News and Events

In celebration of Black History Month, taking place throughout October 2021, we are thrilled to announce that Frances Fenton has recently been appointed as our BAME Staff Network Lead.

A series of embroidered portraits, created by service users from Recovery Pathways during a Black Arts Project, is currently being shown in an exhibition in Manchester for Black History Month.

This year marks the 19^th anniversary of Baby Loss Awareness Week (9-15^th October) – a time dedicated to raising awareness, providing support, and promoting change for pregnancy and infancy loss. During this time, Sands, the neonatal death charity, collaborates with more than 40 other UK charities to lead the week’s events - culminating with a national “Wave of Light” on October 15^th.

World Mental Health Day is happening on Sunday 10 October. This year, the theme is mental health care for all: let’s make it a reality.

Take part in a discovery workshop looking at how we incorporate branding and design into the New Park House Development.

We are pleased to let you know that the issues we have been experiencing regarding receiving external telephone calls have now been resolved, and all systems are back up and running.

Our Recovery Academy is back, with the launch of their latest courses and online resources for October 2021 to March 2022. 

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is launching a new service to provide rapid support to young adults with an eating disorder in Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale (HMR).

The PATHWAY project set out in 2014 to improve mental health outcomes in cardiac rehabilitation patients experiencing anxiety and depression. The study evaluated the effectiveness of delivering metacognitive therapy alongside normal cardiac rehabilitation in comparison to just receiving usual cardiac rehabilitation. The results were very positive and published in Circulation in June 2021...

Three individuals and two teams from Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) have been shortlisted in the prestigious Royal College of Psychiatrists Awards.

Celebrate the faith & resilience of Health & Social Care staff throughout the pandemic by attending our Interfaith Service at Manchester Cathedral on Thursday 7 October from 6pm.

In recognition of World Alzheimer’s Day, we would like to shine a spotlight on our Greater Manchester Dementia Research Centre (GMDRC) and the research work that the GMDRC is doing to try and stop this relentless illness.

GMMH is marking World Patient Safety Day on Friday, 17 September, by lighting up their Trust headquarters (The Curve) orange – the signature mark of World Patient Safety Day.

Join us for a webinar about the career opportunities available for nurses in our Health & Justice Services!

World Suicide Prevention Day is recognised on the 10 September every year.

Many in our Armed Forces and Veterans community are likely to be affected by the current situation in Afghanistan, including the withdrawal of troops and what has happened since.

In recognition of World Suicide Prevention Day on Friday 10 September 2021, our Suicide, Risk and Safety Research Unit (SSRU, formerly PSRU) have shared an update about some of the research currently being conducted by the unit.

September is World Alzheimer’s Month and this time each year, people from around the world come together to raise awareness about dementia. September 2021 marks the tenth year of this important global awareness campaign.

Our buzz Age Friendly Team would like to invite you to join them for one of their free, upcoming ‘Basics of Being Age Friendly’ training sessions.