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Welcome
MACC was formed in 1981 as an alliance of voluntary and community sector organisations; seeking to challenge inequalities in health and social care. Since that time, it has evolved to become a specialist development agency which works with voluntary and community sector organisations.
Broadly our work includes;
- promoting understanding of inequalities in health, social care and wellbeing; and the role of the voluntary and community sector in addressing them,
- bringing together and communicating the views of those involved in voluntary and community sector organisation,
- encouraging and enabling participation by the voluntary and community sectors in the planning and decision making structures which shape the health and social care economy in Manchester,
- working with local organisations to develop new ways of meeting people’s needs, challenging them to design and deliver services which address the rights, needs and wishes of individuals rather than the ability of organisations to deliver them,
- building the capacity of local voluntary and community groups to identify unmet needs and to work to meet this need, through building up the skills base of the individuals inside these organisations,
- encouraging statutory agencies to learn from and make use of the experience of the local voluntary sector, challenging the assumptions the sectors often make about each other and,
- helping to create opportunities for collaborative work between agencies and sectors which involves the users of services and their carers.
MACC runs a number of themed development programmes which are covered in depth in other sections of this site.
How to contact MACC
Manchester Alliance for
Community Care
Swan Buildings, 20 Swan Street, Manchester M4 5JW
Telephone: 0161 834 9823
Fax: 0161 832 2352
Email: info@macc.org.uk
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