Training and events

Welcome to the training page where you will find information and current training opportunities relevant to the voluntary community and social enterprise sector in the city of Manchester.

13 April 2025, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Venue: ITC Centre
Cost: Free
Provider: ITC Centre
Join ITC Centre for a fun filled day for all the family!With a variety of information stalls, market stalls, delicious food. Family friendly activities including face painting, Bouncy Castle, Alpaca…
14 April 2025, 10:00am - 17 April 2025, 1:00pm
Cost: From £67
Provider: NCVO
This course will give trustees an overview and understanding of charity governance, regulation and best practice. By the end of the training, you'll:  understand what governance and trusteeship…
15 April 2025, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Venue: Online
Cost: £95 + VAT
Provider: Charity Digital
Navigating the world of cyber security can be intimidating, especially with the ever-changing threats and technical language. Yet, in a world where cyberattacks are increasingly targeting…
15 April 2025, 10:00am - 3:00pm
Venue: Online
Cost: From £67
Provider: NCVO
All voluntary organisations have a duty to keep the people they work with safe from harm. This course introduces the basics of safeguarding within a charity context in England and highlights…
16 April 2025, 11:30am - 4:00pm
Venue: Methodist Central Hall, Central Buildings, Oldham Street, Manchester, M1 1JQ
Cost: Free
Provider: Afrocats
Over the last 18 months, MYRIAD has brought together practitioners, organisations and health professionals to explore ways that creative practice can increase access to mental health and wellbeing…
21 April 2025, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Venue: Altrincham Flourish Hub, Altrincham Interchange, Station Approach, WA15 8EJ
Cost: £0-9 per person
Provider: Flourish Together CIC
Co-work and evolve your social enterprise with expert panels, round-table discussions, peer support and 1-2-1 mentoring from Flourish. Flourish Together offers regular social venture support days for…
22 April 2025, 9:00am - 10:30am
Venue: Online
Cost: Free
Provider: London Transport Museum
Seeds for Action: In Focus is a series of thematic workshops focusing on how we can build connections to support our climate work. This session is for you if you are interested in: creating a plan…
23 April 2025, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Venue: Online
Cost: Free
Provider: Cranfield Trust
Given the unprecedented range of leadership challenges currently facing charity CEOs, coaching and mentoring offer them an important potential form of personal support and development. Yet charity…
23 April 2025, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Venue: Online
Cost: Free
Provider: 10GM
10GM want the Greater Manchester VCSE Data and Intelligence Network to be a collective space with shared ownership. 10GM invite you all to their codesign session to develop and structure their next…
24 April 2025, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Venue: Online
Cost: Free
Provider: NCVO
Are you a trustee or CEO of a small charity employing your first member(s) of staff? Join NCVO's free online webinar to learn what you need to consider before taking this exciting first step.…
24 April 2025, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Venue: Online
Cost: Free
Provider: Caritas Salford
Run by Caritas Salford's accessibility coordinator, Minna, this session will ask: Do you understand what neurodiversity is? Do you think you or a person you know may be neurodiverse? Do you operate…
25 April 2025, 10:00am - 11:00am
Venue: Online
Cost: Free
Provider: Macc
As businesses increasingly recognise the value of corporate social responsibility (CSR), Employer-Supported Volunteering (ESV) has emerged as a powerful way to engage employees while positively…
25 April 2025, 10:30am - 23 May 2025, 12:30pm
Venue: Manchester Deaf Centre, Crawford House, Booth Street East, M13 9GH
Cost: Free
Provider: Manchester Deaf Centre
This course is purely for fun and our informal sessions will cover sign vocabulary related to everyday life, including:  family, friends, days of the week, numbers, meeting people and…
28 April 2025, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Venue: Online
Cost: From £40
Provider: NCVO
This course will help you to manage conflict and problem solve with your volunteers, and navigate the process of ending volunteering well. Working with volunteers is a rewarding experience and one…
28 April 2025, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Venue: Online
Cost: Free
Provider: Get Grants
Introducing the Get Grants Application Review Service. Join the Get Grants team to learn more about what we offer to support the sector! Too often, fundraisers spend hours rewording applications,…
29 April 2025, 8:30am - 11:30am
Venue: Healthy Me, Healthy Communities at Gorton Central, Highmead Street, Manchester, M18 8PE
Cost: Free
Provider: Healthy Communities, Healthy Me
In partnership with Manchester Metropolitan University and Healthy Communities, Healthy Me, Manchester’s Digital Strategy are thrilled to be hosting a free AI skills workshop for community…
29 April 2025, 9:30am - 06 May 2025, 12:30pm
Venue: Online
Cost: £106.47
Provider: Get Grants
This course supports fundraisers across the sector with the practical skills and knowledge to develop an effective fundraising strategy. Across the sector, fundraisers and charity leaders are working…
29 April 2025, 9:30am - 1:00pm
Venue: Online
Cost: From £40
Provider: NCVO
Learn practical tools and techniques to increase your capability, confidence and impact when seeking to influence others – both within and outside your organisation. Influencing can be challenging.…
29 April 2025, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Venue: Online
Cost: Free
Provider: Get Grants
This April, Get Grants are celebrating 5 years of Get Grants Virtual Fundraisers Networking Events. These free events started in April 2020 as a way to bring fundraisers together. Since then, Get…
29 April 2025, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Venue: Online
Cost: Free
Provider: Media Trust x Green New Deal Rising
Join Media Trust for a one-hour masterclass with Green New Deal Rising, a youth movement championing climate justice across the UK. In their latest campaign, "There's No Growth on a Dead Planet,"…