Health and Wellbeing

Speak up to improve your services

Are you from a Black or Minority Ethnic background with a learning disability in Manchester?
Or are you a family member or carer?

Take part in a group meeting or a phone call about Manchester services.

What is good? What needs to change? 

Share your experiences.

Call Sandra to take part on 0330 128 1186 / 0788 293 0414. 
 

Rag Revival

Feeling creative? Groundwork is running a series of free workshops to learn new skills around upcycling and repurposing of textile waste, turning unusable into new creations.

  • Meet new people and improve mindfulness
  • Learn new skills including basic hand-sewing
  • Take positive action to reduce carbon emissions

Manchester and Salford workshops starting in October 2024.

Open to residents 16+ no prior experience necessary.

Contact: [email protected]  
 

Health Equity Network Monthly Webinar: October – Structural Racism

This review by the UCL Institute of Health Equity (IHE), concludes that racism damages health and wellbeing and drives inequalities in London.

Racism in the capital is widespread and persistent causing damage to individuals, communities and society as a whole. Its impacts are experienced in different ways and to varying levels of intensity related to individual experiences, socioeconomic position and other dimensions of exclusion such as disability, age and gender. The intersections with other dimensions of exclusion can amplify the effects of racism.  

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Improving ADHD services for children and young people in Greater Manchester

NHS Greater Manchester wants to improve children’s Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) services and would like to hear from you. NHS Greater Manchester want to hear from people living with ADHD, their family members or carers, and also want to hear from anyone working with people who have ADHD in Greater Manchester.

This project is part of a bigger piece of work called ‘Neurodiversity Programme’ to improve how NHS Greater Manchester care for children with conditions like ADHD and autism.

A new cancer support group for Greater Manchester’s Muslim community is launching this Autumn

The group has been set up by Maggie’s, supported by The Christie, with a brother’s group for men taking place on 21st November from 2.30pm to 4pm, and a sister’s group for women taking place on 7th November from 2.30pm to 4pm at Maggie’s in Manchester, located opposite The Christie, on Kinnaird Road, Withington.