News and Events

During lockdown and while we remain unable to meet each face to face, we want to do all we can to support you to access as much as you can online.  We appreciate this requires resources such as laptops which are expensive.  Nevertheless, we do not want this current situation to hold back the fantastic work you were doing in maximising your potential to access courses and resources.

On Monday 18^th January buzz Manchester Health & Wellbeing Service are launching #OurMCRCommunities on their Twitter page @buzzmanc, and they want you to get involved!

The Curve Library will be closed from Monday 11th January 2021 until further notice.

World Religion Day is held on the third Sunday of January each year.

We will be having a discussion about the similarities between the beliefs, faith and values that people have.

Please see details for GMMH Pharmacy Arrangements and Opening Hours, during Christmas and New Year here.

Local leaders and celebrities across Greater Manchester are taking their virtual Santa hats off to thank our key workers for going above and beyond in the pandemic.

We are currently completing the Equality Delivery System 2 grading exercise - a tool which helps NHS organisations make sure services are fair for all patients and communities.

buzz Manchester Health and Wellbeing's Library and Knowledge service has made the shortlist for a regional Service Development Award provided by the Library and Information Health Network North West!

The GMMH Crisis Cafe is a new out of hours friendly and supportive space open to anyone in a crisis.

The Resilience Hub model, which was originally developed to support those affected by the Manchester Arena bombing, is now being rolled out to provide mental health and wellbeing support to healthcare, social care and emergency service workers who have been affected by COVID-19 in multiple UK regions.The Resilience Hub model, which was originally developed to support those affected by the Manchester Arena bombing, is now being rolled out to provide mental health and wellbeing support to healthcare, social care and emergency service workers who have been affected by COVID-19 in multiple UK regions.

Achieve BBST have released their online support programme for the festive period. 

Achieve BBST are looking for people with lived experience of their services to support continuous service improvement, acting as a peer interviewer for approximately ten service users.

Earlier this week, the British Islamic Medial Association announced their position on the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

ChatHealth Parentline 0-5 is a text messaging service set up to support the parents, carers and families of under 5’s in Manchester with questions and queries about their health and wellbeing.

Across 12 weeks from 14th January to 1st April 2020 at lunchtime, we will run webinars by experts to explore the importance of parental mental health and the parent infant relationship.

GMMH has 18 Multi Faith and Belief spaces across services for service users to access and practice their spiritual beliefs.

Everyone is invited and welcome to celebrate Christmas, community, contact, connecting and togetherness this Wintertime with Achieve on Thursday 17th December from 3pm.

In this first-person interview, Alison tells us about her experience as a mental health nurse, her new role at the Mental Health Nursing Research Unit (MHNRU) and her advice to other nurses who want to get involved in research.

This year, we lit up The Curve in yellow and asked you to #ShareYourStory, to raise awareness and stand with those who may be grieving alone due to COVID-19.

Whether new to caring or a carer of many years, it’s important that those supporting our service users understand their rights and are able to access the support available to them as soon as they need it.