Basic sample description: how many responded, size, legal form, social enterprise, and paid staff. GM respondents map to follow.
1,122
N respondents
organisations in this view
46%
Paid staff
have at least some paid staff
41%
Social enterprise
describe themselves as one
11
Legal forms
legal form options with responses
Locality respondent map is not wired yet.
How to use this dashboard
What you’re looking at
This is the State of The Sector dashboard for Greater Manchester,
built by the VCSE Observatory
for Greater Manchester State of The Sector.
Each section summarises survey responses from local VCSE organisations —
headline indicators first, then charts.
Area filter
This is the Greater Manchester–wide dashboard — Area starts with no borough filter (all respondents).
You can narrow to one or more boroughs, and combine with size, legal form and other filters.
Within a filter, selecting several options means “any of these”. Across filters, selections combine (AND).
If a combination leaves fewer than 10 organisations, it won’t apply —
charts fall back to all GM organisations.
Moving around
Use the sidebar (or the menu button on a phone) to switch sections.
Population, health & socioeconomic context — external context (coming soon).
Headline findings — modelled scale & contribution, and what organisations told us.
Role in communities — what they do, where they operate, who they support, inclusion.
Staff, Volunteers & Trustees — workforce snapshot, good work, recruitment.
