Staff wellbeing update
19 Sep 2019
Explore the variety of wellbeing opportunities on campus
Visit the staff wellbeing calendar for all the latest events and pre-bookable activities. September and October are the month's we encourage you to Connect - one of the University's Six Ways to Wellbeing. It's a geat time to look at new ways to get involved with classes, societies, network groups and clubs.
On-campus wellbeing activities in the next week include:
23/9 – Bi-Visibility Day
25/9 – Ballroom Dancing (8 wks) at Martin Harris Centre
25/9 – National Fitness Day
25/9 – Be Your Own Wellbeing Coach (Lunchtime wellbeing lecture)
26/9 – UMRUN – Run commute and free breakfast
Until 29/9 - Ibrahim Mahama: Parliament of Ghosts, The Whitworth
Twin Peaks – Fundraising show for Prevent Breast Cancer
There will be a fundraising show at Manchester Museum on Friday 25th October, 7.30pm. Twin Peaks with comedian Mandy Tootill, is an honest and fearless account of being diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 30. Mandy breaks down those barriers in her own endearing way to give the audience a better understanding of the person behind the cancer. Tickets cost £12 and 100% of sales go to Prevent Breast Cancer. Mandy was nominated for Best Comedy Manchester Fringe and Best Comedy Performer Buxton Fringe 2018 and has just got back from Edinburgh Fringe where people compared her to Victoria Wood!
This is one of the events the University is supporting in our Women’s Health Month in October including breast cancer drop-in and Prevent Breast Cancer’s Boobee bus coming to our campus on 9th October. Save a date in your diary!
The Be Active online bookings for 2019/2020 are now live. Click here to Book. New for 2019/20 there is Express Dumbbell Sculpt, Express Barbell Sculpt, Step HiiT, Mandala Flow yoga, Express Pilates & Express Pilates with Resistance, Jivamukti Yoga and Legs Bums & Tums.
NHS Blood and Transplant is reminding people in Manchester to give blood to help those who need it most. Regular donations are vital because stocks are more vulnerable at this time of year. Each donation can save the lives of up three people.
SICK! Festival is an arts festival that opens public conversations about some of the most urgent issues that affect health and wellbeing as individuals and as a society. The festivals theme’s this year will explore, disability, end of life, and young people, promising to bring together outstanding performances in dance, exhibitions, installations and film by artists from across the globe and here in GM. The festival will take place from 18th September – 5th October.
Prize
To win A Good Night’s Sleep FriendinaBox gift box answer the following question?
Q. Sleepy was a character in…?
a) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
b) Sleepless in Seattle
Email your answer to staffbenefits@manchester.ac.uk by midnight on the 30th September marking the subject Snow White!!
Keep up to date with all your wellbeing, benefits and payroll giving via www.manchester.ac.uk/reward