Book launch: NHS SOS How the NHS was Betrayed – and how we can save it. Greater Manchester Keep Our NHS Public has organised a book launch and tea party on 12 July at 5.30pm at the Working Class Movement Library in Salford. Professor Raymond Tallis, co-editor with Dr Jacky Davis, of the new book […]
A campaign group is seeking a planning lawyer to work on a pro bono basis towards a judicial review of controversial approval to demolish the historic Manchester building
In June Urban Splash won minded to approve consent to demolish the Grade II-lised Ancoats Dispensary building despite opposition from locals and SAVE.
SALFORD MENTAL HEALTH CAMPAIGNERS TAKE PROTEST TO MANCHESTER ! Star date: 14th October 2012 SALFORD USUC JOINS MANCHESTER USERS TO FIGHT CUTS Yesterday, campaigners fighting mental health cuts in Salford joined the Manchester Users Network to have a joint demonstration and march in Manchester City centre. Here, Phil Hamer discovers that the United Service Users […]
SALFORD MENTAL HEALTH PROTESTS AT LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE Star date: 27th September 2012 PROTESTS AT WEEKEND LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE AGAINST LABOUR PARTY COUNCILS CUTTING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES Labour Party Conference Protest Sunday 30th September 2:30-3:30pm Outside Manchester International Conference Centre (GMEX) A demonstration will take place outside the Labour Party conference this weekend to highlight […]
In July 2011 the Developer Urban Splash applied for Listed Building Consent to demolish the Grade II listed building known as the Ardwick & Ancoats Dispensary situated on Old Mill Street Ancoats Manchester. The Dispensary is the only Grade II listed building remaining in the area following the closure of Ancoats Hospital in 1989 followed by it’s demolition. In June 2012 of this year a decision was made by the Manchester City Council Planning Department to approve the demolition subject to the signing of a S106 agreement in relation to the re-use of the agreed heritage elements of the Listed Building in any future development of the site and referral of the application to the Secretary of State. However after having managed to obtain deferment of this decision on at least two occasions members of Ancoats Residents Forum felt so strongly about saving this important building, they decided to challenge the Planning Department’s decision and form a campaign group to raise awareness not only within the local community of Ancoats but throughout the whole of Manchester about why this Grade II listed building should remain protected.
The meeting of ‘Fight 2 Save Ancoats Dispensary’ kicks into gear with everyone in a full room introducing themselves in turn. Last up we have Gillian:
I’m Gillian. I’m the campaign secretary. And I’m quite annoyed. This raises a smile; everyone here is more than annoyed. The room is filled with people of all ages and backgrounds who are very angry. Angry and passionate about preserving the Grade II listed building in East Manchester. Ardwick and Ancoats Dispensary, once a beautiful redbrick Gothic temple to public health but now facing demolition. Manchester city council’s planning and highways committee has signed what councillors believe will be the Dispensary’s death warrant.
Several of us are tentatively seeking to take forward further exploration of how we behave towards mental ill health in our meetings and how we can perhaps offer support to each other in a more creative and confident way than we are currently able to.
People’s lives can be devastated by poor mental health. They may be in touch with mental health services and they may not. In either case peoples experiences show us that acknowledging one’s spiritual self can be a force for change/good, aiding recovery from debilitating and milder distress. Here a user of Oldham services and a […]
What can transform someone from being diagnosed with bipolar disorder and chronic fatigue syndrome to a state of total mental and physical wellbeing? As James Boschman discovered, omega-3 fatty acids can work those wonders and more. Within three weeks of incorporating flax seed — the highest known vegetable source of omega-3s — into his diet, he was sleeping normally and, in his words, “not crazy anymore,” as the omega-3 fatty acids leveled out the wild fluctuations in his brain.
![Fish oil and Stress & Eicosapentaenoic Acid [EPA] !](https://www.manchesterusersnetwork.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/liz-miller1-299x3001.png "Fish oil and Stress & Eicosapentaenoic Acid [EPA] !")
It is well known that stress can potentially have a negative effect on both physical and mental health, but recent research conducted by the University of Valencia in Spain indicates that high-grade ethyl-epa fish oil could possibly prevent some of the adverse effects associated with chronic or prolonged stress. Ethyl-epa is a concentrated and purified form of the Omega 3 essential fatty acid Eicosapentaenoic acid or EPA. Researchers found that ethyl-epa helps transport the stress hormone cortisol through the blood brain barrier. This indicates that ethyl-epa fish oil could help cortisol to return to normal levels, which is important when we consider that during periods of prolonged stress, cortisol levels can remain very high and pose a significant risk to health.
BOOK ONE: “More Time for Politics” is the publication of Tonys Diaries from 2001-2007 and is signed by Tony Benn ‘To the patients of Park House’
BOOK TWO “Dare to Be a Daniel Tony Benn, Then and Now” and Signed By Tony Benn with the words in Tonys own handwriting ‘For the support of Karen Reissmann’
It’s a beautiful written book about Tonys life and times and will be a historical collection piece for when the story is told about Karen’s own heroic stand for the patients of Manchester, it would make a wonderful present at Christmas for anyone who is interested in politics.
