Manchester Community Central

• Are you involved in / interested in reducing inactivity and enabling active lives?
• Do you find the systems you work in and the lives of the people you work with are increasingly complex?
• Are you looking for solutions and ideas?

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.
 

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This series of workshops will provide an overvi

Active lives - Focused Co-learning sessions (Ov

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:  

Running a successful AGM and ensuring that trustee responsibilities have been fulfilled as well as utilising the opportunity for the benefit of the organisation. This includes an understanding of the Charity Commission guidelines for running AGMS, including understanding of who the charities’ members are from the governing document of their organisation.

The Learning Objectives for participants:

Macc invites you to join our Trustee Training Video Series, designed to equip trustees with essential knowledge for effective charity governance. We will be hosting 3 bite sized video sessions to guide you through the key aspects of being an effective trustee. Our thanks to 4CT for creating these resources from Macc’s training.

Video 1: Being a Trustee - Monday 4 November, 5:30-6:15pm