Local Mind Week 2024
From Monday 5 August Manchester Mind are marking Local Mind Week. Manchester Mind will be sharing some wonderful stories from their staff, volunteers and trustees.
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Greater Manchester World Suicide Prevention Day Virtual Event
NHS Greater Manchester Suicide Prevention Programme invite you to join them for a World Suicide Prevention Day.
The theme for the day, which is marked every year on the 10th September, is, ‘Changing the Narrative on Suicide’ and there are guest speakers to inspire and motivate us all to do what we can to prevent suicide. It promises to be a great event, you won’t want to miss.
Come along and join others to learn how we can all make a difference.
Samaritans And The Power of Listening
Register for this event where discussion will focus on the following;
- Samaritans - Who We Are What We Do
- Listening Challenges At Work
- The Samaritans Listening Style
- Samaritans vision is that fewer people die by suicide
- Listening Challenges at Work
- First thoughts your listening challenges
- Being heard
- The Samaritans Listening Style
About the speakers;
Lloyd's Bank, 42-46 Market Street, Manchester, M1 1PW
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SPARK: Training for creative practitioners to support mental health and wellbeing
The MYRIAD Spark Training programme is a new training programme for creative practitioners from the global majority (people who do not consider themselves or are not considered to be white), who are passionate about using creativity to support communities and people’s mental health and wellbeing.
SPARK is for you, if you:
Dark, Beautiful and Chaste
The Captain’s Leg Theatre Company is proud to present a new play with an all female cast. The play is based upon women’s real life stories of adverse childhood experiences (ACE) and how this has impacted their mental health. The stories are presented in the form of a patient / therapist discourse interwoven with specially composed music by local artists.
With 47% of the population having experienced at least one ACE (Bellis et Al, 2004) it is hoped that the paly could be the catalyst to encourage those affected to seek help and support.
Trauma-Informed: Community Practioner
This follow-up course, "Trauma-Informed Community Practitioner," is designed for those who completed the initial training. It explores trauma-informed approaches extensively, applying six core principles in community settings. Participants learn to assess organisations, create actionable plans, and manage secondary traumatic stress. This course enhances understanding of trauma-informed practices and emphasises self-care. Prerequisite: Trauma Awareness Level 1.
St John's House, 155-163 The Rock, Bury, BL9 0NE
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First Aid for Mental Health
Boost your mental health support skills with Greater Together Manchester’s First Aid: For Mental Health Training Course accredited by training providers NUCO. Gain a deeper understanding of mental health conditions, learn how to initiate conversations, and how to guide the individuals you work with toward professional help.
Elevate Your Mental Health Awareness
Join this intensive 1-day course, designed to enhance your skills around First Aid for mental Health as this course delves deeper into critical aspects of mental health support.
St John's House, 155-163 The Rock, Bury, BL9 0NE
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Trauma Awareness: Places and spaces
Discover the path to building stronger, more resilient communities with Greater Together Manchester’s Trauma Awareness: Places and Spaces Level One training. This program is tailored for voluntary and faith sector groups committed to making a positive impact through understanding the impact of trauma of those we work with and wish to support.
Level 1 Trauma Awareness: Places and Spaces Learning Aims:
St John's House, 155-163 The Rock, Bury, BL9 0NE
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Announcement: Macc has successfully secured Manchester City Council’s contract to provide infrastructure support to the city's voluntary, community, and social enterprise sector
Macc is delighted to announce that, following an open tender process, we have once again been successful in securing the contract with Manchester City Council to deliver infrastructure support to the city's voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) sector. This work enables us to support charities, community groups (including the community work done by faith organisations), voluntary groups, and social enterprises to be healthy, sustainable, well-run and above all, impactful for our communities.
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Mental Health Medications survey for people with Learning Disabilities
The Medications and My Mental Health project is exploring mental health medications in the lives of people with learning disabilities. The aim of the project is to develop a toolkit to support decision-making for adults with learning disabilities in relation to psychotropic and mental health medication prescribing and usage. More information about the study can be found here: Mental Health Medications in the Lives of People with Learning Disabilities | medsandmymh