VCSE sector

A range of packages are available to VCSE (Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise) organisations in Greater Manchester to support them through the outbreak and help them to continue to deliver their vital services.

Full details of all the Government support available to VCSE organisations (opens in a new tab)

These include:

• Government emergency support funding for charities distributed via the National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) is now open to applications (opens in a new tab). NCLF will fund activities supporting people and communities affected by covid-19. They will also help organisations overcome any acute financial difficulties they face as a result of the pandemic. There are three kinds of grant available: 
  • Grants from £300 to £10,000 (opens in a new tab)
  • Grants from £10,000 to £100,000 (opens in a new tab)
  • Grants for organisations working in partnership, from £10,000 to £100,000 (opens in a new tab)
  • These grants are prioritising: 
    
    • Organisations supporting people and communities who experience disproportionate challenge and difficulty as a result of the COVID-19 crisis
    • Organisations providing services and support for vulnerable people, for which there will be increased demand as a result of the COVID-19 crisis
    • Organisations which connect communities and support communities to work together to respond to COVID-19

• Big Society Capital (opens in a new tab) has launched a £100million programme of loans and investments to help get much-needed emergency funding to social enterprises, charities and small businesses in disadvantaged areas affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

Local funding

There is also specific local funding available to organisations in areas of Greater Manchester

• More Salford COVID-19 response and recovery funds will be announced soon with a link to our live grants page. You can find all the latest information here (opens in a new tab).
• Manchester Community Central (MACC) (opens in a new tab) is keeping track of funding available to organisations in Manchester
• Organisations in Bury (opens in a new tab) can bid for a share of £10,000 to support them in the work they are doing to help people through the Covid-19 crisis.

The Greater Manchester VCSE Leadership Group is responding to the pandemic on behalf of the VCSE sector in GM. They have issued a statement which identifies seven areas for concern and action. You can read the statement and find out more about what they are doing to support the VCSE sector in GM here (opens in a new tab).  

GM VCSE Leaders have written to the Chancellor are asking for urgent help for VCSE organisations. You can read the letter here (opens in a new tab).

Greater Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisation has a suite of web pages providing guidance, support and resources for VCSE organisations, including specific pages for Social Enterprises (opens in a new tab) and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities (opens in a new tab). You can also find out what Greater Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisation (GMCVO) (opens in a new tab) is doing in response to COVID-19.

Members of 10GM and our local infrastructure colleagues across Greater Manchester are working together to support local communities by working with our VCSE sector and public bodies in responding to the COVID-19 crisis. A range of links and resources with connections to developments in each borough of Greater Manchester can be found here (opens in a new tab).

Article Published: 19/05/2020 10:30 AM