Action Together

🙌 Make the Most of Your Action Together Volunteer Manager Account

🖥️ Whether you're already using the Action Together website or thinking about getting started, come along to this friendly, hands-on session and discover how to make volunteer recruitment easier and more effective

We'll show you how to:
✅ Create, update and remove volunteer role adverts
✅ Keep your organisation details up to date
✅ Manage expressions of interest and volunteer enquiries
✅ Get the best results from your volunteer adverts

💬There'll also be plenty of opportunity to ask questions and pick up tips from the team

📅 14 July 2026, 10:30am–12:00pm

📍Positive Steps, Oldham

📝 Register here to secure your place - https://www.actiontogether.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=4564

🍽️ Have you signed up for tomorrow's Rochdale Food Solutions Forum yet?

🙌 Connect with voluntary organisations and public sector partners as we explore practical ways to improve access to food, strengthen local partnerships, and build more sustainable, community-led solutions

Together, we'll:
💬 Share ideas and good practice
🌱 Explore sustainable approaches to food support
❤️ Challenge the stigma surrounding food insecurity
🏡 Help ensure everyone can access food with dignity and respect

📅 Date/Time: Wednesday 8 July 2026, 12:30pm to 2:30pm
📍 Venue: The Lighthouse Project, Middleton Shopping Centre M24 4EL

👉 Book your place today: https://www.actiontogether.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=4546

⏳ There is still time to grab yourself a spot on our Meet the Funder session tomorrow with UK children's charity Buttle UK

🌟 Their tailored grants support children and young people who have experienced a recent crisis, and they can fund the items, opportunities and practical essentials that restore stability, rebuild confidence and help young people reconnect with education and learning

❓ If your organisation is working with a child or young person in your community that a grant like this could benefit, you won't want to miss this session

You'll find out:
✅ How the application process works
✅ The types of crises and challenges Buttle can help address
✅ What makes a strong application
✅ How grants can make a meaningful difference to children and families

🔗 Reserve your space now: https://www.actiontogether.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=4585

📅 Tuesday 7 July, 10am to 11am
📍 Online via Zoom

💥 Big impact starts with the right tools!

🧰 Our 'Members-only Resource Area' is your perfect VCFSE toolbox packed with exclusive toolkits, guides, and templates designed to help you do more good, more effectively

Inside you’ll find 👇
📈 Strategic planning tools
🏛️ Governance and leadership support
💰 Funding and finance know-how
📢 Marketing and storytelling tips
🙌 Volunteer engagement ideas..and loads more!

🔐 Already an Action Together member? Dive in here, and unlock your learning ➡️ https://www.actiontogether.org.uk/member-resources

✨ Not joined yet? Our membership is free! Sign up today and get access to all of the resources above and much more: https://www.actiontogether.org.uk/become-member

📢 We have a very exciting opportunity for you to join our Community Development team and help empower Rochdale communities!

We’re looking for a Community Development Worker who:

✅ is passionate about tackling inequality and promoting social justice
✅ is experienced in working with people, community groups and VCFSE organisations to identify strengths, facilitate conversations, and turn ideas into meaningful action
✅ understands what helps organisations to develop and thrive

🩵 If this sounds like you, then we’d love to hear from you!

👉 Visit https://www.actiontogether.org.uk/community-development-worker-rochdale-1 to find out more about this role and apply

❗Closing date: 17 July 2026, 9am