New Crimestoppers campaign urges people to report domestic abuse
Crime reporting charity Crimestoppers is urging people to report domestic abuse anonymously with their #YouAreNotPowerless campaign. The #YouAreNotPowerless campaign is
‘Like walking around all day with your sock slipping off’: Manchester blogger sheds light on living with anxiety
Anxiety and mental health conditions are often tricky to explain but Manchester blogger and model Laura Whitehurst describes it as ‘like walking around with your sock falling off.
Snow Angels swoop in to sweep snowy paths of Manchester’s vulnerable
Elderly and vulnerable people across Greater Manchester will be getting a Christmas miracle this year as the Snow Angels are out in force to keep pathways snow and ice free.
Manchester rape survivor bravely shares her story as support services fear funding cuts and assaults rise 45%
More and more victims of rape and sexual assault are seeking help and advice across the city but support serivce, Manchester Rape Crisis, could face budget cuts.
‘It gave us time to bond’: Parents of stillborn baby girl need your help to buy cold cot for Royal Oldham Hospital
The heartbroken parents of a baby who was stillborn have started a Crowdfunder to pay for a cold cot for the Royal Oldham Hospital.
‘Never too late or too early’ to tackle teen alcohol abuse, say Manchester counsellors
Greater Manchester family and relationship experts Relate are giving advice to parents who are worried about their teenagers’ drinking habits.
‘I could have slipped through the cracks’: Parents expose ‘mishmashed’ and ‘patchy’ postnatal depression support
As reports reveal one in four mums suffer postnantal depression, a senior lecturer at Manchester Uni tells MM that specialist mental health care for mums is ‘patchy’ and whether you receive care is a ‘postcode lottery’.
Get texting! Manchester war veterans battling mental illness need your support
People across Greater Manchester are being urged to text in feedback on how to improve mental health services for the region’s military veterans.
‘Everyone’s business’: GMP fight to end view of domestic abuse as ‘private matter’
Seven women every month are killed by a current or former partner and every year 100,000 men and women are at high and imminent risk of being murdered or seriously injured as a result of domestic abuse.
Online app new tool to help Manchester alcoholics battle addiction and relapse
An online alcohol demotivator app is giving alcoholics across Manchester and the country another tool to add to their sobriety tool kit in their battle against addiction.
‘Chaos’ and ‘misery’ for North West renters as thousands fall victim to ‘rogue’ landlords
Thousands of private renters in the North West are said to have suffered illegal acts at the hands of landlords, according to new research.