Overview:
Would you like to explore what working with businesses could look like for your organisation?
This is an introductory session is aimed at voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) groups who support people and causes in Manchester and are interested in developing meaningful relationships with local businesses.
You will:
If you answer yes to these questions (or are simply curious) - Grab a brew and join us for online sessions (1.5 hours) every other month.
We are offering an informal, but guided space, to reflect, get curious, learn together and problem solve across traditional boundaries of sector, organisation and locality.
In June 2024 Anushka Swannell, a Volunteer Development Worker at Macc, did a piece of research on ‘The Current Climate of Student Volunteering in Greater Manchester.’ We invite you to the launch event for this research, where she will outline her findings and key policy recommendations. There will also be opportunities for you to discuss your experience as a student volunteer, or involving student volunteers, and how we can improve this in future.
We are hosting the next discussion space for VCSE organisations (statutory and private sector colleagues are very welcome) to meet and discuss what VCSE groups and organisations need from a venue, either a permanent, temporary or adhoc as well as those groups and organisation who would like to attend to promote any venue hire they currently have available.
We also welcome anyone who wants to join the meeting to promote new projects or programmes of work and meet other VCSE groups and organisations.
This series of workshops will provide an overvi
This series of workshops will provide an overvi
Active lives - Focused Co-learning sessions (Ov
We invite you to participate in an important conversation aimed at fostering communities where everyone feels safe, valued and connected. This event will bring together a diverse group of participants, including community leaders, frontline staff, volunteers, statutory colleagues and representatives from across various sectors, to share insights and explore best practices.
Join us for an important and insightful conversation/voluntary sector assembly highlighting the vital role of the VCSE sector in supporting victims of sexual violence. This event aims to elevate awareness, foster collaboration and explore collective solutions to better meet the needs of diverse communities that are affected by the issue. Our focus on the day will be on men victims, women in the asylum and migration system and members of the LGBTQ+ community.
Speakers include: