The GM VCFSE Accord, signed in 2021, is a 5-year agreement between the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and TfGM, NHS GM and the GM VCFSE Sector represented by the GM VCFSE Leadership Group, based in a relationship of mutual trust, working together, and sharing responsibility. Its purpose is to further develop how we work together to improve outcomes for Greater Manchester’s communities and citizens.
The GM VCFSE Accord is an enabler of work; it supports the development of effective and meaningful partnership working in and between the VCFSE and public sectors in Greater Manchester.
Highlights for 2024 - 2025 include embedding VCFSE strategic advisor roles within the GMCA, a VCFSE campaign asking for support from GM commissioners that resulted in the development of NHS GM’s Commissioning Principles to enable more consistent and equitable commissioning practices, development of a quality and locally provided translation and interpretation service, the development of an Inclusion and Wellbeing partnership fund as part of GM Live Well, and the production of a set of principles for including the voice of lived experience in policy making.
This impact reports build on the Accord Interim report, published in December 2024. It brings together details of engagement and reach, along with case studies of work under the Accord to meet its commitments, or where the Accord has acted as an enabler of work due to its vision and aims.
Read the Greater Manchester VCFSE Accord Impact report 2024-25 here