Who we are

Opportunities and contacts to get involved or link with the work of the group can be found on Our Work pages.

You can find sector-wide opportunities and events here.

We also share opportunities via our bulletin, which you can sign up to here.

Members are put forward by a nominating network as per our Terms of Reference.  We annually review the membership of the group based on expertise area and network, and recruit for gaps as identified. This is to ensure we have representation across the whole breadth of the sector. If you believe there is an area of the sector that is not connected, please contact us.

Relevant events that are open to any interested VCFSE organisation and group, can be found here. Leadership Group meetings themselves are for the membership and invite only. We often invite guests to present on relevant topics - If you think you have something to bring to the Leadership Group, please email anna.cooper@vsnw.org.uk

The sector uses many acronyms, which can be confusing, please see the attached ‘Jargon Buster’ created by our member organisation GMCVO.

Devolution means decisions on the issues that effect you will be made locally. To find out more see this useful 1 minute explainer video:

The Resources section of our website includes many documents and links which may support your organisation on work at a Greater Manchester footprint. For more local support, each of the boroughs of our city region is supported by a Local Infrastructure Organisation. You can find out more about your local infrastructure organisation here.