Project start date: 1 March 2017
Project end date: 31 December 2017
CCG area(s) where this project operates: Central
Neighbourhood(s) in which this project operates: Ardwick, Longsight, Chorlton, Whalley Range, Fallowfield, Moss Side, Hulme, Rusholme
Programme objective(s) supported by this project:
1. to increase the social inclusion within their neighbourhoods of people with serious and enduring mental health problems
3. to increase the level of support offered to people with mental health problems who find it difficult to access existing services in their neighbourhoods
Project summary: Food-sharing club whereby people with serious and enduring mental-illness come together to plan and bulk-cook healthy dishes, creating meals for the club-volunteers and distributing surplus meals to other local vulnerable residents. Involved social-enterprise training for participants
Organisation name: Healthy Me Healthy Communities
Organisation summary: Healthy Me Health Communities (HMHC) is a social enterprise, focusing on communities within disadvantaged areas of Central Manchester. We believe in: ‘Everyone enjoying a long, healthy and happy life.’
Our strategic vision is: ‘enabling people to improve their own and communities’ life expectancy and quality of life by reducing health and life inequalities, resulting in health and social-care savings’.
Contact name: Richard Browning
Contact number: 0791 354 0680
Contact email: [email protected]
Webpage address: www.healthymehealthycommunities.co.uk
Postal address: 18 Granby Rd, Manchester M32 8JA