GMCVO and partners are looking for short contributions for a day-long ‘Learning from Failure’ event on 23 June 2022 in Manchester. GMCVO have received funding from Voluntary Sector Studies Network to create a space for people working in, with and funding the VCSE sector to talk about:
The GM VCSE Leadership Group are a coalition of 20 leaders working to promote the role and involvement of the VCSE sector in Greater Manchester. Work covers areas such as mental health, homelessness, commissioning, population health, equalities, inclusive economy and workforce development. The group are also working alongside GM Combined Authority and GM Health and 
Social Care Partnership on behalf of the VCSE sector to deliver the VCSE Accord.
Power up is a free development programme run by Manchester Women’s Aid and Reclaim where you will learn the art of campaigning in a supportive inclusive space. Featuring weekly Zoom sessions and monthly group meet up in Manchester.
Join a supportive community of activists.
Develop campaigns which demand gender justice.
Manchester City Council is asking for your to help make sure their priorities still reflect Manchester people's.
Manchester City Council won't need to make savings beyond efficiencies already identified but decisions they make now will affect future budgets.
Manchester City Council are also having to consider raising their element of Council Tax.
In their latest newsletter GM Poverty Action have included details about two jobs they are currently recruiting to, there is information about a British Red Cross report and a Save the Children webinar. Their programmes are also featured with the GM Living Wage campaign gearing up for a busy 2022 and the Tameside Poverty Truth Commission sharing one of the commissioner’s stories.
The Our Manchester Strategy (2016-2025) sets out Manchester City Council’s long-term vision for Manchester’s future and provides a framework for action across the city. The vision is for Manchester to be in the top flight of world-class cities in 2025.
It will be a city:
The latest GM Poverty Action newsletter looks back at 2021. Cash payments to families in financial crisis, socio-economic duty, the Referral Tool, the Greater Manchester Living Wage Campaign, the Local Authority officers forum, the Tameside Poverty Truth Commission and the Poverty Reference Group.
In the latest GM Poverty Action newsletter is a report on Living Wage week which was a busy time in Greater Manchester and included some excellent announcements. GMPA is recruiting a Head of Advocacy, Policy and Research. National Energy Action have written an article looking at the winter ahead for those living in fuel poverty and there is a piece by the New Economics Foundation on the Levelling Up agenda focussing on community placemaking.
The latest GM Poverty Action newsletter reports on the launch of the Tameside Poverty Truth Commission. Usdaw’s General Secretary writes for GMPA about a new deal needed for the retail sector and there are a number of other short articles.
The Government's Nationality and Borders Bill – or Anti Refugee Bill, threatens the biggest overhaul of the UK's asylum and immigration system in 20 years, and fundamentally threatens the right to seek asylum in the UK. The Bill is currently nearing report stage in the House of Commons.