Health and Wellbeing

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust are adopting a virtual format for their Annual Members’ Meeting, on 21 September you are invited to watch pre-recorded presentations in relation to their 2020/21 Annual Report and Accounts, alongside outlining their Plans for the Future. A Membership Report update will also available from Geraldine Thompson (Lead Governor), with the results of their 2021 Governor Elections/Nominations also being highlighted.

GMCVO, with funding from GMCA, have launched a grants programme to support Greater Manchester residents who are at higher risk of lasting health, social and financial impacts from the Covid-19 pandemic and are less likely to engage with mainstream communications approaches.

BeeWell is a new initiative in Greater Manchester that aims to make the wellbeing of young people everybody’s business. Co-created with young people, the BeeWell wellbeing survey will be rolled out across secondary schools from Autumn 2021 and repeated over the next three years. Beewell will support schools to embed long-term improvements in wellbeing and mobilise a coalition of actors to drive positive change in our communities.

If you're a charity you can apply for free mobile connectivity to help tackle digital exclusion.

If you're a charity that needs support for digital inclusion programmes, you can apply for free Vodafone SIMs, each loaded with 20GB data plus unlimited calls and texts to be used over 6 months. You can use these however you like – for example, to help stay in touch with service users, or deliver training to people in need.

The Smiles Fund by Walkers and Comic Relief is inviting proposals which use participation in the arts and comedy to challenge stigma and provide community-based support for people who are experiencing emerging symptoms of poor mental wellbeing at an early stage.

The CHEM (COVID Health Equity Manchester) group was established in July 2020 in response to the disproportionate adverse effects COVID-19 has had on some of Manchester’s communities. The group aims to achieve its objectives through collaborative whole system working, influence and advocacy as well as direct actions through its programme of work.

Funding is available for interventions which focus on preventing violence against women and girls in public spaces at night, including in the night-time economy.

The Safety of Women at Night Fund will fund initiatives focused on preventing violence against women and girls in public spaces at night, including:

Peer Networks is a government initiative from BEIS delivered through local Growth Hubs to help you tackle the challenges your organisation may be facing beyond the Coronavirus Pandemic.

The programme includes interactive action learning, trained facilitators, small groups, flexible topic selection and 1-2-1 business support and coaching.

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is seeking expressions of interest from Greater Manchester public and third sector organisations to receive a commissioned training package of resources which will equip them with the knowledge and skills to deliver their services in a trauma responsive way.

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