Author: Sarah Jones

Free Training: Supporting Young People's Mental Health and Wellbeing

Our Partnership with Making Manchester Fairer

We're excited to continue working in partnership with the Making Manchester Fairer scheme to deliver training that really makes a difference. Together, we're supporting the amazing people who work with young people across Manchester - helping you build the skills and understanding to create real change in young people's lives.

What Training We're Offering

Creative Training: Using Creative Approaches with a Trauma-Informed Lens

Next Session: 18th September, 10am-4pm
Where: The Horsfall, 87-91 Great Ancoats Street, M4 5AG
What you'll take away: Practical skills you can use straight away

Creativity has this amazing power to help young people express things that are hard to put into words. In this hands-on training, you'll discover how to:

Use trauma informed creative approaches in various settings
Understand the connection between creativity and mental health
Create safe spaces where young people feel comfortable expressing themselves
Support young people to use creativity to express their voice, connect with themselves and others, sense making, emotional regulation and naming emotions.
Develop your own creative skills which in-turn nurture creative mental health tools and skills in young people which they can use throughout their lives.

You'll leave feeling confident about using these approaches in your own work.

What people are saying:
"A thoroughly enjoyable session led by fantastic facilitators who are incredibly passionate about the power of creativity and the impact it has on young people's mental health. It was great to share space with so many like minded people who are dedicated to helping improve the lives of young people through creativity. Thank you for a wonderful evening!"
— Heart Communities CIC

Senior Leadership Trauma Training

When: 30th -31st October, 9.30am- 4.30pm
Where: Hideaway Youth Project, Quinney Crescent, Moss Side, M16 7DG
Delivery: 2-day in-person training
For: Seniors and Managers who *have a Supervisory responsibility for staff or youth programmes, working for grassroots organisations.

Are you leading a team that works with young people? This specialised training will help you embed the 6 trauma-informed principles into your organisation and workplace culture.

You'll learn:

Why trauma-informed principles are essential when supporting young people who have experienced trauma
How safety and trust form the foundation of trauma-informed practice
How to review and improve your supervision practices through a trauma-informed lens
How to create your own action plan for embedding these principles in your organisation

Training locations:

Session 1: Highway Youth Projects, Quinney Crescent, Moss Side, M16 7DG
Session 2: Nurturing Foundations, Harpurhey Neighbourhood Project, Carisbrook Street, Harpurhey, M9 5UX

Who Are These Training's For

These trainings are specifically for people from grassroots organisations who work with young people aged 11-25 in Manchester.

What are grassroots organisations?
These are small groups of individuals who collaborate to improve their community - typically non-profit groups with both paid staff and volunteers, focused on enhancing the social, cultural, and economic wellbeing of community members.

To be eligible for this training, your organisation must:

Work with young people aged 11-25
Be based in Manchester and support young people in Manchester
Operate as micro-entities, working primarily within a specific area (such as five streets or hyper localities)
Be established by members of the community
Have an annual turnover of less than £200,000 per annum and be a micro enterprise (fewer than 10 employees)

Why Making Manchester Fairer Matters

Making Manchester Fairer isn't just a policy - it's about creating real change in young people's lives. This five-year plan tackles the things that affect young people's mental health beyond the therapy room: poverty, housing, access to opportunities. By working together, we're addressing the root causes that impact wellbeing.

We believe every young person deserves the chance to thrive, regardless of where they live or what circumstances they're facing. That's why this partnership matters - it's about building a city that works for everyone.