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Volunteering Greater Manchester is an exciting new project, hosted by GMCVO, which aims to bring about a radical change in the way people think about and support volunteering in Greater Manchester. It involves a partnership of volunteering service providers, including Volunteer Centres, local volunteering infrastructure organisations and local diversity organisations.

Over the next three years the project will:
- Champion volunteering and volunteering infrastructure and raise its profile, leading to greater resourcing and sustainability;
- Provide strategic support for existing volunteering services and infrastructure;
- Create better access routes into volunteering for residents of Greater Manchester;
- Support volunteering by non-traditional groups;
- Co-ordinate work across local authority boundaries and enable greater collaboration and partnership work;
- Disseminate best practice in working with volunteers through information, training, mentoring and a variety of events.

The project employs three members of staff:
- Lynne Kent as Volunteering Champion hosted by GMCVO
- Megan Ohri as part-time Volunteering Development Officer based at Salford CVS Volunteer Centre
- Gwen Mason as part-time Diversity Officer based at Refugee Action.
Funding for the three-year project has been awarded by the Big Lottery BASIS 2 (Building and Sustaining Infrastructure Support) programme.

Contact: Lynne Kent, Volunteering Greater Manchester, GMCVO, St Thomas Centre, Ardwick Green North, Manchester M12 6FZ. Tel: 0161 277 1027. E-mail: lynne.kent@gmcvo.org.uk.