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This months E-Bulletin features MCF updates from Staff, our Social Distance Carers Walks, Carers Manchester, Library reopening plus much more. https://mailchi.mp/1fb9cabc77bc/mcf-september-bulletin

This months E-Bulletin features MCF updates from Staff, our Social Distance Carers Walks, info on the Local restrictions in Manchester, The new service is a partnership between MCF, Gaddum Centre, Carers Network, Wai Yin Society and LMCP and how to mange guidance on accessing food and medical supplies after the

Manchester Carers Forum, The Ramblers and Stepping Out are putting walks over August for the Carers Support Groups. (whilst we are still unable to return to our normal monthly meetings). We shall be going to Heaton Park on 5th July and be doing two walks. The first walk will be

A free computer in every home that needs it, help in the community and supporting education with workshops & training. The company are IT support specialists that come across a vast amount of hardware which when refurbished or updated, have plenty of life still in them. These computers are offered

From 24 July it will be mandatory to wear a face covering in shops as well as public transport, however there are exemptions if you have an illness or a disability. Visit  https://tinyurl.com/ybs6a3sq to download and print your free face mask exemption cards.

Manchester Carers Network have put together an online consultation form for carers, aimed at collecting information on the type of services carers have engaged with over lockdown and the ways in which lockdown has effected them. It will also give carers the opportunity to let them know about the types of

This months Bulletin includes MCF updates from Staff, Carers Petition, university research for dementia carers, how to make your own mask for you and others, apply for the Carers Emergency Fund, support you can receive during COVID-19 plus much more. https://mailchi.mp/801ea2273db3/carers-forum-june-bulletin-4498796

Get involved in Loneliness Awareness Week 2020 This week is Loneliness Awareness Week (15-19 June), when people and organisations join together to raise awareness of loneliness. Loneliness is something that can affect any one of us at any point in our lives, but this issue has become more prominent during