Briefings
Community Network For Manchester Briefings
Co-production
Co-production is an approach that has steadily been gaining attention in recent months. read more »
Policy Briefing - Community Engagement Strategy Review and Community Engagement Task Group
This briefing provides an overview of the work that the Manchester Partnership has been doing in recent months to review its Community Engagement Strategy, and the tools which support it. read more »
Policy Briefing – Manchester City-Region pilot & Combined Authority for Greater Manchester
Below can be found a policy briefing from CN4M on the Manchester City-Region pilot & the proposal to establish a Combined Authority for Greater Manchester. read more »
Information Briefing - “Building the Big Society”
Soon after taking office, Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg held a round table event with a group of civil society community activists, the Minister for the Cabinet Off read more »
Collective Co-Production - Collected Information Resources
Here is a collection of information resources on the topic of Collective Co-Production. read more »
Policy Briefing - Total Place Initiative
The main purpose of this briefing is to provide a general overview of the national Total Place initiative, and an understanding of the role of the Manchester City Region Total Place Pilot within this read more »
The State of the Natural Environment Report Briefing
The Sustainable Neighbourhoods Action Group (SNAG) convenor has produced a briefing paper on 'The State of the Natural Environment'; a report by Natural England. read more »
Information Briefing - State of the City 2008/2009 series of reports
The State of the City 2008/2009 reports constitute the third edition of a comprehensive set of reports measuring the city’s current performance. read more »
Information Briefing - Accessing and using statistics for the voluntary sector
About this briefing
This briefing provides an overview of statistics available locally, regionally and nationally, which may be useful to the voluntary and community sector. read more »
Communities in Control Progress Report Briefing
A Community Network for Manchester briefing on the 'Communities in Control Progress Report' can now be found below. read more »
‘Supporting Local Information and Research: Understanding Demand and Improving Capacity’ Briefing
Communities and Local Government, in partnership with the Audit Commission and the Local Government Association, commissioned an external review to understand better how to strengthen support to local read more »
'Civic Pioneers Case Study Review' Briefing
In the spring of 2007, funding was made available through the Community
Empowerment Division to Civic Pioneer local authority areas to carry out projects focussing on community empowerment. read more »
Comprehensive Area Assessment Briefing
This briefing provides an overview of the new Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA).
Communities in Control: real people, real power
Communities in Control: real people, real power, aims to pass power into the hands of local communities in order to generate vibrant local democracy in every part of the country, and to give real cont read more »
Other Briefings
Equality Act Briefing June 2010
This briefing has been written by the National Equality Partnership (NEP) in collaboration with Barbara Cohen, Discrimination Law Consultant. read more »
Briefing Note on Points 4 Life in Manchester
This information briefing on the Points 4 Life scheme has been produced by Target: Wellbeing in association with the read more »
Comprehensive Area Assessment: Briefing for the third sector
This document provides a brief overview of the Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA), and its relevance to the third sector. read more »
Comprehensive Area Assessment Briefing
The Audit Commission and partner Inspectorates have published their final framework for Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA). read more »