Our purpose is....Manchester! We support, develop and champion the hundreds of charities, voluntary organisations, community groups and social enterprises. We support local people to get active in their communities through our Volunteer Centre and we build partnerships with public bodies like the local authority and the NHS as well as many local businesses and companies. All in the name of making more good things happen in Manchester.

Why the community needs us
The impact we create is sometimes indirect - our job is to help charities and community organisations make a bigger and better difference and to help more people get involved in that through volunteering or paid jobs, providing training. And we celebrate the work done by local volunteers and charities in our Spirit of Manchester programme.

From 2025-2026 we helped organisations bring in £3.4million of additional funding to Manchester; we supported 3849 people to get involved in volunteering; provided direct support to 335 local organisations; delivered 347 events, training sessions, meetings and get-togethers for 4811 attendees; built a new database of 110 business members and created 147 opportunities for business & VCSE engagement through our collaborative activities and events... We've built partnerships with new organisations, helped people have a voice in local decision making and had our biggest ever Spirit of Manchester Awards which trended nationally on social media!