Policy and Influence

Greater Manchester is part of the Changing Futures programme. This is a £64 million initiative between Government and The National Lottery Community Fund, testing innovative approaches to improving outcomes for people experiencing multiple disadvantage in fifteen areas across England. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has commissioned a consortium led by CFE Research to evaluate the Changing Futures programme.

Have you been granted leave to remain through the UK asylum process? Are you confident in speaking English? Have you lived in the UK for 3 years or more? Are you keen to meet new people and use your skills?

In early June, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) hosted a co-design workshop for the proposed Greater Manchester Community Wealth Hub. Over 70 people came along and joined in discussion about the potential purpose, functions, operating model and impacts that the Hub might have.

Calling all activists or people interested in learning about activism from Black or Minoritised Communities. Circles run for 4 weekly sessions. Participants are required to commit to meeting weekly on 17 August, 24 August, 31 August, 7 September between 6pm-7pm, online. Deadline to apply: 15 August

Register for the Ubele Circles with Dennis Carney

The latest newsletter opens with a request to you to take five minutes to complete GMPA’s Annual Impact Survey. The findings will help inform their work and support GMPA when making a case to funders and other stakeholders, deadline: 29 July. The newsletter reports on Greater Manchester’s excellent successes at the Living Wage Champions Awards, there is a page of policy updates and a new tool from Citizens Advice.  

Is your charity struggling to tell a story with your data or to transform it into impactful visual designs? Do you need your data analysed or simply want to know how to make the most of your spreadsheets?

The newsletter includes an invitation to join an in person event: Levelling up isn’t working – how do we locally prevent and reduce poverty across Greater Manchester?’ on 19 July. The event will examine the findings from the Poverty Monitor 2022 and there will be a panel discussion.

This long-term study on voluntary and community organisations, social enterprises, cooperatives, societies and clubs (the 'third sector' or 'VCSE' sector) started in 2010.

A lot has happened in the North West since the survey was last conducted in 2019. So it's time to find out what has changed in the last three years.

Greater Manchester has established a Women and Girls’ Equality Panel to accelerate gender equality, enabling women and girls to live their best life in Greater Manchester.

The latest newsletter from GM Poverty Action shares information about two new policy briefings they have published. The first is ‘Local welfare assistance schemes – best practise for local authorities’ and the second ‘The current scale of socio-economic duty in England’.