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Annual Report For the year st ending 31 March 2025

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Message from Alison Page, Chief Executive 3 Financial Review 56
Highlights from a year of Salford CVS 5 Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities 56
Report of the Independent Auditors to the
Message from Ben Whalley, Chair 9 58
Trustees of Salford CVS
Legal and Administrative Information 10 Statement of Financial Activities 63
Our Strategic Priorities 14 Balance Sheet 64
NAVCA Core Functions of Infrastructure
Cash Flow Statement
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Notes forming part of the Financial
We Said, We Did
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Statements
Policies 53 Organisational information 135
Structure, Governance and Management Contact us 140
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Message from Alison Page, Chief Executive

Last year, I talked about ‘being inspired’ and the importance of that when doing a job like mine… Actually, some days I don’t think anyone else does a job like mine – and then I think of my fellow 10GM Directors who are also CEOs of local infrastructure organisations (LIOs) like Salford CVS (although no one else is quite like Salford CVS!).

So, I want to start my introduction to Salford CVS’ Annual Report 2024-25 by saying a massive THANK YOU to Liz, Dawn and Mike; and to Kirsten, my deputy here at Salford CVS – your insight and friendship mean a lot… and you have helped keep me upright in a difficult year for me personally, with losing my Dad to cancer.

I’m not the only person who works at Salford CVS who has lost someone close in the last year either, and I imagine most people reading this will have had their own losses of one sort or another.

So this is a reminder to us all that we need to look after ourselves and each other… and all the more reason for us to think about all those struggling and suffering in our city, in GM, in this country, and abroad… and to think about how we can respond and do more… for there is always more to be done. Salford CVS’s strapline is ‘making a difference’ and it is, and should always be, at the very heart of all that we do.

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So that brings me on nicely to Live Well – the new (old?) kid on the block…

Live Well is being badged as Greater Manchester’s movement for community-led health and wellbeing – so it’s no wonder that the VCSE sector needs to be at the centre of the development of this work. At Salford CVS, we have been collaborating with colleagues to gear up so that our vibrant and diverse sector can make the most of any opportunities to influence the development of Live Well and the resources that should follow. So, please watch this space!

I’d like to end by saying thank you to the whole CVS team – staff, volunteers, trustees – for making 2024/25 another successful year.

Thanks also go to my VCSE and public sector colleagues – we don’t always have to agree, but working together transparently, consistently and collaboratively in Salford and across GM is largely the norm, for which I am thankful. As someone who was brought up on the saying “never go to bed on an argument” this is very important to me in terms of being able to do my job.

I hope you find reading our Annual Report for 2024/25 an informative and enjoyable read!

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Highlights from a year of Salford CVS

Quarter 1 April 2024 - June 2024

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May

June

Essential Information Day

World Cafe event

Held at ECHO on 19th April. See page 23 for more information.

Vocal Leaders Forum

Held on 9th April at START to discuss the upcoming 2024 Mayoral Hustings, VCSE Manifesto, Volunteering Strategy and VCSE Strategy. See more on Vocal on page 18 .

Held on 24th May, Salford CVS staff were available all day for drop-in support sessions. We also presented our grants programme.

Vocal Reps Summit

Held on 2nd May at Eccles Gateway . All Vocal reps came together to discuss how we influence the Salford system.

We Invented The Weekend

Our Volunteer Centre Salford staff coordinated all of the volunteers at the We Invented The Weekend festival held at Salford Quays. Read more on page 49

The Pink Picnic

We held a stall promoting volunteering at Salford Pride’s Pink Picnic on 22nd June. —

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Highlights from a year of Salford CVS

Quarter 2 July 2024 - September 2024

July

August

September

City Mayor and Chief Executive visits

Elevate Salford Business Shower event

On Friday 19th July we facilitated visits for the City Mayor and Chief Executive of the council to Social adVentures and Broughton House.

Humphrey Booth Commemoration event

We attended the annual Humphrey Booth Commemoration event on 19th July at Salford Sacred Trinity Church.

We held an Elevate Salford Business Shower at HOST at Media City on 28th August.

Seldom Heard

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Highlights from a year of Salford CVS

Quarter 3 October 2024 - December 2024

October

November December

Vocal Environmental Network

Our quarterly Vocal Environmental Network was held at Wardley Hall on 26th November 2024.

Annual Conference: Climate Crisis - keep calm and carry on?

We held our annual conference on 30th October at Salford Community Stadium. At this year's conference we focused the conversation on the Climate Crisis and the role of the VCSE sector. We had fantastic keynote speakers who inspired us to think about our role in helping to combat the climate crisis in Salford. Read more on page 22 .

Citizen’s Advice Salford 85th Birthday

Salford CVS’ Chief Executive attended Citizens Advice Salford’s 85th Anniversary event at Salford Lads and Girls Club.

Salford CVS’ AGM

Our well-attended Annual General Meeting took place on 12th December at ECHO, and included our ‘Pitch in 60 Seconds’ funding opportunity.

Housing Discovery

Salford CVS organised and facilitated this workshop on 6th December, alongside Salford City Council’s Housing Transformation Team (HTT). It brought together the VCSE sector 7 and HTT to co-design solutions to the city’s housing challenges.

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Highlights from a year of Salford CVS

Quarter 4 January 2025 - March 2025

January

February

March

February - a month of change

Veganuary

We promoted Veganuary throughout January. Salford CVS have signed the Plant Based Treaty as part of our climate emergency work programme.

State of the VCSE Sector

On 16th January 2025, Salford CVS convened a workshop of local infrastructure organisations to start our latest State of the Sector research.

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On 6 February we started the day attending Mike Thorpe’s funeral. Mike was a towering figure in the VCSE sector - as Chief Executive of The Broughton Trust he played a key role in VCSE leadership work.

Upon leaving Mike’s funeral we then went to START in Salford to say a different kind of goodbye to Michelle Dennett on her leaving day...

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On 21 February Salford CVS had the sad task of helping close Salford Women’s Centre after 40 years of serving the women of Salford. Later that afternoon we attended the exciting opening of CommUNITY Little Hulton’s Peel Park Pavillion.

Social Prescribing Day

We celebrated national Social Prescribing Day by sharing some of the moving, honest stories from the people we have worked with through the Wellbeing Matters programme.

Live Well with Cancer event

Salford CVS attended this event on 7th March at Gorton Monastery to promote Answer Cancer.

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Message from Ben Whalley, Chair

This is my first year writing a foreword as Chair of the Board of Trustees at Salford CVS, and I am delighted to say that 2024-2025 has been another year where we have continued to make a difference for individuals and communities who live and work across the city of Salford. I have been a Trustee of Salford CVS since November 2020, and was appointed to the position of Chair in February 2025 (towards the end of the year we are reporting on). I must first take this opportunity to thank Grace Dyke for her leadership, support and passion throughout my tenure as a Trustee up to that point. Grace has been an excellent Chair, and an example that any Charity Trustee should seek to embody. Throughout 2024-25 I have had the privilege of witnessing the incredible energy, creativity and resilience of Salford’s VCSE sector. This year, more than ever, our collective efforts have shown what can be achieved when communities, partners and people come together with a shared purpose.

The challenges facing communities in Salford continue to be real and complex, but so too is the strength, compassion and innovation that defines this city. Our team and membership have once again gone above and beyond. I’m proud of the progress we’ve made in supporting organisations to be sustainable and resilient, and in championing the role of the VCSE sector as an equal partner in shaping Salford’s future. Whether it’s enabling grassroots groups to flourish, strengthening partnerships, or advocating for fairer systems, Salford CVS has been at the heart of it. Our work around funding, infrastructure support, volunteering and community leadership continues to grow in both scale and impact.

I want to offer my sincere thanks to our brilliant staff team, trustees, volunteers, partners and members. Their dedication and commitment have been truly inspiring. I also want to acknowledge the trust placed in us by funders and strategic partners — trust that allows us to keep pushing for lasting, systemic change. As we look ahead, our ambition remains clear: to meet our strategic priorities and to contribute to the city’s agenda as one of its longstanding anchor organisations; thus continuing to meet our mission of ‘making a difference in Salford’ And so, I want to sign off my first message as Chair of the Board with my greatest thanks of all:

Thank you to the people, groups and organisations across the City of Salford - without your commitment and passion to this place, Salford CVS would have no purpose. We are your charity, and we are proud to serve.

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Legal and Administrative Information

The Charity (no. 519361) is a Company Limited by Guarantee (no. 01948293), with its governing document being its Memorandum and Articles of Association. The liability of the members in respect of the guarantee is limited to £10 each.

At 31st March 2025 there were 989 full members and 14 associate members. The charity’s trading name is Salford CVS. The Directors are appointed according to the Articles of Association and are referred to as the Board of Trustees.

Salford CVS and Volunteer Centre’s registered address: The Old Town Hall, 5 Irwell Place, Eccles, Salford, M30 0FN

The Trustees, who are also the Directors of the Charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the Charity for the year ended 31st March 2025. The Trustees have adopted the provision of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1st January 2019).

Board of Trustees

Grace Dyke – Chair until 25th February 2025 Ben Whalley – Chair from 25th February 2025 John Phillips – Treasurer

Aderonke Apata

Barbara Bentham

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Lewis Hellewell – resigned 24 March 2025 Ray Mashiter Teresa Pepper Yen Siang Tan

Francesca Todde

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Adam Webster – resigned 27 June 2024

Council Representatives

Cllr Sharmina August – resigned 4th September 2024 Cllr Gina Reynolds – appointed 19th August 2025

Senior Management

Alison Page – Chief Executive Kirsten Robinson – Deputy Chief Executive

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Principle Objectives

The Charity’s principle objectives as set out in its Memorandum of Association are:

To promote any charitable purposes for the benefit of the public principally but not exclusively in the local government area of Salford and its environs (area of benefit). And in particular, build the capacity of third-sector organisations and provide them with the necessary support, information and services to enable them to pursue or contribute to any charitable purpose.

• To promote, organise and facilitate cooperation and partnership working between third sector, statutory and other relevant bodies in the achievement of the above purposes within the area of benefit.

For the purposes of this article:

• ‘third sector’ means charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises

• ‘charities’ are organisations which are established for exclusively charitable purposes in accordance with the law of England and Wales

‘voluntary organisations and social enterprises' are independent organisations, which are established for purposes that add value to the community as a whole, or a significant section of the community, and which are not permitted by their constitution to make a profit for private distribution. Voluntary organisations and social enterprises do not include local government or other statutory authorities.

Public Benefit Outcomes

Salford CVS operates for the benefit of its membership and our ethos is demonstrated in public benefit to the citizens of Salford. Trustees have referred to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the Strategy, Vision, Mission and Values of the organisation and our thematic strands of work. In particular, the Trustees have considered how our planned activities, developments and decisions affect our impact on Salford citizens.

We use monitoring and evaluation systems to demonstrate our outcomes and impact, which further demonstrate our public benefit. Underlying this is our commitment to quality, which is one of our six Values.

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Custodian Funds

The charity holds funds on behalf of other organisations as a custodian. There are a number of reasons why the organisations cannot hold their own funds, including: the organisation is too small to operate a bank account; there are not sufficient people in the organisation for adequate controls as stipulated by a grant provider; or, the organisation does not feel it has appropriate resources to handle its own funds. When a fund is taken on by the charity, there is both an application form and ID provided by the organisation; or, the terms from the grant provider are that the funds are held by the charity. Any movement of funds must be supported by written authorisation from a designated member of the organisation. Details of funds can be found in note 16 .

About Salford CVS

Salford CVS is the city-wide infrastructure organisation for the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sector; providing specialist information, advice, development support and opportunities for influence and collaboration.

Salford CVS has a proud history of making a difference in Salford since 1919 , initially as Manchester and Salford Council for Social Service, before we separated in 1973 to become Manchester CVS and Salford CVS.

We are a well-respected partner in this city and have excellent relationships with both VCSE and public sector organisations. We are financially stable with a clear business plan and a highly skilled and motivated staff team and Board of Trustees.

As a membership organisation , we work hard to address the needs and represent the interests of nearly one thousand VCSE sector member organisations.

Our Annual General Meeting is always widely publicised and well-attended, with a clear focus on our status as a membership organisation and how we endeavour to engage, involve and support our members throughout the year.

We provide support for organisations to establish and develop including training for their staff, volunteers and trustees. Our Volunteer Centre provides support for individuals who want to volunteer and assistance for organisations developing volunteer programmes.

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Mission Statement Making a Difference in Salford Values

Vision

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Making a Difference in Salford
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Salford
Making a difference through:
Passion Being passionate about the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sector
Innovation Being innovative in our approach
Quality Delivering quality at the heart of all of our activities
Cooperation Stronger when we work cooperatively with others to achieve our vision
Inclusion Taking an intersectional approach to celebrating, valuing and promoting equity, diversity and inclusion
Impact Demonstrating impact and making a difference every time
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Our Strategic Priorities

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Theme Work Strands
Contracts and
Investment Funding and Fundraising Trading
Commissioning
Voice Representation Influencing Campaigning
Share Resources Information Collaboration
Volunteer Governance Good Practice Brokerage
Community Poverty Inequality Wellbeing
Impact Compliance Quality Social Value
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2024/25 was the last year of us operating under our Strategic Plan 2020 – 2025, and we spent significant time during the year reviewing our strategic priorities with our trustees and staff, and with our members, including at our November 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM). On the following pages (15-16) you can read more about our revised Strategic Priorities for the period 2025 – 2028, and on page 17 we explain how these priorities meet our national membership body NAVCA’s four core functions.

You can find our revised Strategic Plan 2025 – 2028 on our website at: www.salfordcvs.co.uk/salford-cvs-strategic-plan-2025-2028

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Our Strategic Priorities for 2025 - 2028

Leadership and Advocacy Priorities

Partnerships and Collaborations Priorities

• Develop and support Salford’s Vocal model for voice and influence, ensuring VCSE representation and distributive leadership on all of Salford’s main partnership boards

• Provide opportunities for the wider VCSE sector to be kept informed and engaged in key city issues

Build opportunities for partners from across sectors to come together and develop effective joint working protocols and practice

Develop opportunities for VCSE organisations to create formal partnerships to deliver services and solutions in a ‘place’

• Organise a large annual VCSE conference on topical themes, delivered by and for our sector

Establish a range of VCSE practitioner networks to address key issues such as food poverty, the environment and volunteering

Additional areas for development

• Leadership training and support (including for emerging leaders and diverse leaders) – we’ll do this via our work in the 10GM partnership

www.gmworkforcehub.org.uk

• Find creative ways to engage more people at neighbourhood level and enable them to have a say – we’ll do this as part of our role in the emerging GM Live Well work

Additional areas for development

Further develop relationships with the private sector – we’ll do this via our work leading the Salford Social Value Alliance

‘Meet the Commissioner’ events – we’ll do this via our Vocal Forums’ voice and influence work

Continue to undertake emergency response and civil contingencies work in Salford and GM

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Capacity Building Priorities

• Provide 1-2-1 capacity-building support for Salford’s VCSE organisations, specifically focusing on good governance, business planning, securing funding, compliance and safeguarding

• Organise a wide range of training workshops on key themes, taking place throughout the year; including delivering adults and children’s safeguarding training

• Manage and administer a wide range of small grants and investments to benefit the local VCSE sector

Additional areas for development

• Support new members through the grants process – we’ll do this via our ‘Meet the Funder’ events and follow up with 1-2-1 support as needed

Offer training for volunteers in youth work, community development, mentoring and other relevant skills – we’ll research this as part of the refresh of our training offer for 2025/26

Volunteering Priorities

• Broker opportunities and support connections between local people seeking to volunteer and organisations who welcome volunteers; and also recruit and manage a team of events and civil contingencies volunteers in-house

• Prioritise developing volunteering opportunities for Salford’s young people and residents from diverse communities , ensuring good practice is at the heart of this work

Organise our annual Heart of Salford awards , celebrating volunteering and the local VCSE sector

Additional areas for development

Train a pool of volunteers with relevant expertise that can be dispatched to support groups with admin / comms / book-keeping, etc – we’ll do this by further developing employer supported volunteering, including maximising our ‘24 Hours to Make a Difference’ programme

Prioritise our Membership Support offer , including developing a confidential ‘ Early Warning System ’

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How we meet NAVCA’s Core Functions of Local Infrastructure Organisations

Leadership and Advocacy

Local infrastructure organisations are leaders in their communities, strengthening our sector’s voice and influence on key decision-makers and funders. They support and empower vulnerable and marginalised communities, working towards a more equal society.

Partnerships and Collaborations

Local infrastructure organisations create opportunities for collaborative working by building networks and partnerships between local organisations and strategic partners. Through nurturing these relationships, communities are better equipped in both the development of ongoing projects and times of crisis.

Capacity Building

When local voluntary and community organisations have access to practical support, people and communities become more resilient and able to flourish.

Local infrastructure organisations can provide training, resources or advice to facilitate community development.

Volunteering

Volunteering is integral to thriving communities.

Local infrastructure organisations encourage and nurture volunteering opportunities, so that people can build connections and work together on things they care about, driving positive change locally.

Body

Salford CVS is a long-standing member of NAVCA, the national membership body for local VCSE infrastructure organisations. We have aligned our Annual Report for 2024/25 against the NAVCA, nationally recognised, four key functions of local VCSE infrastructure.

What follows is a snapshot of our activities and achievements during 2024/25 under these four headings.

Some areas of our work more closely align with these headings than others – for instance our work on Grants and Investments and our Communications work in reality operate across all four headings. However, for ease of compiling this report, we have chosen to describe our activities under one heading for each of our areas of work.

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Leadership and Advocacy

Voice and Influence - Vocal Forums

We have continued to deliver our extensive voice and influence work through our Vocal strategic forums and roundtables, including:

Vocal Leaders

Vocal Children, Young People & Families

Vocal Wellbeing, Health and Care

Vocal Food Poverty (newly developed March 2025 )

We have also delivered thematic strategic roundtables around housing transformation, sector relationships with public sector colleagues, sector instability and looking at a VCSE-led transport solution for Adult Social Care and Children’s services.

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VCSE strategic roundtables attended by participants

Vocal strategic forums facilitated, attended by participants

Vocal peer support networks attended by

participants

“I am excited to find out “It was a really about Salford becoming a positive and child-friendly city. This enlightening meeting has given me a lot of experience” food for thought"

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Leadership and Advocacy Voice and Influence - Strategic Representation

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of the city’s partnerships attended per quarter by Salford CVS and Vocal Forum representatives

Salford CVS’ strategic staff and our Vocal Forum’s VCSE representatives continued to play a key role in the city during 2024/25, acting as the sector’s voice and seeking to influence Salford’s Strategic Partnerships. This includes attending all six of the Boards and their sub-groups of the Partners In Salford, the Integrated Care Partnership’s seven working groups and their sub-groups and various other city partnerships.

As a result of Salford CVS and Vocal Strategic representatives on the Health & Wellbeing Board and the Integrated Care Partnership we have influenced key decisions and strategies, including developing the Carer’s Strategy and the Locality Plan for health and care.

In numbers

22 Vocal representatives acting as the sector’s voice and seeking to influence Salford’s Strategic Partnership

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Leadership and Advocacy VCSE Sector Research and Insight

Pulse Check results

Increases in service demand and operating costs:

State of the VCSE Sector research

of Voluntary, Community and Social 74% Enterprise sector organisations reported an increase in service demand over the last three months.

Salford CVS, on behalf of 10GM, are leading the work on the State of the VCSE Sector research and appointed Nottingham Trent University as our academic partners. Along with the other local infrastructure organisations across Greater Manchester, we have successfully completed the research project scoping and will be conducting the research during 2026.

Over three-quarters of VCSEs report an increase in operating costs over the same period.

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Pulse Checks

“ Stagnating income and rising expenditure:

We re-introduced our quarterly Pulse Checks during the year in order to take a temperature check about the financial stability of the sector following Government National Insurance rises.

Only 25% of VCSEs reported an increase in income over the past 46% three months. Just under half (46%) report their income had stayed the 29% same, while 29% noted a decrease.

This temperature check provided vital information about the VCSE sector instability, which was used to influence the city’s strategic partnerships.

By contrast, 85% of VCSEs reported increases in expenditure over the same period.

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Leadership and Advocacy

Social Value

Salford CVS continued to lead, facilitate and administer Salford Social Value Alliance’s steering group’s quarterly meetings. During 2024/25 we have:

13 new members of the Salford Social Value Alliance.

Refreshed the Salford Social Value Alliance website

Developed Salford4Good as the umbrella for social value, successfully matching companies with VCSE organisations to give time, money, goods or share skills and expertise

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case studies submitted by members for the new Social Value Alliance website.

Increased the membership of the wider alliance and commitments to our 10% Better campaign

Brokered Social Value training for the VCSE sector from Savills Earth

“This looks a lot cleaner, more modern and much better than the old website.”

A member of the Social Value Alliance’s steering group

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Case Study - Annual Conference 2024

Climate Crisis - keep calm and carry on?

Our 2024 Annual Conference explored how Salford’s VCSE sector can help tackle the climate crisis. Keynotes from Pam Warhurst CBE and Dr Emma Geen inspired action. The workshops generated practical ideas on inclusion, fast fashion, buying local, social and ethical, harnessing community energy and growing food. Feedback showed the conference left attendees feeling energised, hopeful, and better connected.

“Amazing speakers, amazing refreshments, organised well”

“It was empowering and hopeful” “This is an important topic, especially when linked back to local issues”

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interactive workshops

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Case Study - Vocal Wellbeing, Health and Care Forum

World Cafe conversation

On 19th April 2024, VCSE sector colleagues and public sector leaders came together at Eccles Town Hall (ECHO) for a World Café conversation with Salford Care Organisation. At a time of financial pressure and strained relationships, bringing people together to have open, constructive conversations was a major achievement.

VCSE voices highlighted how community services, from discharge support to befriending, can help relieve system pressures and improve lives. This forum created space to rebuild trust, mutual understanding, and genuine partnership working.

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6 senior leadership attendees from Salford Care Organisation VCSE case studies 2 demonstrating impact post-event

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Case Study - Social Value

Savills Earth consultancy were appointed by Salford City Council to produce a local needs and opportunities assessment and develop a place-based priorities framework to aid the delivery of social value allied to regeneration in Eccles, Swinton and Pendleton. Salford CVS supported this work by consulting with the VCSE sector in these wards through focus groups and semi-structured interviews.

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VCSE organisations engaged in the consultation in Eccles

VCSE organisations engaged in the consultation in Pendleton VCSE organisations engaged in the consultation in Swinton VCSE organisations then received Social Value training from Savills Earth

The feedback that Salford CVS received from participants has been included in a Social Value Framework, which will be used by the developers appointed to deliver the regeneration in Eccles, Swinton and Pendleton. It will inform their social value offers and ensure the needs of local communities and VCSE organisations are met.

We were asked, “Can you develop a library of social value opportunities for private sector businesses?”

Salford CVS are now undertaking this work during 2025/26 across all of Salford’s other wards to understand need and better tailor social value brokerage to benefit our sector.

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Case Study - Seldom Heard Skills for Life Beyond Education

“Listening directly to young people and being given a lot of food for thought… a brilliant event.”

“Powerful, but hard to hear”

Our Seldom Heard young people’s event for 2025 brought together young people from underrepresented groups across Salford with senior city leaders to explore the theme Skills for Life Beyond Education . Young people raised issues around financial literacy, practical life skills, careers advice, and safe, inclusive opportunities. City Leaders, including Mayor Paul Dennett, pledged to act, continuing a cycle of accountability from previous years. The event ensured seldom heard young people’s voices influenced the city’s priorities and secured commitments from city leaders for lasting change.

“The discussions helped me feel seen and heard. I also shared my experience of being a trans person publicly.”

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Partnerships and Collaborations

As a result of 10GM securing funding for VCSE infrastructure development,

10GM is a legal entity owned by four local infrastructure organisations, including Salford CVS. During the year we delivered a range of initiatives as part of the 10GM family, including:

Answer Cancer

GM VCSE Accord delivery

individuals have engaged in social value events and training or received one-to-one support with demonstrating their social value.

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As a result of 10GM winning a GMCA contract focusing on social economy, a number of social enterprises have been supported to become part of Salford City Council’s Alternative Education Framework.

Violence Reduction Alliance Facilitation

Social Economy

(Social enterprise development work)

VCSE Infrastructure Development (Social value and State of the Sector)

GM Live Well National Lottery project development

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Case Study - Violence Reduction Unit

Supported by our VRU Development Worker , a range of activities were provided to young people in Ordsall, Weaste, Seedley, Pendleton and Charlestown, aimed at reducing anti-social behaviour and youth crime in the areas through the six VCSE delivery partners:

Innit 4 Young People Salford Foundation Oasis Media City Mancunian Way Salford Community Leisure Swinton Lions

This work resulted in a reduction in anti- social behaviour in the neighbourhoods and a reduction in shoplifting at Quayside Shopping Centre.

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sessions delivered to young people aged 10-18

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The outcomes for young people who participated in the programme were improved: aspirations : access to activities and opportunities mental and physical wellbeing sense of pride, respect and belonging in

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Case Study - Family Hubs

Salford CVS works in partenrship with Salford City Council as part of Salford’s Family Hubs. Our role is to engage the VCSE sector as delivery partners, provide small grants and develop a volunteering programme to support delivery. From July, our two Family Hub Navigators started to work with parents and carers to connect them into activities and services, to provide additional support with things like loneliness and isolation, SEND, food poverty, financial support, connecting with other parents, carers and children.

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33 VCSE organisations signed up to become formal Family Hub partners

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“You give me little things to help me and even though I’m making tiny steps, I’m making so much progress. I’m happy and I feel good. Things are going well.” Parent supported by a Family Hub Navigator

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Case Study - Wellbeing Matters

In 2024/25, Wellbeing Matters continued to prioritise partnerships that align with both primary care and citywide priorities, including mental health, physical activity, long-term conditions, and system integration. This strategic alignment resulted in 4,019 referrals across the year. Mental health needs, such as depression, stress, anxiety, and overwhelm, accounted for 31% of all referrals, while social support needs made up 23% . These figures highlight the essential role of collaborative efforts in addressing complex, multi-layered health and wellbeing issues.

Collaboration with programme partners and Salford’s vibrant VCSE sector enabled a wide range of referral pathways.

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connections out of the 6,282 programme led to: directed to social activities and community groups 20% directed to to welfare and finance support, and 19% there was a notable increase in referrals to physical activity opportunities, especially for people with long-term conditions

of all onward referrals were made to the VCSE sector across Salford and Greater 77% Manchester, demonstrating strong, community-led partnerships.

Wellbeing Matters was featured in the new Primary Care Salford Standards for 2025/26, signalling the city’s continued commitment to social prescribing approaches. The programme remains responsive to local needs, evolving through new collaborations with partners such as the DWP WorkWell programme and Salford Royal Hospital. These partnerships showcase how a person-centred model, rooted in community connection and capacity building, can deliver meaningful impact across different settings, reinforcing the value of 29 integrated and collaborative working across Salford.

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Case Study - Living Well

The Living Well models brings together both clinical and non-clinical mental health support offers to the residents of Salford, providing a person-centred, trauma-informed and holistic approach. Working in collaboration with Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, the VCSE sector provided core partners; Salford CVS , START , Six Degrees and Mind in Salford, with wider partners including Wellbeing Matters , Lingua GM , The Growth Company and Safe in Salford .

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referrals received into VCSE pathways

“The role has been vital in strengthening the integration between statutory services and the “ VCSE sector... You ensure that the voice of the

VCSE sector is consistently present and heard in the key forums...” Martyna Swieczkowska, Senior Operations Manager at Six Degrees social enterprise

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Case Study - Answer Cancer

The Answer Cancer programme is a VCSE partnership that challenges health inequalities by raising awareness of cancer and promoting the importance of breast, bowel and cervical screening amongst Greater Manchester’s diverse communities where traditional NHS messaging is ineffective. One of the ways we do this is by providing grant funding to local groups to develop appropriate messaging within their communities.

We give communities the knowledge and confidence they need to protect themselves and their loved ones. By working with Salford CVS’ grantees, local champions and community groups, we spread the message in trusted spaces and show what’s possible when people come together to make a difference.

Community engagement

“I didn’t realise there were lifestyle changes that could reduce my cancer risk — this is really helpful.” “

Answer Cancer’s community engagement work has strengthened our role as a leader in cancer awareness, driving behaviour change through targeted breast, bowel and cervical screening sessions. Through our community work, we’ve encouraged more people to advocate and attend breast, bowel, and cervical screening by breaking down barriers like fear, stigma, and lack of understanding.

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Case study - Answer Cancer Answer Cancer Champions

Our Champions continue to be passionate advocates across Greater Manchester, helping to raise awareness of cancer screening and early detection in their own communities. They share vital information, tackle myths, and encourage people to attend screening appointments and act on symptoms. Champions are supported with free training, resources, and networking opportunities, enabling them to confidently engage others in conversations about cancer. Their efforts play a key role in saving lives by helping more people get diagnosed early.

“I feel armed and equipped, spreading awareness of all cancers, highlighting the need to early detect, recognise symptoms, and seek medical advice.” David, training participant

By 31st March “ 2025 we had recruited a 5,058 massive Answer Cancer Champions

This is made up of 1,876 Individual Champions and 3,182 Organisational Champions who have signed up to the programme.

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Case Study - Age Friendly Salford

Age Friendly Salford is a partnership comprising of I nspiring Communities Together (lead partner), Age UK Salford and Salford CVS . We aim to enhance the quality of life for older people across Salford through a range of activities. Salford CVS lead on the delivery of community learning and volunteering. This year also saw the programme evolve, taking a more neighbourhood-focused approach.

“Taking part in the wellbeing training had a positive impact on my own wellbeing. It helped me feel more confident in supporting others, and the techniques I learned, like active listening and asking open questions, made me more

mindful in my own conversations.” ‘Wellbeing Conversations’ focus group participant

Age Friendly Salford has been doing intense engagement work with residents in Little Hulton and Walkden, Pendleton and Charlestown, and Eccles and Swinton, talking to residents about local issues so that we can create a local action plan as a result. This approach means Age Friendly Salford can better respond to the needs of each individual

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neighbourhood, giving older people a better quality of life. This neighbourhood work will continue in 2025/26.

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Case Study - Elevate Salford

participants were supported in 2024–25 719 completed bespoke action plans 662 640 engaged in at least one training session. Of which, progressed onto accredited training 384 volunteered 93 gained work placements 47

This year, Elevate Salford: VCSE-led learning, skills and work programme has developed into a broader partnership of 21 VCSE organisations , reaching every part of the city and supporting people facing a wide spectrum of vulnerabilities that may prevent access to work and progression opportunities.

This collective offer is unique in Salford: a citywide menu of opportunities that enables people to explore interests and progress at gained work placements 47 their own pace, through trauma-informed, person-centred support. From adult workplace visits to one-to-one self-employment mentoring, informal training, and hands-on work experience , Elevate Salford helps participants grow in confidence and build diverse portfolios of achievement to reach income maximisation. Most significantly participants moved into employment, the vast majority into “It was amazing, I got so much more 149 jobs paying the ‘real’ Living Wage, support than I could have ever demonstrating imagined. It was very personal to me, Elevate’s success in every step of the way.” turning opportunity into Elevate participant lasting progression. 34 as Elevate

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Capacity Building Information, advice, guidance and funding

Funding remains our number one request for support, especially as the competition for funding increases and the funding available decreases. We have also been supporting the sector significantly with governance and legal structure assistance. Improved governance and the appropriate legal structure facilitates fundraising and enhances sustainability. UKSPF E26 funding has enabled us to offer more support to the social enterprise community in Salford this year.

“They are our ‘Go To’ people in times of doubt and they held our hand, advised and encouraged us as well as gave us financial help. It truly contributed to the growth of Dancing with Dementia.” Dancing with Dementia member

Amount of funding (excluding Salford CVS managed grants) our Funding Development Worker helped VCSE groups secure in 2024/25:

£1,616,893

33 26 groups supported VCSE organisations with information, advice and guidance signed up to become regarding Crowdfunding formal family hub partners

One-to-one information, advice and guidance sessions provided to VCSE groups and organisations in Salford

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Capacity Building

Safeguarding

Our Safeguarding support helps ensure that the VCSE sector in Salford can deliver safe services and protect communities. We provide training; information, advice and guidance; and policy review support.

Alongside our regular Adult Safeguarding and Working Together to Safeguard Children training, we have begun developing our Safeguarding Spotlight programme. This year, our Safeguarding Development Worker has developed and delivered Cuckooing training sessions to raise awareness, having realised there was a significant knowledge gap in the sector.

Safeguarding support 59 sessions Training sessions 31 People attended training 370 Safeguarding Standards 9 developed

“Without the help of Salford CVS, we would not have been able to offer this fantastic Holiday Acitivity Fund club. There is simply no way that we would have been able to complete all the necessary policies, training and admin to the required level within such a short time frame.” The Tatton

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Capacity Building

Training and Communications

Training remains a key element of our work. We have provided training in funding, governance, safeguarding, volunteering and capacity building. This year, we have added ‘celebrating impact’ and expanded our governance training.

We provide essential expertise at Salford CVS, creating, shaping, and communicating messages effectively across multiple channels and formats. Our communications support the variety of events we deliver and promote the VCSE sector through social media and the padlets. This year we launched our new website.

Answer Cancer provides training on several topics to give community members the skills they need to raise awareness of cancer screening within their community. Training topics include: NHS Screening Programmes, How to Have Difficult Conversations, How to Run Brilliant Awareness Sessions, Planning and Measuring Success, and Workplace Wellbeing. All courses are offered online or in person and can be adapted to suit the needs of specific audiences.

training sessions people 82 delivered to 856 _) oo ooo loool 57 E-Bulletin and news oo = oo flashes distributed

E-Bulletins shared 89,699

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Capacity Building

Grants

Salford CVS awarded several hundred grants to support community-led and community-focused projects and activities across Salford during 2024/25, from one-off events and activities to established Salford-wide health and wellbeing interventions.

The range and impact of the funded projects is inspiring and a testament to the strength and diversity of the city’s VCSE sector.

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of Household Support Fund monies were channelled into food-responsive activities, including foodbanks and clubs

£200K channelled into food-responsive activities, including foodbanks and clubs £172K awarded through the Elevate Salford Fund awarded through the Answer Cancer Fund £92K £27.5K awarded through the Family Cooking Fund for projects to boost skills and support for healthy diets

The Salford Locality Plan for health and care remained at the heart of our grants programme, with around £750k awarded through the NHS Salford ICPsupported Third Sector Fund.

All projects aimed to improve local people’s health and wellbeing and were required to achieve tangible and measurable health outcomes. The Third Sector Fund was broken down into distinct grant ‘pots’, including the Health and Wellbeing Fund, the Impact Fund, the Food Response Fund and the Healthy Schools Partnership Fund.

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Case Study - Talk About It Mate

In October 2024, Talk About It Mate (TAIM) were awarded a grant of £4,980, through our Health and Wellbeing Fund to pilot an Art for Wellbeing project for the men who attend a TAIM peer support group. Delivered in partnership with a local artist, Jess Maher, each session integrated gentle guidance with open conversation, enabling participants to explore different art materials, experiment with colour and texture, and create work that reflected their thoughts, feelings, and experiences.

“Jess has helped me translate my thoughts onto paper… teaching me the importance of art and creativity to express my mental health.” Participant on session

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Case Study - 0161 Education CIC

We supported 0161 Education CIC in setting up and registering as a social enterprise to provide a community gym and an alternative education programme. This enabled them to successfully apply to become a registered Alternative Education Provider with Salford City Council. Their successful application now allows them to support vulnerable young people across Salford in accessing physical activities and mentorship. They are now able to employ a full-time staff member and sessional workers to deliver the programme and are a Living Wage accredited employer.

“We’ve been helped massively by Salford CVS to get where we are today supporting young people. The continued support and help has been super beneficial.” Jozef Chlebik, Director

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Case Study - Selam Language and Culture Association

We’ve supported the Selam Language and Culture Association, which serves Ethiopian and Eritrean families in Greater Manchester. Initially, it started as a homework club and now offers advice, social activities, and sports. A £10,000 National Lottery grant has enabled them to expand their activities, and we’ve helped them apply for CIO status to secure long-term sustainability. With the additional funding and trustee support, the association continues to grow, building community cohesion and improving quality of life.

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'Coming here and eating here with everyone, as is in my culture, relieves me of all the stresses I have, helped me build networking with different kinds of people and get information' An Eritrean Refugee

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Volunteering Outreach and events

Throughout the year we continued to support a diverse range of community events and activities, delivering targeted outreach to promote volunteering.

“Thanks so much for coming in yesterday and running the workshop, everyone left with a smile on their faces, and I found it to be invaluable to our customers.” Hayden, Restart adviser

Volunteering can be crucial for language skills and integration, it can support mental health and wellbeing and can help build skills and experience for those who are looking for jobs.

It is also important that volunteers are representative of our communities. The outreach and promotion we have undertaken helps ensure volunteering is accessible to as 42 many people as possible.

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Volunteering Good practice support for Volunteer Coordinators

As well as advice and guidance we run regular training courses, quarterly network meetings and ‘coffee and chat’ sessions for Volunteer Coordinators. Training this year included:

Volunteering and the Law

The training sessions and meetings we organise provide an opportunity to discuss issues and share best practice to navigate the changing world of volunteering.

As a result, Volunteer Coordinators are more empowered to provide quality volunteering opportunities. It also means volunteers are more likely to have a positive experience and be active citizens in their communities.

Volunteering is Changing and So Must You

How to Lose a Volunteer in 10 Days

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organisations supported to provide quality and safe volunteering opportunities

“I really enjoyed this session and learnt a lot!” Participant on How to Lose a Volunteer in 10 Days training

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Volunteers’ Week is an annual national celebration of volunteering and takes place in June. This year was the 40th year of Volunteers’ Week and so we marked the event by gathering and sharing examples and stories of volunteers from Salford, going way beyond our target of 40. We shared these examples throughout June.

“Mentoring has helped me get better at interacting with people”

Volunteers’ Week raises the profile of volunteering and highlights the difference volunteers are making.

It encourages people to consider volunteering as an option for them. Many organisations celebrate and recognise their volunteers during this week. Celebrating volunteers is an important way to recognise their contributions and aids volunteer retention .

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Volunteering Brokerage

“The Volunteer Centre were really helpful. Having had a chat with them about the benefits of volunteering, I felt encouraged to look at volunteering as a way to gain more experience.”

Once again we have had a busy year supporting Salford residents into volunteering. Alongside our Building Strong Relationships Volunteering Portal , we offer one-to-one meetings in all neighbourhoods for anyone who would like a bit more support. We provide a person-centred service, supporting people each step of the way from finding the right opportunity to helping them complete application forms. Our help and encouragement means more people can access volunteer opportunities, especially where they may have faced barriers to volunteering.

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“Prior to volunteering, I was getting drained and demotivated, going through job application after application. Volunteering gave me something to look forward to every week.”

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Case Study - Employer Supported Volunteering PXC and CommUNITY Little Hulton

In October 2024 Platform X Communications (PXC) contacted the Volunteer Centre to enquire about doing some volunteering for two of their teams in December. We connected them with CommUNITY Little Hulton to help with their Christmas toy appeal. Over two days in December, teams from PXC joined CommUNITY Little Hulton and worked their way through the list of children and the mountain of toys, choosing suitable, ageappropriate gifts and wrapping them. In the run up to the volunteering PXC staff also donated toys to add to the collection. The teams packed and wrapped 372 gift bags!

“Thanks so much for the introduction to CommUNITY Little Hulton. The staff and volunteers were amazing! We had a great day and were all really happy to help. It was really special to be picking toys and wrapping them for local children, we wanted to give them something that they would like to open on Christmas day. We hope to work with CommUNITY Little Hulton in future too” . Karen Wright, Senior People & Policy Consultant, PXC

“Thanks so much for connecting us with PXC - they were both great days and the team got loads done! It made a huge difference. The amount they packed and wrapped took a lot of pressure off us this year! Also, we have never wrapped toys before so having that extra manpower actually meant the bags could be a little more personal to the child. Still overwhelmed by how much was done!” Emma O’ Donnell, CommUNITY Little Hulton

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Case Study - Volunteer story - Harvinder

Harvinder was referred to us through the employability course she was doing with Flowhesion Foundation . Having worked in hospitals in India for many years in a dietary capacity and with a postgraduate diploma in dietetics, she really wanted to utilise her skills to serve the community. We connected Harvinder with volunteering opportunities at Salford Royal and the Wellbeing Champion role with Age Friendly Salford , who run Eat Well nutrition and hydration workshops. We saw an opportunity for Harvinder to be involved in a way that would utilise her knowledge and could also enhance the workshops.

“I volunteered for the Eat Well session. I was very happy to do this because I used to give seminars in India. The participants shared with us what food they ate, they asked me questions about diet e.g. what kind of food they should eat for protein. I felt like my knowledge was being valued. I gave them tips for recipes, especially those who were living on their own... Volunteering helped motivate me to aim for employment. It helped to update me with what was going on in the community, improve my knowledge of the culture and legislation in the UK. It enabled me to meet new people

and made me feel like I was back into the swing of “ things, interacting with people, which I love. Applying for the role of Volunteer Wellbeing Champion was my first start here in the UK.” Harvinder

Securing a new job

Within a few months of volunteering, she successfully secured a job with Salford Royal Hospital as a Clinical Health Care Support Worker. She referenced her volunteering during her interview and talked about her experience on the Age Friendly Salford project.

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Case Study - Salford Talking News

Salford Talking News contacted us for help recruiting readers, who are a team of volunteers who are recorded as they read news articles in their studio. These recordings are then edited and saved to memory sticks that are distributed fortnightly to their listeners, who are visually impaired or blind. We supported Salford Talking News to register on our Volunteering Portal. In the first few months they recruited a number of volunteers and were delighted with the response.

Volunteering Portal

Recruiting through the portal enabled Salford Talking News to diversify their volunteer team as it opened up the opportunity to a new audience. They were able to recruit younger volunteers who were studying at the University of Salford as well as volunteers who are new to Salford. Without this volunteer support their visually impaired listeners wouldn’t have access to their content, which improves their sense of community, connection and wellbeing.

“ “Using the volunteering portal and having support from the Volunteer Centre has helped us out. It was difficult to find new volunteers previously. We have had a good response, it’s made it easier to find volunteers and it’s simplified this task.”

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Case Study - We Invented The Weekend

In June 2024 we played a key role in the delivery of We Invented The Weekend, recruiting and managing volunteers at the event. We Invented The Weekend saw over 96,000 visitors across two days, and 40 volunteer s supporting the event. Volunteers are crucial to the delivery of the festival, stationed across the Quays to answer questions, provide wayfinding and generally ensure everyone is having an excellent experience. Without volunteers, it simply wouldn’t be possible to provide this support to the public.

“What I enjoyed most about the event is the team spirit of all volunteers. We all put in our best to make it a success. I enjoyed that I was able to see all those who performed and made sure they were taken care of before they hit the stage. That gave me a sense of fulfilment.” WITW volunteer

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We Said, We Did

In our previous annual report for the year 2023/24, we said we would continue to deliver against our Strategic Priorities 2020-25 (see page 14 ), and we are pleased to report the following progress (more information on our activities can be found throughout this report):

• We delivered all aspects of our core local infrastructure contract with Salford City Council, focusing on the four key functions of local infrastructure: Leadership and Advocacy, Partnerships and Collaborations, Capacity-Building and Volunteering

We continued to develop and improve our VOCAL model for voice and influence , including ensuring we had proactive VCSE sector representatives on all of the major strategic partnership boards in Salford , with a big focus on wellbeing, health and care once again

We successfully secured, designed and managed a diverse portfolio of grants and investments on behalf of a range of funders, with our health and wellbeing-focused Third Sector Fund , commissioned by NHS Greater Manchester (Salford locality), as the cornerstone. This year we also managed to secure and deliver significant arts and culture grants via UKSPF funding in Salford under our ‘Whose Art, Whose Culture?’ programme as part of Salford’s Culture and Place Partnership and we won a GMCA contract to deliver ‘GM Inspire’ arts and culture grants across Greater Manchester on behalf of 10GM.

We secured significant continuation funding for delivering the Wellbeing Matters and Answer Cancer VCSE partnerships and collaborations in Salford and across Greater Manchester in 2025/26, despite a very difficult financial operating environment

We continued to play a role as a key strategic partner in a range of VCSE and cross-sectoral partnerships , including Age-Friendly Salford, Family Hubs, Living Well, Salford Culture and Place Partnership, Salford Place Partnership (GM Moving), GM Violence Reduction Alliance, GM Live Well, and the 10GM partnership ; including securing funding to deliver activities during the year

We convened a partnership of local infrastructure organisations across all 10 Greater Manchester local authority areas to progress plans for the next iteration of the State of the VCSE Sector in Greater Manchester research, including securing funding via 10GM as part of our GM VCSE Accord work, and appointing an academic partner to progress the research in 2025/26

We successfully organised our annual in-person VCSE conference , held in October 2024, focusing on the topic of Climate Change . We had a full house and received excellent feedback from attendees.

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We continued to support volunteering and volunteerinvolving organisations in Salford by delivering a range of online and in-person volunteer brokerage, training and good practice support including organising events and activities during Volunteers’ Week (1st-7th June)

We organised our prestigious 21st Heart of Salford awards , celebrating volunteering and citizen / community action in Salford. The awards were held in person at Buile Hill Park Hall , and well attended and highly regarded, as always

We continued to play a key role in Salford’s Culture and Place Partnership, including supporting the successful delivery of a wide range of arts, culture and heritage events and activities

We successfully secured the LIQA (Local Infrastructure Quality Award) from NAVCA, our national membership body, by demonstrating we were delivering a quality offer against all four core functions of local infrastructure

We secured UKSPF funding via Salford City Council to complete renovations on the old courtroom in Eccles Town Hall. We also managed to secure additional funding to improve the reception and facilities areas during 2025 – intending to finally open the space in Q4 of 2025/26. We’ll be organising a public event to celebrate!

Securing future full-cost recovery funding to ensure our sustainability continued to be a challenge – however, we nevertheless have managed to ensure stable income streams during 2024/25 and into 2025/26 (see accounts pages for full details)

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AND we continued to…

Lobby for recognition and resource for the VCSE sector in Salford and beyond

Resource and develop our civil contingencies and humanitarian assistance work

Provide practical responses to help tackle the entrenched poverty and inequalities prevalent in some of our communities, such as our Food Response Fund

Support local frontline VCSE groups and organisations to provide practical help for people seeking refuge in Salford and across Greater Manchester, and play an active role in Salford as a City of Sanctuary

further develop our joint venture, whilst working closely withWork with our 10GM colleagues ~~__~~ http://www.10gm.org.uk/ ~~Sw~~ to other locality and thematic infrastructure bodies across and within Greater Manchester

Play a key role in Greater Manchester strategic partnership work as part of the GM VCSE Leadership Group and

associated activities, including supporting the

GM Alternative Provider Collaborative for the social sector as part of our wider NHS GM work

Champion a range of relevant campaigning activities, such as the Living Wage Foundation’s ‘real’ Living Wage campaign , Show the Salary, Refugees Welcome, and more…

Thus ensuring that Salford CVS remains as needed and as relevant as it was when it was established in 1919!

Going forward, during 2025/26 we will deliver against our new Strategic Priorities 2025-2028 ( see pages 14 – 17) .

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Policies

Steps taken to establish the level of reserves

Risk Management

In order to make a judgment on the amount of reserves, the Board of Trustees have considered the risks in respect of expenditure, unrestricted income and, where appropriate, restricted income and where funds can only be realised by the disposal of a fixed asset. Also taken into consideration are any externally identified potential major risks to income and expenditure during the year under consideration.

The Trustees have assessed the major risks to which the Charity is exposed, in particular those related to the operations and finance of the Charity; and are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate their exposure to major risks. The Charity’s organisational Risk Register is regularly reviewed, as per the agreed Board work programme, with remedial action taken as required.

Investment Policy

Reserves Policy

The Board of Trustees have considered the most appropriate policy for investing funds and has invested £3,095,918 in the following fixed-term accounts.

The Salford CVS Reserves Policy is to maintain a sufficient level of reserves to enable usual activities to continue over a period of up to six months should a shortfall in income occur and also to take account of potential risks and contingencies that may arise from time to time. The required reserves to achieve this are £1,190,175.

When the account matures the funds are rolled over, provided the Trustees consider the interest rate is acceptable:

Excluded from the Reserves Policy are funds associated with: Programme-related investments Restricted funds

Bath Building Society £94,937 Co-operative Bank £88,876 Charity Bank £104,248 Virgin Money £100,084 Family Building Society £96,529

Therefore, in order to demonstrate transparency, accountability and sound financial management, the Salford CVS Reserves Policy clearly justifies the amount of reserves kept back each year.

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Cambridge and Counties £100,206 CAF Bank £116,659 Nationwide £85,000

• Unity Trust Bank (savings account) £1,809,379 Unity Trust Fixed Term Deposit Account £500,000

The balances of funds are to be held in bank deposit accounts.

Grants

The Charity does not make significant grants in its own capacity but acts only in partnership with various local and national government departments and other strategic partners (e.g. 10GM) to administer the distribution of grants to other local charities, community organisations, social enterprises, and schools.

Distributions are made in strict accordance with the criteria set by the original funding body and are included in the provision of services when payable.

The Charity itself distributed £1,750 at its 2024 AGM in the form of a ‘Pitch in 60 Seconds’ event for members.

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Structure, Governance and Management

The Trustees are responsible for the strategic direction of the organisation, working in conjunction with the Chief Executive and Deputy Chief Executive. Day-to-day strategic, operational and financial management is delegated to the Chief Executive and Deputy Chief Executive.

During the year the Board met for one governance meeting and seven business meetings. Members of the Board of Trustees are elected by the organisation’s wider membership at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) . Officers of the Board of Trustees are appointed by the Board at the next Board meeting following the AGM.

Members of the Board serve for a three-year term, although they can be re-elected at the end of that term. Additional members can be co-opted to the Board at any time of the year and serve until the next AGM. Co-opted members can then either stand for election at the AGM or be re-appointed at the first meeting of the Board after the AGM.

Trustees are inducted by the Chief Executive, Deputy Chief Executive and Chair and are provided with a handbook outlining their responsibilities.

Trustees complete an annual skills audit and are given opportunities for training.

The organisation is affiliated to the following national organisations that provide advice, guidance and support:

National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA)

National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)

Social Enterprise UK (SEUK)

Charity Finance Group (CFG)

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Financial Review

During the year the Charity had a surplus of £36,444 of unrestricted income. This surplus is the net result of income received from providing sales and services, and management fees. The surplus on restricted funds of £51,757 is a result of restricted funds received being in excess of expenditure in the year 2024/25.

As of 31st March 2025, the Charity has designated reserves of £656,346 for specific projects, as shown on note 19 to the accounts. As of 31st March 2025, the Charity has unrestricted reserves of £892,657, designated reserves of £656,346 and restricted reserves of £1,997,784 - a total of £3,546,787. At 31st March 2025 the Charity had free reserves amounting to £831,419.

Statement of Trustee Responsibilities

The Trustees (who are the Directors of Salford Community and Voluntary Services for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Report of the Trustees and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Practice).

Company law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for the period.

In preparing those financial statements, the Trustees are required to:

select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;

observe the methods and principles in the Charity SORP; make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in business.

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy, at any time the financial position of the charitable company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

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In so far as the Trustees are aware

there is no relevant audit information of which the charitable company's auditors are aware; and

the Trustees have taken alI steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the auditors are aware of that information.

Auditors

TC Group, have intimated their willingness to continue in office as auditors to the company and will be proposed for re-appointment.

The above report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Signed on behalf of the Trustees:

Ben Whalley (Chair)

Approved by the Trustees: 18th November 2025

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Report of the Independent Auditors to the Trustees of Salford CVS

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Salford Community and Voluntary Services (the 'charitable company') for the year ended 31st March 2025 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, the Cash Flow Statement and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

give a true and fair view of the state of the charitable company's affairs as at 31st March 2025 and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for the year then ended;

• have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and

• have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law.

Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the Financial Reporting Council's Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

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Conclusions relating to going concern

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves.

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue. Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

If based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our Report of the Independent Auditors thereon. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. The Trustees are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report.

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Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In light of the knowledge and understanding of the Charity and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Trustees’ report. We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

the information given in the Report of the Trustees is inconsistent in any material respect with the financial statements; or

the charitable company has not kept adequate accounting records; or

the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or

we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Responsibilities of Trustees

As explained more fully in the Statement of Trustees Responsibilities, the Trustees (who are also the Directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for

such internal control as the Trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the Trustees are responsible for assessing the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Trustees either intend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

We have been appointed as auditors under Section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and report in accordance with the Act and relevant regulators made or having effect thereunder.

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue a Report of the Independent Auditors that includes our opinion.

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Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows:

• the engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations;

we identified the laws and regulations applicable to the company through discussions with directors and other management, and from our commercial knowledge and experience of charities;

we focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the charity, including the Charities Act 2011 and Companies Act 2006 and;

we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management and inspecting legal correspondence where necessary;

identified laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit.

We assessed the susceptibility of the charity's financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:

• making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud and considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and noncompliance with laws and regulations.

To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:

• performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships;

tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions;

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assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining the accounting estimates were indicative of potential bias; and

• investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions.

In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:

agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation;

• enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims; and reviewing correspondence with HMRC.

There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance. Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of the directors and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any. Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities

This description forms part of our Report of the Independent Auditors.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charitable company's trustees, as a body, in accordance with Part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company's trustees those matters we are required to state to them in an auditors' report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable company's trustees as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

TC Group

Statutory Auditors

Eligible to act as an auditor in terms of Section 1212 of the Companies Act 2006 Park House, 200 Drake Street Rochdale, Lancashire OL16 1PJ Date: 18th November 2025

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Salford Community and Voluntary Services Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31st March 2025

Statement of Financial Activities Including an income and expenditure account

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All incoming resources and resources expended derive from continuing activities. The notes on pages 68 to 133 form part of these accounts.

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Salford Community and Voluntary Services Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2025

st Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025

Split unrestricted / restricted

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Salford Community and Voluntary Services Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2025

These financial statements have been audited under the requirements of Section 145 of the Charities Act 2011.

The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31st March 2025.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime.

The members have not deposited notice, pursuant to Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006 requiring an audit of these financial statements.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on 18th November 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:

The Trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for:

a) ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and

Ben Whalley – Trustee

b) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company.

John Phillips – Trustee

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Salford Community and Voluntary Services Cashflow Statement for the year ended 31st March 2025

Cash Flow Statement

Cash flows from operating activities

Note 1 – Reconciliation of net income to net cash flow from operating activities

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Note 2 – Analysis of changes in Net Funds

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Notes forming part of the Financial Statements for the year ended 31st March 2025

Notes forming part of the Financial Statements Critical accounting judgements and key sources of 1. Accounting Policies

Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

Basis of preparation and assessment of going concern

In the application of the Company’s accounting policies, management is required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and underlying assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates. The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimated are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods. Management does not consider that there are any key sources of estimation uncertainty that have a significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements.

The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1st January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The Trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the Charity’s ability to continue as a going concern.

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Incoming Resources

b) Legacies and interest receivable

These are included when receivable by the charity.

Income is recognised when the charity has an entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the item(s) of income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Resources Expended

Resources expended are included in the statement of financial activities on an accruals basis, inclusive of any V.A.T. which cannot be recovered.

a) Donations and grants

Income from donations and grants, including capital grants, is included in incoming resources when these are receivable except as follows:

Certain expenditure is directly attributable to specific activities and has been included in those cost categories. Certain other costs which are attributable to more than one activity are apportioned across cost categories on the basis of the Directors’ best estimate.

When donors specify that donations and grants given to the charity must be used in future accounting periods, the income is deferred until those periods.

When donors impose conditions which have to be fulfilled before the charity becomes entitled to use such income, the income is deferred and not included in incoming resources until the pre-conditions for use have been met.

The company does not make significant grants in its own capacity but acts only in partnership with various local and national government departments and other key partners (e.g. 10GM) to administer the distribution of grants to other local charities and community organisations. Distributions are made in strict accordance with the criteria set by the original funding body and are included in the charitable activities when payable.

When donors specify that donations and grants, including capital grants, are for particular restricted purposes, which do not amount to pre-conditions regarding entitlement, this income is included in incoming resources of restricted funds when receivable.

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Fund Accounting

Funds held by the charity are either:

• Building improvements - 15 years straight line on cost Computer equipment - 33.33% on cost

• Unrestricted general funds - these are funds which can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the Trustees.

• Fixtures and fittings - 20% on net book value and 33.33% on cost

• Designated funds - these are funds set aside by the Trustees out of unrestricted general funds for specific future purposes or projects.

Office equipment - 20% on net book value and 33.33% on cost

Investments

• Restricted funds - these are funds that can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.

General investments

Investments are a form of basic financial instrument and are initially recognised at their transaction value and subsequently measured at their fair value as at the balance sheet date using the closing quoted market price. The statement of financial activities includes the net gains and losses arising on revaluation and disposals throughout the year.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements. Separate asset accounts are not maintained for each fund if a better return can be obtained by consolidating the assets. However, they should always be readily accessible, dependent on the fund involved.

The charity does not acquire put options, derivatives or other complex financial instruments. The main form of financial risk faced by the charity is that volatility in equity markets and investment markets due to wider economic conditions, the attitude of investors to investment risk, and changes in sentiment concerning equities and within particular sectors or sub-sectors.

Tangible Fixed Assets

Assets acquired by means of restricted capital grants for time limited projects are depreciated over the life of the project. Depreciation is provided on other fixed assets at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life:

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Programme Related Investments

These are made directly in pursuit of the organisation's charitable purposes and further the objects of the charity. Whilst they may generate a small amount of income, they are not made for those purposes and are often not on commercial terms.

They are valued at cost less impairment. The impairment is based on the Trustees perception of the recoverability of the investment.

Taxation

The company is a registered charity and as such is entitled to the exemption from tax to the extent that the income received falls within section 505 I.C.T.A. 1988 and section 256 C.G.T.A. 1992 and is applied to charitable purposes only.

Government grants

Government grants are recognised when there is reasonable assurance that the company will comply with the conditions attaching to the grant and the grant will be received.

Pensions

Contributions in respect of the company's defined contribution pension scheme are charged to the income and expenditure account for the year in which they are payable to the scheme.

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2. Net Income for the year

The net income for the year is stated after charging

3. Voluntary Income

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Salford City Council - UKSPF E3 Courtroom re-development totalling £84,084 is included in Revenue grants which relates to a capital grant of which £157,500 was also received in 2023/24.

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4. Charitable Trading Income

Third Sector Fund grant £9.406 Returned grants are reallocated to the fund from which they originated for redistribution. 5. Other Income Total £46,984

The associated direct cost of DBS checks amounted to £17,910 (2024 £15,991), which is included in note 7 under Beneficiary Support Costs.

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6. Total Incoming Resources

7. Charitable Activities

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Other costs comprise:

All grants were paid to VCSE groups, organisations and primary schools in the Greater Manchester area. All were paid on behalf of the funders, who had requested the charity administer the funds for distribution. The charity retains a proportion of the funds for management and administration costs.

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8. Grants Distributed

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Grants Analysis 2024/25 Third Sector Fund

Fund Description Answer Cancer Four grants, with minimum recipient £1,860 and maximum recipient £4,990, total £10,850 Innovation Fund Food Response Fund 20 grants, with minimum recipient £3,000 and maximum recipient £5,000, total £72,000 81

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Grow Well Fund 13 grants, with minimum recipient £476 and maximum recipient £2,000, total £22,025
Health and Wellbeing
49 awards, with minimum recipient £820 and maximum recipient £5,000, total £153,123
Fund
Healthy Schools Fund 14 grants, with minimum recipient £4,825 and maximum recipient £10,000, total £98,081
Impact Fund 12 grants, with minimum recipient £14,174 and maximum recipient £30,000, total £312,193
Responsiveness Fund Two grants, with minimum recipient £2,200 and maximum recipient £15,000, total £17,200
Wellbeing Fund 14 grants, with minimum recipient £1,361 and maximum recipient £1,500, total £20,626
Wellbeing Matters
13 grants, with minimum recipient of £1,809 and maximum recipient £6,000, total £57,809
Community Asset Fund
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Fund Description
10GM COVID Vaccinations 10 grants of £1,500, total £15,000
10GM Cancer & Inequalities 14 grants, with minimum recipient £4,930 and maximum recipient £23,730, total £131,587
Access Inequalities
Eight investments, with minimum recipient £100 and maximum recipient £2,000, total £4,950
Investments
Achieve Salford and Trafford 160 grants/awards, with minimum recipient £539 and maximum recipient £13,480, total
Asset Fund £124,654
Admissions Avoidance Two grants of £35,000, total £70,000
Answer Cancer Grants and 20 grants and investments, minimum recipient £1,935 maximum recipient £8,000, total 83
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Community Cooking Fund Six grants, with minimum recipient £2,450 and maximum recipient £5,000, total £27,448
Cost of Living Crisis Fund
198 grants of £1,220, total £3,660
(Salford4Good)
COVID Vaccination Uptake 11 grants, with minimum recipient £200 and maximum recipient £2,000, total £9,800
Disability Programme One grant of £10,615
Early Years Nursery Grants 16 grants of £250, total £4,000
Eric Wright Foundation 10 grants, with minimum recipient £729 and maximum recipient £1,500, total £14,000
22 grants and investments, with minimum recipient £500 and maximum recipient £5,000, total
Family Hubs
£84,346
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Food Fund Blended Three grants, with minimum recipient £2,227 and maximum recipient £5,000, total £12,227
GM Inspire 101 grants, with minimum recipient £500 and maximum recipient £2,000, total £152,746
GM Moving Walking and
35 grants, minimum recipient £722 maximum recipient £5,000, total £83,144
Wheeling Fund
Albert Gubay Charitable
11 grants and investments, with minimum recipient £8,232 and maximum recipient £25,000, total
Foundation Learning,
£208,310
Skills and Work
Hate Crime Grants Nine grants, with minimum recipient £470 and maximum recipient £750, total £6,410
Household Support Fund 36 grants, with minimum recipient £500 and maximum recipient £17,500, total £200,000
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Older Persons Fund 20 grants, with minimum recipient £500 and maximum recipient £1,000, total £13,000
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Place Partnership Grants Three grants and investments, with minimum recipient £750 and maximum recipient £4,972, total
(Active East Salford) £7,222
Salford 100 R&D One grant of £7,000
Salford Creatives Fund 20 grants, with minimum recipient £347 and maximum recipient £500, total £9,250
Salford CVS’ AGM grant Three grants, with minimum recipient £250 and maximum recipient £1,000, total £1,750
Shaping Care Fund Five grants, with minimum recipient £6,163 and maximum recipient £11,310, total £40,000
Short Break Care grants Eight grants, with minimum recipient £2,616 and maximum recipient £7,500, total £53,030
Trauma Informed
11 grants, with minimum recipient £1,437 and maximum recipient £2,000, total £19,350
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Fund Description UKSPF E26 Arts & 15 grants and investments, with minimum recipient £2,500 and maximum recipient £28,000, total Culture £179,893 Ukraine Appeal Two investments of £1,175, total £2,350 9. Support Costs __Total 2025 __Total 2024 £ £ Accountancy 7 665 5.130 Audit 6,975 4670 Bank charges 1.371 1,329 AGM expenses 1.356 675 7.367 —[11,804] 87

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10. Staff Costs

None of the Trustees received any remuneration from the charity. None of the Trustees were reimbursed for travel expenses (2024 - Nil). Two key personnel received total emoluments of £156,727 between them. Both employees earned in excess of £60,000 per annum including gross salary, national insurance, pension contributions and benefits. The average number of employees in the year calculated on a full-time equivalent basis was 40 (2024 38.4).

11. Transfers Between Funds

Some transfers between restricted funds have been made where one fund has ended and other similar projects have been undertaken. These transfers are within the scope of the restricted terms of the fund.

Certain transfers have been made from unrestricted funds where projects have had an excess of expenditure over income. See note 18 for further details.

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12. Comparatives for the Statement of Financial Activities

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13. Tangible Fixed Assets

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14. Investments

Salford CVS made this investment as a result of the Pennington Bequest, a bequest held since 1974. This bequest came from an exresident of Salford who emigrated to Australia, leaving approx. £12,000 to provide an ongoing income for our organisation. The terms of the bequest stated that the money be used for charitable purposes for the benefit of Salford people. In 2015 an investment fund for the Pennington Bequest was closed and the proportion relating to Salford CVS, £53,115, was transferred to the direct control of Salford CVS. In 2016 Salford CVS' Board of Trustees agreed to invest funds into a programme that would provide long-term benefit to the people of Salford and therefore saw the ‘programme related investment’ of £7,000 into Salford Credit Union as an ideal opportunity. The Trustees do not expect to recover this investment and hence in 2019 it was written down to £1 in the accounts.

Greater Manchester Community Renewables Ltd (GMCR)

In 2019 Salford CVS’ Board of Trustees agreed to invest £4,000 in GMCR’s community shares offer to fund the installation of solar panels on schools and community buildings, helping them save money, reduce their carbon footprint, and inspire children and the community to learn about energy and climate change. The schools earmarked in this round of the community shares offer were Salford primary schools. More information can be found here: www.gmcr.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GMCR-Share-Offer-2019.pdf

Salford Red Devils RLFC – Community Share Offer

In 2023 Salford CVS' Board of Trustees agreed to invest £1,000 in Salford Red Devils RLFC community shares offer to support the digital and data transformation of the Club, allowing greater community access. The Trustees do not expect to recover this investment and hence in 2025 it was written down to £1 in the accounts.

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15. Debtors

At 31st March 2025 Salford CVS held funds as custodian trustee on behalf of 13 voluntary / not for profit organisations based in Salford (2024: 16 organisations)

Salford Third Sector Consortium Legacy Funding - £14,302 This funding is held on behalf of the Wellbeing Matters social prescribing programme in Salford.

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16. Creditors - Amounts Falling due Within One Year

17. Analysis of Net Assets Between Funds

18. Restricted Funds

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Transfers

Where the transfer is an expense to unrestricted funds it represents a recharge of central costs as allowed for under the funding agreement. Where the transfer is received from unrestricted funds it is to cover a shortfall on restricted funding. Additionally, transfers between restricted funds represent funds being utilised to support joint grant schemes.

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Area of work Funder Description of the work
Salford CVS designed and managed a VCSE cancer and inequalities grants programme on
Cancer
behalf of 10GM. Grants were awarded to VCSE groups and organisations (via a panel
Inequalities 10GM
process) across Greater Manchester. This funding was secured via the GM Cancer Alliance
Grants
(NHS GM).
Grant fund to enable organisations to increase COVID vaccination uptake among
communities experiencing health inequalities in Greater Manchester, specifically among
COVID groups eligible for the COVID vaccine but who are most underserved or more likely to
10GM
Vaccinations experience barriers to vaccination services. We supported VCSE groups to develop their
capacity to support individuals who are more likely to experience barriers to screening and
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E26 funding is to develop and deliver targeted interventions and specialist support to social economy organisations and entrepreneurs in Salford.

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This work is coordinated by 10GM on behalf of the GM Violence Reduction Unit and
Violence
10GM provides support for a part-time Violence Reduction Facilitator post and funding for a
Reduction work
VCSE Violence Reduction Alliance in Salford.
10GM secured workforce development funding from NHS GM to develop a GM-wide
VCSE leadership training and mentoring programme; along with a GM-wide VCSE
workforce and recruitment portal: https://gmworkforcehub.org.uk/
Workforce
10GM
Development
In addition to the GM-wide work, each local infrastructure organisation in Greater
Manchester localities was awarded a small amount of funding to deliver some
bespoke support to their local VCSE sector.
The Albert A three-year partnership project between Salford CVS, The Albert Gubay Charitable
Salford VCSE
Gubay Foundation (AGCF) and Salford City Council - providing a range of services to
Learning, Skills &
Charitable support, train and prepare people furthest from the job market to gain skills and
Work programme
Foundation employment.
Salford CVS continued to deliver in our locality as part of the 10GM-managed (via
Violence
Bolton CVS Bolton CVS) Violence Reduction work, including employing a part-time Violence
Reduction
Reduction Alliance Facilitator for Salford and supporting a local VRU VCSE Alliance.
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Match for
Eric Wright
Health and
Charitable
Wellbeing
Foundation
Fund
Donation from
Food Response
Salford Food
Fund
Share Network
Achieve Salford GM Mental
and Trafford Health NHS
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The Health and Wellbeing Fund is managed by Salford CVS and funded by NHS Salford Integrated Care Partnership (ICP). Eric Wright Charitable Trust contributed an additional £15,000 to the small grants pot in 2024/25, which enabled a further 10 VCSE groups and organisations to run health and wellbeing-focused projects across the city.

Donations and grants for food response. This is a grants fund to support the VCSE sector’s efforts to respond to food-related needs in Salford. Grants and investments scheme to support people in recovery from drug and alcohol use. Salford CVS operated this scheme on behalf of 10GM, across the local authority areas of Salford and Trafford.

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Salford CVS successfully responded to an opportunity on The Chest (procurement
portal) to manage the GM Inspire grants programme on behalf of Greater
Manchester Combined authority (GMCA). This involves a number of small grants
GM Inspire GMCA
rounds to support GM creatives, in line with the ambitions outlined in
CreateGM: The Greater Manchester Strategy For Culture, Heritage And Creativity,
2024 - 2030
The aim of the funding is to improve access to local resources and activities via
Live Well Grants GMCA
community level collaboration.
The Live Well Little Hulton Fund is a new project delivered in partnership by Salford
Live Well Little CVS and CommUNITY Little Hulton. The aim of the fund is to empower Little
GMCA
Hulton Hulton residents to identify local health priorities and fund VCSE-led health and
wellbeing-focused activities through a participatory grant making approach.
Grants to support Greater-Manchester based VCSE organisations engage with
Shaping Care
GMCA Cared-for Children and Care-Experienced Young People to give voice to their
Fund
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Place Partnership funding for 2024/25 to provide for the cost of a part-time
GM Moving, Place
Greater Sport development worker and grants to VCSE organisations to improve physical activity
Partnership Fund
within communities.
GM Moving Salford CVS, on behalf of 10GM, were commissioned by Greater Sport (GM
Walking and Greater Sport Moving) to manage a GM-wide VCSE small grants scheme to get more people
Wheeling grants walking and wheeling.
Age Friendly Salford is a partnership initiative between three local charities –
Age Friendly Inspiring Inspiring Communities Together (lead partner), Age UK Salford and Salford CVS –
Salford Communities and funded by Salford City Council. In January 2023 the partnership won an open
Programme Together tender to continue to deliver this programme of work for the next three years with
the option of a further two-year extension.
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Appeal to raise funding to provide grants to local frontline charities and
Individual donations
Cost of Living community groups to enable them to carry on supporting Salford residents, by
received via Just
Crisis Appeal providing food, helping keep homes warm, looking after children, giving advice
Giving
and guidance.
Individual donations
Mike Thorpe Donations received in memory of Mike Thorpe, former Chief Executive of
received via
Memorial Fund The Broughton Trust, which were distributed to local VCSE organisations in
Just Giving and
Appeal Salford.
other donations
Steve Dixon was the Chief Accountable Officer of NHS Salford CCG for a
Individual donations
Steve Dixon number of years and was well known to the VCSE sector in Salford. Following
received via Just
Memorial Fund his death, it was agreed with his family and work colleagues to launch a
Giving and other
Appeal fundraising appeal to remember Steve, support local charities and fund a bench
donations
at RHS Garden Bridgewater.
Individual donations
via Just Giving,
Appeal to support organisations working with the Ukrainian community in
Ukraine Appeal plus a transfer of
Greater Manchester.
funds from Salford
CVS reserves
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Answer Cancer: NHS England (via Answer Cancer is a VCSE sector-led response to cancer in Greater
Greater GM Health and Manchester. This initiative is a partnership of four VCSE organisations: Salford
Manchester Social Care CVS (accountable body) - on behalf of 10GM - VSNW, BHA for Equality, and
Cancer Screening Partnership – now Unique Improvements. Using grants, investments, engagement and training
Engagement NHS Greater with identified communities, Answer Cancer aims to increase cancer screening
Programme Manchester ICB) rates in GM, especially within communities where take-up is currently low.
Salford CVS successfully applied to NHS GM (Salford Locality) for an
innovation fund grant to develop and deliver a pilot project between two VCSE
NHS Greater
Innovation Fund partnership programmes we lead (Wellbeing Matters and Answer Cancer) to
Manchester ICB
explore using social prescribing to support participation in cancer screening in
one of Salford’s health neighbourhoods.
Received via GM
‘Wellbeing
Health & Social Care
Matters’
Partnership (through Contribution to the Elemental Data Management System, supporting the
additional data
Bolton CCG) - now Wellbeing Matters programme to link directly to general practice.
management
NHS Greater
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NHS Greater
Health Coaching Health coaching for Wellbeing Matters’ Community Connectors (link workers).
Manchester ICB
Access NHS Greater
Small investments to enable specialist community groups in Salford to work
Inequalities Manchester ICB
closely with targeted communities to tackle health inequalities.
investments (Salford)
COVID NHS Greater
Grants for VCSE sector groups and organisations to support Public Health Salford
Vaccinations Manchester ICB
in the delivery of pop-up COVID vaccination clinics and events in January 2025.
Inequality Project (Salford)
NHS Greater
Community Led To provide a Home from Hospital VCSE Support Worker to work as part of the
Manchester ICB
Support Home First Discharge Hub at Salford Royal Hospital.
(Salford)
NHS Greater Grants to develop healthier communities and increased agency for Salford
Multi Year
Manchester ICB residents to improve their own health with an initial focus on Cardiovascular
Prevention Plan
(Salford) Disease and Diabetes.
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Salford Royal
NHS Greater To provide for the cost of two Salford Royal Hospital Community Connectors,
Hospital
Manchester ICB delivered by Social adVentures on behalf of the Wellbeing Matters’ partnership
Community
(Salford) that Salford CVS leads.
Connector posts
Third Sector Fund NHS Greater Salford CVS continues to design, manage and administer this grants and
grants Manchester ICB investment fund. The aim of the fund is to invest in VCSE organisations and
programme (Salford) schools in Salford to help improve the health and wellbeing of Salford residents.
Emotional
NHS Greater This grants scheme is designed to fund a range of projects aimed at improving
Wellbeing and
Manchester ICB and sustaining the mental health of Salford residents as part of the city’s Living
Mental Health
(Salford) Well approach to mental health and wellbeing.
Grants
VCSE Live Well &
Salford CVS successfully applied to NHS GM, via 10GM, to develop and deliver a
Social NHS Greater
pilot project in Little Hulton, using a social prescribing approach to help local
Prescribing Manchester ICB
people ‘live well’. This is part of a GM-wide programme.
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NHS Greater Key elements of this work include sector voice and representation at key
VCSE Voices
Manchester ICB partnership health and social care boards and forums across the city and within
Matter
(Salford) the five health neighbourhoods.
This programme takes person and community centred approaches to health and
wellbeing, helping transform how we deliver population health benefits in Salford.
NHS Greater
Wellbeing Matters Salford CVS are the accountable body and lead partner for the Wellbeing Matters
Manchester ICB
programme programme, which incorporates interdependent workstreams around social
(Salford)
prescribing, volunteering and capacity building the VCSE ecosystem. The
programme is delivered in partnership with a number of VCSE providers.
Community
Northern Care Additional funds to employ a .5 post to support the health system’s Long COVID
Connectors, Long
Alliance Clinic (as part of the Wellbeing Matters programme).
COVID Clinic
Primary Care To provide additional Wellbeing Matters’ Community Connector support to
Community
Networks, Broughton Health Alliance. At the year-end there were 1.6 Community Connector
Connectors,
Broughton posts.
Wellbeing Matters
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Community Primary Care To provide additional Wellbeing Matters’ Community Connector support to Eccles
Connectors, Networks, Eccles and Irlam Primary Care Network. At the year-end there were four Community
Wellbeing Matters and Irlam Connector posts.
Community Primary Care To provide additional Wellbeing Matters’ Community Connector support to South-
Connectors, Networks, South- East Salford Primary Care Network. At the year end there were 2.2 Community
Wellbeing Matters East Salford Connector posts.
Primary Care
Community To provide additional Wellbeing Matters’ Community Connector support to
Networks,
Connectors, Walkden and Little Hulton Primary Care Network. At the year-end there were 2
Walkden and
Wellbeing Matters Community Connector posts.
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Area of work Funder Income Salford4Good Generation (fundraising)

Description of the work

Salford4Good is our fundraising initiative designed to make it easier for individuals and businesses to give time, skills, money and resources to local good causes. Salford CVS is the accountable body.

Salford City Colleges Council – public Connector health NHS Greater Digital Inclusion Manchester ICB Grants (Salford) Salford City Disability Project Council – public health

To provide Wellbeing Matters’ Community Connector support to Salford City College students. This work ceased in 2024/25.

Key elements of this work include sector voice and representation at key partnership health and social care boards and forums across the city and within the five health neighbourhoods.

To promote and enable better access to services for disabled people living in Salford by capacity-building local disabled people-led and impairment-focused VCSE groups and organisations. Includes an investments fund, training budget, and capacity-building support.

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Funding to employ 2 x Family Hub Development Workers who support the
Salford City engagement of VCSE organisations and volunteers in the new Salford
Family Hub
Council Partnership Family Hubs. A small VCSE grants programme sits alongside these
posts. Funding to employ 2 x Family Hub Connectors.
Salford City Capacity building work and grants support to local food projects tackling obesity in
GM Obesity Pilot
Council Salford.
Salford CVS administer these grants on behalf of Salford City Council as part of
Hate Crime Salford City
Greater Manchester’s work to tackle hate crime across the city-region. The aim of
Grants Council
the fund is to support Salford VCSE activities during Hate Crime week.
The Healthier Salford Fund awards micro-grants to members of the Healthier
Salford Community Champions Network to support raising awareness, prevention,
Healthier Salford Salford City early detection and diagnosis linked to three health concerns identified by the
Fund Council Public Health Inequalities Team: mental health, cardiovascular disease, and
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Grants to frontline VCSE organisations to support people in food need in Salford
Household Salford City
due to the cost-of-living crisis. Resourced via DWP Household Support funding
Support Fund Council
from Salford City Council.
Older People’s
Grants to support activities for older people.
Day Fund
This work brings together VCSE organisations working with children, young
Children, Young
Salford City people and families in Salford. It provides broad-ranging representation of the
People and
Council interests and views of the VCSE sector to relevant strategic partnerships. Also
Families LIO work
includes child safeguarding.
This work brings together VCSE organisations working in the field of health and
Infrastructure,
Salford City social care in Salford. It provides broad-ranging representation of the interests
Health and Social
Council and views of the VCSE sector to relevant strategic partnerships. Also includes
Care LIO work
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Funded by Salford City Council to enable Salford CVS to help develop and
Infrastructure, improve the VCSE sector in Salford by providing training sessions; information,
Training and Salford City advice and guidance; and 1-2-1 group support. This includes topic areas such as
Development Council legal structures, business planning, governance, fundraising, funding bids, access
LIO work to digital, social investment, tendering, social value and demonstrating impact,
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Funded by Salford City Council to support the VCSE sector to be engaged and involved in all aspects of strategic city partnership work, ensuring they understand, actively contribute to and influence key partnership areas of work. Includes organising and facilitating sector representation on all key partnership boards in the city.

Also supporting and enabling the VCSE sector to operate effectively within the Salford social, economic, and political environment. Involves operating a robust programme for voice and influence, including organising various themed Vocal Forums and strategic workshops on a regular basis and an annual VCSE conference.

Strategic comms is also a key area of work, including ensuring Salford’s VCSE sector are informed and engaged in relevant developments at city-region and national levels.

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Part-funded by Salford City Council to support volunteering development, good
practice and brokerage services in Salford – by the city’s only accredited
Salford Volunteer Salford City Volunteer Centre. This includes supporting the delivery of the Salford Volunteering
Centre LIO work Council Strategy, operating a bespoke volunteering portal for the city and organising the
prestigious Heart of Salford volunteering awards. Also funded by Salford CVS
reserves and income generation activities.
Elevate Salford –
A three-year partnership project between Salford CVS, The Albert Gubay
Salford's VCSE
Salford City Charitable Foundation (AGCF) and Salford City Council - providing a range of
Learning, Skills
Council services to support, train and prepare people furthest from the job market to gain
and Work
skills and employment.
programme
Grants to organisations to support the production of an ambitious creative
Salford 100 R&D Salford City programme. It will authentically engage, empower and co-create with the city’s
grants Council vibrant creative and cultural ecology, dynamic voluntary and community
organisations and a breadth of communities.
Salford Creatives Salford City Salford CVS administer these grants on behalf of Salford City Council. The aim is
Fund Council to support creatives in Salford to access professional development.
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Salford CVS administer these grants on behalf of Salford City Council. The aim is
Short Break Care Salford City
to promote innovation and development in the provision of group-based short
Grants Council
break care for disabled children in Salford.
Investments to frontline VCSE organisations undertaking Trauma Informed
Trauma Informed Salford City
Training delivered by Salford CVS, resourced by Salford City Council, Public
Practice Council
Health.
Salford CVS was successful in securing UK Shared Prosperity Funds (via Salford
UKSPF E3 Court
Salford City City Council / GMCA), under the E3 measure, to refurbish the old courtroom in
Room
Council Eccles Town Hall (unused for many years), and turn it into a climate-friendly
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Salford CVS was successful in securing UK Shared Prosperity Funds (via Salford
City Council / GMCA), under the E6 measure, to design and manage arts and
UKSPF E6 Arts Salford City culture grants on behalf of the Salford Culture and Place Partnership. 50% of the
and Culture Council funds were allocated to larger cultural events, with the remaining 50% going to
grants for VCSE groups and organisations, under the heading ‘Whose Art, Whose
Culture?’
Community
Salford City To employ a Wellbeing Matters WorkWell Community Connector to provide pre-
Connectors,
Council employment support.
WorkWell
One Broughton The Broughton Fund resourced by partner charity The Broughton Trust to support Wellbeing
Fund Trust Matters’ clients who live in Broughton to access emergency items.
Personal
To provide grants to enable Achieve (GMMH) drug and alcohol service users to
Recovery Trafford Council
access items to aid their recovery.
Investments
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This piece of work was coordinated by 10GM and delivered in localities in
VCSE Test and support of the GM Population Health Board’s ambitions regarding tackling health
10GM
Learn inequalities. Salford CVS delivered a small pilot piece of work working with a
Primary Care Network in support of cancer screening and cancer support.
To provide Wellbeing Matters’ Community Connector support to Salford City
Association of
College Connector College students (delivered via Salford Third Sector Consortium). Match funded
Colleges
by Salford City Council’s public health team.
Using behavioural research and gamification to deliver early disruptive
interventions that increase awareness, and further evaluate the impacts of
Gambling Harms GMCA
gambling for communities in Salford, specifically 16-21 years that are identified at
risk. A partnership initiative with Salford University.
Salford CVS secured a modest amount of funding from its national membership
Cost of Living body, NAVCA, to award a small number of grants to local VCSE groups who
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NHS Greater This project was part of the wider Wellbeing Matters programme and used social
Green Social
Manchester ICB prescribing to connect people’s health and wellbeing needs to green and blue
Prescribing Pilot
(GM) spaces in Salford. Funding for this work ceased in early 2024.
NHS Greater
Dementia Support To provide small grants to VCSE organisations to support people living with
Manchester ICB
Fund dementia in their community.
(Salford)
Royal
Grow Well Match
Horticultural Contribution to the Third Sector Fund’s Grow Well grants.
Funding
Society
Salford City Council commissioned Salford CVS to carry out this research as part
Salford City of their Joint Strategic Strengths and Needs Assessments. The purpose of the
JSSNA Research
Council research was to capture the strengths that the VCSE sector brings to improving
the health and wellbeing of adults within the city of Salford.
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To provide for the cost of Salford CVS’s contribution to the start-up and initial development of this
10GM joint venture
new venture, including a contribution to forming a new limited company and staffing costs.
Access to services To provide for the review of services to ensure accessibility for all beneficiaries.
To provide for the cost of building improvements to maintain compliance with Health & Safety and
Building improvements
to provide a positive environment for staff, volunteers and beneficiaries.
To provide for the cost of additional resources required to maintain compliance with GDPR,
Compliance
Safeguarding, Health & Safety and HR.
Courtroom To provide for the cost of redeveloping the Eccles Town Hall Courtroom into a training and
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Project Description
Digital developments To provide for the cost of developing and implementing digital enhancements.
Emergency response To provide for the cost of providing Emergency Response support, including recruitment and
activities management of volunteers, cost of activities and equipment, etc.
Emergency Response /
To provide for the cost of a worker to support emergency response and humanitarian assistance
Humanitarian Assistance
in Salford.
Coordination
Equalities training To provide for the cost of equalities training for the whole staff team.
Heart of Salford To provide for the cost of delivering our annual Heart of Salford Awards.
IT improvements To provide for the cost of replacing / updating Salford CVS’ IT infrastructure.
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State of the VCSE Sector To provide for the cost of the Salford State of the VCSE Sector research work and for printing of
report reports.
Redundancy reserve To provide for the cost of redundancy should the organisation have to close in the year.
Research and To support costs of internal capacity-building and independent research and development as
development required by the organisation.
Staffing contingency To provide for the cost of covering staff absence and other staffing needs.
VCSE campaigns and To support campaigning and frontline activity in Salford – e.g. our work as part of the Living Wage
alliances City action group.
Volunteer Centre Salford To support the unfunded delivery of services by our Volunteer Centre.
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20. Contingent Liabilities

There were no contingent liabilities of a material amount for which provision has not been made in the accounts.

21. Commitments

Capital commitments

There were no capital commitments at 31st March 2025 (2024 - £nil).

Operating lease commitment

At 31st March 2025 the charity had an operating lease commitment in respect of plant and machinery of £nil. It has a lease for property rental of £23,840 p.a., the full value of the lease is not included as there is an annual release clause included.

Pension commitments

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in independently administered funds. The pension cost charge represents contributions payable by the company to the funds and amounted to £108,662 (2024 - £90,869). The amount due to the pension fund at the year-end was £nil (2024 - £nil).

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22. Related-Party Transactions
Related Party Transaction
Salford Lads and Girls Received one grant from Salford CVS totalling £5,000. A Trustee of Salford CVS was a volunteer
Club of Salford Lads and Girls Club.
Received funding for services provided totalling £930. An employee of Yellow Jigsaw is a Trustee
Yellow Jigsaw
of Salford CVS.
Received one grant from Salford CVS totalling £5,297. An employee of Gaddum is a Trustee of
Gaddum
Salford CVS.
Is co-owned by Salford CVS, Bolton CVS, Action Together and Macc. The Chief Executive of
10GM Ltd Salford CVS is a Director of 10GM Ltd. Salford CVS have received funding from 10GM during the
period totalling £283,735.
Received one grant from Salford CVS totalling £5,000. An employee and contractor of African
African Rainbow Family
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Related Party Transaction
Are a delivery partner on the Answer Cancer Programme of which Salford CVS is the accountable
Voluntary Sector
body. Voluntary Sector North-West received £97,807 as part of this work. An employee and a
North West
Trustee of Voluntary Sector North-West are Trustees of Salford CVS.
Received five grants from Salford CVS totalling £50,376. An employee of Humans Manchester
Humans MCR
was a Trustee of Salford CVS.
Closed in 2024 and donated £14,755 to the Wellbeing Matters Partnership. Salford CVS provided
Salford Third Sector administrative support and grant funding to Salford Third Sector Consortium and is the
Consortium accountable body for the Wellbeing Matters programme and a member of the Wellbeing Matters
Partnership.
Two members of Salford CVS - Board of Trustees are also elected members of Salford City
Salford City Council Council, who fund Salford CVS. Please note however that these two people do not represent the
council on CVS’ Board, they represent member organisations.
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Organisational information

Our quality marks

• Volunteer Centre Quality Award (NAVCA)

We are members of

The Business Group Salford

NAVCA

NAVCA Quality Award (LIQA)

NCVO

Campaigns we support

• Living Wage Employer (Living Wage Foundation)

• Living Wage Funder (Living Wage Foundation)

• Living Hours Employer (Living Wage Foundation)

• Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce

• Voluntary Sector North West

• Charity Finance Group

Social Enterprise UK

• Dementia Friendly organisation

GM Good Employment Charter supporter

• Answer Cancer Organisational Champion (Answer Cancer GM)

Disability Confident Employer

Lift the Ban

Refugees Welcome

We co-own 10GM Ltd, along with Action Together, Bolton CVS and Macc

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Thank you to our funders

Salford City Council

NHS GM Integrated Care Partnership Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Northern Care Alliance Albert Gubay Charitable Foundation NHS England

Greater Manchester Mental Health – NHS Foundation Trust 10GM Ltd

Greater Sport / Greater Manchester Moving UK Shared Prosperity Fund (via Salford City Council) UK Shared Prosperity Fund (via 10GM / GMCA)

Inspiring Communities Together (Age Friendly Salford partnership)

Bolton CVS (GM Violence Reduction Alliance work via 10GM)

Eccles and Irlam Primary Care Network

Walkden and Little Hulton Primary Care Network

South East Salford Primary Care Network Broughton Health Alliance

Swinton Primary Care Network NAVCA

Eric Wright Charitable Trust

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Thank you to our core partners

Wellbeing Matters

START in Salford

Social adVentures Big Life

Inspiring Communities Together Langworthy Cornerstone

Answer Cancer GM

BHA for Equality Unique Improvements Voluntary Sector North West

10GM Ltd

Bolton CVS

Elevate Salford:

VCSE Learning, Skills and Work

Mustard Tree

Macc (Manchester)

Action Together (Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside)

The Broughton Trust Salford Foundation Loaves and Fishes

Groundwork Greater Manchester

Age Friendly Salford

Age UK Salford

Inspiring Communities Together

…and to all of our other VCSE and public sector partners

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Salford Community and Voluntary Services

Notes forming part of the Financial Statements for the year ended 31st March 2025

Thank you to our staff

(at 31st March 2025)

Liz Atkinson

Sandrine Beaunol Gillian Bruder Ella Bulbeck Jenny Capper Michael Carroll Ashley Chapman Karl Chisipochinyi Susan Crabb Natalie Demou Emma Eastwood Jeremy Engineer Ben Fowler Bysshe Harkavy Samantha Hill Reece Holmes Joseph Kendal Grace Kennedy Stewart Knights Jeremy Lawes Loran Lewis

Carolanne Mack Betsy Mak Anne-Marie Marshall Niamh Meehan Noah Mellor Klaudia Miskis Andrew Mossop Jesse Noon Helen O'Brien Nicola O'Neill Imogen Openshaw Beatty Osborne Alison Page Bruce Poole Hannah Powell Nosheela Rashid Claire Roberts Simon Robinson Kirsten Robinson Rachel Sadler Ganga Samarawickrama

Rachel Shenton Nic Spiby-Roberts Nicola Swann Mayuri Theobald Michelle Warburton Martyn Willcock Amy Williams

Volunteers

Thanks to everyone who has volunteered with Salford CVS to make a difference in Salford

Board of Trustees

Grace Dyke Ben Whalley John Phillips Aderonke Apata Barbara Bentham Lewis Hellewell Ray Mashiter Teresa Pepper Yen Siang Tan Francesca Todde Adam Webster

Council Representatives Cllr Sharmina August Cllr Gina Reynolds

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Contact us:

Salford CVS & Volunteer Centre Registered address: The Old Town Hall, 5 Irwell Place Eccles, Salford M30 0FN

Tel: [phone] Email: [e-mail] www.salfordcvs.co.uk @SalfordCVS on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn

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