Over the last 12 months, Making Smoking History has worked together with eight voluntary, community, faith, and social enterprise (VCFSE) organisations to co-create, test, and evaluate a new Greater Manchester Smokefree Spaces Toolkit.
Every day, hiring organisations rely on contractor assessments and prequalification audits to verify that contractors meet the standards required to work on site safely and compliantly. That process depends on documents such as insurance certificates, risk assessments, training records and competency evidence. But what happens when those documents aren't what they appear to be.
If a fraudulent document entered your supply chain tomorrow, would your organisation spot it?
Join Fuel Poverty Action and friends in Manchester for a conference asking the question who's getting rich from the green transition, and who is missing out?
How do we fight for a clean energy system that's fairer than the dirty fossil fueled one it replaces? How do we make sure home retrofits, insulation, heat pumps etc actually bring bills down and make our homes warm and healthy?
What does the right support look like when communities are given the space to lead?
See social infrastructure in action at Our Sale West Big Local and explore how the places, organisations, relationships and spaces that connect communities can create the foundations for community-led change.
The event will also explore the support infrastructure around community-led programmes: the relationships, resources, capacity building and practical support that can help communities develop and sustain their own ideas and solutions.
A civic dialogue in Manchester cohosted by CARISMA and Peace Path Communities. Part of the Safer Communities Project.
Organised and Sponsored by IPYG UK, CARISMA Services, Peace Path Communities, Nurturing Foundations, Mahtsen, and Ambassadors of Peace in East Africa.
You are invited to the launch of the first edition of the Adult Social Care Working Together Handbook.
The handbook brings together the Adult Social Care Principles for Working Together, which were co-produced by people with lived experience, Adult Social Care colleagues, care providers and community organisations. It also contains practical resources for putting co-production into practice.
Join Greater Manchester's Black History Month Civic Launch: live performances, community and the 2026 BHM calendar launch.
Greater Manchester's Black History Month begins here.
Join civic leaders, community organisations and cultural institutions for an evening of live performances celebrating Black history and heritage, marking the official launch of the Greater Manchester BHM 2026 calendar of events.
The flagship Black History Month celebration bringing together hundreds of guests for an elegant evening of recognition, culture, and community. Features awards ceremony honouring community champions, entertainment including fashion shows and cultural performances, dinner, and networking. Celebrating Black excellence, heritage, and achievements across Greater Manchester.
For more information contact events@cahn.org.uk
The training is delivered online and is specially designed for those with little or no technical knowledge, to help them understand and identify threats and scams.
It also provides trusted guidance about simple steps everyone can take to make themselves, their organisation and those they work with to become more cyber resilient.
The training is delivered online and is specially designed for those with little or no technical knowledge, to help them understand and identify threats and scams.
It also provides trusted guidance about simple steps everyone can take to make themselves, their organisation and those they work with to become more cyber resilient.