0 Hulme, Moss Side and Rusholme Neighbourhood round-up 16th November 2020 As a Neighbourhood we are working together to make sure that key information is shared, to support the people most at risk during this time. Click on the web links embedded below for further info. Please let me know if there’s any gaps in info needed at a Neighbourhood level, or any key issues or ​ ​ patterns that you are finding with the people you work with, or other relevant info to share. ​ If you have concerns that someone may be most at risk, please contact: ● Care Navigator Service: self-referrals possible via email (referrals from organisations also by ​ ​ ​ phone, 0300 303 9650); for people dealing with more complex issues; multi-agency approach. ● Be Well: referrals and social prescribing via any organisation & GPs; email or 0161-470 7120. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ● Manchester City Council’s Community Response helpline: 0800 234 6123, email or text ​ ​ ​ 07860 022876 (messages replied to by next working day). Help with Debt, Bills and Borrowing. ​ ​ Mutual aid groups and volunteering There are still lots of people across Hulme, Moss Side and Rusholme that need support. ● Covid mutual aid groups are coordinating invaluable support at a local level for neighbours by neighbours. National info, support & guidance is available here. Want to start a mutual aid ​ ​ group, or take one to the next level? Support available from buzz, (Central Locality) Health ​ Development Coordinators, and Manchester Community Central. ​ Manchester map of local mutual aid groups ● Mutual aid group organiser/admin? Share learning, ask & answer questions to other organisers. ​ ​ ● Public sector organisation looking for volunteers? Register needs with MCRVIP, or volunteer. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ● 3,400 Manchester volunteers ready for your VCSE group or organisation - what do you need? Request or offer support. Support on managing volunteers, capacity-building & more. ​ ​ ​ Social isolation and mental health ● Online peer support community called Side by Side run by Mind, where you can share your ​ experiences and hear from others. When it comes to wellbeing, other people matter. Evidence shows that good relationships with family, friends and the wider community, are important for mental wellbeing. Connect with others in similar situations: •If you’re part of a group of people who are all self-isolating, group updates on your situation could also act as an informal support network. •You could join a peer support community like Side by Side. •If ​ ​ you're going online more than usual or seeking peer support on the internet, it's important to look after your online wellbeing: online mental health. ​ ​ ● Manchester Cares. As the City, and country, goes into a further state of lockdown, we ​ continue to support older neighbours from across Manchester to feel connected, in what is already a disconnecting time. It's a time filled with worry and uncertainty, and whilst we all look to get on with ‘life as normal’ as best we can, let's keep sticking together and spending time with one another virtually and over the phone. If you think you could spare an hour a week to sing with us at Choir Club, throw some shapes with us at Dance Club or take some chill ​ time at yoga...sign up. ​ ​ ​ ● Short led meditations in nature available online from four to 15 minutes long, and an A-Z of ​ ​ ​ Mindfulness and Nature Connections with access to free illustrated downloadable guides. ● New COVID-19 helpline for Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic families. It’s called Boloh, which ​ ​ means ‘speak’ in many languages. Barnados is encouraging BAME children, young people and families affected by Covid-19, to speak to them about their worries, problems & stresses. Monday-Friday, 1-8pm on 0800 1512605, or webchat. Staff talk English, Hindi and Urdu. ​ ​ ● Mental health support in Greater Manchester for children and young people. ​ ● New LGBT telephone befriending programme Rainbow Brew Buddies: aims to reduce ​ ​ ​ loneliness and isolation for LGBT people across Greater Manchester who may have reduced opportunities to make social connections due to pandemic or other circumstances in their life. After 8 sessions over one or two months you will graduate from the programme and be given access to our range of LGBT Foundation groups. We are particularly looking to support people who are: over 50, BAME, on the at-risk COVID-19 list, disabled, seeking asylum or refuge, on a low income or are unemployed. More info, email or call 0345 3 30 30 30 – you will hear back ​ ​ ​ ​ from us within two weeks. If you know of someone who could benefit from this service and you require information to pass on to them, get in touch though we cannot make an initial call to them without their permission. Partner updates ● Partnership meetings! After a long break from our previously regular Neighbourhood ​ meetings, the next one - focussing on health inequalities - is set for 25th November, 1-3pm. It’s open to VCSE organisations & groups working on health, plus GPs, other health services & the statutory sector. Details are circulated on the HMSR Partnership mailing list; drop us a line ​ if you’re not on this already & want to be with details of your organisation/service and role. ● The Frontline Workers group has produced a leaflet on food provision in the Neighbourhood ​ ​ ​ for those most at risk, how to go out safely and support available. It has already been ​ ​ distributed at flu drop-in clinics, health checks and Be Well events, as well as social media. Please share and if you’d like to print some out, the latest version gets updated as covid ​ ​ restrictions change. ● African & Caribbean Mental Health Services (ACMHS) in addition to their services, has added ​ ​ ​ two new projects: singing together to improve your mood & much more - more info; and ​ ​ Music for Wellbeing - learn guitar, bass, drums or keyboard online - more info. ​ ​ ● Europia has identified that Polish and Lithuanian communities in the UK are getting less access ​ to existing support and social care due to lack of awareness about and discussion of the illness. Do you or someone you know struggle to remember what was happening a day or week ago, recall facts from the conversations, dates & meetings without any struggle? Do you feel low or have difficulty concentrating? Can you observe any of these symptoms in yourself or someone you know, your close friends or family members? These and many others may be the signs of dementia and this is not just a natural part of ageing. If you are Polish or Lithuanian and think you are living with dementia or know or care for someone with signs of the illness, we want to hear from you now. For more info, to share your experiences, to start a conversation about dementia or volunteer please contact Europia now. Email, or call 0161 541 2686. More info. ​ ​ ​ ​ ● Dementia walks: gentle stroll around Whitworth Park, having a chat and connecting with ​ nature. Afterwards we will head into the learning studio to create some journey sticks to reminisce about our lovely walk. More info/booking email or call Katie from City of Trees on ​ th​ th 0161 872 1660. Every second Tuesday of every month: 8 ​ Dec, 12 ​ Jan etc until July 2021. ​ ​ ● Cornbrook GP practice is a partner in the new Indigo Gender Service is a Greater Manchester ​ based pilot for a new way of delivering trans and non-binary healthcare. More info. ​ ​ ● COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund: One Manchester is currently inviting expressions of ​ interest particularly to support organisations in the following areas: ○ Food – ensuring residents have access to safe, healthy and sustainable supply of food ○ Financial resilience – supporting local provision that assists our customers cope with financial challenges ○ Social isolation & wellbeing – ensuring residents have access to a friendly ear to support them, opportunities for meaningful contact, & activity that promote good mental & physical health during the pandemic, within the limits of social distancing/self-isolation. In other news... ● Limited covid vaccination programme: GPs told via the media to prepare. Priority groups list. ​ ​ ​ ​ ● More local Test and Trace sites for Manchester this winter to help Manchester through ​ COVID-19. If you have COVID-19 symptoms, book a free test by ringing 119 or visit nhs.uk/coronavirus where you’ll be offered a testing site based on your postcode and needs. ​ ● Number of covid cases per MSOA (areas of about 7,200 people) new case tracker, with rolling ​ weekly total has been updated; you can now see historical data and increase/decrease. What we know about current levels of Coronavirus in Manchester, from MCC. ​ ​ ​ “How to guide” containing instructions on how to extract the data for Manchester from the ​ ​ government website from the MHCC Health Intelligence team. ​ ​ ​ ● 'Eat out to help out' may have caused fifth of Covid clusters over summer. Coronavirus ​ ​ ​ doctor's diary: 'We blame Eat Out To Help Out for our tragedy'. ​ ● National Test and Trace: public health directors demand patient-level Covid data after ​ ​ ​ ministers refuse to tell them who has the disease. A health care professional writes: Test and ​ Trace: 'I feel like I’ve achieved a big fat zero'. Utter shambles': GPs and medics decry NHS ​ ​ test-and-trace system. 'I was refused a home Covid test after credit check'. Local contact ​ ​ ​ ​ tracing deluged with missed and out-dated Serco cases. ​ ● Covid impact on NHS capacity in England to last 'several years'. ​ ​ ● Poorest areas of England four times as likely to face lockdown as richest: to watch out for ​ when we go back to the tiered system. England's poorest 'get worse NHS care' than wealthiest ​ citizens. BAME over-50s likely to be among poorest 20% in England. ​ ​ ​ ● No Recourse to Public Funds immigration status: councils call on government to suspend. ​ ​ ● Rough sleeping: reports in UK rose sharply during first lockdown, despite government ​ ​ initiatives; what will we see this time without that same support? ● Obesity increases risk of Covid-19 death by 48%, study finds.