Policy

VSNW Conference and AGM 2025: From Uncertainty to Strength – Building Capacity and Resilience in Our Sector

In 2025, the Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) sector is operating in an increasingly challenging environment. With welfare budget cuts, economic pressures, and growing demand for services, many organisations are being pushed to do more with less.

King's House Conference Centre, King's Church, Sidney Street, Manchester, M1 7HB
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People Powered Policy and Action

Come and join the event to hear about how In Control on behalf of Social Care Future continue to shift and shape how social care works, nationally and where we live.

Hear about and get involved in work that is going on in the name of Social Care Future

Connect with other people and groups for a more powerful voice
Share your great ideas to make sure we all do get to live in a place we call home with the people and things that we love

Friends' Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5NS
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Tackling Poverty with Data Training

Tackling Poverty with Data training session will provide an understanding of what data tell us about poverty in the UK, how to find this data and how to use it to build effective responses to poverty.

Who is this training for

This training is for professionals working in VCFSE organisations based in Manchester

What you will learn

St Thomas Centre, Ardwick Green North, Manchester, M12 6FZ
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The Freedom of Information Act at 25: What next for freedom of information?

The event includes proposals and discussion about how the Freedom of Information system can improve for the future.

The Freedom of Information (FoI) Act – which was passed 25 years ago and came into force five years later – created a legal right for citizens to request information from public authorities. This was a radical shift in the government's approach to information and a significant step towards a more open culture of government.

Online
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