Mental Health Charity - Creative Living Centre

We are delighted to announce that our “Shelly” here at @CreativeLivingC has been shortlisted for the People’s Champion Award in the @GMchampions2024 Greater Manchester Health and Care Champion Awards. We could not think of a more deserving person to be considered for this award.

@CreativeLivingC members enjoyed a fabulous morning at Castlefield Viaduct today funded by our friends at @gmwalks Big thanks to Emily from @SowtheCity and Ted from @NTCastleDuct for their informative presentations. Equally thanks to @VillageGreensUK for the lovely lunch wraps.👍

We are still recruiting! Do you have a diagnosis of bipolar disorder? Do you identify as cisgender and lesbian or gay? Are you aged 50+? Please get in touch! We are looking to interview this population about their experiences of bipolar and if they have changed over time.

@big_fandango It was lovely hosting you. I think we agreed some definite areas of collaboration which will hopefully be both successful and transformative. I will pass on your comments re the scones 👍

Thanks to @CreativeLivingC for putting on a brilliant networking event this evening. We had some really positive conversations and met some amazing people....the scones were splendid too😉💞

Interested in volunteering? This could be the event for you 👍

Our back garden at @CreativeLivingC centre today looking fab between the rainstorms here at Prestwich today. Testament to the regular hard work in the garden area from our members, volunteers and team from @Lancswildlife Thanks to @gmenvfund for facilitating. 👍

Another busy day in our @CreativeLivingC garden. Spring tidy up continues and we have planted out our colourful tyre planters. As always big thanks to our members for their enthusiasm and to our friends at @Lancswildlife and @gmenvfund for their help. 👍

Brilliant community engagement this morning @CreativeLivingC with our Spring Seed Planting for Bees 🐝 and Butterflies 🦋Garden looking great and a mosaic Ladybird has now joined our mosaic Bee. A Dragonfly joining soon. Helped by our friends at @Lancswildlife and @gmenvfund

Advance publicity for our next @CreativeLivingC community engagement event on Monday 8 April. Come and join us and our friends from @Lancswildlife and @gmenvfund for a Spring Seed Planting. Grow your own wildflower meadow in a pot! Help our bees 🐝 and butterflies 🦋

Todays cooking class at @CreativeLivingC under our Fakeaway Thursday project kindly sponsored by @LidlGB and @nbrly has an Easter theme. We are making hot cross buns. They look and smell delicious. #creativelivingcentre

Today’s Women’s group at @CreativeLivingC created a Spring Inspirational Message Calendar. Messages to be revealed on a daily basis over the next few weeks. Great work and a beautiful addition to our wall space. #creativelivingcentre

Our members’ and volunteers hard work, supported by our friends at @Lancswildlife and @gmenvfund in cleaning out the triangle of garden next to our @CreativeLivingC building has transformed the area. Spring has sprung and it’s looking beautiful. 👍 #community

Do you enjoy gardening? Do you have green fingers, like working with people and in the open air?We at @CreativeLivingC are hiring an Allotment Garden Support Worker on a 6 month contract. Join us!

Happy Friday! Lovely to see these progress photos from the Bury Centre Garden; a Green Spaces Fund project by @CreativeLivingC 💚 Also - loving that bug hotel 🐝 @gmgreencity @greatermcr #GreenSpacesFund #GreaterManchester #Bury #GMEF

Read all about the Lloyds group volunteering day on Tuesday 5th March at the Creative Living Centre. Many thanks to the team for your hard work over on the CLC allotment! creativelivingcentre.org.uk/2/post/2024/03…

Lovely to see @CreativeLivingC at the Prestwich Makers Market today. Well done to Shelly and Tom for flying the CLC flag. Some brilliant crafting enjoyed. 👍

Tom and Shelley are at Prestwich Makers Market this Sunday. Head on down to talk all things mental health and wellbeing #makersmarket #prestwich #MentalHealthAwareness

We @CreativeLivingC will be at the Prestwich Makers Market on Sunday 10 March from 11am - 4pm. Come and meet our lovely Shelly and Tom who will tell you all about the CLC, do some arts and crafts and tell you about volunteering with us.

The CLC March 24 Newsletter is now available through the website. creativelivingcentre.org.uk/newsletter.html

@gmenvfund @Lancswildlife We at @CreativeLivingC would be delighted for you to use/share our photos. 👍

@CreativeLivingC @Lancswildlife Fantastic photos! Please could we share them on our social platforms?

Brilliant progress at our @CreativeLivingC garden area. Despite the cold today Spring is coming. Big thanks to our members, garden volunteers and the @Lancswildlife team for their efforts. Funded by our friends at @gmenvfund 👍