Health and Wellbeing

How can the voluntary and community sector (VCSE), the NHS and local authorities work together more effectively to reduce health inequalities?

VCSE organisations are at the heart of preventative, place-based and neighbourhood health models. Yet building genuine, cross-sector partnerships can be challenging — especially in the face of high demand, limited resources and ongoing system change.

Advicenow will be running a free housing/homelessness rights course for community groups supporting refugees. The course will be delivered online and is funded by The Disrupt Foundation.

The course aims to give you the basic knowledge and skills needed to deal with key issues for people dealing with homelessness and living in temporary accommodation. 

“Town Anywhere is an extraordinary exercise. It invites us to step into the future, to reimagine and rebuild the world, and then inhabit it. One of the most magical things I’ve ever been a part of.” Rob Hopkins, Transition Network.

You are invited to join Manchester Advocacy Alliance at ‘Town Anywhere Manchester’: a large-scale, participatory, visioning experience – bringing together those who live, work or have an interest in the future of Manchester as a place where everyone can advocate for themselves, their friends, family and community when it comes to their health and care.

GM Integrated Care Partnership – PCCA team have been working closely with a fantastic group of participatory experts to co-design the GM Participation Playbook: Shaping how we Live Well Together. This resource brings together tools and examples of participatory methods from citizens’ assemblies and participatory budgeting to co-production and digital democracy.

At this launch event you will:

Regeneration has the power to shape not just places, but people’s lives. Across Greater Manchester, community-led placemaking is showing how regeneration can be done with communities, drawing on local strengths, voices, and ambitions.

This webinar will:

Join Sow the City for their third Green & Blue Spaces Action Network event, with special guest Mayor Andy Burnham alongside speakers from community organisations who are linking their nature-based projects to improving health and other industry professionals:

Viv Andrews (The Monastery)
Claire Biggs (SNUG)
Tabz O'Brien (GM Live Well)
Dave Bell (Principal Officer for Health & Environment at Natural England)

This session will shine a spotlight on the proven and vital connection between our green and blue spaces and health, including the new Live Well agenda.

Step into the future for a day! Join VoiceAbility as they imagine and create a fairer Manchester where everyone has a say over their own health and care.