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Building a Healthy Future Living Well in Later Life - Free wellbeing and resilience course for anyone over 55

19 Sep 2017 - 09:07 by michelle.foster

Are you over 55?
Would you like to learn skills to help you thrive in later life?
Are you approaching retirement with worries about the future?
Perhaps you recently retired and are struggling to adjust.
Or maybe you’d rather just like to get more from your life.
Then this course is for you.

The course is taking place on Tuesdays 2pm-4.30pm starting on Tuesday 7 November finishing on 12 December at Parkfield Court, 38-40 Barlow Moor Road, Didsbury, Manchester, M20 2GE

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Cracking Good Food - Octogenarian Cooking at Manchester Food and Drink Festival

19 Sep 2017 - 09:05 by michelle.foster

Cracking Good Food will be at the Manchester Food and Drink Festival 4 October, 3pm-5pm at the Festival Hub Albert Square Cooking with octogenarians. 

Come along and taste the food of the Octogenarian Cooks – a group of older people sharing their recipes and cooking skills.

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Sporting Memories Groups for People Living With Dementia

19 Sep 2017 - 09:04 by michelle.foster

Throughout the summer Sporting Memories have been busy building on the Greater Manchester Sporting Memories Network that they have now established. These groups continue to flourish and go from strength to strength, so much so that they are now able to roll out the beginning of the next phase which will involve establishing new groups tailored for people living with dementia.

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People Powered Health - The rise of people powered approaches across Greater Manchester

19 Sep 2017 - 09:03 by michelle.foster

This brochure was developed to demonstrate the range and impact of people powered health projects across the whole of Greater Manchester.

The stories illustrate a range of approaches that build on the tenets of people powered approaches, but have been developed independently across the 10 boroughs of GM over recent years. They show examples of how local people are addressing local challenges in positive and creative ways.

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Health Education England Volunteering consultation

19 Sep 2017 - 09:01 by michelle.foster

Three million volunteers already make a critical contribution to the provision of health and social care in England - for example the Health Champions programme of trained volunteers that work across the NHS to improve its reach and effectiveness.

Health Education England (HEE) has launched a consultation document to inform the NHS's volunteering strategy.

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Creative Health: The Arts for Health and Wellbeing

19 Sep 2017 - 08:59 by michelle.foster

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing (APPGAHW) was formed in 2014 and aims to improve awareness of the benefits that the arts can bring to health and wellbeing. During 2015–17, the APPGAHW conducted an Inquiry into practice and research in the arts in health and social care, with a view to making recommendations to improve policy and practice.

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Six months have really changed his life - Refugees & Mentors Story

18 Sep 2017 - 16:25 by helen.walker

In just six months, Yusaf has got his English up to speed, is booked in for college courses, knows the type of jobs that are available, has a really good CV, and has interview and work experience. It’s really changed his life and he feels part of a community now.

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Volunteering to boost confidence - Creative Support Story

18 Sep 2017 - 15:50 by helen.walker

Today’s Creative Support volunteer event was a mixture of jumble sale, arts and craft session, cupcake making and befriending workshop all rolled into one. It was held to bring together 20 volunteers from across the services in Manchester to meet each other, get involved in fun activities and learn more about what’s happening at the charity.

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It’s been a wonderful journey so far - Step Together Story

18 Sep 2017 - 12:24 by helen.walker

Tom was facing challenging circumstances that seemed insurmountable. A former offender, he had found himself in a cycle of substance misuse, homelessness and depression.

“The first time I came across Step Together was when I was living in an alcohol rehab project in Manchester and was really struggling to cope. Karen came in to do a presentation and I was really struck with what she had to say about volunteering.” Tom explained.

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Tell your story! Join us, share your experiences about homelessness in Manchester and become a trained Community Reporter

15 Sep 2017 - 09:24 by michelle.foster

We think that people telling their own stories about the experiences that matter to them, and that are important to their lives is powerful stuff. Community Reporting is all about storytelling and helping people to find their voice and describe their own realities through storytelling. We use basic digital skills and pocket technology such as smartphones and tablets to support people to tell their own stories, in their own ways.

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