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GMOPN Membership form - Individuals

The Greater Manchester Older People’s Network (GMOPN) was established in October 2015 following a consultation with older people in Greater Manchester. The development of the GMOPN is supported by the Ambition for Ageing (AfA) programme and facilitated by Macc. The aim of the GMOPN is to inform and influence Greater Manchester strategies that affect older people.

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Grow Wild Youth-led Project Funding

Grow Wild are offering anyone aged 14-25 the chance to apply for £500 to lead a project that celebrates UK native wildflowers and fungi in exciting and engaging ways.

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Paid work placements with Manchester NHS Foundation Trust

Are you a Manchester resident, aged 16-24 and looking for paid work experience with real opportunity for progression?

The My Future programme will give you the chance to do a 4-week pre-employment training course at Manchester College and 13 weeks paid work experience in a clinical (health care assistant) and non-clinical (administration) role with Manchester NHS Foundation Trust.

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Health and Wellbeing

DYNAMO Grow your own Social Adventure

• Would like to make a difference to your community?
• Want to meet other like-minded people?
• Would you like to put your life-skills and experience to good use?
• Are you aged 50-years or over?

Join Healthy Me Healthy Communities for a new project for developing new social ventures in Manchester. The project is for people aged 50-years or over and will include training, mentoring and on-going support.

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Capacity Building

New figures have revealed the scale of the impact alcohol has on in Greater Manchester

Harms associated with alcohol are costing Greater Manchester’s public services £1.3 billion a year. That works out as almost £500 for every resident being spent on health, social care, crime and work costs – all because of the way we drink. In responsive to this stark situation the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership (GMHSCP) are holding The Big Alcohol Conversation, to find out more about the scale and nature of alcohol-related harm across the region and how it can be reduced.

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GM Poverty Action newsletter: Prosperity & poverty; mental health & UC; GMPA Training; Food Poverty Action Plan Launch; Rethinking Poverty; GMHP newsletter

In the latest Greater Manchester Poverty Action newsletter the editorial is a piece by GMPA Director Graham Whitham looking at Greater Manchester’s Prosperity Review and other current activities designed to tackle poverty in the city region.

There is information on future training courses and the important launch of the GM Food Poverty Alliance’s Action Plan next month.

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Policy and Influence

Manchester City Council – City Centre Public Space Protection Order Consultation

Manchester City Council are consulting with the public on a city centre Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) to address a number of issues that are being reported to the Council and the Police. Proposals have been drawn up following evidence-gathering and listening to the concerns of people and businesses about their experiences in the city centre. Manchester City Council