Big Life Group
Manchester, Hulme, United Kingdom
About
Big Life Group is a charity based in Manchester, United Kingdom working on community development, health, mental health +4 more.
The Big Life Group is a non-profit group based in Manchester, England, working to fight inequality and change lives. It comprises a social business (Big Life Company), two charities (including Big Life Services and Big Issue North Trust) and a multi-academy trust (Big Life Schools). The group works with people facing multiple disadvantages, offering support across health, mental health, work, relationships and other areas of life, tailored to what each person wants to achieve. Its services span Greater Manchester and other areas of the North of England, including Rochdale, Tameside, Trafford, Stockport, Sheffield and Leeds, and include NHS-funded talking therapies, community centres, employment support and education. Its work began in early-1990s Hulme and Moss Side, Manchester, where local residents developed their own community services.
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Living Well
Health
Health and wellbeing services, including a Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Project in Rochdale aimed at people less likely to use traditional health services.
Talking Therapies
Mental health
NHS-funded talking therapies services delivered across several Greater Manchester and Cheshire areas.
Big Issue North
Employment & Skills
Big Issue North Trust gives people a means to earn an income, in particular through selling The Big Issue magazine.
Wesley Community Furniture
Community furniture service run by the group.
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NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale, NHS Stockport, NHS Manchester, NHS Trafford, NHS East Cheshire
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