World Menopause Day is held every year on 18th October. The purpose of the day is to raise awareness of the menopause and the support options available for improving health and well being. We encourage professionals and women to participate in this global awareness raising campaign by printing and sharing these materials, organising events to engage their communities, and sharing World Menopause Day social media posts.
Take a look at some of the resources, events, and training happening in Greater Manchester, courtesy of The Wellness CIC.
Events and Training
Menopause Champions Course:
Taking place over two half days, Tuesday 12th and 19th November 9.30-12.30 in a central Manchester venue.
This course provides training to become a workplace or community Menopause Champion. For a very reasonable cost, you will gain the knowledge, confidence and materials to champion menopause in the workplace or community and provide individual support and signposting.
For further details or to book a place follow this link
Menopause Cafe:
A FREE event taking place in person on Thursday 17th October 5.30-7.00pm at an exciting new venue to us in Central Manchester. A safe space for everyone to talk about menopause in an informal setting. All welcome.
You can find more information and book here
Menopause Awareness for Employees:
Run through Mind in Greater Manchester, we will be delivering a FREE online bitesize course for all staff and volunteers in Greater Manchester on Thursday 17th October 2-3.30pm. Follow this link to book
Resources
Understanding Menopause
An easy to understand booklet in English, Welsh and Polish. Written by Diane Danzebrink, the founder of Menopause Support
A short, animated film, Cycle of Change-Understanding Menopause
Created and co produced by our founder Diane Danzebrink, in collaboration with ForMed films. The film can be shared on websites/staff intranets/public screens and anywhere else you feel will be useful. You can find the film here
Supporting the women in your life through menopause
An article from ZOE giving simple and practical advice on how you can support people through menopause.