Realising potential through real opportunity

The Greater Manchester Employer Coalition (GMEC) is a network of hundreds of local businesses who use their business leadership and job opportunities to improve the career prospects of local people, particularly those facing difficulties in finding, keeping and getting on in work.

GMEC runs a series of projects and initiatives supporting employers to engage with diverse communities and directly offer employment opportunities to those groups furthest from the labour market. Examples of their work include

• Diversity Alliance – provides a cross-sectoral forum for employers across the whole of Greater Manchester who are proactively working to diversify their organisations. The forum aims to explore the issues that matter most to employers by delivering developing good practice seminars; specialist workshops; and regular briefings and breaking news to keep you up to date on policy, developments and opportunities

• Project development support for employment initiatives aimed at those furthest from the labour market – including supporting Prolific and other Priority Offenders (PPO) into work, and securing local employment opportunities in new capital developments.

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