Mental Health

CHARM Hearing Voices workshop

Workshop where participants will gain an understanding of useful ways to support a person who experiences hearing voices.

Peter Bullimore’s Hearing Voices Workshop offers an insightful and compassionate approach to understanding and supporting individuals who experience voice hearing, paranoia, and unusual beliefs. Drawing from his own lived experience and extensive work in the field, Peter and his co-presenter Kate Crawford emphasize the importance of making meaning of these experiences rather than pathologizing them.

Workshop content will include:

Online
Shared Topic Areas

Get involved in the State of the VCSE Sector Survey

Why taking part matters
The State of the VCSE Sector research is a major piece of work mapping the size, scope, diversity, and impact of voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations across Greater Manchester.

Your contribution helps ensure the activities, needs, challenges, and strengths of organisations like yours are fully represented. The stronger the evidence, the stronger our shared voice when advocating for funding, resources, and recognition.

Atkinson HR: People and Culture Trends for 2026

Kickstart 2026 with Atkinson HR’s People and Culture Trends panel discussion. Explore the latest developments in wellbeing, employment rights, workplace conflict, and AI in HR. An expert panel will share practical insights and actionable strategies to help your organisation stay ahead of the curve and thrive in the year ahead.

Online

Cuimhne: Culturally Sensitive Dementia Awareness Training

Cuimhne culturally sensitive dementia awareness training programme aims to promote new and evidence–based ways of thinking about dementia and is geared towards the needs of different groups.

Irish World Heritage Centre, Irish Town Way, Cheetham Hill, Manchester, M8 0RY

Suicide Bereavement UK’s 15th International Hybrid Conference: Suicide Bereavement: Silence Isn’t Always Golden

Join Suicide Bereavement UK for an inspiring and thought-provoking day where new research findings will be presented for the first time.

Here’s a glimpse of some of the powerful topics we’ll be exploring:

Titanic Hotel, Liverpool (and online)
Shared Topic Areas

LAB Employment & Confidence Course

Proper Job Theatre Company will be running their LAB Employability & Confidence 2-Week Course next week (induction Friday 30 January) followed by a 1-Week Wellbeing Course in mid-February. 

Please find full course details below, as well as information about a Taster Day session on 27 January for those new to LAB who’d like to learn more.

The Uncomfortable Truth: Confronting barriers to connection in self harm and suicide prevention

This CPD-accredited event brings together experts, leading academics and professionals from across the sector for a powerful day of evidence-based insights, practical solutions and shared experiences, with a strategic focus on:

  • Collaborative partnership
  • Service-user representation
  • Effective practice
  • Driving change
  • Overcoming stigma and discrimination

Plenary presentations
Dr Kristy Themelis (Nottingham Trent University)
Hidden Crisis: Suicide Risk in People Living with Chronic Pain

Online and In-person at Trent Conference Centre, Trent Vineyard, Easter Park, Lenton Lane, Nottingham, NG7 2PX
Shared Topic Areas