Health and Wellbeing

In this free online seminar for Safeguarding Adults Week, the DBS will explore DBS checks, regulated activity, legal referral duties and information sharing to support safer recruitment.

Join Ann Craft Trust for this free seminar with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), the UK government agency responsible for helping employers make safer recruitment decisions and preventing unsuitable individuals from working with children and adults.

In this free online seminar for Safeguarding Adults Week, Dementia Carers Count will share the latest findings from their 2026 survey and explore how professional curiosity can improve support and outcomes for carers.

Dementia Carers Count is a UK charity providing information, advice, and support to thousands of dementia carers every year. They provide online information, a telephone support line, and they run frequent online support groups country.

This free online seminar for Safeguarding Adults Week will explore how we can move beyond assumptions about what people with learning disabilities want for their future, and instead create opportunities for genuine choice, voice, and control.

Through the Where I Want to Live Toolkit, participants will discover an innovative, co-produced digital resource designed to help people with learning disabilities explore, discuss and express their wishes about where and how they live as adults.

Guest Speaker: Stacey Copeland Former professional boxer and footballer, freelance broadcaster, presenter and commentator.

Plus a Panel of inspiring women representing QBC’s members, trustees, partners and supporters. 

Open to all Queen Bee Coaching members and women who live, work or study in Greater Manchester.

Delia Derbyshire Day returns to Manchester Central Library for 2026.

Honouring the work of the electronic pioneer and BBC Radiophonic Workshop icon, expect a relaxed community gathering at the Henry Watson Music Library.

This year’s Delia Derbyshire Day offers a mixture of creative activities, opportunities to explore Delia’s archive, have a nerdy chat with the people behind the day, a pop-up shop, and especially themed cake.

Join the next Greater Manchester Research Engagement Network (GM REN) Forum, which will bring together people from across Greater Manchester.

The theme for this forum is Respect for Community Values, exploring what it means to listen and learn first, recognising that communities know their neighbourhoods, their experiences and their needs.

What to expect
The event will explore the Respect for Community Values pillar of the GM REN Respectful Research Charter.

Join Acas for their free webinar on reasonable adjustments: how to get them right, where they will explore the law and good practice on how to implement reasonable adjustments in the workplace. 

This webinar will provide an overview of: 

• The legal obligations surrounding reasonable adjustments 

• How to overcome challenges with practical solutions 

• Different types of reasonable adjustments 

• And strategies to foster an inclusive workplace

185.6 million working days were lost in the UK due to sickness or injury in 2022, costing over £100bn annually. Supporting your staff and effectively managing sickness and the return-to-work process, could help to reduce sickness absences in your workplace. 

Join Acas on this free webinar about managing sickness absence successfully where they will cover: 

- Different types of absences 

- Supporting your staff at work to reduce absences 

- How to support staff during absence 

Workplaces can have an impact on our mental health as we spend roughly a 1/3 of our life at work. The way in which we address mental health in the workplace will determine whether that impact is positive or negative. 

In this webinar Acas explore how employers can positively support mental health and wellbeing in the workplace. It will cover: 

• An introduction to mental health and relevant legislation 

• The Acas framework for positive mental health 

• Supporting mental health in practice 

• Case study examples