Swim England are currently undertaking one of their most important pieces of work which looks to provide more opportunities for diverse ethnic groups to access swimming and also for communities 
to change their perception that swimming is not for them.
To help them inform their future strategy, they have released a short survey.
Communities across Greater Manchester can now apply for the Green Space Fund providing grants of up to £40,000 to improve or create green spaces in their area.
Cracking Good Food’s Power up the Flavour support booklet gives a weekly guide to family meals that are low fuel and nutritious
We’re all facing daily challenges, trying to think of recipes and ways to create nutritional meals for ourselves and loved ones, which give us enough energy to perform well at home, work, school and play, and to make sure our bodies have the right food to ensure a good night’s sleep.
The cost of living crisis continues to have a detrimental effect on disadvanteged neighborhoods in Manchester, many of which had barely had the chance to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. In this Spirit of Manchester story, we hear from Len Grant, a local artist who has been documenting the cost of living crisis and telling the stories of the people turning to food banks and community grocers to survive.
Be Smoke Free have seen their referrals double since the beginning of April, which is no coincidence as the cost of living crisis forces people to find new ways to save money. Quitting or cutting down on smoking can help free up funds in the short term and can improve health and wellbeing in long term. In this Spirit of Manchester Story we hear how quitting smoking can help people combat the rising cost of living.
Be Smoke Free, Manchester - Saving money through quitting smoking
Katie Burke, Community and Engagement Lead, Change Grow Live
Citizens Advice Manchester - No strangers to supporting people in times of national crisis
Voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations can apply for funding to support women's reproductive wellbeing in the workplace.
The Greater Manchester Poverty Action have launched the Greater Manchester Poverty Monitor 2022. The Poverty Monitor reveals the scale of poverty across Greater Manchester and covers ten 
themes: Child poverty, debt, deprivation, educational attainment, fuel and food insecurity, health, homelessness, housing, social security and the labour market.
Key findings for the whole of Greater Manchester include:
Peer Support Workers (PSWs) within mental health provide support, companionship and encouragement to people experiencing mental health difficulties, drawing upon their own lived 
experiences, or from caring for others experiencing mental health difficulties.
PSWs use their lived experience to connect with people and help them, by:
Core20PLUS5 is a national initiative aimed at addressing health inequalities. The Caribbean & African Health Network 
(CAHN) is running a Core20PLUS5 project in Greater Manchester working with the Caribbean and African community to gather lived experiences that would feed into codesigning and coproducing pathways across core health conditions.