Investing in women as a force for social change
Enabling social ventures and communities to flourish through enterprise, leadership and innovation
We support people with great ideas to create the change they see needed in their communities.
We work directly with social entrepreneurs (budding and established), innovators and leaders – developing networks, assets and resources to enable communities to become socially active and economically empowered.
We also deliver commissioned programmes and collaborative cross-sector partnerships to enable change makers access the support they need to flourish and develop their communities.
“We invest our surplus resources in supporting women as a force for social change and wider social enterprise activity, in particular helping women who have faced setbacks help vulnerable and marginalised communities.”
Nickala
News
CHANGEMAKER OF THE MONTH – MAY
Sarah Spanton is Director of Waymarking C.I.C., based at the Flourish Hub at Heaton Chapel Station. This February Waymarking celebrated 5 years as a social enterprise – guiding people in their neighbourhoods to co-create healthy, thriving and resilient places. Sarah began her career in the creative sector before studying urban regeneration and development at the…
CHANGEMAKER OF THE MONTH – APRIL
Ban heard about the Time to Grow programme from another participant. She knew she wanted to do something to benefit the community and use her previous skills working with a social enterprise combining cooking and ESOL activities, but without the knowledge and support, she didn’t know where to start. She specifically wanted to focus on…
Splash Social Enterprise Network
We started the SPLASH Network in the autumn of 2025 as a way of connecting with organisations in and around Trafford, opening the doors to our Altrincham Hub and creating space for potential collaboration. What has grown since then is a dynamic monthly meeting of minds that now stretches far beyond Trafford and across Greater…
Top tips for securing grant funding
We’ve had lots of questions recently about how to secure funding grants and to that end have recently been delivering ‘The A-Z of bid-writing’ – a workshop covering our top tips on writing a killer bid. Here are some of the highlights… Use your time wisely: Only apply for grants where you’re confident you meet…
Celebrating Programme Success with the WEA!
Over the last year we have run multiple programmes supporting people across diverse communities in Bury, Stockport, Manchester and Trafford to gain skills, confidence and access to networks. Courses across each area have combined: Our award winning Time to Grow – Social Enterprise Support Programme Careers in Holistic Health – accredited courses in natural beauty,…
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Making Tax Digital
Are you self-employed or a landlord? Was your income over £50,000 in 2024/25? From 6 April 2026, you will probably need to report your Income Tax digitally through HMRC’s Making Tax Digital (MTD). If you’re affected, you’ll need to send a summary of your business income and expenses to HMRC every three months through MTD-compatible…
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