Policy

The Community Explorers forum, which sits with

The Community Explorers forum, which sits with the Policy and Influence team at Macc, is designed to facilitate meaningful conversations about the success stories, as well as challenges and opportunities you encounter on the ground within the sector and in the communities you work with.

The Community Explorers forum, which sits with the Policy and Influence team at Macc, is designed to facilitate meaningful conversations about the success stories, as well as challenges and opportunities you encounter on the ground within the sector and in the communities you work with.

Join the gunnercooke charities team, Michele Price and Robert Nieri for a 45-minute webinar and short Q&A at 12:00 on Tuesday 20th October, to address recent legal, regulatory, governance and policy developments that may not only impact your charity but that you can harness with confidence to better advance your organisation’s purposes.

Advicenow are running a free course for organisations across England which support care leavers in securing their housing rights. The course will be delivered online and is funded by the National Lottery Reaching Communities project.

The course will give you the basic knowledge and skills you need to deal with key housing and benefits issues faced by people who have left care. 

The free online workshops will take place on the following dates:

Join Roots HR for an essential webinar designed specifically for charities, social enterprises, and other not-for-profit organisations. 

We’ll provide a practical update on the latest employment law developments, including reforms introduced through the Employment Rights Act and other key legal and regulatory changes affecting social sector employers.

Join Resolve Poverty for a free 1 hour and 30 minutes webinar exploring how to use poverty data effectively to inform local anti-poverty action.

Advicenow is running a free housing rights course on private renting for migrant communities, aimed at frontline organisations. The course will be delivered online and is funded by A B Charitable Trust. 

The course will give you the basic knowledge and skills you need to deal with key housing issues faced by people from migrant communities in privately rented accommodation. It has been updated to include the key changes introduced by the Renters Rights Act, ensuring you understand the new rules around tenancies, disrepair, and evictions. 

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 effective safeguarding practice.

Safeguarding is the range of measures to protect people within an organisation, or those they come into contact with, from abuse and maltreatment of any kind.

This course introduces:

Join Greater Manchester Law Centre’s (GMLC) workshop for community organisations tackling racial injustice, which will discuss how to use the law strategically to achieve change.

The workshop will look at: