Capacity Building

Adults Safeguarding Conference 2024

Develop and improve responses to exploitation and self-neglect, learn from lived experience, and understand best practice in managing high risk

Aims
Gather the latest safeguarding updates and information for best practice.

Learning Outcomes
Learn about Tackling Exploitation, Personalisation, Trauma informed practice from leading professionals


 

Hilton DoubleTree, 1 Piccadilly, Auburn Street, Manchester, M1 3DG
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Macc: How to Run an AGM

Running a successful AGM and ensuring that trustee responsibilities have been fulfilled as well as utilising the opportunity for the benefit of the organisation. This includes an understanding of the Charity Commission guidelines for running AGMS, including understanding of who the charities’ members are from the governing document of their organisation.

The Learning Objectives for participants:

Online
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Health Equity Network Monthly Webinar: October – Structural Racism

This review by the UCL Institute of Health Equity (IHE), concludes that racism damages health and wellbeing and drives inequalities in London.

Racism in the capital is widespread and persistent causing damage to individuals, communities and society as a whole. Its impacts are experienced in different ways and to varying levels of intensity related to individual experiences, socioeconomic position and other dimensions of exclusion such as disability, age and gender. The intersections with other dimensions of exclusion can amplify the effects of racism.  

Online

Academic perspectives lecture: Navigating net zero: what should it mean for communities and the third sector?

The UK has a legally binding commitment to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050. In this talk, Professor Sherilyn MacGregor will give an introduction to net zero policy and what it could (and should) mean for communities and the third sector.

Online
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Social Enterprise Summit 2024

Social Enterprise Day this year is on 21st November 2024. Hosted by SEUK, this is a day to showcase and celebrate social enterprises across the UK.

GMCVO want to bring together local social enterprises, trading charities and community businesses and their supporters for our own day of networking, awareness raising and sharing of insight and knowledge.

GMCVO are hosting a GM Social Enterprise Summit, Funded by GMCA, attendees at this event can:

St Thomas Centre, Ardwick Green North, Manchester, M12 6FZ

Greater Manchester Combined Authority Supplier Day

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) invite you to join their commercial team in an informal setting to learn about how to win business with public sector organisations, and to support suppliers and potential suppliers in learning more about the new Procurement Act that will be introduced by Government in February 2025.

GM Fire and Rescue Training Centre, Hinds Lane, Bury, BL8 2GN
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Together for Good: The £5,000 funding initiative

Waitrose and easyfundraising have come Together for Good to give a helping hand to the voluntary groups, charities, and CICs who work tirelessly to support our communities. 

This October, they’re donating £1,000 to five community groups. For your chance to receive a boost, follow these simple steps:

Manchester Time Credits – Could Time Credits support volunteer community wealth building, health and wellbeing and inclusion in Manchester?

Join the event to hear more about Tempo Time Credits and their work in communities across the UK and explore developing a Manchester Time Credit programme that supports citizen engagement, coproduction and recognises and values the skills, knowledge and time of citizens and volunteers equally.

Room 1007, Commonwealth; Town Hall Extension Level 1, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M60 2LA
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