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Every year World Mental Health Day is celebrated on 10 October. The theme for 2023, set by the World Foundation of Mental Health, is ‘Mental health is a universal human right’.
World Mental Health Day is about raising awareness of mental health and driving positive change for everyone’s mental health.
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has made available a £10 million Suicide Prevention Grant Fund to support suicide prevention activities delivered in England by non-profit organisations. The funding period is from financial 
year 2023 to 2024 to the end of the financial year 2024 to 2025.
The strategic objectives of the fund are:
Kooth is an online mental wellbeing community. As the new school year rolls around Kooth is running a new set of information sessions available for you to join and learn more about Kooth. These sessions are open to all professionals that 
work with children and young people from the age of 10 and up to the age of 25. During the session Kooth will be taking a look and learning about the following:
From Tuesday 1 August Manchster Mind are marking Local Mind Week. Manchester Mind are sharing some wonderful stories from their staff, old and new, and our volunteers.
Grants from £100 up to £1,000 are available for VCSE organisations to run activities that will support people from the communities of identity or experience below that may struggle to achieve higher levels of mental wellbeing.
A total of £30,000 is available for between 30 and 40 projects.
The communities the fund want to reach are:
Applications for the Marsh Award 2023 are now open. The Marsh Awards recognise community-led groups who come together for peer support both face-to-face and online, in England and Wales.
The Marsh Charitable Trust will reward 10 outstanding community-led groups across 5 categories:
Do you have experience of accessing or supporting someone who has accessed mental health services as an older adult?
Join our network and use your experiences to influence the transformation of services!
If you would like to learn more and join as a network member, please email: [email protected] or call 0161 834 9823.
This report by the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition considers the policy landscape in England in relation to children and young people’s mental health over the last decade, and 
reviews progress relating to implementation and impact.
Are you an older person aged 50 or over living in Greater Manchester?
Join Greater Manchester Older People’s Mental Health Network at one of their inspiring and creative poetry workshops where they will be exploring thoughts and feelings through poetry, whilst learning from each other in a safe and friendly space, and writing some great poetry too.
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