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A few weeks back I met with a group of voluntary & community sector leaders working with children young people and families and our local Director of Children's Services. We were talking about how to build the relationship between the sectors so we hit on the idea of writing a blog to challenge a few myths and misconceptions which tend to distort the relationship.
Mental health underpins health and wellbeing and impacts everyone.For many people mid-life, from the late 20s to early 50s, can be a time of increased challenges, responsibilities and pressures, in their working lives, family lives and relationships.
The Bupa UK Foundation is looking to fund projects that aim to support and improve people's mental health at this critical life-stage.
Macc, the ICR Social Licensee in Manchester asked its Community Reporters for their views on patient information. Eleven people’s views were collected and were fed into the Patient Information Forum project to develop a best practice tool kit.
Their stories found that people with long term conditions found it difficult to access trustworthy information. Also, people don’t feel they have enough information to feel confident discussing decisions about their own treatment with their doctor. Jake Kalisch, one of our community reporters, curated this content to produce this feature.
Following the overwhelming success of its existing all night mental health crisis services, The Sanctuary has been commissioned to provide 24 hour mental health crisis support to residents across Manchester - including Salford, Trafford, Tameside and Glossop.
The Sanctuary 24 hour mental health crisis line will launch in August 2015.
The Spirit of Manchester Awards is a series of awards celebrating and highlighting all the excellent work being carried out in Manchester’s voluntary and community sector. As well as providing recognition to the sector in these hard times, we want to raise the profile of the sector amongst the general public and encourage local giving and active citizenship.
Manchester Mind want to recruit Trustees and welcome applications from people with a passion for improving mental health as well as the right skills, experience and time and is also looking to recruit a Treasurer: someone with an accountancy qualification, expertise in accountancy and ideally with experience of finances in the ‘not for profit’ sector.
Who can attend?
The Recovery Academy offers courses to:
Anyone who is experiencing mental health or substance misuse problems, their supporters (family, friends and loved ones), GMW staff, volunteers and students on placement, Health Care Professionals
All our courses are free, but you need to register and sign our Student Charter before attending.
For more information visit www.gmw.nhs.uk/recovery
Manchester City Council have published their Market Position Statement for Care and Support 2015/16 and anyone with an interest in the future of care and support in Manchester should read it. Manchester's aim is "to forge a new relationship with its partners to benefit all who need care". The Market Position Statement describes the commissioning approach, the context for commissioning and some of the key issues that Manchester needs to address.
Tonight is the “manVcam” rally in on Albert Square in Manchester. Some local voluntary and community groups have been wondering about whether it’s appropriate to go along, so here's my take on it.
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