CHIP Report
This report
0333 321 3021
This report
We have commissioned the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research at Sheffield Hallam University to assess the current size and scope of voluntary and community activity in Manchester. We want to build up a full picture of the wide range of groups and organisations, the activities that you undertake; the areas you work in; the communities you work with the general income and expenditure, volunteers and any paid staff; experiences of working with the public sector and the help, advice and support available to you.
Arts Council England's new Small Capital Grants scheme is designed to benefit arts initiatives taking place in England, helping to make these projects more sustainable and resilient. The scheme forms part of a range of measures intended to help create a more sustainable, resilient and innovative arts sector.
Are you a supporter of the voluntary sector? Do you value its independence, creativity and commitment? Do you believe it has a major role to play in the economic and social welfare of the people of Greater Manchester? Would you like to see it getting a fair share of resources and punching its weight with the policy-makers?
Over £10m available to community groups looking to take over local services using the new rights
Community groups can apply for funding to help them use the new Community Right to Challenge in the Localism Act. The Right came into force on 27 June and will empower local community organisations to take over a local service that they can run more effectively.
The £10m three year Investment and Contract Readiness Fund on behalf of the Office for Civil society is now open.
The Fund will support social ventures to build their capacity to be able to receive investment and bid for public service contracts.
The Office for Civil society have put investors at the heart of the process because as providers of investment they both understand what investment ready ventures look like and have a keen business driven interest in helping social ventures with the greatest chances of success secure this support.
AVAILABLE NOW
Information & resources
• Weekly ebulletin
• Quarterly Newsletter
• Website – factsheets, events, news
• Directory
• Funding Portal
• Training Calendar
Capacity building support
• Basic support
• In-depth support
Policy & Voice
• Children & families
• Mental health
• Health, social care & wellbeing
Commissioning - Improving commissioning in Manchester
Delivered by Mike Wild
This workshop gave an introduction to Macc’s new programme of work to develop commissioning in Manchester. Click here to view the presentation
Councillor Sue Murphy (Deputy Leader of the City Council) made a great start by saying how proud the Council is of the local sector. Click here to read Councillor Murphy’s speech
Debbie Dalby (Chair of Voluntary Sector Northwest) gave an inspirational speech starting from a bleak view of towns dying in front of our eyes, losing much-loved groups, services
On Thursday 20 September we held our Macc to the future event which offered participants the opportunity to find out more about us, meet the teams and to find out what we can offer to groups.