Policy and Influence

Global Shapers Manchester, starting a new initiative in the city connected to the World Economic Forum.

The Charity Awards provides charities of all shapes and sizes with a window to showcase their efforts and the impact they have made.

The Charity Awards is a year-round programme that uses Civil Society Media’s portfolio of magazines, reports, events and websites to celebrate and highlight best practice across the sector. 

The GM VCSE Leadership Group have developed a dedicated website to explain who the group are and what they do.

In the latest newsletter, Salford City Council reports on a strategic approach targeting Health Improvement resources to address poverty. The Greater Manchester Living Wage campaign sets out its priorities for 2020 and there is a feature on a new venture – The Good Food Bag – which aims to help those who rely on convenience foods.

Rethinking Economics (RE) is an international network of students, academics and professionals building a better economics in society and the classroom. Their vision is of economies which serve people and the planet.

Modern policing wrestles with ethical dilemmas every day. Could you play a part in helping the police negotiate challenging, complex and sometimes controversial issues by joining Greater Manchester’s Independent Police Ethics Committee?

The committee is seeking new members to provide advice, support and guidance to GMP and the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime on the complex ethical issues that face modern policing.

The Bank of England’s job is to promote the good of the people of the United Kingdom by maintaining monetary and financial stability.

That means managing inflation – the rate at which prices rise – and making sure that the financial system, which includes banks and building societies, functions properly. The Bank of England also issue bank notes and run the system that allows electronic payments to take place.

What will world the world look like for charities 20 years from now? Joe Saxton shares some of his predictions for how the third sector might grow and change – for better or for worse – in the years to come.

Click here to read the predictions

The Manchester Local Care Organisation have collaborated with a charity called Nesta and their People Powered Results team to deliver three waves of the 100 Day Challenge. This challenge is giving each of the 12 Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INTs) in Manchester 100 days to decide upon and rapidly test innovative ideas that tackle a specific health and social care issue.