Are you a Voluntary, Community or Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisation working in Manchester? If yes, the Our Manchester VCS Grants Team want your views on a new Our Manchester VCS 
grants programme, to launch in the Autumn of 2022.
The Our Manchester VCS Grants Programme is Manchester City Council’s largest grants programme for the voluntary and community sector (£2.4m per year). The programme launched in 2017 and currently funds 63 organisations working across the city. After two extensions of existing arrangements, a new Our Manchester VCS Grants programme is scheduled to launch in the Autumn. What this fund will look like has not been decided and the team want the experiences and views of Manchester’s VCSE sector to help shape it.
Refresh not redesign
The programme will not be completely redesigned, but instead will be brought up to date to reflect the refreshed Our Manchester Strategy, build on what’s working well in the current programme, take on board lessons learned from the first round, the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors.
Be part of the conversation
There are three different ways VCSE organisations can join in the conversation:
- Come to one of the in-person engagement events in April, register here
- Attend one of the virtual engagement events in April, register here
- Complete the online survey: Our Manchester VCS Programme Refresh 2022 Survey by 4 May 2022
If you have any queries email: [email protected]