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Volunteer Fair 2024

Published date: 
Sunday, 5th May 2024

Action Together’s Volunteer Fair returns to Oldham Town Centre, giving organisations across the borough a platform to present their fantastic volunteering opportunities to the people of Oldham!
 

If you are an organisation looking for volunteers, join us and book yourself a stall!

Represent your local voluntary sector in Greater Manchester

Published date: 
Tuesday, 23rd April 2024

The Greater Manchester VCSE Leadership Group have started the representative appointment process for five current opportunities across Greater Manchester:

1. GM Integrated Care Partnership Board
2. GM Cancer Workforce & Education Programme Board
3. GM System Quality Group
4. GM Gender-Based Violence Board
5. GM Digital Steering Group

A day in the life of...

Published date: 
Tuesday, 26th March 2024

Upturn Enterprise in Oldham have amazing young people (age 16-19 years) looking to spend a day in the local community trying various roles in local organisations. 

What they will gain: The taste of a work place environment helps them to bridge the gap between school, college and work and will help them make decisions about their futures. 

One Oldham Fund - Active Travel Grants

Published date: 
Friday, 22nd March 2024

Aims / Priorities:

The One Oldham Fund is a strategic single investment fund that uses pooled resources for the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector in Oldham.

This investment, which forms part of a larger investment made by the Department for Transport to Transport for Greater Manchester (on behalf of GMCA) will support the sector’s resilience to enable VCFSE organisations that are locally rooted and active in Oldham to support the Active Travel Programme in Oldham.

Tameside based Live Great Adventures achieve Quality in Action Award!

Published date: 
Thursday, 21st March 2024

It has certainly been a busy month for our Tameside Development team as they mark another success, awarding local mental health support and awareness group, Live Great Adventures CIC, our Quality in Action Award! Our congratulations go to the whole team at Live Great Adventures after demonstrating excellence in every category of the award.

Have Your Say: Greater Manchester VCSE Manifesto

Published date: 
Tuesday, 12th March 2024

What are the priorities for your organisation and sector for the next five years and beyond? What challenges are your organisation facing that need to be heard? Do you want your voice added to a manifesto that will help set the political agenda for the VCSE sector?

With a devolution deal, local, mayoral, and (likely) general elections happening this year, now is the time to raise our collective voice, engage with our political leaders and campaign for the sector together.