What is GMVSS?

Greater Manchester Voluntary Sector Support (GMVSS) is a partnership of 37 organisations that provide support to the voluntary and community sector in Greater Manchester. These organisations are known as local infrastructure organisations (LIOs) and they are brought together by a common vision (see below).

We have a development strategy and a business plan with a series of projects to complete by 2011 – and we can’t do any of these without the involvement and feedback from our members.  For more information about our members and our projects, please see the other links in the 'about us section': What we do, GMVSS Members, Background or download our GMVSS information pack (see below). 


Photo: Community Network for Manchester's raising the game event

Vision and Mission

"High quality and relevant support to the voluntary and community (third) sector in Greater Manchester is available and accessible to all, structured and organised for maximum efficiency and effectiveness, and sustainably funded” and "To develop and sustain a capacity building and infrastructure framework for the voluntary and community (third) sector of Greater Manchester".

Frequently Asked Questions:

• What is the difference between GMVSS and GMCVO?
• What is a consortium?
• What is a local infrastructure organisation?
• What is the voluntary and community sector?

GMVSS information pack:

An overview of GMVSS for existing and potential members is available to download: download (PDF) 
However, please click here for an alternative online text version