Fostering community and breaking down stigma: why Manchester’s street art is crucial for the city
Manchester is famous for its street art. From the blue tits to bees, and footballer Marcus Rashford to an NHS
Manchester digital art campaign aims to challenge homelessness stigma
A digital art campaign aimed at raising awareness of homelessness and breaking the surrounding stigma is on display around Manchester
‘People can wait a YEAR before recognising they have an eating disorder’: Beat bust bulimia myths in Heaton Park
A turn-of-the-season September morning saw a group of people on Heaton Park surrounded by fluttering banners as Beat, a charity dedicated to helping people suffering from eating disorders, came to Manchester last month.
Manchester healthcare staff to perform public play to end mental health stigma
A team of healthcare professionals are stepping out of the clinic and into the spotlight to raise awareness of young people’s mental health and emotional wellbeing.
Whips and chains… just don’t forget the safe word! Uncovering Manchester’s bondage scene as fetish club arrives
Torture Garden’s hosts the fetish event at Alter Ego
‘Mental illness is NO prison sentence’: Rochdale group seek to change attitudes for World Mental Health Day
The event is organised by Rochdale and District Mind
It’s ‘time to talk’ about mental health: Manchester’s Ricky Hatton and The Saturday’s Frankie front campaign
Celebrities including This Morning’s Matt Johnson back campaign
Children must learn about mental health in schools so we can end stigma, says Manchester expert
MindFull have called for secondary schools to include mental health lessons
It’s your right: Lesbian and bisexual women urged to demand cancer tests for Cervical Screening Awareness Week
Many LGBT women are refused screenings