Business Partnerships drop-in
2024-01-25 11:00 - 13:00 UTC | Online (Zoom)
We hold a Business Partnerships drop-in on every last Thursday of the month. The drop-ins provide an opportunity for VCSE organisations to book a 15 minute chat with our Business Partnerships Lead, Richard Phillips, about working with business. Slots are available between 11am and 1pm and might be of use if you have:
Thought about business support but not known how to proceed
Wonder what is on offer and from who
Work with business now and would like to develop more or grow current relationships

Committee meetings and skills
2024-01-25 10:00 - 12:00 | Online (Zoom)
The aim of this session is to help you to:
Understand ground rules and the ingredients needed for a successful meeting
Understand roles and responsibilities of committee members
Feel more confident to host and contribute to meetings
This training is for committee members, trustees and directors from city of Manchester based VCSE organisations.

Health and Wellbeing Event
2024-01-24 12:00 - 14:00, 2024-01-18 12:00 - 14:00 | Millenium Powerhouse, 140 Raby Street, Moss Side, Manchester, Lancashire, M14 4SL, United Kingdom
The Neighbourhood Health Champion is holding an Health and Wellbeing event in partnership with the Manchester Local Care Organisation to promote wellbeing awareness.

Christmas Dinner 2023
2023-12-12 15:00 - 20:00 | West Indian Sports and Social Club, Westwood Street, Moss Side, Manchester, Lancashire, M14 4SW, United Kingdom
We are working in partnership with Moss Side Resident Association to arrange our annual Christmas dinner for the local resident in South Manchester. The aim of the Christmas dinner is to reduce the social isolation, and loneliness experience by elderly residents during this festive period enabling approximately 200 residents to engage with each other in this social setting. Over 400 dinners were served, everyone had a great time, there were raffle with lots of prizes given out. We had a massive donation from a community champion which was received with a massive thank you from everyone. As usual the event was held at The West Indian Sports and Social Club, Moss Side, big respect to all the management and staff for your continuous support we all appreciate it.

Big thank you to our sponsors

Black Asian and Minority Ethnic Research Advisory Group (BRAG) was shortlisted for and won The National BAME Health and Care Awards 2023
2023-09-28 19:00 - 23:00 | Royal College of Physicians, 11 St Andrews Place, London, Westminster, NW1 4LE
BRAG was shortlisted for and won The National BAME Health and Care Awards 2023. The organisation has been a key player in securing a community development beneficial to local BAME population through working directly with other agencies. The organisation has developed new constructive working relationships with community partners. The Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic Research Advisory Group (BRAG) is an inspirational and motivational group of community leaders from Greater Manchester, representing communities with experience of racial inequalities. Facilitated by Vocal (part of MFT), BRAG exerts strategic influence towards race equity, inclusion, and effective community engagement within the health research ecosystem in Greater Manchester.
By advising researchers about the relevance, applicability, design and delivery of their research, influencing research culture to be more inclusive and equitable, supporting the capacity development of research staff to become more inclusive and culturally competent, and voicing their lived experience, BRAG helps to ensure that the research carried out as part of the GM research ecosystem, is informed by, and directly addresses the needs of racially minoritised populations. By also raising awareness of research within their communities, BRAG bring health and research awareness benefits to wider groups; members have also developed their leadership, skills and agency by being part of BRAG.

Jobs Fayre 2023
2023-09-14 10:00 - 15:00 | Millenium Powerhouse, 140 Raby Street, Moss Side, Manchester, Lancashire, M14 4SL, United Kingdom

Alexandra Park Manchester Somaliland Independence Day Celebration 2023
2023-05-20 11:00 - 19:00 | Alexandra Park, Moss Side, 180 Russell Street, Moss Side, Manchester, Lancashire, M16 7JL, United Kingdom
This year’s celebration got bigger and better, we moved it to Alexander Park Moss Side, thousand turned out to celebrate the event, another astounding success. Yet again Socio Economic Regeneration CIC worked with the Somaliland residents who raised the money by coming together and collected donations throughout their communities.

Hate Crime Awareness 2023, residents raising awareness about what Hate Crime means to them.
2023-02-06 08:00 - 17:00 | Positive Futures, 125 Princess Road, Moss Side, Manchester, Lancashire, M14 4AA, United Kingdom
Although focusing on the South of Manchester, the event is for all residents of Manchester who would like to attend, it is not exclusive. Our aim is to build stronger communities through continued awareness raising and a collaborative approach to reporting hate crime through our partnership working with Housing Associations, GMP and Manchester Council. We worked in partnership with Housing Associations, GMP and Manchester Council. The event will be held on the 6th of February 2023 in Moss Side, Manchester, the venue will be in Manchester.
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Christmas Dinner 2022
2022-12-20 14:00 - 20:00
This year’s event will be held nearer Christmas as we fell the Covid 19 had cause great disruption amongst the community, there is increased anxiety due to loss of loved ones. We want to make this one a little more special. We are reaching out to more funders to support this years event, our target is £2000, we want to make people feel special this year. We lost our Sylvia amongst various residents who past away. Sylvia was part of our Resident Group, she was very active in the community running everywhere supporting everyone and anyone,,,, she will be sadly missed. The community came out in force to make this happen, I love this community.

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Somaliland Independence Celebration Event 2022
2022-05-21 | 422 Manchester (formerly Longsight Youth Centre), 422 Stockport Road, Longsight, Manchester, Lancashire, M12 4EX, United Kingdom
Somaliland is a breakaway, semi-desert territory on the coast of the Gulf of Aden, Somaliland declared independence after the overthrow of Somali military dictator Siad Barre in 1991. The move followed a secessionist struggle during which Siad Barre’s forces pursued rebel guerrillas in the territory. Somaliland Independence Day is an annual celebration held on 18 May to mark the polity’s declaration of independence from the Somali Democratic Republic, a unilateral proclamation which remains unrecognised the world over. Socio Economic Regeneration work with the Somaliland community leaders to arrange the first Independence Day Celebration in Manchester. This will now become an annual event.

Hate Crime event February 2022
2022-02-24 13:00 - 15:00 | Millenium Powerhouse, 140 Raby Street, Moss Side, Manchester, Lancashire, M14 4SL, United Kingdom
We worked in partnership to deliver an Hate Crime event, the aim is to build stronger communities with greater community cohesion through raising awareness. Support will be provided through a collaborative approach on reporting hate crime in partnership with Moss Side Residents Association, MSV Housing, GMP, Manchester Community Central and Manchester Council. Guest speakers will express their thoughts and feelings on t he reporting of hate crimes and discrimination offering peer support to residents.

Collecting £1000 and an award at the We Stand Together Affiliate Programme event.
2021-06-21 16:00 - 20:00 | Manchester Communication Academy, Silchester Drive, Harpurhey, Manchester, Lancashire, M40 8NT, United Kingdom
Socio Economic Regeneration CIC was successful with our Affiliate Award, we will also pick up an award which recognises our achievements over the last 2 years. The fund will enable us to take our social cohesion work further. Big thank you to Jonny Wineberg for your continuous support and the what a great job you are doing as the movement grow from strength to strength.

GM VCSE Assembly
2019-02-05 | St Thomas Centre, Ardwick Green North, Manchester, Lancashire, M12 6FZ, United Kingdom
This landmark event is the GM VCSE sector’s chance to hear about and influence the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership’s plans for the next stage of devolution over the next five years.

Back to School Family Fun Day
2018-09-01 12:00 - 20:00 | Moss Side Park, 140 Raby Street, Manchester, Lancashire, M14 4SL, United Kingdom
Back to School Family Fun Day is a community event reaching out to those in financial difficulty, isolated or vulnerable residents in the Moss Side, Rusholme and Hulme wards of Manchester. During the event we will provide a range of free activities, but most importantly will be providing families with essential school items such as stationary and uniforms. We will also invite partners who can offer financial advice and support to families. The event will support residents like the elderly and single parents looking after young people on their own who need extra support. The event is intergenerational and aims to bring people together both old and young, from different communities. We hope to improve the cohesion in our neighbourhood through this activity and create opportunities for young people to thrive and realise their full potential. The event is a partnership between local community residents and the Moss Side Resident Association, we will also be working with other local groups who focus on reducing poverty and supporting those in need. The event will be held in the Recreation Park, Moss Side on the 1st September 2018, 12pm -8pm. The event will be open to residents in the Moss Side, Rusholme and Hulme wards of Manchester.

Community Christmas Dinner 2017
2017-12-19 11:00 - 16:00
Community organisation help to organise Christmas Dinner for community residents to address social isolation and loneliness amongst elderly residents. The event is organised by Socio Economic Regeneration CIC volunteers and local stakeholders. The event is aimed at supporting 100 local elderly residents who are most isolated and lonely, especially at Christmas. The event is scheduled to take place on 19th December 2017, 11am – 4pm, the venue will be the Ibrahim Maine Centre, 27-29 Maine Road, Moss Side, Manchester, M14 4FS. We were grateful £600 donation from Mosscare St Vincent Housing Association. The event went a long way in encouraging cohesion and a sense of community pride in an area of economic deprivation. We were delighted with the support to make the` Christmas a happy and eventful one for these elderly residents. We will be entertain by a showcase from Musical Memories Christmas Gala and after there will be pieces created by people from Mosscare St Vincent’s followed by Christmas dinner with all the trimmings, plus music and entertainment.

GREATER MANCHESTER WE STAND TOGETHER LAUNCH EVENT
2017-11-27 18:00 - 2018-11-27 20:00 | KPMG Manchester, 1, St Peter's Square, Manchester, Lancashire, M2 3AE, United Kingdom
#WeStandTogether is established in the wake of the Paris attacks in 2015 and became a registered charity following the Manchester Arena attack in May 2017. It highlights and tackle issues surrounding social division at all levels. It is committed to promoting community cohesion, and understand the difficult questions being asked building a better and more inclusive society. We do this by being active within the communities in which we live and by debating issues in a spirit of mutual respect. We Stand Together was registered as a charity, committed to work for cohesion. Each year, May is designated as #WeStandTogether Month so that the community can use it as a focus for cohesion events and a springboard for more work that brings people from diverse backgrounds together. It gives community groups a chance to put something on in their community or neighbourhood and reach out to those who are different to build respect, understanding and joint work.

Ramadan celebration 2017
2017-05-20 18:00 - 22:00 | Ibrahim Maine Centre, 27-29 Maine Road, Moss Side, Manchester, Lancashire, M14 4FS, United Kingdom
Somali community residents coming together to celebrate Ramadan

Somali community residents coming together to discuss issues of concern in their community
2017-05-20 17:00 - 20:00 | Ibrahim Maine Centre, 27-29 Maine Road, Moss Side, Manchester, Lancashire, M14 4FS, United Kingdom

Somalia Independence Day Event 2016
2016-06-25 00:00 | Alexandra Park, Moss Side, 180 Russell Street, Moss Side, Manchester, Lancashire, M16 7JL, United Kingdom
The Somali community came together in force to celebrate their first Somali independence day celebration in Manchester Alexandra Park. This will help to celebrate the integration of new arrivals to Manchester. We would also like to use this event to build bridges between the generations of a diverse community and raise awareness of their contribution to the area and to the local economy.

Around 175,000 people line streets for annual Manchester Day celebration
2015-06-14
Huge crowds gathered for the city’s biggest annual party of the year, 14th June 2015 with a mile-long parade snaking through the city bringing the theme to life. A staggering 175,000 people lined the city centre streets to celebrate the Manchester Day event in style. With thousands of volunteers helping to make the event one of the best days of the year. Huge crowds gathered for the city’s biggest annual party of the year, with a mile-long parade snaking through the city; awash with fantastic floats, amazing costumes and magical musicians bringing the theme to life. More than 90 community groups weaved their floats through the streets to the delight of thousands of families who watched on in amazement. This was our first time participating in the event. Working with The Friends of Alexandra Park and lead by Ben Turner.
