Health and Wellbeing
Public Policy Exchange: Eliminating Pensioner Poverty – Devising a Comprehensive National Strategy
54% of UK pensioners on a low income find it a struggle to keep up with bills and credit commitments, according to polling published in September 2025 by the Living Wage Foundation.1.9 million, or 16% of pensioners in the UK are living in relative poverty, according to a 2024 study by Age UK.
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NRPF Network: Supporting adults with no recourse to public funds – social care duties and best practice
An in-depth course to develop y
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ACAS: Introduction to redundancy and layoffs
This webinar provides an overview of legal and good practice considerations when managing redundancy and lay-offs.
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Greater Manchester ahead of global HIV targets as World AIDS Day approaches
Greater Manchester continues to outperform global targets on HIV testing, treatment and care, new data shows, ahead of World AIDS Day on 1 December.
National figures from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) confirms that Greater Manchester is ahead of the global UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets, which aim for almost everyone living with HIV to know their status, access treatment, and keep the virus under control. Achieving these targets is a key milestone towards the international goal of ending the HIV epidemic by 2030.
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ACAS: Mental health and stress in the workplace – a masterclass
A report commissioned by NHS England states that nearly 1 in 4 adults in
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GM Live Well Podcast Episode three: Places that care: Communities taking action and leading everyday support together
This episode focuses on people, places and partnerships: when public services meet community action to shape great support.
It explores what happens when public services trust communities to lead, working alongside them to create better, fairer outcomes.
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Meet the Mancunian podcast – Season 11 episode 6: Talking Volunteering and Community Support with Wardeh Al Nasir
In the season finale of Season 11 of the Meet the Mancunian podcast, host Deepa Thomas-Sutcliffe engages in a heartfelt conversation with Wardeh Al Nasir, Director of Community Thriving Together and nominee for Volunteer of the Year at the Spirit of Manchester Awards.
FareShare Greater Manchester launching £25,000 appeal to replace delivery van
FareShare Greater Manchester has launched a new fundraising campaign to raise £25,000 for a replacement delivery van to help keep vital food supplies reaching charities and community groups across the region.
The appeal, which runs until the end of February 2026, aims to replace one of the charity’s fleet of six vans (one of which has been on the road for 17 years, another has clocked up 235,000 miles). Without these vans, FareShare Greater Manchester would be unable to deliver good-to-eat surplus food to the 60 community organisations each week who rely on its deliveries.
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