Health and Wellbeing

Gardening on prescription in Manchester summer 2023 sessions

The Sow the City Nature for Health service aims to tackle and prevent mental ill health by providing Social and Therapeutic Horticulture on prescription for Manchester residents. The service is a garden with a woman and man sowing plantsfunded by NHS England as part of a national pilot and is delivered in partnership with community gardens across the city.

Join Manchester Leaders by Lived Experience Project

Are you a disabled person, or do you have lived experience of disability or a long-term health condition?
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Could you use your lived experience and knowledge to make Manchester a better place for disabled people?
Would you like to develop your skills?
Do you want to get paid for your time and experience?

Living Well – VCSE Expressions of Interest

The aim of Living Well is to transform community mental health services – with greater choice and more control by the people who need support as to what care is available, where to get it and how it is delivered. It seeks to be more inclusive and to encourage people to stay well and active. “Living Well Teams” are made up of a range of partners providing different services that will bridge the gap between GP and community-based services and hospital-based and specialist services.

Proud 2 b Parents training

Proud 2 b Parents exist to improve the health and wellbeing of LGBT+ parents/carers and their children, whilst reducing health inequalities. Proud 2 b Parents do this by providing effective social proud 2 b parents logoand support services, whilst championing social change and advocating for the community's needs locally and nationally.

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Rainbow badge patient survey

Are you a patient at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust? You can help to make healthcare places better for all LGBTQ+ people.

You don’t have to be LGBTQ+ to take part in this survey. Anyone who had an appointment at the trust in the last 12 months can take part.

It will take about 5 minutes to answer all the questions, they are anonymous, so no-one will know what you answered.

Complete the survey

Deadline: 21 July 2023

"My life is in order now. I feel the change in myself and feel more positive"

Yaran Northwest was set up in 2014. They are a bilingual team of community health workers, psychologists, therapists, and community connectors who are specialists in working with BAME communities. They have a well-established reach into the BAME community, deep cultural understanding, and a wide variety of skills in languages other than English, such as Farsi, Dari, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish and Kurdish. They have personal experience of immigration, dealing with mental health issues and being resilient. 

Movement for Good – Health and wellbeing special draw

Movement for Good’s second special draw of 2023 opens on 15 May for five days only. In addition to the main £1,000 Movement for Good draw there is a special draw of 10 prizes of £5,000 for funding charities supporting health and wellbeing.

This special draw is open to charities whose core charitable purpose is the advancement of health including disability support, the prevention or relief of sickness or disease and the promotion of health.