Health and Wellbeing

NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Greater Manchester and the Greater Manchester Research Engagement Network Team have launched the Greater Manchester Research Engagement Network (GM REN) and Respectful Research Charter, to enable them to reach communities and organisations across Greater Manchester and to share their mission to create an inclusive environment that enables diverse communities to take part in health research, addressing health and care inequalities.

Salford CVS is organising a series of focus groups on behalf of 10GM to better understand the needs of marginalised groups and their organisations before, during, and after civil contingencies such as floods, wildfires, and pandemics. The outcome of these focus groups will be twofold: 

If currently smoke The Christie would like to hear your thoughts about a new campaign to raise awareness of lung cancer amongst people who do not smoke.

The Christie want to see what people who smoke think about the new messaging they have developed for a lung cancer awareness campaign for people who have never smoked.

What’s involved?

• Take part in a telephone interview with a researcher
• The interview will take 30-60 minutes
• You will receive £10 for taking part

Can you take part?

GSK Community Health programme is funded by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in partnership with The King’s Fund, a leading independent health charity working to improve health and social care.

The programme will support aspirational leaders who want to develop their organisations to tackle health inequalities. It is designed to run alongside the GSK Impact Awards and support the next generation of award winners.

The GSK IMPACT Awards are an annual programme, funded by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) as part of the company’s commitment to promote community health and wellbeing. The awards have been running since 1997 and are organised and managed in partnership with The King’s Fund, a leading independent health charity working to improve health and social care.
The 2026 GSK IMPACT Awards are open to registered charities that are at least three years old, working in a health-related field in the UK, with a total annual income between £150,000 and £3 million.

This year:

The Summer Readiness Toolkit and the Heat health Action Card for the VCFSE Sector is to support your planning and response to heat-health alerts. 

The Talking about Heat Toolkit offers practical guidance on how to communicate heat-related risks in ways that resonate with older people, and includes message templates, links to trusted resources, and tips for frontline staff. 
 

The first summer Get To Know Where To Go communications toolkit is now available to download.

The latest toolkit covers: