MACC to the futureGreater Manchester and GMCVO

Alex WhinnomDirector, GMCVO20th September 2012

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(2010)Total: c11,00080% < 5 staff50% < £5k pa

GM/c VOLUNTARY SECTOR

GMCVO

• Registered charity and company est 1975• Membership organisation with a board of

trustees• Covers the Greater Manchester city region• Supports local voluntary action, working in

partnership with other support organisations and with the public and private sectors.

Support

• Helping and developing local voluntary organisations – building the strength, capacity and diversity of organisations and their people, focusing on providing specialist and innovative services best offered at Greater Manchester level

Knowledge

• Building intelligence and understanding of and for the voluntary sector – carrying out research, collecting and disseminating information and ideas and promoting the local voluntary sector and its contribution to Greater Manchester

Voice

• Enabling voluntary organisations to be heard and to influence - enabling the views and needs of local voluntary groups to be expressed and shared widely and to influence policy and practice

Infrastructure

• Co-ordinating and developing support services for voluntary organisations – working with existing support organisations and providers, and developing new kinds of infrastructure to meet new needs

Innovation

• Trying new ideas and exploring new opportunities

Formal Partnerships and Reach 2011/12

c3,000 groups pa actively engaged

2,612 newsletter subscriptions

9,129 visitors to St Thomas

Centre

1,537 members of policy networks

7,417 face-to-face interventions with

GM/c groups

12,900 contacts

400 members of GMCVO

286 members of Combine

(community building managers)

226 members of VS research

network

Links with City Region• Local Enterprise Partnership

• Public Sector Reform Executive– Whole Place core team

• Employment and Skills Partnership

• Transport for Greater Manchester

• New Economy

• Public Protection Commission (>> Police and Crime Board)– Transforming Justice / Reducing Reoffending Executive

• GM Police Authority (>> Police and Crime Commissioner)

• NHS Commissioning Care Group

• NHS Large Scale Change Board

• Environment Commission

• Individual Local Authorities

• GM Probation Trust

GMCVO Priorities 2011 >>>

Some current initiatives – e.g.• Whole Place community budgets

• Greater Manchester AddVentures

• Generating Success

• Volunteering Greater Manchester

• Talent Match development

• Rochdale food pilot

Current services

• Websites – newsletters - policy journal - accredited management and specialist training – consultancy (e.g. enterprise, formal partnerships, governance) - peer networks - project development - support for community enterprises and hubs - database development - research - conferences and events - St Thomas Centre – VSS resources

Greater Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisation

www.gmcvo.org.ukAlex Whinnom: 0161 277 1004alex.whinnom@gmcvo.org.uk

St Thomas CentreArdwick Green NorthManchester M12 6FZ

Registered Charity No. 504542Company Ltd. by Guarantee No.1223344Funded by AGMA