Key messages for VCFSE Representatives in Greater Manchester (November 2026)
This summary documents features key messages to support voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise colleagues in their work and meetings.
This latest edition features key messages on:
- The Greater Manchester VCFSE Accord (2026-2035)
- Overall GM VCFSE sector prioirities
- Community Cohesion and anti-racism asks
- NHS GM Commissioning intentions
We hope VCFSE colleagues representing the wider sector on boards and steering groups across Greater Manchester will find this document a valuable resource. It brings together key sector priorities, collective strengths and impact, evidence and statistics, strategic commitments from public sector partners and commissioners, and useful resources to support informed, consistent and confident representation of the sector.
Related resources:
- GM VCFSE Accord (2026-2035)
- GM Manifesto 2024-2028
- A VCFSE Briefing for the new Mayor of Greater Manchester (2026)
- NHS Greater Manchester Strategic Commissioning Plan - A Summary of Commitments for VCFSE Sector (2026)
- VCFSE Sector Instability campaign (2025)
- The Role of the VCFSE Sector in Greater Manchester (2025)
- What we mean by ‘prevention’ and the VCFSE sector’s role (2025)
- Social Value & the VCFSE sector: key messages for our commissioners (2024)
- Key Principles to Meaningfully Including the Voice of Lived Experience (2025)
- Greater Manchester VCFSE Leadership Group 10 areas for action to tackle rising community tensions (2025)
- State of the VCFSE Sector research dashboard (10GM, 2026)
- State of Social Enterprise in Greater Manchester (SEUK, 2024)
- Understanding the VCSE sector: a shared language for thriving communities (NAVCA, 2026)
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