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This bulletin is produced by a partnership of local support and development agencies across Greater Manchester.
Hello all,
We’re only a couple of weeks away from Christmas, and 2016 is ready to make way for 2017.
Just a couple of weeks ago, it was International Volunteer’s Day (IVD). The event takes place every year on December 5th and is viewed as an opportunity for volunteers and organisations to share their values, and to promote their work among their communities.
North Manchester Clinical Commissioning Group (NMCCG) and Public Health, Manchester City Council are holding a meeting to discuss their future tender for Community Links for Health in North Manchester on Monday 16th January, from 9.30-12.30 at Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, M2 5NS. Communities Links for Health will connect people who access health and care services with a range of social and community sources of support to enable them to improve their health.
Fourteen is a programme funded by Spirit of 2012, a charity set up by the Big Lottery Fund to connect events to communities across the country; tackling disadvantage by supporting opportunities in sport, physical activity, culture and the arts, volunteering and social action. Forever Manchester is managing the Fourteen programme in Manchester, where it will support the community of Harpurhey and Moston. 
Have you been feeling low, stressed, anxious or worried? Are you going through a recent life change and finding it difficult to cope? 
Back on Track, in partnership with Manchester Adult Education Service (MAES), is offering a range of courses to help you understand your symptoms and find ways to manage them. Learn ways to lift your mood and boost your confidence in a relaxed, friendly environment.
SICK! Festival 2017 is the antidote to the physical, mental and social challenges of life and death. At the forefront of the arts and health agenda, the festival brings together an outstanding international arts programme with perspectives from academic research, clinical practitioners, public health professionals, charities and most importantly, those with lived experience of the issues they address. 
In April 2016, the Greater Manchester Health and Care Partnership took charge of the £6 billion spent on health and social care services in the region. 
The devolution deal also gave them a £450million Transformation Fund (over five years) to be used to change the way we do things in the longer term.
Macmillan Cancer Improvement Partnership (MCIP) in Manchester has commissioned University Hospital of South Manchester (UHSM) and a company called Dynamic to deliver an e-learning programme for non-cancer specialists within the community. Its aim is to help non-cancer specialists better support people affected by cancer that they come in to contact with. 
The e-learning will cover:
• The nature of cancer
• Prevention and screening
Southway Housing Trust are based in South Manchester and manage about 6000 homes. They hold three to five Winter Warmth events every year to give people over 50, and not just their tenants, easy access to information about keeping warm in winter. These events provide a range of advice and services including nutrition and exercise information, energy efficiency, and advice on local voluntary sector groups which offer activities and support.
The latest annual Monitoring poverty and social exclusion report, comissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and compiled by the New Policy Institute, brings together the most recent data to present a comprehensive picture of poverty in the UK. The report showed that:
- In 2014/15, there were 13.5 million people living in low-income households, 21% of the UK population. This proportion has barely changed since 2002/03.
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