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Healthier Futures at the University of Manchester
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Developing interdisciplinary research and partnerships to address health inequalities.
University of Manchester
www.healthierfutures.manchester.ac.uk
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ctemenos.bsky.social
A pleasure to speak about recent work on Global Urban Perspectives on Social Work for Innovative Access to Homeless Care at a great event on the Impact of the Specialist Homelessness Social Work Role & Next Steps for Policy & Practice organised by Manchester Council and KCL
November 5, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Join us on 15 Dec in Manchester, for our annual lecture, this year to be delivered by @profbambra.bsky.social , Professor of Public Health at @newcastleuni.bsky.social , and a Co-Director of @healthequitynorth.bsky.social.
November 3, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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How can faith spaces better support women experiencing domestic abuse?

Join Brave Spaces an interactive exhibition and craft event led by Dr Omolade Allen @fbmh-uom.bsky.social

📍SeeSaw Exhibition Space
🖼️Exhibition: 1–5 Nov, 10–4
🎨Craft Workshops: 3 Nov & 4 Nov

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October 30, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Out Now!

Our @ukri.org event launched a series of exhibits.

Explore how play, activity & green spaces boost wellbeing and mental health doi.org/10.48420/c.8...

@uomhums.bsky.social @uomseed.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk

#ESRCFestival #McrESRCFest
A promotional flyer from The University of Manchester titled “Active Lives Active Spaces: Supporting Children and Young People’s Wellbeing and Mental Health.” The flyer describes themes of the event: • Access to Nature: equitable access to nature and quality wellbeing experiences. • Nature Connection: opportunities for children to connect with nature and develop environmental stewardship. • Green Spaces: engagement in open spaces supports physical, emotional, and social wellbeing. • Wellbeing: play, physical activity, and green space engagement improve mental health. It includes a QR code with the text “Scan Me,” a call to access the collection on play, activity, and wellbeing, and photos of children sitting in a grassy outdoor area. Event organisers Sarah MacQuarrie and Alexandra Hennessey are shown with profile photos. A DOI link (https://doi.org/10.48420/c.8063509) and the University of Manchester and Festival of Social Science logos are present. A continuation flyer from The University of Manchester titled “Event Contributors.” Lists contributors: Amy Philips, Andrew Rhodes, Cathy Atkinson, Clare Nugent, Fionnuala Mottishaw, Karen Kilkenny, Liz Birchinall, Raichael Lock, Rebecca Jefferson, Rebecca Phillips, Ryan Woods, and Sian Bristow. Text thanks supporters with their logos and website links: Youth Sport Trust (youthsporttrust.org) Policy@Manchester (policy.manchester.ac.uk) Manchester Environmental Education Network (MEEN) (meen.org.uk) GRiEG – Green Research in Education Group (tinyurl.com/UoMgreen). Design features purple, pink, and white color themes with circular and rounded text boxes.
October 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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NEW EVENT: Creative Health: Supporting older adults to live well in Greater Manchester

Join us for an afternoon exploring creative health + Brain Health to supporting older adults to live well in Greater Manchester.

📍Martin Harris Centre
📅 19 Nov
🕜 2-5pm
🎟️ https://ow.ly/x0Xl50XgVqL
October 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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sheencr.bsky.social
Such an honour to be nominated and recognised for our work in Ardwick to try and help residents to avoid pollution by creating a green walking route that avoids some of the polluted hot spots there
lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social Lydia Becker Institute @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social · 18d
🎉 Congratulations to @sheencr.bsky.social and the team at @ardwickclimate.bsky.social on winning ‘Best Health Creation Approach to Seeking and Using Community Insight’ at the 2025 Excellence in Health Creation Awards! 🏆

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Co-Creating a Healthier, Safer, and Greener Ardwick Wins 2025 Excellence in Health Creation Award - Professor Sheena Cruickshank and Ardwick Climate Action
October 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
healthierfutures.bsky.social
We are at @thekingsfund.bsky.social #KFPrevention meeting today. Next up: Can Devolution be good for your health? The evidence suggests yes... @warrenheppolette.bsky.social will convince you :)
You can also see a @manchester.ac.uk evaluation on this here: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/d...
Devo Manc led to significant improvements across health system, study finds
The devolution deals which granted Greater Manchester increased control over a range of public services enabled them to make significant improvements in many parts of the health system, a unique study...
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September 17, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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A new blood test can detect ovarian cancer in symptomatic women with high accuracy.

Study from Manchester and Colorado, with UoM findings led by Professor Emma Crosbie @fbmh-uom.bsky.social.

Paper: @aacrjournals.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1158/2767...
Image of the UoM campus, showing an autumn scene in front of the Whitworth Building
September 3, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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As part of the Greater Manchester Research Engagement Network, the team partnered with @AwakeningMinds_, a specialist Punjabi mental health service, and @MadeByMortals, who bring lived experience to life through immersive audio, film, & theatre

🔗More: www.bit.ly/4m1tlau
September 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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This week 👇👇👇
arc-gm.bsky.social NIHR ARC Greater Manchester @arc-gm.bsky.social · Sep 2
🔬 Join the next Digital Health Equity Seminar on Wed 10 Sept, 1–2 pm (Zoom).

Speakers from @officialuom.bsky.social will discuss barriers to digital inclusion in remote monitoring for rheumatoid arthritis.

🔗 More info & Zoom link: www.bit.ly/4lYG65z
September 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Explore our latest report 'Education Equity for the North of England', which calls for school readiness to become a national priority.

#ChildrenFirst #NatOppSummit

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www.n8research.org.uk/media/CotN_E...
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September 8, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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Last year, we started a campaign to explore how we can build a country that works for all children and young people.

Today, we launch a new campaign to bring the spotlight back on the 12 most pressing issues.

#ChildrenFirst #NatOppSummit

www.n8research.org.uk/child-of-the...
Child of the North launches new campaign as latest findings reveal worrying trends - N8 Research Partnership
New campaign launches at the National Opportunity Summit: Building a country that works for all children and young people A new campaign is launching today in response to the latest analysis by the Ch...
www.n8research.org.uk
September 8, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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How can we make cities healthier & fairer places to live, work and play? @ctemenos.bsky.social investigates the intersecting challenges that exacerbate #healthinequalities.
research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/c...

#healthierfuturesuom #fairerhealthforall
@uomseed.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Improving access to healthcare for people in marginalised positions - be that those accessing food aid, people in prisons - drives @laurasheard.bsky.social 's research focus on #healthinequalities. Discover more here: research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/l...
#healthierfuturesuom #fairerhealthforall
July 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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One in two of us will receive a cancer diagnosis at some point during our lives, but your outcomes will be significantly impacted by the inequalities that you may experience.

@sammerriel.bsky.social is working on doing something about that.
#healthierfuturesuom #fairerhealthforall #oneintwo
July 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Last month @healthequitynorth.bsky.social launched #ageinginthenorth, highlighting the inequalities faced by older people in the North of England
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Meet one of the authors, @muarg.bsky.social's, @tinebuffel.bsky.social
#healthierfuturesuom #fairerhealthforall #healthinequalities
July 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Centring joy, connection and dignity in anti-poverty activism. 🪧 📢 😁
@smhall.bsky.social is a champion for tackling the causes and consequences of poverty with and for communities and grassroots organisations.

#healthierfuturesuom #fairerhealthforall #healthinequalities
July 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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As we are talking about women's health in GM today, let's hear from @manchester.ac.uk's @lukemunford.bsky.social, who was one of the lead authors of the
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#womanofthenorth report...

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#healthierfuturesuom #fairerhealthforall
July 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Today we're at the Women's Health in Greater Manchester Showcase, organised by various parts of GM @nihr.bsky.social infrastructure.

We're listening to Faye Ruddock speaking on insights into black women's health in GM.

#Healthequity #Healthierfuture
July 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Today’s were hosting an important conversation led by Dr Omolade Allen.

Panelists are from GMP, faith leaders, health researchers + family law discussing how to turn research into action for domestic abuse alongside a new exhibition in the glass corridor.

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July 2, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Faith based organisations - alongside voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations - are a vital part of the social infrastructure tackling health challenges and inequalities on the ground.
Meet Omolade: research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/o...
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July 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Thanks to the 27 scholars & practitioners who came together from across the globe for a workshop examining how cities are responding to the complex crises of our time.

The Spatialising Urban Crisis Workshop was convened by @ctemenos.bsky.social as part of a @ukri.org Future Leaders Fellowship.
Geography meets urgency: Manchester hosts international Spatialising Urban Crisis Workshop
Convened by Dr Cristina Temenos, a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow based at The University of Manchester, the event took place in June and served as a dynamic forum for exchange at the intersection of acad...
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July 2, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for urgent action to tackle what it calls a global crisis of loneliness and social disconnection, in a new report informed by the research of Professor Pamela Qualter, the UK's leading scientific expert on child and adolescent loneliness.

@who.int
Manchester expert helps shape landmark WHO report on global loneliness crisis
The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for urgent action to tackle what it calls a global crisis of loneliness and social disconnection, in a new report informed by the research of Professor P...
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July 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Our #healthierfuturesuom fortnight continued today with an #interdisciplinary methods event, hosted by Kate Reed (@uomsoss.bsky.social), covering #researchethics, the #wellbeing of researchers working on sensitive topics, and #innovative approaches to #methods
#fairerhealthforall #healthinequalities
July 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Yesterday we held a town hall meeting for @manchester.ac.uk's #healthinequalities researchers, with great presentations from @lukemunford.bsky.social, @sorrelburden.bsky.social, @nataliecbennett.bsky.social, @judiallen.bsky.social, @arc-gm.bsky.social & more
#healthierfuturesuom #fairerhealthforall
July 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM