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Building a Healthy Future in Retirement research - Help shape Manchester Mind’s new wellbeing course for people in retirement

24 Feb 2016 - 11:52 by michelle.foster

Have you recently retired and are finding the transition trickier than anticipated? Did you retire a while ago and are finding it less than rewarding? Are you retired and struggling with your mood? Perhaps you’re coming up to retirement this year?

Manchester Mind is looking for people willing to help shape their 6-week long free wellbeing in retirement course.

You can take part in a focus group in March or fill out a short online questionnaire, at: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/3LHWJVT

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Health and Wellbeing
Older People

Carers accessing Sunday GP appointments

24 Feb 2016 - 11:51 by michelle.foster

Manchester Primary Care Partnership, a GP tri-federation have developed a service for carers. It is an opportunity for carers to have an appointment with a GP every Sunday in 3 locations across Manchester from 1pm – 2pm.

This is currently a pilot project developed with Manchester Carers Forum and will run until the end of March.

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Every Sunday 1pm-2pm at Chorlton Health Centre, Chorlton Family Practice, 1 Nicolas Road, Manchester, M21 9NJ

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Health and Wellbeing

Big Lottery launch a VCSE Strength Checker

19 Feb 2016 - 10:36 by michelle.foster

The Big Lottery are offering all VCSEs in the UK an opportunity to analyse their organisation and identify areas that could be developed to improve organisational strength through this diagnostic tool. It is not linked to any funding programmes and it is completely free to use.

If you are applying for funding, or intend to apply for funding, whether this is for a Big Lottery Fund grant, government grant or through a trust or foundation, it may be useful to complete the VCSE Strength Checker and build its findings into your application.

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Capacity Building

ReachOut Street Collection

19 Feb 2016 - 10:35 by michelle.foster

On Saturday 27 February ReachOut are taking to the streets of Manchester to raise money for ReachOut to help end educational inequality through providing young people with mentors to support their academic and personal needs.

How will the day work?
Time and date: 9am – 2pm or 2pm – 6pm or all day on Saturday 27 February
Location: Manchester City Centre, Oxford Road, Wilmslow Road
Dress code: Warm, comfortable clothes. Fancy dress is optional!

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Young People

Submit your events now to be part of Manchester Histories Festival 2016

19 Feb 2016 - 10:33 by michelle.foster

Due to demand Manchester Histories (MH) is extending the deadline to submit events to be part of the next Manchester Histories Festival (MHF) to 5pm on Friday 26 February 2016.

With over 190 events and 25,000 visitors in 2014, the 4th MHF will return across Greater Manchester from the 3 to 12 June 2016 with the Manchester Celebration Day at Manchester Town Hall on Saturday 11 June 2016.

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Arts & culture

COOKBank 2 day Training Course plus 4 bespoke 2 hour cooking session

19 Feb 2016 - 10:30 by michelle.foster

Cracking Good Food is a sustainable cooking network, which promotes cooking seasonal food from scratch, supporting the local economy and food producers and reducing food waste through Cookery Schools & Community Outreach. 70% of the work is working with vulnerable, disadvantaged and hard-to-reach community groups.

Cracking Good Food are running a CookBANK 2 day Training Course on 25/26 April for 2 delegates followed by 4 bespoke 2 hour cooking sessions with your community members.

Train the Trainer - setting up a Cooking Club

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Macmillan Cancer Improvement Partnership

19 Feb 2016 - 10:22 by michelle.foster

The Cancer Improvement Partnership (comprising Macmillan, Manchester City Council, Manchester CCGs, the Hospital Trusts and St Ann's Hospice) are continuing their programme of activity to speak to members of the public about their experience of cancer services.

Discussion groups are currently taking place on a new lung health check that will be introduced this year and a discussion group is planned on 8 March to be held in North Manchester (venue to be confirmed).

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Health and Wellbeing

Love Rugby? Want to tackle HIV?

19 Feb 2016 - 10:22 by michelle.foster

BHA, the health equality charity has been working with groups and communities living with and affected by HIV for 25 years.

As part of their anniversary celebrations RBS has kindly donated two Long Side, Lower Tier tickets to the England v Wales match at Twickenham on 12 March 2016.

BHA are auctioning these to their supporters and all the money will be used in their support work with children and young people.

To place a bid email: [email protected] by Friday 4 March 2016.

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Health and Wellbeing

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