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Report front cover titled building an inclusive economy for all
Manchester Community Central hosted ‘Building an Inclusive Economy for All’, a cross sector event exploring the state of the city’s social economy, featuring research and insights on ways of working…
A front page with the title of the report
Zainab Hashmi-Sattar wrote a report on the Supporting Pathways to Good Work: The Role of Manchester's VCSE based on some survey findings and desktop research.  Click the link below to access the…
Front Cover of Report Titled Community Explorers Pathways out of Poverty with picture of people at event
A summary of discussions from our Pathways out of Poverty event in January 2026.
logo for Macc's GM Sanctuary Seekers Network
The Government are consulting on their planned changes to settlement in the UK, known as “earned settlement”. Members of the public and organisations have the opportunity to have a say by filling out…
Starting a group
Please use our language translator in the top right hand side of our website to translate this page into different languages. If you are interested in setting up a new voluntary or community…
Starting a group
Please use our language translator in the top right hand side of our website to translate this page into different languages.This factsheet assumes that you have read and worked through Factsheet 1a…
Starting a group
Please use our language translator in the top right hand side of our website to translate this page into different languages. A constitution (or governing document) contains the aims and rules that…
Starting a group
Please use our language translator in the top right hand side of our website to translate this page into different languages. Any voluntary organisation should have a committee of people who will…
Managing risk
Please use our language translator in the top right hand side of our website to translate this page into different languages. All organisations need to consider how they manage risk. Charity…
Human resources
Please use our language translator in the top right hand side of our website to translate this page into different languages.Policies are statements of how your organisation intends to conduct itself…
Governance
Please use our language translator in the top right hand side of our website to translate this page into different languages.This factsheet is specifically intended for organisations that are…
Governance
Please use our language translator in the top right hand side of our website to translate this page into different languages. 1. ContextCommunity Interest Companies, although they have their own…
Starting a group
Please use our language translator in the top right hand side of our website to translate this page into different languages. Think about all the different kinds of meetings you have been to or heard…
Governance
Please use our language translator in the top right hand side of our website to translate this page into different languages. This factsheet should be seen as a starting point and introduction to…
Governance
Please use our language translator in the top right hand side of our website to translate this page into different languages.This factsheet should be read in conjunction with ‘Factsheet 1a: Starting…
Starting a group
Please use our language translator in the top right hand side of our website to translate this page into different languages. “Social enterprises exist in the space between traditional charity and…
Volunteering
Please use our language translator in the top right hand side of our website to translate this page into different languages. This factsheet is one of two on working with volunteers and should be…
Volunteering
Please use our language translator in the top right hand side of our website to translate this page into different languages.This factsheet is one of two in this series on working with volunteers and…