Policy

Do you want to know how you can effectively support your colleagues with menstrual health?

We are hosting an online workshop to share our learnings from Macc’s journey on implementing workplace menstrual health support and how other VCSE organisations can do so too. The session will go through this journey, including how we created Macc’s menopause and menstrual health policies and what our key takeaways were.  

Behaviour change is central to discussions about achieving net zero and encouraging the adoption of the sustainable practices needed to get there. However, there are limits to focusing on individual behaviour change with a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach, and it is essential that decision-makers take social and cultural differences seriously.

Join NAVCA and the University of Exeter at this webinar to discuss what the drive towards integration of health and care means for the smallest organisations in the voluntary sector, and how recognising this diversity is a vital part of systems-thinking in health and care integration. This session will also explore some of the detail behind the figures.

This International Women’s Day, Women’s Resource Centre are focusing on how to secure the future of women’s organisations in an increasingly challenging funding landscape. With only 2% of UK voluntary sector funding allocated to women’s organisations, bold structural change is urgently needed.

Presentations will cover recent shifts in trust and foundations funding, including the trend of reviews, pauses, and closures of key funding streams.

Join British Red Cross for the latest information on Martyn's Law which is due to come into effect in May this year. The event will hear some of the anticipated requirements for venues and discuss the implications for community spaces.

09:45-10:45 - update on the law, with input from policy leads and sector experts
11:00-12:00 - Space for discussion and peer learning on how you are readying your networks for this change in law. Sharing ways to keep it proportionate and manageable.

Join for both parts or just one.

Home Truths 2: Race Equity Series (RES) session five continues the event series to stimulate serious action on racism in mainstream civil society. ACEVO and Voice4Change England host RES which is an integral part of their ongoing initiative aimed at challenging and addressing racial inequality in civil society

Racism in the workplace is real and harmful for those that experience it. Their research suggests that the majority of Black and Minoritised Ethnic people working in mainstream civil society have either experienced or witnessed racism in the past five years.

Join Greater Manchester Housing Providers (GMHP) to explore how their work as anchors is contributing to Live Well.

Over recent months, GMHP has been working closely with key partners to develop a vision for growing consistent, community-led support in neighbourhoods—ensuring that housing goes beyond bricks and mortar to strengthen the social fabric of communities and create vibrant, connected places to live.

Join this webinar to hear more about: 

With the recent release of the government’s English Devolution White Paper, the first step of a process that will see a Bill move through parliament next year, 2025 presents a huge opportunity to ensure that policy change really gives local people more power to shape their places.

Join Power to Change and We’re Right Here for this webinar to learn about how you can get involved in the campaign and make 2025 the year of community power.
 

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 years, GM4Women2028 have been closely tracking ten key indicators through national databases and academic research to provide a clearer understanding of gender equality in our region.

As part of Women’s Resource Centre (WRC) 16 Days of Activism, and in light of the influencing opportunities that come with the new government, WRC are inviting women’s sector organisations to join them to explore pathways to long-term sustainability, impactful advocacy, and strategic policymaking through panel and break out room discussions.

Presentations will include updates on the policy and advocacy work being done by sector organisations EVAW, Imkaan, Women’s Aid and the Women’s Resource Centre.