Mental Health
ACAS: Sickness absence - supporting your staff
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Gardening for wellbeing
Do you want to get outside more and meet new people?
22nd April - 10th June, 10am - 11.30am at The Grange Community Resource Centre, Pilgrim Drive, Beswick, M11 3TQ
Ecotherapy uses the power of nature to support people to improve their health and wellbeing. Sessions will be fun, informal, and relaxed, with activities including food growing, environmental art, and nature-based crafts. Sow the City will provide hot drinks, snacks, and all necessary gardening tools and materials.
The Grange Community Resource Centre, Pilgrim Drive, Beswick, M11 3TQ
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Curious Minds: ArtCure – in conversation with Professor Daisy Fancourt
Hear from the author of Art Cure: The Science of How the Arts Transform Our Health.
What if art could save your life?
Join us for a morning conversation with Professor Daisy Fancourt, the world's leading expert on arts and health, as she reveals the life-changing power of creative engagement.
In her groundbreaking book Art Cure: The Science of How the Arts Transform Our Health, Daisy shows us that the arts are not a luxury; they are essential to our health, happiness, and ability to flourish.
HOME Manchester, 2 Tony Wilson Place, M15 4PN
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Lingua GM Listening line
Lingua GM have launched a Listening Line supporting the Farsi-speaking community in Greater Manchester / Northwest region.
Are you feeling overwhelmed or alone?
From the current global conflict in Iran to simple challenges in life Lingua GM can help you get through it.
Phone / WhatsApp / Text 0734 096 3753 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 11am-8pm and Sundays 10am-6pm.
Active Bystander Online Training with Protection Approaches
Protection Approaches are delivering Active Bystander training, designed to help participants safely address identity based harms in their community, school or workplace, using real-world scenarios to build confidence in implementing Active Bystandership in everyday life.
Limited to 20 places, sessions will take place on:
- 19th March 2026, 2pm-4pm
- 23rd March 2026, 10am-12pm
- 25th March 2026, 6pm-8pm
Register for one of the sessions by emailing marcusbowen@vcsep.org.uk
Mindful March
As the days grow lighter across Manchester, it’s the perfect opportunity to pause, breathe, and reset.
Manchester Mind are dedicating this month to Mindful March — a gentle reminder that even small moments of awareness can make a big difference to our wellbeing.
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Media Trust: Understanding & combatting health misinformation panel discussion
The landscape of health information has never been more complex or more contested. From local measles outbreaks among unvaccinated children to the rapid commercialisation of the menopause market, people are navigating a noisy, often contradictory information environment.
At the same time, AI tools are becoming the default starting point for health questions. Instead of turning to trusted public health sources, many people are being directed towards private platforms that feel fast and authoritative but aren’t always accurate or accountable.
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From Pain to Power: Policy, Practice and Culture for Menstrual Health and Menopause Support
St. Thomas Centre, Ardwick Green North, Manchester, M12 6FZ
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Spring to Life: Connect, Create & Care
Featuring Creative Minds, Connected Care: GM Older Adults NMHT Collaboration Event
Join this unique GM-wide workshop taking place simultaneously across all 10 Greater Manchester localities. Each locality will host its own in‑person session while contributing to a shared set of GM-wide aims. Attendees will also have opportunities to connect with colleagues from across the region through wider networking.
About the Workshop
Stretford Public Hall, Chester Road, Stretford, M32 0LG
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