Newsletter 6 November 2008

MRHF send out a regular weekly email bulletin on Thursdays, containing information for all our newsletter email group. For the convenience of our stakeholders and for those who might want to find out more about the Forum, we are also publishing that information to the BHA website. Feedback would be very welcome. If you have any information that you would like us to circulate in a future bulletin, please forward it to MRHF by Wednesday 12.00 pm the day before. Please ring us on 0161 872 4600 or email us at mrhf@btconnect.com if you have any queries.

Events/Meetings/Groups

Single Equality Scheme Refresh

Follow up Meeting - 12 November 2008 12.30 – 4.30 pm - including lunch
Manchester Council for Community Relation (MCCR)
141 - 143 Princess Road, Moss Side, Manchester, M14 4RE

This meeting is a follow-up to one held in May of this year, but community groups and individuals who did not attend the earlier meeting are welcome to come along too. 
See the flyer for details.

Don't miss this opportunity to get feedback on NHS Manchester (Manchester PCT)'s Single Equality Scheme, and also on the Talking Health Initiative and the PCT membership scheme.

If you want to attend, please let Angela or Hanif know as soon as possible on 0161 872 4600 or at the above email address.

Research influences policies and services - true or false?

Ethnic Health Forum is holding a free workshop in Manchester 

Monday 24 November 9:30 am - 1:00 pm
Lunch included.
See flyer for details.

Mental Health Exhibition on 11 November 2008 in Manchester: Mental Health Today

This is  a very relevant and accessible event for professionals wanting to gain an understanding of mental health services and working within dual diagnosis, youth offending, substance
misuse, and refugee support. This conference will explore the theme of providing holistic support to promote mental health. See the website for details.
Admission £20 in advance, £25 on the day - free places can be booked in advance for service users and unwaged carers.

Odopa Centre

Do you want to get involved in a project that will benefit the community?
Are you looking for a place for your events or meeting?
Then come to Odopa Centre

The Centre provides accommodation for other valuable organisations within Greater Manchester and its environs and acts as an umbrella or resource body for other organisations.
 
The Centre provides human resources, education/ training, sport/recreational activities, environment/conservation/heritage, economic/community development and employment, Afrikan History, Literature, Art and Culture.
 
The Centre also advocates for Afrikan people in Greater Manchester who are in need of support and provides leisure activities for young people within the community.
 
See the website: http://www.odopa.com/

Are you interested in Social Enterprise but unsure of what it may involve or what may be possible for you?
You are invited to a FREE taster session hosted by Isabelle  Farquhar of Business Support  Solutions and Pauline Mottram of SEVA

The session will include:
General overview of what Social Enterprise involves
Workshop to generate ideas
Discussion groups to analyse feasibility

There will be space for questions and answers, networking and skills sharing.

There will also be a formal presentation of Business Support Solutions' Social Enterprise Start up programme  (start date: January 2009) for those who may wish to proceed with comprehensive support in the endeavor.

4 December 1:30 - 4:30 pm, Friends Meeting House, Mount Street, Manchester
Tel: 0161 834 5797

Places are limited so please book your place by e-mailing your name and contact details to Pauline pauline@sevamanchester.com
 Please mark it clearly as ‘Social Enterprise Taster Booking’

Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

 If you require any further information please see www.business-support-solutions.co.uk
Or contact Isabelle on  0161 875 2230 / 2259 (direct),isabelle.farquhar@business-support-solutions.co.uk  or Pauline on 0161 237 5908 pauline@sevamanchester.com

Bowel Cancer screening campaign

The NHS is running a new campaign 'Taking Care of number 1? Check your number 2s!’ Anyone aged 60-69 who is registered with a GP will automatically receive a screening kit in the post every two years to use in the privacy of his or her own home. Bowel cancer is the third most common cancer in the UK and around 80% of cases occur in people aged 60 and over. 90% of cancers can be successfully treated if caught early so it's important not to be embarrassed about using the kit. For more information please call the freephone helpline on 0800 707 6060 or visit http://www.cancerscreening.nhs.uk/bowel or speak to your GP. If you're over 70 you can request a test kit by calling the helpline

Trafford Carers Centre - Helpline Supervisor

£3,401 per annum for 8 hours
Tues and Thurs 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

The post holder will supervise a team of volunteers providing advice, information and emotional support to carers on our helpline.
 
Applicants will need to have a sound knowledge of social care services and entitlements as well as good listening skills and ideally experience of helpline or advice work.

Could be an ideal position for a carer or a former carer to put their experience to good use.

For an application pack ring 0161 861 7337.
 Closing Date 28 November 2008

Trafford Carers Centre is an equal opportunities employer  
Reg. charity no.: 1102075 Company No.: 4695523

Ever thought of volunteering?
Want to volunteer and learn sign language?
Find out more on Saturday 8 November 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
At Manchester Deaf Centre, Crawford House, Booth Street West, M13 9GH
Contact Jonathan Swift Tel: 0161 276 9339 Text: 07825 346935
Email: jonathans@manchesterdeafcentre.com

NHS North West has begun the development of an easily accessible, authoritative and effectively managed centralized repository of up-to-date equality and diversity information and know-how in order to:
Support the production of effective equality impact assessments and evidence-based equality schemes
Support E&D leads to do their jobs better
Identify knowledge gaps
Share quality best practice and policy material and prevent unnecessary duplication of effort

At this stage, they are looking for potential users to help inform the development by completing a short online survey that will take only 3 - 4 minutes.  Please can as many of you as possible complete the survey by clicking http://tinyurl.com/nhsnwdata.  By participating in the survey you will be ensuring that your current and future information needs are met.

Secondly they are looking for any experts in the field or within specific equality target groups to be part of a user steering group.  If you are interested in becoming part of a user steering group or if you would just like to discuss HELP in further detail please get in touch.
Contact: Anurita Mulchand, Project Manager Equality and Diversity
Tel: 0161 625 7357 Mob: 07827 886 447 Email: anurita.mulchand@northwest.nhs.uk