Capacity Building

Our Manchester Strategy 2025-35 launched

To develop the new Our Manchester strategy, Manchester City Council listened to over 10,000 voices across Manchester to shape a future we can all be proud of.

Over the next 10 years, they will be focusing on the 12 key priorities residents said mattered most – Our People, Our Neighbourhoods, Our City.

Association of Chairs Manchester networking event

Following on from supporting the Bayes Business School report on the future of the charity chair; RBC Brewin Dolphin and Association of Chairs have partnered up to deliver a series of charity chair networking events across the UK.

This will be an opportunity for you to connect and network with your fellow charity chair peers. Drinks and nibbles will be provided.

Agenda
17:30 – Arrival and registration
18:00 – Welcome from Association of Chairs & RBC Brewin Dolphin
18:30 – Networking 19:30 – Close

Manchester (location confirmed on booking)
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In Our Nature – Starting a community group made simple

Starting a Group Made Simple: Get Ready for Funding

Want to make a difference in your community? The In Our Nature programme has partnered with Manchester Community Central to support people in Manchester who are looking at setting up a community group, or to build their grassroots initiative.

This workshop introduces the fundamentals of setting up a small community group and preparing to apply for funding. You’ll explore how to define your group’s purpose and activities, create a basic constitution, and lay the groundwork for funding applications.

Manchester Museum, Oxford Road Manchester, M13 9PL
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Macc: Bid writing

Bid Writing is an essential skill when it comes to securing funding for your organisation. This interactive webinar is ideal for staff or volunteers who are responsible for writing funding applications.

What can I expect?

This 3 hour training workshop will be a combination of presentation, group discussion and practical work. It is useful to come to the session with a project in mind (but is not essential).

Online
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Should we trade as a charity? An Intro to Trading

As a local Manchester charity, you’ll likely be constantly thinking about how to keep enough money coming in to sustain your services and support to the community. One way of doing this that charities are increasingly being encouraged to consider is by starting to trade / charge for some of what they do.

This session is about helping Manchester charities better understand what’s meant by ‘trading’; how and when it might be a viable option for charities; and key considerations for what should be considered if a charity decides to start to ‘do some of it’.

Online
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Community Matters Quarterly Information and Networking Meeting

At this meeting Community Matters will have a speaker from the Utilities Aid who are the UK's largest energy broker for the not-for-profit sector working with over 2,000 organisations. They will talk about their services and how they might be able to help organisations.

Community Matters will also be talking about their recent research into water charges and where they are going with the research and how you can help their campaign for a similar scheme to the one in Scotland for small charities.

The meeting will also share updates on key things that are happening.

Online
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CAF Charity Resilience Calculator

The resilience calculator is designed to help you start thinking about your resilience. It takes five minutes to complete, and will support you to:

  • Identify the areas where your organisation is most and least resilient
  • Compare how your resilience results benchmark against charities of a similar size to yours and the wider sector
  • Reflect on a holistic approach to building resilience

It's free and has 15 short multiple-choice questions.