GMVSS Market Place is a new buying group to help voluntary, community, and faith groups in Greater Manchester access suppliers and information for various goods and services.

Charity Builder UK (CBUK) is a new online service which has the potential to transform administrative tasks in your organisation.

GMCVO has received planning approval to build a £2 million extension to the St Thomas Centre.

Combine is the Community Buildings Information Network for Greater Manchester.

Community hubs are usually based on buildings – but bricks and mortar are not essential to create a physical space for shared action by local neighbourhoods or communities of interest.

Local resource centres can apply for grants of up to £30,000 to make small scale improvements to their premises under a new round of the Capital Investment Programme run by Capacitybuilders.

Combine is The Community Buildings Information Network for Greater Manchester.

Scout groups, churches and amateur sports clubs have won their battle against the controversial ‘rain tax'.

The latest issue of The Combine Harvester is out now.

A new tool to help organisations improve and maintain a community facility, is currently being developed by GMCVO’s Community Hubs team.

A new advice line and website to promote the transfer of redundant land and property from local authorities to community groups was unveiled at the end of April.

Building Success is a free self-assessment toolkit for the development of community design/capital projects.

Community Hubs are delighted to be able to offer free training in marketing skills for GMVSS members and other local VCS groups.

Capacitybuilders has launched a £5 million capital grants programme to develop third sector resource centres in England.

 A free, web-based self-assessment toolkit to review the development of capital projects is being developed by GMCVO’s Community Hubs team.

COMBINE is the Community Buildings Network for Greater Manchester. At our first meeting marketing and PR was identified by those attending as an area where they would like more support.

Thursday 27th November 2008 10.30-3.00pm
Community Hubs @ GMCVO The St Thomas Centre, Manchester

COMBINE (The Greater Manchester Community Buildings Network) now has it's own free e-newsletter, The Combine Harvester.

Community Hubs @ GMCVO has undertaken research into peer support networks for community facility managers.