Mental Health

This year, Mental Health Awareness Week will run from 9-15 May. This annual event, which focuses on improving good mental health across the nation, is hosted by the Mental Health Foundation.

Are you a person of colour who wishes to train as a mindfulness teacher?
Or an experienced mindfulness practitioner who wants to support a trainee teacher?

Mind in Salford have funding for a new intensive mentoring programme which includes a 12 month teacher training pathway.

GMCVO are delivering a grants programme to support people from communities of identity or experience, based in Greater Manchester (including Glossop), that may struggle to achieve higher levels of mental wellbeing.

The communities GMCVO want to reach in year 3 are:

Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership has commissioned instant access digital mental health support across Greater Manchester for everyone aged 10+. These services provide free, safe and anonymous online mental health support whenever you need it. There are no waiting lists for support and no referral needed. Access to these platforms is available instantly 24/7.

A unique and innovative fund has been created to support tackling health inequalities that marginalised ethnic communities face when trying to get help from mental health services

TOG Mind currently have funding from Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership to continue the roll out of the Connect 5 – Train the Trainer programme across the whole of Greater Manchester.

The Connect 5 course equips staff and volunteers to have more effective wellbeing conversations. By attending a Connect 5 Trainer the Trainer course you can roll out the training across your workforce.

This is a unique one-off opportunity to join a youth led, cross sector initiative that’s using a Youth-Centred Design approach and principles of gender transformative programming to tackle growing mental health and wellbeing issues and concerns affecting young people.

Things may be difficult at the moment. If you find yourself feeling anxious, stressed or overwhelmed there’s support out there for you.

Find mental health support where you live

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has made available £4 million for a grant fund to support suicide prevention voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations across 2021 to 2022. A portion of the grant fund will be ring-fenced specifically to help support small community-led and user-led groups and organisations.

The strategic objectives of the fund are:

Are you concerned about helping children and families who have recently migrated from other cultures?

Are you looking for therapeutic approaches that address the racial, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds of children, parents, and families?