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If you find yourself feeling anxious, stressed or overwhelmed, there’s support out there for you. There are free digital services available.
You can find information, resources and other places you can get help and support and information about your local mental health and wellbeing services here
Due to Covid-19 the Manchester Histories Celebration Day will not happen this year.
Take a few minutes to fill out the survey and help the researchers and the NHS understand what impact COVID-19 has had on you.
This is a brief (2 minute) national survey on the mental health effects of COVID-19.
Hoarding is defined by the NHS as “Excessively acquiring items that appear of little or no value and not being able to throw them away, resulting in unmanageable amounts of clutter”.
Compulsive hoarding can be a distressing and debilitating psychological condition, and since 2013 hoarding disorder has been recognised as a Mental Health condition.
Across Greater Manchester we’ve seen youth and play providers from the public and Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sectors lead an incredible response across communities. As we look to the future, there is an opportunity share learning across Greater Manchester and think about how this important work features in plans for recovery from the Covid19 crisis and the impact it is having on communities.
The We Love MCR Covid-19 Community Response Fund welcomes applications from organisations that are delivering new or additional work in response to the Covid-19 Pandemic to support their communities around their mental health.
The purpose of the Fund is to provide financial support to Registered Charities and not for profit organisations who are working to address mental health needs that have been caused or exacerbated by the pandemic. The Fund in particular will support our most vulnerable and isolated neighbours and communities.
Information for the bulletin is compiled from a number of sources including Grantfinder, and direct from funders themselves. It showcases just a few of the hundreds of funding opportunities available for local community, voluntary and faith organisations.
This bulletin is produced by a partnership of local support and development agencies across Greater Manchester.
This newsletter is part of the work that the Greater Manchester Social Value network (GMSVN) does to share what social value is happening across Greater Manchester and beyond. The network aims to champion social value by promoting great examples which, can be easily incorporated into everyday working practices and to inspire organisations, groups and business to adopt this approach to their core work.
The Prince’s Trust are launching a new grants programme for Greater Manchester, that seeks to support young people to cope with today and prepare for tomorrow. In partnership with GMCA, grants of up to £25,000 are available for organisations who support young people to remove barriers to engagement with employment, education or training.
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