The VCSE Accord is a tripartite agreement between Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Greater Manchester Health & Social Care Partnership (soon to become GM Integrated Care Partnership) and the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Sector: You can find out more about the Accord here.

In partnership with GMCVO, we are 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.

Commitment 5 of the VCSE Accord is to 'build the best VCSE Ecosystem in England'.

We are now looking for 3-5 proposals of between £10-20k (including VAT) that will support delivery of this commitment as well as contributing to delivery of the Accord in general.

To find out more and submit a proposal, please click the link below.

Local Infrastructure Organisations in Greater Manchester have put together a set of slides that lists ways in which the VCSE sector can support communities and highlights the key challenges for our sector during this economic crisis.

 The Answer Cancer Bee Seen, Get Screened pledge is to ask employers to commit to:

• Give employees the time off, or the flexible conditions, to attend their cancer screening appointments if they are unable to attend outside of working hours.
• Support Answer Cancer in raising awareness of the screening programmes available to staff members 

If you are interested and want to know more about the pledge, please contact info@answercancergm.org.uk or visit the website (link below)

Grants up to £1,000 are available for VCSE organisations to support work that directly supports people arriving from Ukraine within the ten boroughs of Greater Manchester.

GMCA have launched a fund that will provide grants for businesses and organisations who are part of Greater Manchester’s 'foundational' or 'everyday' economy to trial innovative new ideas and improved ways of working.

Initially it will provide £10,000 grants for 40 projects, plus expert support, to test innovations and ideas in stage 1. This funding will be followed by £60,000 grants for 10 projects, plus expert support, to develop the best ideas from stage 1.

A Textline is available for people in Greater Manchester who are struggling with the costs of energy, food and other bills.

While support and advice is available from local councils, people unable to access phone support from their local authority can text their question or issue to a central number which will then be relayed to the most appropriate place/area.

The number to text is 07860 022876

The National Youth Combined Authority are working alongside the metro mayors to understand young peoples’ experiences of getting around.

Views and experiences collected will support the mayors in developing policies to improve the lives of young people, and contribute to battling climate change

In 2019, more than 5,000 people joined in The Big Alcohol Conversation to share more about the role and impacts of alcohol in their communities.

Now, GMCVO want to check that the findings are still relevant following Covid-19 so we can best prevent alcohol-related harm in Greater Manchester.

The survey is now available to complete on Google forms for anyone not able to access Survey Monkey.