about t3sc

The beginning
T3SC (Tameside 3rd Sector Coalition) was started in 2001 as a further development of the work of the Compact Group, who identified the gaps in support and development for voluntary and community groups in Tameside, including the need to strengthen the sector as a whole.

Funding was secured from Tame Valley Partnership to appoint the first member of staff - Director Moira Cunningham - in October 2001. T3SC became a company limited by guarantee in December 2001 and a small staff team took up post in January 2002. Initially all staff were employed by Tameside Council on behalf of T3SC, and eventually as new staff were appointed T3SC became the employer.

From December 2001 onwards an interim board drawn for the previous steering group held office. In tandem with this, the Community Empowerment Fund had also come on stream from Central Government and T3SC became the delivery body for this piece of work.

Appointment of the Board
In July 2002, the first elections to the Board were held, with members drawn form Tameside Voice. A structure for T3SC and Voice had been agreed at a special session of the Board, in which was decided that the Board of T3SC is effectively the Executive Committee of Voice, as well as the board of trustees of the organisation itself. This decision means that T3SC belongs to the forum, and to the communities that feed into it.

Health and Social Care Project
In October 2002, the Tameside and Glossop Alliance for Community Care for Voluntary Organisations (TGCCAVO) merged with T3SC, and is now the Health and Social Care Project within the organisation, retaining its own advisory committee.

In December 2002, T3SC became a registered charity, and was also formally accepted into full membership of the National Association of Councils for Voluntary Service (NACVS) becoming the first Council for Voluntary Service for Tameside

Click here for our staff list, and here for our values statement
FAQs about T3SC are here
The T3SC board is elected from members of Tameside Voice
Tameside Community Webspace is an online directory of local groups and enables them to build their own webpages.

T3SC would like to thank our funders:

Registered Charity no:1094744

A Company Limited by Guarantee no: 4332858

T3SC St Michaels Court, Stamford Street, Ashton-Under-Lyne OL6 6XN