Health and Wellbeing

WorkWell: Racially Minoritised Groups – funding opportunity

As part of the Manchester WorkWell programme, Manchester City Council (MCC) wishes to grant fund two voluntary, community, faith sector (VCFS) organisations to provide a service which integrates employment and health support for communities experiencing racial discrimination and disadvantage. 

What is WorkWell?

Creating a collective response to sexual violence in Manchester: the perspective of men, members of the LGBTQ+ community and women in the asylum & migration system

Join us for an important and insightful conversation/voluntary sector assembly highlighting the vital role of the VCSE sector in supporting victims of sexual violence. This event aims to elevate awareness, foster collaboration and explore collective solutions to better meet the needs of diverse communities that are affected by the issue. Our focus on the day will be on men victims, women in the asylum and migration system and members of the LGBTQ+ community.

Speakers include:  

St Thomas Centre, Ardwick Green North, Manchester, M12 6FZ

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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