Policy and Influence

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has launched a public consultation on the next Greater Manchester Police and Crime Plan, which will set the direction for policing and community safety across the city-region for the next three years.

The public consultation will run until 30 November. Responses to the consultation will be collated and feed into the final version of the next Plan, which will be published in January 2022.

In the latest newsletter GM Poverty Action share the detail of events that will take place in Greater Manchester during Living Wage Week. There is reaction to the Autumn Budget and the CSR.

In the latest GM Poverty Action newsletter the leading article covers the GM Housing Providers new anti-poverty pledges.

You can find out more about socio-economic duty on their website.

There is an update on the GM Living Wage Campaign, information about Green Homes grants and the Booth Centre as well as some job and training opportunities.  

In the latest GM Poverty Action newsletter there is an article from Soundpound encouraging you to join in their campaign and spread the word about the benefits of Credit Unions. There’s information about the Greater Manchester Big Poverty Conversation during Challenge Poverty Week and also about a new research project looking into employers views and experiences of Universal Credit. There are a number of other short articles.

11 - 22 October 2021

Greater Manchester leaders in local government, health and the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE) have signed a new GM VCSE Accord to work together in a collaborative way to tackle entrenched inequalities.

In the latest Gm Poverty Action newsletter you are invited to the launch of the Tameside Poverty Truth Commission.

The Greater Manchester Combined Authority is looking for an organisation to support the facilitation of the Greater Manchester Faith and Belief Advisory Panel.

In the latest GM Poverty Action newsletter there is information about two new pages added to the Poverty Monitor: the Index of Multiple Deprivation and National Poverty data pages. GM Poverty Action are working towards a full update of the Poverty Monitor in 2022.

There is more good news from the GM Living Wage Campaign and you can now access an up-to-date list of Real Living Wage employers in GM.

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