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RMCIA meeting next Weds, 9th March

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Our next meeting takes place on Wednesday 9th March 2011, 6 – 7:45pm at Manchester Carers Centre, Vulcan Mill, Pollard Street, Manchester M4 7AN.

If you are travelling by public transport or by foot, a ‘walking bus’ will leave from the taxi rank at Manchester Piccadilly station at 5:30pm. Please call me (Mary Patel) on 07816 754 032 to let me know you will be coming, so we know to wait for you.

Agenda
  • 6pm – 6.15pm: refreshments and welcomes.
  • 6:15 – 6:30pm: introductions and general discussion.
  • 6:30 – 6:50: Hemlata Fletcher from Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust will give an update on the Trust’s recovery work and answer questions.
  • 6:50 – 7:10 : Zeph Curwen and Patrick Cahoon from Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust will give an update on the Trust’s review of day services and answer questions.
  • 7:10 – 7:40: events and campaigns work over the next couple of months.
  • 7:40 – 7:45: any other business.
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