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Association of Chairs: Board Essentials - Understanding Your Charity's Accounts: A practical introduction for trustees

Do charity accounts feel like a mystery? This 75-minute **lunchtime **session is designed to help trustees of small charities feel more confident reading and understanding their charity’s annual accounts. Whether you're new to trusteeship or simply want to demystify the numbers, this session will walk you through what to look for and why it matters.

In this webinar we will explore:

Online

Association of Chairs: Chairing Essentials - Financial Resilience for Charity Chairs

This 75-minute reflective session is designed for chairs of small charities to step back from the day-to-day and take a moment to reflect on the financial future of their organisations. Using the Association of Chairs’ five financial leadership questions as a guide, we will explore how these apply in your own context:

• How can we support trustees with their financial duties?

• What board arrangements will support strong financial governance?

• Do we have a clear financial plan?

• Do we have the financial information we need?

Online

Association of Chairs: Chairing Essentials - Working with your CEO

As chair, building and maintaining a successful relationship with your chief executive is a key part of the role. But it’s not always a simple task. Each relationship is complex, dynamic and unique and it needs time, energy and effort to make it a success.

This interactive session will look at what is needed at key stages in the chair-chief executive relationship including appraising your chief executive. We will provide insight and tips on how to build a successful relationship with your chief executive as well as pointers for when things go wrong.

We will cover:

Online

Get Grants: Free introduction to monitoring and evaluation

Join Get Grants for a FREE introductory workshop on our Monitoring & Evaluation Training Course. Discover how to make monitoring, evaluating, and reporting to your supporters accessible, relevant, and empowering that is designed for fundraisers in all roles.

Check out our (Get Grants) Monitoring & Evaluation Training Course here.

Online

Cost of Living GM Mayoral Hustings

Food, rent, and other basics of life continue to be a huge burden for millions of people across Greater Manchester. The cost of living is too high, and wages have failed to keep up.

Three organisations that work on the cost of living across our city-region have put this hustings together to give you the chance to put your questions directly to the candidates who are standing to be the next mayor of Greater Manchester.

ACORN Manchester – GM branch of a national community union, which campaigns on renter's rights, bailiff use and a range of other working-class issues.

Online and in-person Ascension Church, 282 Stretford Road, Manchester, M15 5TQ

Gambling Harms Creative taster workshop

Odd Arts are looking for people 18+ with lived experience of harms from gambling (whether that is direct experience yourself, or through family members, friends or partners) to take part in a new creative project.

This taster workshop is an opportunity for you to hear more about what the project looks like and to see how we work.

The session will involve:

Aquarius, 21 Eden Close, Hulme, Manchester, M15 6AX
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The Saltways: How to create videos for grant applications

Join The Saltways team for this workshop exploring how charities can create effective videos for grant applications. 

Does your charity want to use video to strengthen funding bids but aren't sure where to begin? Join The Saltways team for a practical session designed for charity professionals. 

  • Learn what funders look for in video submissions. 

  • Discover how to use video to showcase your impact and outcomes.

Online

Caritas Big Sleep Out 2026

Sleep under the stars to raise money for local families and individuals experiencing homelessness.

This event has always been a popular part of the Caritas Salford calendar, and after a rest year or two, we are pleased to be running an in-person event once again.

So, dust off your sleeping bag, and get ready to wrap up warm, whilst we spend the night in the great outdoors for a great cause.

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Old Bedians Sports Centre, Millgate Lane, Didsbury, Manchester, M20 5QX