GM Mature Minds Matter are looking for people who have lived experience of accessing, or supporting someone who has accessed, mental health support in mid to later life (50+), to join our growing network, to make a difference to mental health support across Greater Manchester!
To learn more, email us at [email protected], call us on 0161 834 9823 or visit our website: https://www.gmopn.org.uk/gm-older-peoples-mental-health-network
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This information is from Carers Manchester:
Carers Rights Day is on Thursday 21 November. There is a lot of activity taking place in Manchester to celebrate this annual day of raising awareness of carers’ rights.
In Season 9 of the Meet the Mancunian Podcast, host Deepa Thomas-Sutcliffe collaborates with the Spirit of Manchester Awards to feature interviews with award winners and nominees from the city's voluntary and community sector.
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The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust are delighted to invite you to the online launch of the new Holocaust Memorial Day Trust (HMDT) resources for Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2025.
The team will present a selection of brand-new resources, designed to enable you to mark Holocaust Memorial Day in meaningful ways.
This Holocaust Memorial Day marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration camp complex, and the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Bosnia.
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.
Independent Age have announced that their new training dates are live for July. Independent Age offers free training to share knowledge and upskill frontline staff who support older people in their communities.
They currently have training sessions available in July on:
Find out more here
Could you help make Manchester a better place for people age 50 plus?
Do you connect with people in your community and know what older people want?
The Age Friendly Manchester Older People's Board are recruiting new members and are inviting expressions of interest from people aged 50 and over to become part of a group of older people who want to influence strategy and policy and make their communities places where older people can thrive.