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The Greater Manchester Older People's Network recognises the importance of suitable housing as we age and how this can have an impact on various aspects of our wellbeing.
Self Help are offering free, one-off wellbeing workshops to local organisations, businesses and community groups.
The sessions explore how thoughts, behaviours, physical sensations and our environment can affect how we feel.
The sessions will look at what you can do to improve your wellbeing and outline the support we provide.
Greater Manchester Poverty Action (GMPA) believes that responses to poverty should focus on getting more money into people’s pockets. That’s why one of their strategic priorities is to support local 
efforts to boost household income and financial resilience.
GM Poverty Action (GMPA) is conducting research on the impact of fuel poverty on low-income households in Greater Manchester. As part of this, GMPA would really appreciate it if you can complete their Warm this Winter survey which 
focuses on the changing picture of fuel poverty across the region. Deadline: 15 January 2023
The Community Grants Programme (formerly the Community Investment Scheme) is part of NHS Blood and Transplant’s commitment to build support for donation amongst Black, Asian, mixed 
heritage and minority ethnic communities.
As part of the Home from Hospital Programme, 10GM are currently mapping out the existing VCSE provision of hospital discharge and admissions avoidance support across Greater Manchester. This exercise aims to identify the needs of local communities with regards to hospital admission and discharge, and the gaps in current commissioning and provision.
Our Happiness Factor are delighted to announce that they received funding from the We Love Manchester Charity to deliver a series of Creative Women in Neighbourhoods workshops in Manchester.
Joy Ethic are running free wellbeing themed walk and talks which start in January 2023.
Fridays 12pm-1.30 pm at Chorlton Water Park – There will be shorter walks (between 25 and 40 minutes, (depending on individuals' needs) on Fridays at Chorlton Water park. Each session will begin in the White House with a short introduction and then after the walk, conclude in the same building with a review, chat and free brew and snack offer.
GM’s Living Well at Home programme includes a Quality Strategy, which strives for high quality, outcome-focussed and person centred care and support, which is based on people’s strengths.
The framework will define what the programme considers ‘great’ to look like, provide a tool to identify areas of best practice from which continuous improvement across GM can be driven.
In response to rising demand as a result of Strep A infections, NHS England ran a webinar to share information with the VCSE. They are keen to engage communities and community organisations 
to share accurate information about the risks, and about when and how to seek medical help.
Key points from the webinar:
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