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.
05 February 2025, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Venue: Online
Cost: Free
Provider: Macc
Are you a voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) who want to explore corporate partnerships? If so, this Zoom session will offer a unique insight from a business perspective into…
06 February 2025, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Venue: Salford Cathedral Centre, 3 Ford Street, Salford, M3 6DP
Cost: Free
Provider: Caritas Salford
Delivered by Guide Dogs UK, this session will cover:
How to start a conversation when you meet someone who is blind or partially sighted, to ask if they need assistance
Basic guiding techniques for…
06 February 2025, 11:00am - 12:30pm
Venue: Online
Cost: Free
Provider: Third Sector Lab
This interactive session will help you to ensure your social media activity is closely aligned to organisational goals. You'll come away from this session with an understanding of how social media…
14 February 2025, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Venue: Delivered via Zoom
Cost: Free
Provider: Volunteer Centre Manchester
This webinar will have interactive and discussion-based elements, and will broadly cover:
Different methods of recruitment
How and why data and research on volunteering can influence recruitment and…
18 February 2025, 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Venue: Online
Cost: Free
Provider: HaysMacIntyre
This session will be hosted by Phil Salmon, Partner and Co-Head of VAT, alongside Tom Brain, Director and Jamie Whale, Senior Manager.
This session will cover insights for charity trustees including…
20 February 2025, 10:00am - 12:30pm
Venue: Central Manchester, TBC
Cost: Free
Provider: Macc
In June 2024 Anushka Swannell, a Volunteer Development Worker at Macc, did a piece of research on ‘The Current Climate of Student Volunteering in Greater Manchester.’ We invite you to the launch…
22 February 2025, 11:00am - 3:00pm
Venue: Edgeley Park, 16 Hardcastle Road Edgeley SK3 9DD
Cost: Free
Provider: GM4Women2028
Join GM4Women2028 for their 7th Pankhurst-Fawcett Scorecard Data Reveal, which will present the latest insights into the experiences of women and girls across Greater Manchester. Over the past seven…
25 February 2025, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Venue: Caritas Lalley Centre, Community Pantry and Allotment, Eggington Street, Manchester, M40 7RG
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…
27 February 2025, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Venue: Online
Cost: Free
Provider: Feeding Britain
Join the webinar to hear from Feeding Britain partners who will share their good practice and tips for offering expert advice services within community food projects.
03 March 2025, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Venue: Simpson Memorial Hall, 361 Moston Lane, M40 9NB
Cost: Free
Provider: North Manchester Together
Free training for third sector organisations explaining key trustee responsibilities for safeguarding.
This is a free training offer for North Manchester VCFSE groups. Safeguarding is a fundamental…
04 March 2025, 10:00am - 3:00pm
Venue: Simpson Memorial Hall, 361 Moston Lane, M40 9NB
Cost: Free
Provider: North Manchester Together
Free training for third sector organisations explaining key responsibilities for safeguarding.
This is a free training offer for North Manchester VCFSE groups. Safeguarding is a fundamental part of…
06 March 2025, 10:00am - 13 March 2025, 1:00pm
Venue: Online
Cost: £109.80
Provider: Cause4
Delivered by social enterprise Cause4 in partnership with the Clothworkers’ Company, this award-winning Trustee course now trains over 500 Trustees a year and gives professionals the skills and…
11 March 2025, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Venue: Online
Cost: £75
Provider: NRPF Network
Develop your knowledge to identify correct signposting options or referral routes for a person who is at risk of homelessness when they are unable to access benefits and housing due to their…
11 March 2025, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Venue: Sacred Heart Church, 8 Lord Street, Westhoughton, BL5 3DU
Cost: Free
Provider: Caritas Salford
Run by Caritas Salford's accessibility coordinator, Minna, this session will encourage participants to take a moment to consider:
Do you understand what disability is?
How confident are you talking…
13 March 2025, 9:30am - 1:30pm
Venue: Online
Cost: £125 + VAT
Provider: Manchester Mind
It’s important that Mental Health First Aiders keep their skills and knowledge up to date and is therefore recommended to attend a refresher course every three years.
This course will recap…
13 March 2025, 10:00am - 12:30pm
Venue: Online
Cost: Free
Provider: Macc
Overview:
Would you like to explore what working with businesses could look like for your organisation?
This is an introductory session is aimed at voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE)…
13 March 2025, 10:00am - 4:30pm
Venue: Manchester Hall, 36 Bridge Street, Manchester, M3 3BT
Cost: Early bird £105 - £195
Provider: Resolve Poverty
The Resolve Poverty annual conference brings together people across the country who want to know what more we can do to tackle poverty and boost household incomes at a local and regional level.
The…
14 March 2025, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Venue: Delivered via Zoom
Cost: Free
Provider: Volunteer Centre Manchester
All the hard work that goes into recruiting volunteers is often lost due to lack of management.
We will use a variety of learning methods to help you ensure that your volunteers are managed well.…
20 March 2025, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Venue: St. Thomas Centre, Ardwick Green North, Manchester, M12 6FZ
Cost: £133-200
Provider: Resolve Poverty
Understand our social security system and the financial support available to help people find and access what they're entitled to.
What you’ll learn:
How to understand the social security system…
27 March 2025, 9:30am - 28 March 2025, 12:30pm
Venue: Online
Cost: £120-180
Provider: Resolve Poverty
Understand what data tells us about poverty in the UK, how to find this data and how to use it to build effective responses to poverty.
What you’ll learn:
The importance of data in designing…