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buzz Manchester Health & Wellbeing Service are launching their Write Up Your Street project which uses hand written postcards as a way to build intergenerational connections across the city.

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) has moved a step closer to building a landmark, state-of-the-art mental health facility as the Outline Business Case was formally supported and approved by the Trust’s Board of Directors.

Thank you to everyone who pledged on 08 October 2020

To celebrate Healthy Eating Week 2020 (28 September – 04 October), we shared daily healthy eating challenges to test you at home!

We hope that as you read this message, you and your loved ones are safe and well. Many of you have been in touch recently to tell us you missed the Recovery Academy during the Spring/Summer term due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but were excited to see us again for the Autumn/Winter term.

We would like people to tell us about their experiences and views of the Unity service.

During National Eye Health week (21 to 27 September), NHS Blood and Transplant is encouraging people to consider giving the gift of sight, due to the urgent need for more cornea donors.

Sign up today to the NHS registry for information on the new COVID-19 vaccine trials.

We have been named a finalist for the 2020 HSJ Patient Safety Awards in the ‘Best Partnership Solution Improving Patient Safety’ category.

On World Suicide Prevention Day, Charlotte Huggett, Trial Manager, tells us about how you can learn more about, and raise awareness of, suicide; and about the vital work of the Patient Safety Research Unit (PSRU) and the Cognitive AppRoaches to coMbatting Suicidality (CARMS) project.

GMMH Assistant Practitioner Katie Leggatt tells us about her incredible donation journey in honour of Organ Donation Week 2020.

A project to write two stories to honour, celebrate and remember the NHS frontline workers who have lost their lives while serving the community during the coronavirus outbreak.

Written by Orla Gleeson whilst working as a Research Assistant for the CARMS project but has now left to start a Trainee Clinical Psychologist role at Teeside University

Taking part will involve completing an online survey that will take 30-60 minutes

September is Recovery Month, and to celebrate, Achieve Bolton and Achieve Bury are holding a virtual awards ceremony and everyone is welcome!

The findings will aid understanding of postpartum mental illness and pave the way for targeted support for at risk women and their families.

On 14 September, you'll hear about our challenges and achievements over the last twelve months and our plans to ‘Build Back Better’

GMMH’s Achieve Alcohol and Drug Recovery Volunteer, Nicola Dalton, will be speaking at the virtual conference on 09 September

Hep C is spread through exposure to infected blood and can go unnoticed for years. If you or someone you know could be infected, get tested, get treated, and say ‘Hep C U Later’.