Manchester Community Central

The Community Explorers forum, which sits with

The Community Explorers forum, which sits with the Policy and Influence team at Macc, is designed to facilitate meaningful conversations about the success stories, as well as challenges and opportunities you encounter on the ground within the sector and in the communities you work with.

The Community Explorers forum, which sits with the Policy and Influence team at Macc, is designed to facilitate meaningful conversations about the success stories, as well as challenges and opportunities you encounter on the ground within the sector and in the communities you work with.

Even if your organisation doesn't have an official policy or subscription to an AI service, employees, volunteers and service users are using it: sometimes for good, sometimes for bad. That’s why it's more important than ever that every VSCE organisation has a robust ethical position on AI, not just a tick box policy. 

Connecting communities across Greater Manchester and beyond to raise awareness of local social ventures

Come and socialise at this SOUP event or pitch your ideas to some of Manchester’s successful social entrepreneurs and business support providers, enjoy some amazing food and secure as many votes as you can to take home a pot of cash to help you get your idea started.

There will be a guaranteed £250 in cash prize for the winner to grow their idea.

Manchester Community Central is pleased to partner with the Royal Literary Fund to deliver this workshop for city of Manchester based VCSE groups.

Writing grant applications and funding bids is challenging and time consuming. This online workshop will guide you through the process of project planning while helping you to understand the key principles of writing applications and avoiding commonly made mistakes.

Through writing exercises and discussion, you will explore:

Join Manchester Community Central for this event all about helping businesses to work with voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations in a mutually beneficial way.

Manchester Community Central's purpose is to encourage, support and develop VCSE organisations and local people to have a real influence over the places and communities in which they live.