The Renters Rights act will make it easier to challenge rent rises for rent private sector tenants – let's make rents affordable again.
Since Covid Rents across Greater Manchester have gone up in some cases by 100% and yet salaries and benefits have remained stagnant.
This is a short session focusing on No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) and the broader implications of the Hostile Environment policy.
This session is designed in collaboration with United Impact for anyone interested in gaining a deeper understanding of NRPF and its far-reaching effects.
The session will explore:
A range of recent migration and asylum policy and proposals, including earned settlement and the family returns consultation, risk undermining migrant children and care leavers' rights and safety, and exposing them to poverty, destitution and/or homelessness.
This public letter is intended to highlight concerns about the cumulative threat to children's rights from these policies and call on Government to put the welfare and rights of children at the heart of all migration and asylum policy.
Learn to influence policy for social change and understand local governance, policy pathways to parliament and advocacy storytelling.
All civil society organisations have one thing in common: we are collectively working towards a society we all want to live in. This change can happen through creating policy influence on a local and national scale, no matter the size of your organisation. But sometimes it can feel a little daunting and overwhelming of not knowing where to start with making a difference and the communities you advocate for. Join Voice4Change England to discuss:
Macc's Alternative Venue discussion Group - the
A renewed Greater Manchester VCFSE Accord for 2026 - 2035 was signed by leaders across Greater Manchester’s public sector, including the health and care system, and the Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise sector (VCFSE).
Greater Manchester stands on a proud legacy of partnership-working between the public sector and our diverse VCFSE sector.
Local government in England is going through one of its biggest periods of change in a generation. Through devolution and local government reorganisation, new decision-making structures are emerging that will shape how services are designed, funded and delivered in communities.
To help organisations navigate these changes, NAVCA and ACRE have launched a new website, bringing together practical resources for the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector, local authorities, strategic authorities and rural community support organisations.
Most organisations learn: some formally through structured processes, others informally through day‑to‑day practice. The challenge is to understand how learning already happens in your organisation and then identify the right interventions to intentionally grow and strengthen a learning culture.
In this session, we (NPC) will look at learning as a culture‑change process through four lenses:
On Thursday 7 May 2026, local elections will take place across Manchester. At these elections, you will need to bring photo ID to be able to vote at a polling station. A wide range of photo ID will be accepted, including passports, driving licences, and cards with a PASS Mark.
If you don't have an accepted form of photo ID, you can apply for a free voter ID document known as a Voter Authority Certificate. Apply by 5pm on 28 April 2026.
Understand what data tells us about poverty in the UK, how to find this data and how to use it to build effective responses to poverty.
What you’ll learn: