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This is a brand new scheme for Elders from Refugee Communities. This scheme is designed to reduce social isolation, increase integration experiences and community connections and promote better overall health and wellness. Manchester Refugee Support Network (MRSN) will also be able to provide you with information about services for elderly people.
The Caribbean and African Health Network (CAHN) Bereavement Service offers the Caribbean and African community living in Greater Manchester (GM) a culturally and religiously tailored support for those grieving or mourning the loss of loved ones. This would be at no costs to GM residents but at a fee to people living outside greater Manchester. CAHN will be taking referrals from their statutory partners and VCSE organisations.
Our Covid Voices wants to share with the world how those with long-term conditions, disabilities and other health and care needs are living during the pandemic in the UK. Our Covid Voices aims to be a first draft of history, with people across the country sharing their experiences of the UK under lockdown as they happen.
Have you been furloughed and looking to upskill?
Do you need help to find creative online resources for homeschooling?
Do you need 1-1 help to access essential services?
Are you unsure how to connect with family and friends?
Manchester Adult Education (MAES) Digital would like to invite you to attend a series of 1 hour online sessions:
The Caribbean and African Health Network (CAHN) have launched a number of online activities via Zoom in response to community’s requests.
Healthy Hearts – Physical activity, nutrition and medication: Tuesdays, 1pm-2pm
Single Mothers Peer Support Group: Thursdays, 11am-12pm
Afrobeats and Reggae Bash: Fridays, 8pm-10pm
Health Hour: Saturdays, 11am-12pm
The film starts with a radio alarm clock, Sonny and Cher singing ‘I Got You Babe,’ and what becomes the infuriatingly famous line, “Okay campers, rise and shine!” A perfectly cast Bill Murray plays a cynical weatherman who inexplicably has to relive the same day over and over again. Have you got it? I’ll give you a minute or two…
This report, from The Ubele Initiative, provides the results of two waves of surveys, which were conducted between 19-23 March (Wave 1) and between 27 March and 4 April (Wave 2).
Mental health charities from across Greater Manchester have teamed up to create a new campaign, Beelieve. The collaboration captures the spirit of Greater Manchester and will support individuals, families and communities who have been affected by Covid-19 both now and into the future.
Lord Greenhalgh, Communities Minister, has written to local authority chief executives to highlight that some members of Gypsy and Traveller communities are likely to be particularly vulnerable to COVID-19, and may need support in accessing basic facilities such as water, sanitation and waste disposal, to enable them to adhere to public health guidelines around self-isolation and social distancing during the outbreak.
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