Health and Wellbeing

PMAC: Breaking the Silence – Starting Conversations About Menopause at Work

Talking about menopause can be anxiety-provoking, and that doesn’t mean we’re doing it wrong! This session will build your confidence in having honest, supportive conversations.

Join PMAC for this webinar to: 

• Understand why menopause can be a difficult topic in the workplace
• Learn how to start sensitive conversations with empathy
• Build confidence in offering support and signposting appropriately

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PMAC: The importance of boundaries for managers

Always available? Always exhausted? Learn how healthy boundaries make you a better manager — and a happier human!

Join PMAC for this webinar to:

  • Understand what boundaries are and why they matter for managers
  • Learn how to protect your time, energy, and emotional capacity
  • Explore how setting healthy boundaries models wellbeing to teams
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Greater Manchester Regional Care Cooperative (GM RCC) – Health offer webinar

Join Greater Manchester Regional Care Cooperative (GM RCC) for this webinar to learn more about the developing health model supporting children and young people across Greater Manchester. The session will explore how GM RCC) are working collaboratively with partners to build a consistent, trauma‑informed and clinically‑led health offer that responds to need, manages risk, and improves outcomes.

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Roots of Resistance: A walk through history with forgotten feminist Rosa Grindon Mural of Rosa Grindon

The Roots of Resistance, organised by the Sylvia Pankhurst Gender and Identity Knowledge Network, an interdisciplinary centre for critically engaged feminist research, will explore the intersection of feminism, public green spaces, and the role of plants in shaping memory and identity. It centres on the legacy of Rosa Grindon, a suffragist, botanist, and Shakespearean lecturer, and uses her story as a lens to reflect on women’s lives are remembered.

The event is free and open to everyone, and will consist of a walking tour of the Shakespeare Garden and a workshop.

The Shakespearean Garden, Platt Fields Park, Manchester, M14 6LA

Local Authority and Infrastructure Community Transport Forum

This forum is an opportunity to build your knowledge of community transport, develop a greater understanding of the sector, and explore how local authorities and infrastructure organisations can engage more effectively with community transport providers.

Whether you're looking to learn more about community transport or strengthen your existing relationships with your local provider, this session will offer valuable insights and practical discussion.

The session will include:

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NRPF Network: Support options for people with no recourse to public funds

An introductory course to develop your knowledge to identify correct signposting options and referral routes for a person who is at risk of homelessness when they are unable to access benefits and housing due to their immigration status.

Course Objectives

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Greater Manchester Rape Crisis are recruiting Multilingual Counsellors

Greater Manchester Rape Crisis (GMRC) are looking for qualified counsellors fluent in specific languages to provide vital support to survivors of rape, sexual assault, and sexual abuse within our diverse communities. Languages required: Polish, Amharic, Punjabi, Herero, Farsi and Tigrinya.

This is an ad hoc, sessional role, with work offered as and when need arises. The rate of pay is £32 to £40 per hour depending on experience. Sessions may be delivered in person or virtually, depending on client needs.

Help women, girls and the LGBTQIA+ community feel safer using public transport

Join Transport for Greater Manchester’s (TfGM) paid focus group and share your experiences of using the Bee Network. Calico is working together with TfGM to develop a virtual reality (VR) training tool aimed at helping address gendered violence on public transport.

Calico is inviting women, girls and the LGBTQIA+ community aged 18+ to take part in focus groups to share their experiences using the Bee Network. Apply to take part and if you’re chosen, you’ll receive £50 for your travel and time.

Assura Community Fund Greater Manchester Health and Wellbeing 2026 programme

The aim of the Fund is to improve the health and wellbeing of unpaid carers from global majority ethnicities in Greater Manchester. Grants of £5,000 were awarded to community organisations to deliver health and wellbeing projects between January and December 2026.  

In June 2026, we invited representatives from these organisations to come together to network, provide updates, share insights on what works, listen to learning and challenges and offer support to one another.