Rethink Mental Illness Manchester Group

The next meeting of the Recovery Network will be on 8th October  10.30 - 4 pm at the Central Methodist Hall, Oldham St, Manchester M1 1JQ. This event is for anyone who is  interested in promoting mental health recovery Click  here   to find out more about the network We will hear some recovery stories Hear about the work of other recovery networks   Hold a market place of services to promote and share information about the broad range of services in Manchester that support mental health recovery. Talk about network issues and the support needs of different members Please email  pauline@macc.org.uk  to book your place and to book a stall if you want to promote your services through the market place. See link below for details of the venue. http://www.methodist.org.uk/links/contact-the-connexional-team/how-to-get-to-central-hall-manchester

Will take place at Ada House, 77 Thompson St, Manchester, M4 5FY 10.00am ~ 12.00 on Wednesday 14th August. We are an Alliance of organisations and individuals who are supporting WCA claimants in preparing for interviews as well as campaigning for change in the assessment process.   The former medical head of ATOS Health Care has described the WCA system as 'a dog's breakfast' which discriminates against vulnerable people and the lawyer who recently led a successful judicial review on behalf of claimants with mental health problems has called it 'unfit for purpose'.  We share these concerns. On October 1st we are holding a Fringe meeting at the Conservative Party Conference which is taking place in Manchester.  It will be held at London Scottish House on Mount St next to the Manchester Conference Centre.  Other public meetings will follow. So please attend our next meeting to discuss these developments and to support our campaign for justice and an end to ha

Invitation to a conversation on the future of Mental Health services in Manchester.  Upper Hall, Friends’ Meeting House, 6 Mount Street M2 5NS,  on Thursday 29 th  August 2013, at 5.30 – 7.30pm Since April 2013, North, Central and South Manchester Clinical Commissioning Groups have taken on responsibility for commissioning NHS Mental Health services in Manchester. We have recently released our draft commissioning intentions document that describes how we think Mental Health services should look by 2015. The event will begin with a brief presentation outlining our commissioning intentions and where they fit in the overall commissioning process. This will be followed by table discussions and a Panel Q&A. Panel members will include: Dr Martin Whiting, Clinical Lead North Manchester CCG; Carolina Ciliento, Deputy Head of Mental Health Commissioning (Mental health and Learning Disabilities) Craig Harris, Executive Nurse and Director of City Wide Commissioning, Quality &

Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust is holding its “Hi! Tea” event and Annual General Meeting on  Wednesday 11th September 2013, 10am – 4pm at Manchester Town Hall. Download the poster here . The “Hi! Tea” event is a tea party at Manchester Town Hall. Everyone is encouraged to join, have a cup of tea, take part in the activities and enjoy the entertainment provided. The Trust's Annual General Meeting will be inside the Town Hall at 2pm. It will be a free full day event open to everyone, activities include: Hi Tea Lunch time tea party/picnic Information stalls Health bus conducting health checks Baby massage session Tea and cake Video room Smoothie bike Music Memory Pods Annual General Meeting at 2pm Cooking demonstration and much more

It's our regular monthly meet up next Wednesday, 14th August, from 6-7.45pm at Manchester Carers Centre . Tamzin Forster from Start2 , a health-based arts organisation is coming to talk to us about their work. Their philosophy is 'changing lives through art' and I know there are already some very creative people in our group so it should be a fun session. We normally run a 'walking bus' from next to the taxi rank at Manchester Piccadilly Station, but won't be doing so this month. Please make your own way to the Carers Centre - it's only two minutes walk from the New Islington Metrolink stop (Droylsden Line). Our Chair, Lindsey Cree, is running a focus group alongside our meeting about care planning. Though spaces for this are now filled, Lindsey will give us an update at a future session so if you're interested you can hear more.

We meet at Manchester Carers Centre's Community Rooms for our monthly get-togethers and it's a really nice, light, modern and smart venue. If you're from a community group or other organisation and are thinking of holding an event, you can hire rooms there and support an important local charity. Here are some of the selling points: Excellent location in Central Manchester with easy access from the motorway and well served by public transport (2 mins walk from New Islington Metrolink stop) Ethical choice - Manchester Community Rooms is part of Manchester Carers Centre - a charity supporting local unpaid carers. Light, modern and high quality accommodations. Catering and refreshments available. Single storey building with disabled access. Flipchart, projector, laptop and wifi available. The Large Meeting Space starts from only £75 for a half day, The Boardroom from only £45 for a half day and the One to One Room is only £20 for 1.5 hours. Contact Manchester Commun