Policy and Influence

NPC: Everyone's Environment: Local – Co-Creation 1 (Understanding Our Collective Strengths)

NPC are delighted to share that the 2026 schedule for Everyone’s Environment: Local is now confirmed — along with th

St. Thomas Centre, Ardwick Green North, Manchester, M12 6FZ

NPC: Everyone's Environment: Local – Training 3 (Taking climate action for your organisation)

NPC are delighted to share that the 2026 schedule for Everyone’s Environment: Local is now confirmed — along with th

St. Thomas Centre, Ardwick Green North, Manchester, M12 6FZ

Banking for charitable organisations – your experience

The Charity Finance Group (CFG) is committed to find out more about this from charities so they can encourage / lobby banks to do more and better.

CFG has launched the 2026 charity banking survey to track progress and challenges in the sector.

Your responses will provide powerful evidence to drive change with banks, regulators and government.

The survey should take around 10 minutes to complete, and all data will be anonymised. 
The findings will shape CFG's policy work and practical resources to better support charities nationwide.

Greater Manchester Residents Survey – Full report available

The latest full report for the Greater Manchester Residents Survey is now available. Conducted on behalf of localities and partners, the survey offers in-depth insight into the impacts of coronavirus across the region and explores key areas linked to the Greater Manchester Strategy, including residents’ experiences and attitudes towards food insecurity, good work, and digital inclusion.

Read the full report here 
 

NPC: Everyone's Environment: Local – Training 1 (Making sense of climate and nature)

NPC are delighted to share that the 2026 schedule for Everyone’s Environment: Local is now confirmed — along with the sign‑up forms for your organisation.

Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5NS

Manchester City Council Social Value and Zero Carbon Toolkits

Manchester City Council manages around 1,000 contracts each year – working with organisations that range from small local businesses to voluntary sector providers and large international corporations. Some of their suppliers have dedicated social value teams and strategies, whereas others may be writing a social value section of a bid for the first time.

To support all suppliers to write strong bids and deliver meaningful social value commitments, their Procurement Team has created a new Social Value and Zero Carbon Toolkit.

Manchester Transport Strategy 2050 Consultation: Online Equalities and VCFSE Q&A

Join this online session to find out more about the future of transport in Greater Manchester and share your thoughts.

What do you want travel to look like by 2050?
Greater Manchester is currently consulting on its draft 2050 Transport Strategy – and a detailed Delivery Plan outlining local schemes from 2027 to 2037.

This live online session is your opportunity to learn more and help shape the future of travel across our city region.

What you’ll get from this session

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Shared Topic Areas

Up Close and Policy: Bringing creativity into policy engagement

Join to hear about UCL Public Policy funded project: “Mosaics for Policy Development”

How can policy be designed that truly reflects people’s lived experiences? Traditional policy making methods can struggle to capture the nuance, creativity and diversity of perspectives needed for effective decision making. This event showcases a different way forward.

As part of Wellcome Policy Lab-funded project, UCL Public Policy partnered with Scientia Scripta to explore creative approaches to policy development.

Online
Shared Topic Areas

Directory of Social Change: Understanding and Quantifying Your Social Value

The capacity to better identify, quantify and communicate the social and environmental impact of an organisation is becoming increasingly important to manage limited resources and guide strategic decision making, as well as engaging effectively with external stakeholders such as funders, customers, volunteers and the media.

Who should attend?

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