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This Spring, the Policy & Influence Team at Macc sat down with The Booth Centre and The Charity Service to learn about their experiences of delivering a participatory grantmaking project. With a huge thanks to Conor, Pete, Claire and Andrew for taking the time to talk to us about the process, lessons and outcomes, we wanted to share this interview to highlight the importance of resourcing…
Just One Thing: International Women’s Day 2026
This May, in honour of International Women's Day, we sat down with seven inspirational women leaders from across Manchester's VCSE sector to hear their stories - their journeys, their challenges, and what continues to drive them forward.
The conversations were deeply insightful, with a powerful set of shared themes emerging across each…
Hello, we want to say a huge thank you to everybody who took the time to complete our 2025 Training Needs Analysis survey.
Launched every two years, the survey provides an opportunity for those working in the VCSE sector to inform us of any gaps and barriers they have identified when it comes to their learning and development. It also allows the chance for those accessing…
This month, in honour of International Women's Day, we sat down with seven inspirational women leaders from across Manchester's VCSE sector to hear their stories - their journeys, their challenges, and what continues to drive them forward.
The conversations were deeply insightful, with a powerful set of shared themes emerging across each interview.
Just One Thing: IWD 2026 by…
Systems Leadership was all about amplifying a model of leadership that’s not about managing, but about how to make things happen, across sectors, in a collaborative way. It is designed to help people lead when they don't have positional power, levers to pull, or a large budget to wield.
Over two years we hosted a series of open workshops focused on storytelling, community leadership,…
This Just One Thing Interview was conducted and written by Ellie Eckersley
Norton is the founder of FungALL, and doesn’t consider himself to be a traditional entrepreneur, not driven by conventional business rapid growth models, but by social purpose. Instead, FungALL creatively work to solve the problem of growing mushrooms from food waste partners, for example, most recently waste from…
As part of its role in supporting and advocating for Manchester’s social economy, Adrian Ashton and the Manchester Social Economy Alliance (MSEA) undertook a short research project at the end of 2025 with support from Manchester City Council’s Work & Skills Team.
A mixture of surveys and round table discussions found that social economy groups are usually more…
Michaux Danzoll wrote a policy article to bring light to the Manchester Climate Plan in line with the Global Call for Climate Action.
In November 2025, nearly 8,000 kilometres apart, two significant events in the fight against climate change took place. In Belém, Brazil, on the edge of the Amazon forest, delegates gathered for the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the…
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For January’s Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery Awareness day, for this month’s Just One Thing article, we spoke with Jillian Alexander, founder and CEO of Unbound Programme, a community interest company supporting survivors of modern slavery in Manchester. Jillian shared her passion…
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Across Greater Manchester and beyond, thousands of people living with HIV are supported every year by George House Trust, based round the corner from the Manchester Community Central Office, a charity that has been standing alongside and supporting those living with HIV since 1985.…
To mark the UN's 16 days of activism against gender-based violence, Ellie Eckersley and Anushka Swannell interviewed Jack McGeehan and Carolina Hinojosa's work as Project Coordinators for Salford Foundation’s Steps Programme. Below is the interview written by Ellie Eckersley.
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Interviewed and Written up by Ellie Eckersley
Each edition of the Policy Voice Newsletter features Just One Thing, spotlighting people who are making a difference in the sector. For this month’s article, we spoke with Dr. Iyabo Fatimilehin, Clinical Psychologist and founder of Just Psychology, to hear more about her journey, her passion for prevention, and her commitment to culturally…