We connect people with what’s happening in their community, develop community ideas into action, strengthen local organisations, and provide strategic influence for the charity and voluntary sector.
Membership of Action Together is free and open to any VCFSE organisation in Oldham, Rochdale, or Tameside.
Our work is organised into these core themes:
Volunteering
We support people and groups to make more of a difference, and give their time to the things that matter most to them.
We believe that volunteering is at the heart of creating, supporting and maintaining stronger communities. We develop and champion volunteering to empower more local people to share their skills, capacity and common purpose. Our volunteers are supported and recognised for their valuable contribution to local social infrastructure.
Contact our Volunteering team: volunteering@actiontogether.org.uk
Capacity Building
We support groups and organisations to develop, grow and make a bigger impact in their communities.
We work in neighbourhoods to build deep relationships with local groups and strengthen what they do. We provide advice, practical training and development support to community organisations of all sizes, enabling them to become resilient, successful and sustainable.
Contact our Development team: development@actiontogether.org.uk
Partnerships and Collaboration
We facilitate local action groups and networks to create a valuable and effective space for collaborative working and joint action.
We bring together diverse perspectives to address the impacts and root causes of poverty and inequalities in our local communities. We work in partnership with community groups, the public sector and other local organisations to influence system change and deliver social justice.
Leadership and Advocacy
We lead and advocate for the Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise sector in our communities to be heard.
We empower people from diverse organisations and marginalised groups to be leaders and advocate for the communities or issues that are important to them. We represent the sector in strategic spaces and advocate for more investment, sharing of power and decision making involving the sector. We ensure that community insight and community voice informs local decisions and influences key decision-makers and funders.
Investment
We secure investment that supports local action, removes barriers and helps to get funding to where it’s needed most.
Our funding approach works on two levels: our efforts to ensure that investment is secured for the sector and reaches the community organisations and projects that need it, and our holistic investment in the strength and sustainability of our communities through capacity building.
About Action Together
Action Together supports people to volunteer in their area, and assists local organisations in developing volunteer programmes, policies, and roles.
We provide support for VCFSE organisations to establish and develop, including specialist information, advice, and training for staff, volunteers and trustees.
Action Together works in partnership with other charities, infrastructure organisations and public bodies and collaborates on key thematic work. We also promote and advocate for the work of VCFSE organisations locally, and across Greater Manchester and the wider area.
Action Together invests in the sector, and members can apply for funding from our grants programmes. We also provide support for groups seeking and applying for investment, and direct members to appropriate sources of funding.
We deliver locally-focused projects including Oldham Social Prescribing, Healthwatch Oldham and Healthwatch Tameside, LocalMotion and Miles of Smiles.
Action Together was formed in April 2016 to bring together two charities: Voluntary Action Oldham (VAO) and Community and Voluntary and Action Tameside (CVAT). Action Together is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO), registered charity number 1165512, formed under the Charities Act 2011.
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- Read our audited accounts for financial year end 31 March 2019
Action Together is committed to achieving Net Zero emissions by 2038. Our Carbon Reduction Plan:
PPN-0621-Carbon-Reduction-Plan-action together-2023.pdf (1.08 MB)
Slavery and human trafficking are fundamentally opposed to our charity’s values. We are committed to treating everyone with dignity and respect, to ensuring the organisations we work with meet our ethical standards, and that our organisation and those we work with are free of modern slavery and human trafficking. Our Modern Slavery Statement:
ATCIO Modern Slavery Statement.pdf (107.3 KB)Contact Us
- Website: www.actiontogether.org.uk
- Written address: 80 Union Street, Oldham, OL1 1DJ
- Telephone: 0161 339 2345
- Email: info@actiontogether.org.uk
- X (Twitter): @WeActTogether
- Facebook: WeActTogether
We aim to provide the best services possible to our members, partners, volunteers, and all the people we work with across Oldham, Rochdale and Tameside.
Your feedback helps us develop and improve our service, so we have processes in place to make sure you can share your compliments, comments and complaints.
Action Together Compliments, Comments and Complaints Policy.pdf (108.11 KB)