Project start date: 6 March 2017
Project end date: 28 August 2018
CCG area(s) where this project operates: North
Neighbourhood(s) in which this project operates: Higher Blackley, Harpurhey, Charlestown, Miles Platting and Newton Heath, Moston, City Centre
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: Expand current services: increase physical activity group sessions, employ admin worker to increase monitoring and evaluation as well as cover a one session a week position as our Timebank broker – putting people in the Timebank in touch with each other in order to trade time and skills.
Organisation name: North Manchester Wellbeing Centre
Organisation summary: North Manchester Wellbeing Centre was established by North Manchester Health Forum, a group of local volunteers who wanted to do something to improve the health outcomes of local people. It recognised that expensive public health campaigns were having little impact on people in the area and so sought to work with local people to do things differently. The Centre was set up as an attempt to reduce the large numbers of local people who were taking anti-depressant drugs, often as a first response to illnesses such as depression and anxiety and were continuing to take this medication for years with little improvement in their condition.
Contact name: Joan Tipping / Andrea Johnston
Contact number: 0161 205 0118
Contact email: [email protected]
Postal address: 93 Church Lane, Harpurhey, Manchester, M9 5XJ