Voluntary Sector North West
St. Thomas Centre
VSNW's role is to support greater voluntary and community sector influence both regionally and nationally.
Our activities include not only information sharing with the sector, but working closely with Government Office North West, the North West Development Agency and other public and voluntary sector partners to raise awareness of the sector.
VSNW’s work centres around identifying opportunities for the VCS to be involved in the design, implementation, governance and support structures of European projects.
Key to this is VSNW's work to:
One of VSNW's roles as the regional network is to provide a voice for the voluntary and community sector at a regional level. One of the ways It does this is through representation, and below are some of the national and regional bodies that VSNW staff currently sit on.
We have three key aims:
Following the end of the regional assembly and the beginning of 4NW, VSNW is currently linking in with key voluntary and community sector representatives with seats on the new regional governance groups.
As part of the Parliamentary Outreach and VSNW 'Get Involved' series of events, this event will explore:
►What Parliament is and what it does
►How groups can effectively engage with Parliament
►Insights from a Specialist Clerk from the House of Commons Communities and Local Government Select Committee
SNAG is looking for a highly motivated and proactive individual to deliver a project which aims to help community and voluntary groups get more involved in decision-making on a range of sustainability issues in Manchester.
People’s Millions is a competition from the National Lottery to help you improve your area.
The Listen Value Invest campaign was launched in a special event at the Houses of Parliament last week.
VSNW’s list of events & training opportunities for VCS groups in the North West
