Serious violence and exploitation can affect any child or young person. Join Manchester Safeguarding Partnership during the Lives Not Knives Week of Action to increase your understanding of risk factors, early intervention, and the role professionals play in keeping children and young people safe.
Applications are now open for Health Data Research UK’s Take the Lead: Data Champions programme. Get £3,000 to design and deliver activities that explore how data can support better health and wellbeing in your community and build your data knowledge, confidence and connections along the way.
No experience of data, research or science necessary, just a willingness to learn and support your community.
This opportunity is for people who:
Carers Rights Day is a national day that aims to help unpaid carers understand and use their rights. This year, Carers Rights Day falls on Thursday 19th November, but there are free events happening across the whole week.
Carers Rights Day is a national day that aims to help unpaid carers understand and use their rights. This year, Carers Rights Day falls on Thursday 19th November, but there are free events happening across the whole week.
Join Greater Manchester Moving to help better connect University students to sport and physical activity volunteering opportunities.
Your health. Your questions. Your choice.
Be/Here are bringing parents, carers and young people together for a welcoming day of learning, conversation and creativity.
With LGBTQIA+ families and the community at the heart of the day, Be/Here will make space for questions about health, cancer screening and HPV, alongside stalls and creative activities.
What’s happening
Workshops for parents and carers: explore cancer risks, screening options and the questions or worries that can come with looking after your health.
Join Manchester Women's Aid for a full day training to understand how to better support women with experiences of trauma, loss and recovery after child removal.
Manchester Women's Aid know child removal can have a devastating and long-lasting impact, resulting in complex grief, shame, trauma and loss of identity. Women are disproportionately affected, often in the context of domestic abuse, coercive control, mental ill health and housing instability - yet many receive little support after their children are removed.
Advicenow is running a free housing rights course for frontline organisations supporting people with refugee status. The course will be delivered online and is funded by The Disrupt Foundation.
The course aims to give you the basic knowledge and skills needed to deal with key issues for people experiencing homelessness and living in temporary accommodation.
The course will be delivered online. You will be required to watch short introductory videos before each interactive session.
Week 1
Join Wythenshawe Community Housing Group at the Wythenshawe Forum Concourse for an engaging afternoon of connection, learning and hands on activities, bringing together local partners, organisations, and residents to explore how we can all play a part in creating a greener, more sustainable Wythenshawe.
This event will showcase a range of organisations and community groups helping residents to tackle climate change, reduce waste, grow their own food, recycle more, and make sustainable choices in everyday life.
Join PMAC for this free webinar to discover how to lead well without losing yourself — protect your wellbeing, build connection, and set boundaries that help you thrive as a manager.
The webinar will cover: