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Join us for tea and cake to mark Schizophrenia Awareness Week

Wednesday 8th October 6pm - 8pm or just drop in

 

6pm - 7.00pm tea/coffee/cakes
7.00pm - 7.30pm Catherine from Manchester Health and Wellbeing Service is giving a quiz on how food affects our mood.
7.30pm - 8pm tea/coffee/cakes

Plus some goodies to take home!

small donation will be welcome, this will go to support our local monthly group and Rethink organisation.

Right now people with serious mental illness die, on average, 20 years before their time mainly from preventable physical illnesses and we don’t think this is fair! Our ambition is clear: to fight as hard as we can, for as long as it takes, until people with serious mental illness have the same life expectancy as everyone else. 

If you are travelling by public transport, Manchester Carers Centre is directly across the road from the New Islington Metrolink stop (Droylsden Line). It’s one tram stop from Piccadilly train station. If you are travelling by car, free parking is available on Pollard Street from 6pm

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