domestic violence and abuse (DVA) is a pervasive public health issue, affecting more than one third of women globally. In England and Wales, two women are killed each week by a current or former male partner.

The University of Manchester (room details provided upon registration)

Migrant Health Guide Launch

Join BHA online for the launch of their latest booklet, the "Migrant Health Guide".

BHA For Equality is launching a new booklet to help people from migrant communities understand and access healthcare in England. The Migrant Health Guide sets out how the NHS works, how to register with a GP, and how to get support for dental care, maternity care, sexual health and HIV care.

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Carbon Literacy Training for Greater Manchester VCSEs – CLAD 2026

This is a unique opportunity to be part of the largest VCSE (Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise organisations) Carbon Literacy training event Manchester has ever seen, as part of International Carbon Literacy Action Day (CLAD) 2026! 

Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, Manchester, M15 6BY

#BeeWell Greater Manchester: Virtual Coalition of Partners meeting

Join the Greater Manchester Coalition of Partners meeting for the latest updates on #BeeWell GM. The meeting will cover programme updates on #BeeWell research, work from the Youth Steering Group, opportunities to connect with others working to support young people's wellbeing and more.

#BeeWell is a collaboration between The University of Manchester, The Gregson Family Foundation and Anna Freud, who, together with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), founded the programme in 2019.

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