Its Mental Health Awareness Week 15-21 May 2023
Mental Health Awareness Week, now in its 23rd year, runs from 15-21 May and is hosted by the charity, Mental Health Foundation.
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Two new SilverCloud programmes are available for parents and carers: Supporting an anxious child and Supporting an anxious teenager
If your child is struggling with their mental health it can feel like a challenge. Some days are good but on others, even small daily tasks seem overwhelming. Perhaps your child feels out of control, 
constantly worried, or like they’re carrying around a weight that no-one else can see. While there are digital tools available for them to access, there’s also support out there for you too.
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Big Give Mental Health Match Fund
78% of people say the cost of living crisis is impacting mental health – worse for those with existing mental health problems. The Mental Health Match Fund is designed specifically for charities 
improving mental health as part of their work. The campaign will run around Mental Health Awareness Week, from 15-22 May.
Charity eligibility criteria:
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Mental Health Surge programme review
During Covid-19 VCSE mental health services experienced an unprecedented surge in demand. With funding from the GM Health and Social Care Partnership, VCSE mental health leaders designed 
a programme of initiatives that took a creative new approach to getting support to where it was needed most.
This work was facilitated by GMCVO and they have published details of the programme and its outcomes.
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SICK! Mental Health Arts Programme (SMASH) call out for female artists
As part of its 10-year commitment to Moston, Harpurhey and Charlestown SICK! are continuing the delivery of the SICK! Mental Health Arts Programme (SMASH), a creative social prescribing 
project that offers participants a range of innovative experiences designed to:
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Learn how to improve your wellbeing
Self Help are offering free, one-off wellbeing workshops to local organisations, businesses and community groups.
The sessions explore how thoughts, behaviours, physical sensations and our environment can affect how we feel.
The sessions will look at what you can do to improve your wellbeing and outline the support we provide.
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Synergi Small Grants Fund – New fund launching for racial justice and mental health projects
The fund is opening on 4 January 2023 and will be provide grants of £2,000 - £3,000 to non-profit groups led by Black people and people of colour with lived experience of mental ill-health, 
distress or trauma, to take action on mental health and racial justice across England. The funding is to support collective care, campaigning and capacity building activities.
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Mental health support this winter
Community spaces across Manchester known as ‘Listening Lounges’ are offering a safe, comfortable, and confidential environment for anyone over the age of 18 who is struggling with their mental 
health, or just wants to talk to someone during evenings or weekends during the winter months.
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Forever Manchester Awards 2022
Forever Manchester is offering 30 awards of up to £1,000 to community groups in Greater Manchester whose activities alleviate the impact of the cost of living crisis.
Applications are invited from locally managed community groups based in any of the ten boroughs of Greater Manchester.
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The Boot Room at Street Soccer Academy
Street Soccer Academy offers FA accredited football coaching environments known as Regional Centres. At these centres individuals will receive coaching sessions delivered by FA qualified coaches 
with the opportunity to get hands-on involved in the delivery of the sessions or just simply to participate in the sessions. Each session includes a warm-up, technical session and small-sided game.
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