Donate your words

"Nobody help me ever. I don't believe this word."

Published on Mar 31, 2014
UPDATE NOVEMBER 2017
I have not seen Lukasz since the night we filmed him in 2011. He told me he was moving on from Manchester as it was only a stop off on his journey. (Mike Staniforth, YouTube)

WoManchester

On this International Women's Day, the city of Manchester is renamed Womanchester. The name is part of a programme that is dedicated to celebrated Womanchester's history of powerful women (Manchester Evening News). Founder of the British Suffragette movement Emmeline Pankhurst, for instance, was born in Manchester (Visit Manchester).
Happy International Women's Day 2018 to everyone!

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image via Lovin Manchester

A "Quiet Hour" for Autistic Shoppers

An Asda superstore in Manchester turned off in-store music and display TVs and introduced a "quiet hour" for autistic shoppers and others who feel intimidated or stressed by noise. In the meantime, eight other shops in Manchester are planning to hold quiet hours. The quiet hour will be held every Saturday.

It all started when Simon Lea, manager of the Asda Living store at Manchester Fort, saw a boy with autism struggling to cope in the shop.

“It’s all about helping people really. Six months ago I would have said ‘control your child’ even though I’ve got children. But speaking to people with autism and disabled people has helped me think about how I can make it a better place to shop.”
Simon Lea (The Independent)

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Photograph (Asda Chatham) via Russels Construction

Dementia United. Or: Making Greater Manchester the best place in the world for dementia care

"Dementia is one of the greatest health challenges facing the country and Greater Manchester at the moment. In Greater Manchester alone, it’s estimated there are currently over 30,000 people living with dementia. With an ageing population and rising numbers of people being diagnosed with dementia, there’s no question that it is a challenge that requires urgent attention."

"As part of the government’s historic devolution agreement, new decision making and spending powers are being given to Greater Manchester from April 2016. One of the early health and social care priorities for this work is dementia.
Sir David Dalton, Chief Executive of Salford Royal Foundation Trust and his team are leading a dementia transformation programme, ‘Dementia United’.
Over the next five years, through working with partners across Greater Manchester this work aims to improve the lived experiences of people with dementia, and reduce pressure on the health and social care system. In short, Dementia United is aiming to make Greater Manchester the best place in the world to live for people with dementia."

Via/More Dementia United

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Photograph via Pink Link