Policy and Influence

In the newsletter GM Poverty Action provide an update on the food poverty programme and introduce a new team member, Sian Mullen, who comments on the National Food Strategy.  The Trussell Trust’s area manager writes about the importance of local welfare assistance and there is news from the GM Living Wage campaign.  There is information about the recent study into food support providers during the pandemic and there are a few short articles on th

Manchester has been heading strongly towards a 2025 target to become an even more talented, fair, buzzing, great-to-live-in, connected place.

Are you a Manchester voluntary, community and social enterprise sector organisation?

Would you like to share a story of your new everyday activity, as part of the 2020 Spirit of Manchester Story Week in September?

We are looking for 20 VCSE organisations to share their stories during the week of 21-25 September.

Manchester City Council is making changes to the way that social homes are allocated in Manchester.

The current Manchester Move system was introduced in 2011. Since then the demand for social homes has increased significantly while at the same time the number of social homes that have become available for new tenants has fallen considerably.

Alongside this, there has been a large rise in homelessness and it is very difficult for people in crisis to find homes.

Some key facts

Manchester Local Care Organisation (MLCO), part NHS and part local authority, want your voice to be heard and would like to have your feedback about living in Manchester City Centre.

This survey will cover issues that are important to you from exercise, green spaces, socialising to mental health.

The GM VCSE Leadership Group have published a statement in support of our BAME colleagues and communities in GM. You can show your support to the pledges made and commitment to facilitating change by signing the statement.

Read and sign the statement here

The Greater Manchester VCSE Leadership Group are building a new VCSE ‘Collaborative’ to harness the passion, knowledge and expertise that exists within the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector, to help influence policy making at a Greater Manchester (GM) level.

The latest newsletter looks at the disproportionate impact of poverty on BAME communities and share comments from VCSE leaders in Greater Manchester on this and the recent Social Metrics Commission report. There is also an article by Marcus Johns of IPPR North, writing about ten years of the austerity crisis. There is also a reminder about the Annual Impact survey for you to complete.

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

The Panel will work to ensure that all women and girls, across the ten boroughs of Greater Manchester, have equality of opportunity to start well, live well and age well.