Social Enterprise events across Greater Manchester Are you part of a social enterprise, looking to start your own, or gain some knowledge about the sector?Here's a handy rundown of some great social enterprise events, workshops and training taking place across Greater Manchester over the next few months.   Proper Good Wigan SE Networking event

Yellow Jigsaw celebrates Intergenerational Week 2023   This week is Intergenerational Week, April 24-30. The campaign looks to inspire individuals, groups and organisations to fully embrace intergenerational practice, connecting people of different generations in intentional, mutually beneficial activities. It is an opportunity to celebrate ideas, moments, and opportunities local to us where different age

Project Spotlight: What the F(inance)   Our older people's news team over at Talking About My Generation felt like their platform could be used to help promote information, advice and opinions and money.   To help them put this into practice, the team were awarded a budget from the National Lottery Community Fund to

Project Spotlight: Stop Loan Sharks digital campaign with youngsters across Wigan   We've had the pleasure of working with some really amazing young people from Wigan Youth Zone on a very special project with Stop Loan Sharks, the England Illegal Money Lending Team.   The team of six young reporters worked with our Media

Young reporters create digital campaign for national organisation   Six young reporters from our Media Cubs project have launched a social media campaign in partnership with Stop Loan Sharks, the England Illegal Money lending Team, who investigates and prosecutes Loan Sharks in England. Their mini news report, ‘TV style’ advert, TikToks, and Instagram reels

North East gets new older people-led news team inspired by Yellow Jigsaw project   Our older people's led news project based in Greater Manchester, Talking About My Generation, has inspired another group to form in Sunderland, with the help of Sunderland City Council and Sunderland Ageing Well Ambassadors. Talking About My Generation facilitators and

Our Strategic Director Grace Dyke makes the WISE100 list The WISE100 list recognises the most inspiring and influential women in social enterprise, impact investment and mission-driven business, so we are delighted to see our strategic director's name up there with some amazing people. This is the sixth edition of the WISE100 list, produced annually

International Women’s Day: Wonderful women and organisations in the social enterprise sector International Women’s Day is celebrated yearly on March 8. It is a focal point in the women’s rights movement, bringing attention to issues such as reproductive rights, gender equality, and violence and abuse against women. This year's theme is #EmbraceEquity, putting a

Our tips on how to pitch to the media A good pitch is essential to get your story in the media, a great story won’t get noticed if it’s pitched badly, and a bad story can get noticed if pitched correctly. That’s how important a good pitch is. So, whether you’re pitching to TV,

Why is working class representation in news so bad? Around 80 per cent of journalists come from professional or upper-class backgrounds, according to the most recent diversity report by the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ, 2022). Compare this to 42 per cent of the general workforce who come from higher class