Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership have commissioned six pilot mental health support services, in response to the impact of Covid-19 on BAME communities.
The six pilot services and their target beneficiaries are:
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Manchester Mind is still here to help during this difficult time. While their face to face advice services are not currently available Manchester Mind are continuing to offer support via telephone and email.
Adult Advice Services
Manchester Mind provide free and impartial advice on welfare benefits, debt and housing to people with mental health needs living in Manchester.
Issues and concerns about returning to school or college have been turned into resource packs of teaching materials, resources for young people and parents. They are a mixture of information leaflets, short films, advice and guidance, signposting to social prescribing activities etc. There are three packs: primary, secondary and further education – all packs include SEND specific materials where available.
The Baring Foundation have announced the first call for applications in their new Arts programme supporting Arts and Mental Health.
With this funding, Baring Foundation are offering modest, unrestricted grants to established organisations in the UK that focus solely on offering creative opportunities to people of any age living with mental health problems using the skills of professionally trained artists.
The State of the Sector survey is back and we need your help!
GMCVO, working in partnership with 10GM, have launched the second stage of a grants programme to support adults from communities of identity or experience, based in Greater Manchester, that may struggle to achieve high levels of mental wellbeing.
Now, more than ever, we know that young people are struggling with their mental health.
Manchester Mind are still here to help during this difficult time and are keen to spread awareness of the services they have available, and want to ensure that their services are the right ones.
Manchester Mind need some help to enable them to do this and they would like to speak to young people (age 15-25) to find out:
Dates: to be confirmed, contact Manchester Mind for details, Online via Zoom
Stressful events happen and we often cannot do much to change them. Mindfulness allows us to be able to better live with the unhelpful thoughts and feelings that our minds throw up as a result of these stressful experiences.
