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Join the Greater Manchester Homelessness Action Network in bringing together partners working across the criminal justice and homelessness systems to explore the good work that is being done and understand how we can work together to build on this and improve outcomes for people experiencing homelessness.
Do you need support to pay for food, fuel or energy costs?
Apply for the Household Support Fund before the deadline on Sunday 31st March 2024.
You don’t need to be in receipt of benefits to apply and if you have applied for support in previous rounds, you may still be eligible for further help.
Submit your application today at: www.salford.gov.uk/hsf or call the team on 0800 011 3998 between 10am to 12pm and 2pm to 4pm, Monday to Friday.
Mind in Greater Manchester has been awarded a share of £1.97 million from the government to provide menopause support across Greater Manchester. Launched in April 2018, the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Health and Wellbeing Fund is a joint initiative run by the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England and the UK Health Security Agency.
The Centre for Ageing Better has launched Age Without Limits, a hard-hitting new campaign highlighting the issue of ageism. The charity warns of the ‘scarring’ impact of ageism on us as we get older – on our health, job prospects and the way we live our lives with a knock-on effect on our society and the economy.
Join us in powering the #RefillRevolution and help Greater Manchester choose reuse over single-use. www.refill.org.uk
Whether you’re adopting green tech, hoping to learn more about the circular economy or are an industrial business looking for support with decarbonisation; Bee Net Zero partners have rounded up a series of events aimed at businesses across Greater Manchester.
Greater Manchester is a place where everyone should feel safe to be themselves. No one should face violence, abuse or hatred just because of who they are, who they love, where they’re from, what they look like or what they believe. Hate incidents and hate crime will not be tolerated in Greater Manchester.
There is a lot of great work taking place to tackle hate crime in each area of Greater Manchester but we think we can be more effective if we work together. Which is why we developed our first Greater Manchester Hate Crime Plan in 2019 to prevent and tackle hate crime.
Measles is in the news again. There have been serious outbreaks in Wales and England and the number of children catching measles is rising. Measles can be a very serious disease, leading to ear and chest infections, fits, diarrhea, and damage to the brain. Measles can kill.
An abdominal aortic aneurysm is a swelling in the main tummy blood vessel and is 6x more common in gender diverse, Trans women and non-binary people assigned male at birth. It doesn’t cause any signs or symptoms but can be fatal is left undetected.
GM=EqAl have just begun recruiting for new working group members. They are particularly looking for new members from Salford.
Do you represent marginalised or minoritised communities and want to assist the Greater Manchester Equality Alliance in connecting communities and policy makers and help to ensure the equality, diversity and inclusion are at the forefront of decision making at the highest levels in Greater Manchester?
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