Health and Wellbeing

The Peter Quinn Friendship Group opened a new dementia café on Wednesday 14 September 2016 at St. Mary’s Parish Centre, Elbow Street, Levenshulme, Manchester, M19 3PY.

Marion Quinn, Manager of St. Mary’s Parish Centre has opened the Drop in/Friendship Group in memory of her father which she lost to Dementia with Lewy Bodies in April.

The group will meet every Wednesday from 10am - 1pm in the Lounge area of the parish centre on a regular basis.

Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has set up a Disabled People’s User Forum to listen to the views and experiences of disabled people and enable them to influence decisions about the design and delivery of their health care services.

Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are looking for people to join the forum which will help to improve access and quality of health care for disabled people.

Our State of the Sector Survey in 2013 found that there were 3,093 voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations in Manchester, with an estimated income of £477 million. The sector employed the equivalent of 12,400 full time staff and 94,300 volunteers gave 370,000 hours, with an estimated value of £332 million. Decision makers took note of the survey results, we know it increased their understanding of the sector. Some of the key facts (3093 organisations, 94,300 volunteers) are now widely quoted by colleagues in the Council, the NHS and other bodies such as Big Lottery Fund.

Do you want to help increase the uptake of Bowel Cancer Screening in Greater Manchester?

If so, apply to be a Volunteer Community Researcher to take part in some research in your own area!

Successful applicants will be expected to:
• Talk to 30 people in their community
• Recruit them to the research project
• Support at one focus group
• The research will be conducted over 3 weeks
• Starting week commencing 19 September 2016

Do you live in Harpurhey? buzz Manchester Health and Wellbeing service need local residents to help with some exciting new work

This questionnaire is part of a National Clinical Audit which aims to improve the quality of care that hospitals provide to people who have confusion or memory problems.

The Royal College of Psychiatrists would like this questionnaire to be completed by family carers or key worker carers who visited the person with memory problems during their admission to a general hospital.

The awards are designed to recognise and reward charities that are doing excellent work to improve people’s health. The awards are open to registered charities that are at least three years old, working in a health-related field in the UK, with a total annual income of between £25,000 and £2 million.

They are funded by GlaxoSmithKline and managed in partnership with The King’s Fund.

A free breakfast of cereal and toast will be on offer for anyone who may need it, families and individuals alike.

A chance for people to get something to eat and get out of the house.

Open for breakfast 10am every Thursday in August St Luke’s Benchill.