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A Celebration of Self Help event - 8th June

Come and join us to celebrate all that Manchester has to offer to help those of us affected by mental illness help ourselves through the bad times and the good!

Wednesday 8th June, 2 - 5pm, Manchester Carers Centre
Vulcan Mill, Pollard Street M4 7AN

Just drop in any time for:
  • information stalls
  • healthy snacks and drinks
  • free coaching and confidence building sessions
  • free massage therapy
  • ...and lots more!
For more information call Mary Patel on 07816 754 032 or Manchester Carers Centre on 0161 272 7270.

FREE - display information about your group or offer an activity session

Are you a mental health self-help support group in Manchester? Or a statutory, community or voluntary sector provider that offers services to support people to help themselves? Or can you offer an activity session that you think would benefit someone with a mental illness, or carers, such as art, poetry or exercise?

We have a limited number of table-top stands for you to display information and a room to hold sessions at our Celebration of Self Help session on Wednesday 8th June. We are offering this free of charge, on a first-come-first-served basis.

Contact Mary on 07816 754 032 or by email at maryrayner@hotmail.com for a booking form.

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