Welcome to the GMSEN Social Enterprise Directory
This directory enables anyone to browse existing social enterprises across Greater Manchester.
This directory is designed to help customers find social enterprises in Greater Manchester that they can buy from or trade with. It is also intended to help individuals, businesses and organisations find social enterprises they may wish to support according to their social impact.
Social Enterprises can be searched by either key word, or you can use the sector and borough filters. This directory is focused on Greater Manchester and is free to register and use. You may also wish to use Social Enterprise UK’s Buy Social Directory which includes social enterprises from outside Greater Manchester.
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Social mission | Description of SE | Products or services sold | |
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Open Kitchen MCR | Citizenship and community, Conservation of the natural environment, Income and financial inclusion, Physical health |
Open Kitchen MCR provide Greater Manchester’s most sustainable catering option. Our social enterprise works with a huge range of food businesses to intercept perfectly edible food that will otherwise go to waste. We offer a wide range of catering options from simple sandwich platters, to hot food, to canapes and more formal dining, all using beautiful ingredients that will... |
A wide range of outside catering services, from simple sandwich platters for day-to-day meetings, hot food options perfect for community events, and more formal and bespoke options including canapes and banquets. Delivery service provided. Also offering a range of environmentally friendly disposable and reusable serving options. |
People's Voice Media | Citizenship and community, Employment, training and education, Family, friends and relationships, Income and financial inclusion, Mental health and well-being | People’s Voice Media is a charity and Social Enterprise based in Salford, Greater Manchester that works across the UK and Europe. PVM was founded in 1995 and we specialise in gathering the voices and stories of people in order to challenge perceptions about people's lives and support people to describe their own reality and give insight from real people, in order to better... | We capture the authentic story of people's lived experience using our 3 main Community Reporter approaches - Community Reporting for Storytelling, Co-Production and Insight. We aggregate the stories collected through our curation approach to present back the Insight to the service or business. We also run “Conversation of Change events " which uses the stories collected to support change in practice or policy with all key stakeholders. Participants become members of the Institute of Community Reporters and continue to tell their story on the communityreporter.net website |
PIE: Pursuing Individual Excellence | Employment, training and education | PIE aims to connect young people from disadvantaged backgrounds with local businesses, and help develop communication skills, work experience and cultural capital experiences. Hopefully by providing these 'missing slices' we will help young people to imagine and reach their full potential. | Educational services including workshops, projects and enabling connections between schools and businesses. |
Pinc College | Arts, heritage, sport and faith, Citizenship and community, Employment, training and education, Mental health and well-being |
The Specialist College for creative education in the North West, focusing on creative study pathways for 16-25 year olds. Our Creative Learning Studios operate from within and in partnership with Arts and Cultural organisations, for an alternative approach, with enhanced careers and progression opportunities. We support additional/high needs routes to wellbeing, attainment... |
Creative Learning studios at: Manchester Museum, Macclesfield Museum,, Touchstones Rochdale and Bolton Museum - We specialise in supporting Neurodiverse young people: - Offer a purposeful pathway to careers in the cultural and creative sectors - Offer a Creative Study Programme - Based in Museums and Art Galleries - Provide a supported autism pathway - Small learning groups (No more than 7) - Tailor our programmes to your aspirations - Embedded & 1:1 support with our SENCO, Speech & Communication and Mental Health practitioners - Dedicated team of qualified and experienced education professionals - Work with an ethos of being Respectful, Responsible, Safe & Kind |
Plastic Shed | Citizenship and community, Conservation of the natural environment, Mental health and well-being | Plastic Shed bring people together in Stockport to turn plastic waste into new, useful things. From wallets made from waste plastic packaging to planters made from old vinyl banners - Plastic Shed are exploring the possibilities of this abundant waste material, sharing their learnings and finding ways for local people, from all walks of life, to get involved with tackling this... | We run creative, hands-on workshops in plastic recycling and up-cycling for businesses, schools and festivals showing people how to turn their plastic waste into quality, durable and beautiful new things such as wallets, clutch bags, planters, jewellery, notebooks, lamps - the list goes on! Our skilled and creative facilitators can show you how to safely shred, melt, fuse and mold plastic waste into a unique piece that you can use again and again. |
PossAbilities | Citizenship and community, Employment, training and education, Family, friends and relationships, Mental health and well-being, Physical health | PossAbilities is a Social Enterprise co-owned by staff and the people we support. We deliver innovative, integrated and personalised services to vulnerable adults and young children enabling them to live the life they choose. | We deliver a range of social care services, including supported living, day services, respite, shared lives, supported lodgings, outreach and employment |
Pure Innovations | Citizenship and community, Employment, training and education, Mental health and well-being | We support disabled and disadvantaged people to lead meaningful purposeful lives | Social enterprise & community cafes, services for employment volunteering and training skills |
Radcliffe Market Hall | Arts, heritage, sport and faith, Citizenship and community, Conservation of the natural environment, Employment, training and education, Family, friends and relationships, Housing and local facilities | We are a community owned and run market hall. Our aim is to bring you fresh and local food, ethical products, local services that you cannot find in any other place in and around Radcliffe and North Manchester. We want to be that place you spend time to do a bit of shopping, relaxing and unwinding with your friends over a drink and a bite to eat, watching the world go by... | Venue hire, trading opportunities, food and drinks, ethical products, performance events |
Raising Relationships CIC | Family, friends and relationships, Mental health and well-being | A social enterprise set up to provide psychological interventions to families who are at risk of having their children taken into local authority care. We aim to promote healthy and safe family relationships with a range of specialist services. | Psychological interventions including: - parent empowerment groups (safe carer groups, to reduce the risk of sexual and physical harm) - interventions for parents based on non-violent resistance principles (NVR) - psychologically informed parenting time plans (e.g. contact centre interventions) - interventions to reduce the risk of parental alienation. We will also provide psychological consultation and training, and increase awareness in the community. |
ReachingOut2U CIC Ltd | Mental health and well-being | Provider of counselling services, providing opportunity for volunteer counsellors to qualify as counsellors | - Counselling session - Training - Peer mentoring - Supervision |
Reason Digital | Supporting social enterprise / voluntary action | We are digital agency specialising in social tech. We partner with organisations that care, to create digital tools alongside people with lived experience. Together, we create lasting social good. | - Websites - Apps - Marketing - Social media & digital strategy |
Recycle-IT | Conservation of the natural environment, Employment, training and education | Collecting and recycling computer equipment, diverting all from landfills and providing the useable back to local communities | - WEEE compliance waste management - Digital equipment - Asset tracking - Secure DOD standard data destruction with plans to hold digital training sessions and provide connectivity solutions |
Recycling Lives | Conservation of the natural environment, Employment, training and education, Mental health and well-being, Supporting social enterprise / voluntary action | We provide employment, training, and accommodation to support homeless individuals and ex-offenders back into Independent Living. We also operate Food Distribution Centre for Lancashire and Cumbria providing food to over 150 Charitable organisations. | - Waste Management - Skip Hire - Scrap Metal Processing - Recruitment Services |
Reform Radio CIC | Employment, training and education |
Reform Radio, broadcasts the best in music, arts and culture from Manchester to the World. We’re a multi-award winning DAB radio station and NPO recognised arts organisation working with local creatives, DJs and young people to develop and showcase new work via our online platforms. This large active community works together to create all the content on Reform Radio, supported... |
Podcasts, creative digital workshops, radio and broadcasting platform and activities |
Refugees & Mentors CIC | Citizenship and community, Employment, training and education |
We support: - Refugees, people seeking asylum and vulnerable migrants by offering pre-employment information, guidance and by working with others to create opportunities. - Employers to develop inclusive recruitment practices, diversify their workforce, to fill skill gaps and offer support to refugees. |
We offer pre-employment information, guidance services for refugees and migrants and support to employers to offer professional paid placements and mentoring to staff We are based in Manchester. Our services work with people living in different locations: - Mentoring Project (Manchester or Salford) - Returner Project (Greater Manchester, and engineers further afield) - Rainbow Haven Work Club (for people living in Greater Manchester) Key to our work is our ability to work in partnership with employers and organisations supporting refugees. Our sustainability depends on our ability to generate income but also on receiving donations and grants. |
ReMade Wigan | Mental health and well-being | We are a women's upcycling workshop offering women living in the Wigan borough a place to feel safe, to create and to contribute. We set up December 2020 so are starting to build momentum. Covid restrictions mean we are only offering online support to a small amount of women so far, but with lockdown easing we are looking for funding to make a physical workshop that's... | - Upcycled furniture - Upcycling courses. |
Reply | Supporting social enterprise / voluntary action | Essentially we are a design studio, made up of experts in fields such as user research, service design, and in digital design and development. We work with individuals and organisations who are working to bring about social change. That might be charities, social entrepreneurs, government, funders, trainers, co-operatives, social enterprises, or corporate social responsibility... | - Research - Service design - UX (user experience design) - Speaking engagements - Strategy and product development workshops - Impact measurement - Consultancy |
Run For Your Life CIC | Employment, training and education, Family, friends and relationships, Mental health and well-being, Physical health | Coaching for prison governors and a fitness-first program for rehabilitation & re-engagement for people in the community and in prison | We coach small groups of prison governors online so that they can better manage themselves and the challenge of Covid19 and lead their prison out to a 'new normal'. We offer running & triathlon-based educational programs for those who are struggling, at risk, in custody or recently released so that they can make a sustainable transition back into mainstream society as a force for good by taking control of their physical health. |
Salford Credit Union | Income and financial inclusion | Community Credit Union co-operatively owned and run to provide ethical financial services | - Savings accounts - Affordable loans - Associated financial services |
Salford CVS | Arts, heritage, sport and faith, Citizenship and community, Conservation of the natural environment, Employment, training and education, Family, friends and relationships, Housing and local facilities, Income and financial inclusion, Mental health and well-being, Physical health, Supporting social enterprise / voluntary action |
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. Our work includes providing support for VCSE organisations to establish and develop, including delivering training for their staff, volunteers and... |
- Training – we offer a wide range of bespoke training options, including business planning, responding to bids and tenders, demonstrating impact / social value, safeguarding, volunteer management - Consultancy – we provide a wide range of specialist support on an hourly rate basis - Financial management - including advice (pensions, HMRC, etc), budget-setting, book-keeping, payroll, management accounts, independent examinations - Office space – including hot desk facilities - Administration services - including minute-taking, copying, record-keeping - PQASSO Mentoring Service - DBS (was CRB) checks – for staff and volunteers - Event management NB – our chargeable services are available to VCSE organisations from across Greater Manchester |