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:
Need information on local support in Manchester this Winter? To help local people, Manchester Local Care Organisation’s Integrated Neighbourhood Teams across the city have worked with 
colleagues at Manchester City Council and the voluntary sector to produce a series of neighbourhood winter service booklets which you can now download.
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) is the largest NHS Trust in the UK with over 28,000 staff and manages 10 hospitals.
MFT are developing a new diagnostics model where more Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC’s) are created in free standing locations away from main hospital sites. Diagnostics means when you have tests to find out if something is wrong with your health.
Community spaces across Manchester known as ‘Listening Lounges’ are offering a safe, comfortable, and confidential environment for anyone over the age of 18 who is struggling with their mental 
health, or just wants to talk to someone during evenings or weekends during the winter months.
The new app helps care leavers in Greater Manchester find and access support, offers and opportunities that are available all in one place.
Care leavers in Greater Manchester will be able to use a new app to help them find and access support, offers and opportunities that are available to them, all in one place.
The ‘Bee Connected’ app has been developed by Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and digital agency Focusgov following feedback from care leavers that support available to them wasn’t always easy to find.
Julia and Hans Rausing Trust has announced a new grants programme to further the efforts of foodbanks across the UK in tackling the growing food poverty crisis.
To be eligible to apply, organisations must: