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Want to jump start your communications strategy and strengthen your strategic communications? Media Trust’s Headlining Mental Health Programme can support you.
The government is committed to improving mental health and wellbeing outcomes, particularly for people who experience worse outcomes than the general population.
AXA and Business in the Community (BITC) are partnering to deliver fully funded Youth Mental Health First Aid Champion training, to small community organisations, working with young people in Manchester.
Peer Support Workers (PSWs) within mental health provide support, companionship and encouragement to people experiencing mental health difficulties, drawing upon their own lived experiences, or from caring for others experiencing mental health difficulties.
PSWs use their lived experience to connect with people and help them, by:
Scope have free places available on their pre-employment training courses. Scope have two employment services, Starting Line and Kickstart to help and support people to get back into employment, volunteering or into education. Scope are here to support and work with people with any disability, learning difficulty, mental health condition (e.g.
Grants from £100 - £750 are available for VCSE organisations to run activities that will support people from the communities of identity or experience below that may struggle to achieve higher levels of mental wellbeing.
The communities the fund wants to reach are:
CDI Counselling Service are offering a limited free counselling service for people who are unemployed. CDI Counselling Service also offer a low-cost service for anyone facing mental health issues. The counselling sessions are held face-to-face or via video call where necessary. Bilingual counsellors are available in Urdu, Punjabi and Arabic.
This year, Mental Health Awareness Week will run from 9-15 May. This annual event, which focuses on improving good mental health across the nation, is hosted by the Mental Health Foundation.
Are you a person of colour who wishes to train as a mindfulness teacher?
Or an experienced mindfulness practitioner who wants to support a trainee teacher?
Mind in Salford have funding for a new intensive mentoring programme which includes a 12 month teacher training pathway.
GMCVO are delivering a grants programme to support people from communities of identity or experience, based in Greater Manchester (including Glossop), that may struggle to achieve higher levels of mental wellbeing.
The communities GMCVO want to reach in year 3 are: