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Current opportunity – Advisory Panel Members

We’re looking for Advisory Panel Members to sit on the Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board, to shape positive change within Adult Community Mental Health.

For more information check out our Advisory Panel – Role Opportunity.

To get involved, fill out our Expression of Interest Form.

Our Projects

We work in partnership with Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board to involve those who are experts by their personal experiences to help shape and develop services, and ensure that people’s voices are heard at all levels.

We work with Manchester and Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Living Well services to provide a forum for people who live in their communities to consult, inform, and co-produce ideas for the service; they even help recruit staff for Living Well.

We offer support to those who run Peer Support Groups across Greater Manchester in the form of forums, training and coproducing sessions and workshops.

We facilitate Carers Focus Groups in Salford which inform the Carers Salford Service on things that are important to carers’ needs. The forum meets regularly and decides on topics and themes that support carers, in addition to coproducing factsheets that are relevant to carers in their community.

Gaddum and Coproduction

In house we also have a coordination group who informs and oversees Gaddum services and projects to ensure the voice of lived experience is involved in everything we do.

This group has created a structure and guide for lived experience participation to ensure that when people join Gaddum they have the support that they need to feel empowered and take part in our work.

For more information and to get involved, email diane.bracken@gaddum.org.uk.

Do you look after someone in Salford?

We’re looking for a diverse group of carers to help us make a short film to explore…

• What it’s like to be a carer in Salford during a loved one’s hospital stay.
• And how carers should be involved in hospital discharge planning.

Fill in an Expression of Interest Form to:

• Join the planning group by 21/10/2025.
• Let us know if you’d like to share your story for the film by 10/11/2025. (Please note we will film carers’ stories November – December 2025.)

This is a paid opportunity. Check out the Role Description & Poster for more information. If you have any questions contact: jemma.houghton@gaddum.org.uk | 0161 834 6069 (extension 4009) | 0794 735 3826

Year review

To celebrate a year of supporting peer support workers in Greater Manchester, we’ve put together a review highlighting what we’ve been up to and how you can get involved.

Mental Health Peer Support Directory

Check out our Greater Manchester Directory of Peer Support Groups. Whether you’re interested in joining a talking group, arts & crafts group, bereavement peer support, allotment group, male peer support group, parental group etc, there is something for everyone 😊

To feature in our peer support directory, please contact fauzia.ahmed@gaddum.org.uk.

Mental Health Peer Support Resources

Click here to watch videos and read factsheets, blogs and more, coproduced by Greater Manchester peer workers on topics you’ve wanted to know more about such as what is peer support,culturally appropriate support, self-care & boundaries.

Help us decide what to do over the next year!

At Gaddum we continually talk to Greater Manchester mental health peer workers to understand their needs. We’d love to hear from you on the latest suggestions we’ve received – take our survey here.

Email fauzia.ahmed@gaddum.org.uk with other ideas on what areas of peer support you’d like to know more about, and what would be helpful for you such as further factsheets, blogs and workshops etc.

Stay connected

To join our Peer Support mailing list, please contact fauzia.ahmed@gaddum.org.uk. For our upcoming Peer Support events, visit our event page or Eventbrite.