Greater Manchester

STUCK at GM Live Well: A Day of Energy, Ideas, and Big Ambitions

Last week, we had the privilege of facilitating two STUCK workshops at GM Live Well: Everyday Support, a landmark event for Greater Manchester’s Voluntary, Community, Social, Faith, and Enterprise (VCSFE) sector. Held on Social Prescribing Day (March 19, 2025), the event was a buzzing, high-energy gathering of people passionate about social change and transforming the […]

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Get Ready for a Magical Midsummer Night’s Dream Adventure!

Armchair Adventures is back with our usual two-part episode, and trust us, you don’t want to miss it! A Midsummer Night’s Dream Adventure takes you on a wild, whimsical journey filled with mischief, magic, and mayhem! Connie has been given a last minute school assignment about Shakespeare’s famous play, but is struggling to know where to start

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PAIR | Making research (PPI) more inclusive & accessible for underrepresented communities

PAIR (Participatory Arts in Health & Social Care Research) aims help research teams to make their research more inclusive, accessible, and beneficial to the communities that matter to them. PAIR uses innovative arts approaches within public & patient involvement in research. We believe this new approach to PPI will make research more accessible for communities

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Hidden: Adam’s Story – An Interactive Film To Help You Help Young People

Introducing a new interactive film, Hidden: Adam’s Story, which supports discussion around mental health for young people, launching on World Mental Health Day 2023. What is Hidden: Adam’s Story? Hidden: Adam’s Story is a project funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration, Greater Manchester (ARC-GM) and Patient Safety Research

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Innovative ‘Hidden’ Project Receives Grant to Transform Social Care Workforce Training

The Foundational Economy Innovation Fund has allocated £10,000 in grant funding, coupled with expert support, to our “Hidden” project! This endeavour seeks to reimagine the way training is delivered to social care staff, fostering compassion, connection, and innovative learning experiences. The Foundational Economy Innovation Fund, as part of its mission to fortify businesses and organisations

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Don’t Stop Me Now!

Made By Mortals helps their community support people to live positively with dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairments. Last year we coproduced an immersive audio case study called ‘Ruby and Dennis’ Story’ as part of our award-winning Hidden programme. Working in partnership with Together Dementia Support and Dementia United we also coproduced a resource with/for people

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Announcing a new mental health workshop with young people

We’re delighted to announce that we are working in partnership with the Applied Research Collaboration (ARC), The University of Manchester, as part of our Hidden series. This brand new episode will focus on mental health, as we work with a diverse group of young people with lived experience.    Our programme ‘Hidden’ is about challenging

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