Policy and Influence

Locality has produced a package of services to help you think about the implications and risks of a no-deal Brexit and how to mitigate these.

The Greater Manchester VCSE Mental Health Forum is in the process of evolving the way that the VCSE sector works with the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership and the wider system around mental health.

In the latest newsletter GM Poverty Action share information about their training course programme for 2020 and the evidence submitted to the House of Lords Select Committee on Food, Poverty, Health and the Environment.

As you may be aware, earlier this year Manchester City Council and Manchester Health and Care Commissioning launched a competitive tendering process for the contract to provide support to the city's voluntary and community sector for the next three years. We are delighted to announce that Macc has been awarded this contract.

The GM Law Centre has drafted a letter in opposition to the proposed Public Space Protection Order (PSPO). The Manchester Homelessness Partnership gathered and shared the views of people who are homeless in the first consultation, but there is still opportunity to influence the Councils decision on it.

The GM VCSE Reference Group and GM Health and Social Care Partnership are seeking to increase cross sector understanding of our great VCSE workforce. To take this forward, Macc and Connected Consultants are working in partnership to try and engage with as many VCSE leaders as possible to explore the following areas:

In the latest newsletter the editorial shares Greater Manchester Law Centre’s manifesto  ‘Fighting together for free access to justice’ and the GM Living Wage campaign’s plans for the Autumn. There is also the third in a series of case studies highlighting organisations delivering social value.

The Manchester Safeguarding Partnership (formerly Manchester Safeguarding Adults Board and Manchester Safeguarding Children Board) needs your help. If you work in an agency in Manchester delivering services, especially to vulnerable adults, please complete the Homelessness Thematic Review survey.

Greater Manchester is ramping up preparations for the possibility of an exit from the EU in the near future. For general advice on how to prepare for Brexit click here

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GM Moving are launching a GM wide campaign mid-September and they need your help. The campaign aims to inform and change attitudes around movement and physical activity.