Our people

Kat is responsible for leading on the following VCSE strands of work: GM Moving, Changing Futures and various food (poverty) initiatives across Greater Manchester.

At 10GM, Kat can help you to connect and facilitate collaborations with a broad variety of partners across sectors; support you to engage communities effectively and creatively; nourish and strengthen community leadership; amplify the voice of lived experience.

Kat is passionate about championing the value and strategic significance of the VCSE sector as an equal partner and the crucial role it plays in improving the quality of life of people who live, work and play across the city region.

Susie is responsible for a range of strategic programmes that focus on health, social care, and the VCSE Accord.

At 10GM, Susie can help you to make links with our Local Infrastructure Organisations; find out more about the VCSE Accord, and Greater Manchester Public Health, Integrated Care and wider Health and Social Care priorities and opportunities to get involved; and she can also provide advice on project, programme and change management.

Susie is passionate about improving local services and removing barriers to inclusion and access.

Courtney leads communications for 10GM as a whole, spanning all of its projects and programmes. She works to expand 10GM’s online presence and shape communications that tell key stories about the value and impact of local infrastructure across Greater Manchester.

At 10GM, Courtney can help you share your message with Greater Manchester’s Local VCSE Infrastructure Organisations and their partners, and advise on communications planning for funded programmes.

Courtney’s career has focused on working with some of the most excluded and vulnerable people in society, spanning refugee support, emergency response, poverty and befriending services, alongside fundraising and project management. This experience continues to shape her commitment to campaigns that tackle inequalities and encourage social investment.

At 10GM, Emma can help you with finding out more about, and influencing the development of the Greater Manchester Population Health system and mobilising new programmes of work related to Population Health and the VCSE sector, such as the GM Live Well Movement. She can give advice on integrating the VCSE sector within local population health priorities including co-design of programmes, and developing shared decision-making that involves local communities, communities of identity and people with lived experience.

Emma is passionate about addressing deep-rooted health inequalities and ensuring that people with lived experience are part of local decision-making.

Hannah is working with GM Cancer to achieve a permanent reduction in inequalities within cancer incidence rates and outcomes and improve equity in access and experience of cancer care for all people affected by cancer within GM. Hannah is ensuring active VCSE participation and parity in strategic work to enhance equality, equity and well-being.

At 10GM, Hannah can help you connect and facilitate collaborations with the VCSE sector, give advice on integrating the VCSE sector within cancer care and support the development of shared-decision making with local communities, communities of identity and people with lived experience.

Hannah is passionate about addressing the deep-rooted inequalities that currently exist in the cancer system and ensuring that the VCSE sector becomes an equal partner and plays a crucial role in addressing these inequalities through partnerships, co-design, collaboration and shared decision-making.

Laura works across project teams at 10GM. Some of the work she’s involved in includes: Supporting the Cancer and Inequalities Network; Supporting GM Moving with their Sport Volunteering Community of Practice; and working on the Live Well Community Fund.

Laura brings a strong background in facilitation and training to her role at 10GM. She’s passionate about creating inclusive spaces where people can connect, share ideas, and collaborate.

Laura has spent the majority of her working life in the VCSE sector and has worked on a range of projects, often focused on volunteering and community engagement. She particularly loves training design and facilitation and bringing people together to have great conversations and build relationships.

George is responsible for VCSE Local Infrastructure Development; supporting the VCFSE Leadership Group to implement the VCFSE Accord; and supporting the work of the VCFSE Commissioning and Investment Group.

At 10GM, George can help you to make links with our Local Infrastructure Organisations; talk to you about our priorities for Commissioning and Investment and the support needs of the sector locally.

George is passionate about strengthening and supporting local communities to build on their existing assets and potential.

Alex is responsible for work on the State of the Sector, NHS Community Voices programme, and the development of a Data Hub for the Greater Manchester VCSE.

At 10GM, Alex can help you understand more about how the wider VCSE sector is doing, people’s voice and health and care services, and how to make better use of data based on people’s experiences.

Alex is passionate about ensuring organsiations better capture what they do and use this to plan and improve services. Having worked with people’s experiences for many years, Alex also has experience of presenting research findings as actionable insights.

Matt is responsible for leading the Social Economy programme. He works with the Local Infrastructure Organisations across Greater Manchester to deliver support for social entrepreneurs and social purpose organisations.

At 10GM, Matt can help you connect with our Local Infrastructure Organisations, link with groups in the Social Economy, and provide advice on programme management and approaches to measurement and evaluation.

Matt is passionate about highlighting the value of the VCSE sector and supporting organisations to demonstrate this, building capacity so anyone with an idea has the best possible environment to deliver for social good. He is also exploring the potential of the VCSE sector to meet the challenge of the climate crisis.

Estee is responsible for coordinating partnerships and delivery across Live Well Spaces of Hope and Connection, a £16.5 million programme creating more than 100 inclusive, community-led spaces across Greater Manchester. She works with partners across all ten boroughs to strengthen collaboration, support shared learning and ensure delivery is rooted in equity, community leadership and shared power.

At 10GM, Estee can help you connect with local voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise organisations, infrastructure organisations and public-sector partners across Greater Manchester. She can also support connections relating to community-led spaces, partnership working, shared learning, social infrastructure and the wider Live Well programme.

Estee is passionate about social justice, equity and community empowerment. Drawing on her background in grassroots arts, youth work and community-led programmes, she is committed to creating spaces where people feel respected, included and able to influence the decisions that affect their lives.

My name, Estee, means “the only one,” representing individuality and uniqueness. It is also linked to the name Esther, which means “star.” My name is properly written with a line across the final two e’s, although most online platforms cannot display this, and it is pronounced Es-TEE.

Franky is responsible for the establishment, development and expansion of The APC along with the management of the membership process. She works closely with social enterprises and charitable providers of NHS services to ensure they are also supported to develop and grow.

Franky is passionate about social justice and is committed to eradicating unwarranted variation in health outcomes in GM.

Learn more about the APC.