1. State of the Voluntary, Community & Social Enterprise Sector in Manchester 2017 Mike Wild Chief Executive,

3. Method: Survey September 2016 and January 2017.
web-based survey of organisations
electronic invite sent by CRESR in seven local authority areas
distributed by local infrastructure organisations, GMCVO and Stockport Council across all local authority areas.
A Greater Manchester version of the survey
201 responses for the city of Manchester.

4. Method: Focus Groups 2 focus groups in Manchester (9 across GM)
small VCSE groups/social enterprises
registered charities
Key themes:
volunteering
working with the public sector
working with other VCSE organisations
working with the private business sector

5. How many organisations?
2013
3,093
2017
3,394

6. 2013 2017 How many organisations? 1987 533 405 168 2247 513 477 158
“micro” under £10k income
“small” £10k-£100k
“medium” £100k - £1million
“large” over £1million

7. Who do they support? Who is your main client group? Everyone
Children and young people
Older people
Black and minority ethnic communities
People with mental health needs
Women
2013
34%
25%
21%
20%
15%
23%
2017
27%
26% 8%
16%
14%
13%

8. What do they do? What is your main area of work? community development
health and well-being
education, training and research
economic wellbeing
arts, heritage and culture
2013
43%
40%
36%
19%
21%
2017
49%
44%
33%
22%
21%

9. Where do they work?
2017
2013

10. Who works in the sector?
Volunteers
2013
94,300
2017
110,900

11. 370,400 hours per week £331.8million 2017
Who works in the sector?
Volunteers
2013
Volunteers gave
370,400 hours per week £331.8million
contribution to the economy
2017
Volunteers gave
278,600 hours per week £252.1million
contribution to the economy

12. 2013 12,400 full-time equivalent 2017 11,000 full-time equivalent
Who works in the sector?
Paid staff
2013
12,400 full-time equivalent
17,200 employees Average: 0.72
2017
11,000 full-time equivalent
16,300 employees Average: 0.67