Health and Wellbeing

Cuimhne: Culturally Sensitive Dementia Awareness Training

Cuimhne culturally sensitive dementia awareness training programme aims to promote new and evidence–based ways of thinking about dementia and is geared towards the needs of different groups.

Irish World Heritage Centre, Irish Town Way, Cheetham Hill, Manchester, M8 0RY

LAB Employment & Confidence Course

Proper Job Theatre Company will be running their LAB Employability & Confidence 2-Week Course next week (induction Friday 30 January) followed by a 1-Week Wellbeing Course in mid-February. 

Please find full course details below, as well as information about a Taster Day session on 27 January for those new to LAB who’d like to learn more.

Live Well Spring Festival

Between Monday 9 March and Monday 23 March 2026, Greater Manchester will be hosting the first ever Live Well Spring Festival.

Rather than one system-wide event, the festival will pop-up locally with many things happening at once across neighbourhoods, in spaces, community centres, high streets and online places.

GM Live Well Podcast Episode seven: From fixers to partners: When public services share power with communities

This episode focuses on what happens when systems start to share power with communities and shift from fixers to working in genuine partnership. It explores what happens when we rethink culture and control and build power within communities. It also discusses what happens when we create spaces for change and grow system leaders’ capacity to act on community voice, insights and ideas.

The Uncomfortable Truth: Confronting barriers to connection in self harm and suicide prevention

This CPD-accredited event brings together experts, leading academics and professionals from across the sector for a powerful day of evidence-based insights, practical solutions and shared experiences, with a strategic focus on:

  • Collaborative partnership
  • Service-user representation
  • Effective practice
  • Driving change
  • Overcoming stigma and discrimination

Plenary presentations
Dr Kristy Themelis (Nottingham Trent University)
Hidden Crisis: Suicide Risk in People Living with Chronic Pain

Online and In-person at Trent Conference Centre, Trent Vineyard, Easter Park, Lenton Lane, Nottingham, NG7 2PX
Shared Topic Areas