| 1980's |
MACC was originally
a group of local organisations with shared concerns, not only
about the quality of care being provided by the State, but
also the lack of choice being offered to those in need of services.
The group agreed to promote a multi-agency approach to planning
and delivery.
From its early years, MACC worked by arranging public meetings
to discuss aspects of care services. MACC was one of the
first organisations of its kind in the country.
|
| 1981 |
Manchester Alliance
for Community Care was to campaign for the closure of institutional
forms of care and a move to a community-based approach with
better quality services and increased choices for service users. |
| 1982 |
MACC’s first
manifesto published. |
| 1983 |
MACC produced a commissioned
slideshow entitled “Independent Living”.
In partnership with COMBAT, MACC lobbied for a respite scheme
for people with Huntington’s Disease in Manchester.
|
| 1984 |
MACC organised a series
of public meetings to enable the voluntary sector to identify
ways to feed into the joint planning structures which were
emerging as health and social services slowly began to work
together. |
| 1987 |
Development worker
appointed. This post, to provide policy information and support
to the voluntary sector, was funded jointly by the Manchester
District Health Authorities and the Local Authority. |
| 1988 |
MACC conducted the
elections for the voluntary sector places on the Joint Finance
Committee and acted as secretariat to the new representatives. |
| 1989 |
MACC was among the
first to respond to the Government White Paper Caring for People
in the Next Decade and Beyond which formed the basis of the
NHS and Community Care Act (1990). This was a co-ordinated
response from a wide range of groups across Manchester.
MACC’s second manifesto published.
|
| 1990's |
Now with a proven track-record
of facilitating the involvement of the voluntary sector, service
users and carers, MACC continued to develop partnerships at
different levels in response to the way health and social care
services are planned, developed and delivered. Increasingly,
our emphasis was on two major areas of work:
co-ordinating collective responses from Manchester’s
voluntary sector
nurturing projects which were developing good practice: (e.g.
advocacy services, carers networks, etc.)
|
| 1990 |
Administrator appointed.
MACC played an active role in informing the voluntary sector
of the implications of the new legislation. |
| 1992 |
Advocacy in Manchester
(AIM) project established to identify advocacy needs and possible
providers within the city.
MACC commissioned a play entitled “All Upstairs” about
the realities of community care. It was followed by a question
and answer session between service users and the Director
of Social Services and a Health Authority Senior Planning
Officer.
Disability, Learning Disability & Mental Health working
groups established.
|
| 1993 |
MACC became an independent
organisation and moved to its own premises (having originally
been within Manchester Council for Voluntary Service). |
| 1995 |
Manchester Elders Forum
established. |
| 1997 |
MACC was asked to accept
a formal contract increased resources through Joint Finance
Structures. Joint Planning Officer appointed.
Manchester Advocacy Partnership formed to ensure a joined-up
approach to developing voluntary sector advocacy services
across the city.
|
| 1998 |
Voluntary Sector Mental
Health Forum established.
Manchester, Salford and Trafford Health Action Zone was
established. MACC represented the voluntary and community
sector on the Partnership Board.
|
| 1999 |
National Service Framework
for Mental Health published. MACC was asked to support the
involvement of voluntary groups working in the field of mental
health in local implementation of the framework.
MACC became a member of the Voluntary Sector Support Agencies
Network (VSSAN) – a collaborative group developing
Manchester’s voluntary sector infrastructure.
|
| 2000's |
MACC’s
emphasis was on co-ordinating collective responses from Manchester’s
voluntary sector and in nurturing projects which were developing
good practice: (e.g. advocacy services, carers networks,
etc.)
Our long-standing relationships with the Manchester Community
Health Councils came to an end as the CHCs were abolished
during 2003. However, by being involved in the partnership
work around developing their replacement (Patient and Public
Involvement Forums), we have maintained close links with
the public scrutiny of health services.
|
| 2001 |
MACC was formally requested
by the Child and Family Support Forum to act as a managing
organisation.
National Service Framework for Older People published. MACC
was asked to support the involvement of older people and
voluntary groups in local implementation of the framework.
Elders Forum relaunched as the Manchester Older People’s
Network.
Community Network for Manchester (CN4M) established with
MACC as a founder member, taking “Link Organisation” status
for thematic networks around older people, mental health,
children and families and health and social care.
|
| 2002 |
Child and Family Support
Forum Development Worker and Administrator appointed.
Health Inequalities Pool established.
|
| 2003 |
MACC was a partner
in the successful bid by the Black Health Agency to manage
the new Patient and Public Involvement Structures across Manchester.
MACC facilitated a response from over 80 local groups to
the Government’s Every Child Matters Green Paper on
the future of services for children.
Policy and Information Officer appointed.
|
| 2004 |
Due to a major reduction
in funding for the Child and Family Support Forum, the post
of Development Worker came to an end.
MACC Co-ordinator appointed.
MACC website launched.
|
| 2005 |
New funding enabled the creation
of a 12-month post of Child & Family Support Forum Project
Worker to research the contribution of the voluntary sector
to meeting local needs.
|
| 2006 |
Following
the city's successful Partnerships for Older People's Projects (POPPs)
bid, MACC is running a two year project to provide "business improvement" support to voluntary sector organisations working with older people.
|
| 2009 |
MACC works in partnership with other local infrastructure organisations to bid to deliver the general infrastructure support service for Manchester's voluntary and community sector. Basing the project on the business improvement model developed in 2006, MACC is asked to take the lead role in the partnership and is successful in winning the bid.
MACC carries out a recruitment drive to bring new members onto its Executive Committee. Alongside this, MACC undertakes a management restructure & creates the new post of Operations Manager.
|
| 2010 |
Manchester Community Central, the new infrastructure support service for the city, is launched.
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