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GMCVO have launched the third stage of a grants programme to get Greater Manchester Walking.
Funded by Greater Manchester Moving (with money from Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership), partnership grants of up to £15,000 are being offered to support activities that encourage people who are usually less active to start or increase the amount they walk regularly.
Answer Cancer is a Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise sector-led response to cancer in Greater Manchester. It is the working name of the Greater Manchester Cancer Screening Engagement Programme, a Voluntary Sector partnership working to improve cancer awareness across the region. You are invited to attend a free training workshop.
Do you know anyone facing health or other barriers to moving forward? They may benefit from a 5 day LAB Wellbeing course on 2-6 March at Trinity House Community Resource Centre, Grove Close, Rusholme, M14 5AA.
LAB Wellbeing is based on the New Economic Foundations’s five ways to wellbeing: Connect, Be Active, Take Notice, Keep Learning and Give.
Greater Manchester took charge of health and social care spending and decision making three years ago aiming to achieve the biggest, fastest improvement to the health and wellbeing in our region.
This was done because it is known that good health and wellbeing are crucial to make Greater Manchester one of the best places in the world to grow up, get on and grow old. Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership are proud of the progress they have made, however, there is still more to do.
Are you aged 55-80? Are you a current smoker or have you quit in the last 3 months? If you answered yes to both questions, the University of Manchester want to hear from you.
As part of the study you will be asked what you think about services to help people stop smoking in healthcare. Participants will not be asking to quit smoking – the study is just to find out what you think.
CDI Counselling are offering limited free counselling for people who are unemployed or economically inactive. Individuals must be 16 or over and legally resident in the UK. Counselling is available for individuals or couples experiencing a range of mental health issues. Home-counselling can be arranged for those with mobility problems. Bilingual counsellors are available in Urdu and Punjabi.
Is your organisation looking to improve its engagement with ‘Inclusion Health’ groups? The Health and Wellbeing Alliance inclusions health team have produced a ‘VCSE Inclusion Health Audit Tool’ which has been designed to improve VCSE’s understanding of, and relationship with individuals defined as experiencing the UK’s worst levels of health inequality.
This resources pack is one of a series produced for all those working in and with local health and care systems across England. It was commissioned by Age UK on behalf of the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance and Healthwatch following the January 2019 publication of the NHS Long Term Plan.
Let’s keep growing is a community garden project in Longsight providing free activities to Greater Manchester residents of all ages and abilities, there’s no need to book, and light refreshments are provided. No gardening or building experience is necessary.
Upcoming activities:
Saturday 1 February, 2pm-4pm at Longsight Library and Learning Centre (519 Stockport Rd, M12 4NE):
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