All Policy and Influence

Third Sector Trends in the North 2019 is a 10 year study of the voluntary and community sector which is now running right across the North of England.

Whether your organisation or group is big or small, flourishing or struggling financially – or just carrying on more or less as normal – your response are needed.

In the latest GMPA newsletter there is an article by Bury South MP Ivan Lewis, Sustain share their concern about the poor take up of Healthy Start vouchers and Young Manchester have funding for holiday playschemes. Kellogg’s announce doubling the number of grants for Breakfast Clubs, a Good Employment Charter Supporters’ Network is being launched and GMPA have included information about the North West Hardship Hub. There are a number of shorter articles and a list for forthcoming events.

NCVO, ACEVO and Lloyds Bank Foundation are working in partnership on a project focusing on competition and collaboration between organisations bidding for public service contracts. The project, Rebalancing the Relationship, was launched in March 2019.

The project partners have launched a call for evidence to better understand the relationship between large and small organisations bidding to deliver public services.

The GM VCSE Devolution Reference Group and the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership have commissioned a partnership of Bolton CVS, Mind in Greater Manchester, GMCVO and VSNW to ensure that the VCSE sector plays a comprehensive role in commissioning both at a local and Greater Manchester level. As part of this work they are conducting a listening exercise with the VCSE sector about your experiences.