Green Bullet April 2021

The intention of the Green Bullet is to connect and support networks of voluntary, community and public sector organisations in the region across issues pertaining to the environment.

It contains environmental campaign information, general information, publications, events, resources, consultations and funding.

Download here.

Third Sector Trends North West England 2020 – A tale of three sectors

The world was a very different place when the latest Third Sector Trends for the North West was published in 2019. The relative stability of the sector highlighted in previous reports continues in the latest report but will that still be the case in a post-coronavirus world in 2020 and beyond?

This ground-breaking longitudinal study explores the scale, dynamics and needs of the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector in the North West. The report, based on a representative sample of over 1,000 organisations, is the latest of a series of reports that began in 2008. This gives the study a long-term view not available from other research on charities and community organisations regionally or nationally.

A launch event was held on 18th June where report author Professor Tony Chapman discussed the findings of the survey, while Jack Hunter (Institute for Public Policy Research) spoke about the consequences of these findings for the North.

You can view a recording of the event here and Tony Chapman’s presentation here.

Social Prescribing in Greater Manchester

In February 2018, the Greater Manchester Devolution VCSE Reference Group (The Reference Group) decided to commission from amongst its membership a review of social prescribing in Greater Manchester. The main task of the research was to carry out a mapping exercise of the existing patterns and nature of social prescribing across Greater Manchester (GM). The particular focus was to establish what was happening across the GM Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector in relation to social prescribing.

Working in partnership, the University of Salford and Salford CVS have undertaken a review of existing research, a survey of social prescribing activity across GM and a deep dive involving interviews and qualitative investigation in one locality (Salford).

To read an executive summary of the report, please click here.