Friday 25th November, Online

This online session is on a research project that looked at self-organisation and volunteering among the Chinese Diaspora in Manchester during Covid-19, presented by Dr. Katja Levy, Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

On Friday 30th September 2022, Cristina Magder and Hina Zahid from the UK Data Service shared key concepts of research data management including the data lifecycle and data management planning as well as key considerations from an ethical and legal perspective with a focus on protocols used in collecting data such as consent and information sheets.

Watch the presentation on YouTube.

GMCVO has published a briefing which explains the cost of living crisis, analyses the impact of the government’s recent mini budget and outlines the implications of the current economic climate for VCSE organisations.

Thursday 17th November, Rochdale

We want to bring together organisations in Rochdale to talk about how people in the community seek advice and support on issues such as benefits; debt; housing; discrimination; education; community care and immigration and asylum.

This workshop will focus on identifying the work of local organisations and exploring challenges they and the people that come to them for help face, as part of a research project funded by the British Academy and Nuffield Foundation.

Wednesday 2nd November, Online

Join SVRN for a lunchtime of speakers and discussion. The event will bring together practitioners, researchers and tutors involved in sports volunteering to share information, ideas, and best practice in the research and planning of sports volunteering.

Thursday 3rd November, Manchester

Join GMCVO and Manchester Metropolitan University as we present findings from the evaluation of Greater Manchester’s Hidden Talent; a youth employment programme working with young people aged 16-24.

Dr. Fiona Christie will speak about the impact of this kind of programme on the young people who participated, and the important questions raised about the need for a sustainable and long-term strategy to support young people into employment.

8th & 9th November, Online

This online course will outline creative research methods and show you how to use them appropriately at every stage of the research process.

Wednesday 9th November, Online

Join Methods for Change Project, University of Manchester for two interactive events on a diversity of social science methods for understanding and addressing 21st century challenges!

This conference will bring together people with an interest in creative research methods in September 2023.

Contributions and attendance are invited from all disciplines, practices and sectors, to share experiences and learning. They are interested in hearing from researchers and activists who use creative research methods in fields including but not restricted to practice-based, academic, policy, and the arts and heritage sectors.

GMCVO are recruiting for three vacancies in our social investment team. These are rolling recruitments so we encourage early application.

• Investment Officer; full-time, from £27,514 plus 7% pension contribution.
• Senior Investment Manager; full-time, from £33,486 plus 7% pension contribution.
• Portfolio Manager; part-time, from £13,757 plus 7% pension contribution.

Follow the links above to find out more about each role, as well as the benefits of working for GMCVO.

GMCVO, with funding from GM Integrated Care Partnership, have launched a grants programme to fund work that will encourage a change in the narrative around disability by improving accessibility and inclusion for Deaf and disabled people.

Expressions of Interest must be submitted by Wednesday 9th November 2022.

Greater Manchester’s new Foundational Economy Innovation Fund is
supporting the social care, early education, childcare, retail, and leisure
and hospitality sectors. It offers grants of up to £70,000 for businesses
and organisations to develop their ideas, as well as support from a new
community of innovators.

GMCVO, in partnership with the GM VCSE Leadership Group is holding a week of action from 7th to 13th November to showcase the work of the VCSE sector in support of the environment, sustainability and Just Transition.

The week is packed with opportunities to learn more about environmental issues, how to become more environmentally friendly and how to support people and communities to make the economy fairer while contributing to the green agenda.

The videos from the plenary sessions from this year’s Voluntary Sector and Volunteering Research Conference are now available to view on VSSN’s website.

The three plenaries are:

• Angela Eikenberry (University of Nebraska, Omaha): Repair, Reveal, (Re)imagine: Reframing civil society theory and practice for emancipation, transformation and just futures.
• Sue Tibballs OBE (Sheila McKechnie Foundation): How civil society can unleash its social power.
• Transforming partnership working and volunteering in a post-pandemic world: a Sheffield-level conversation.