Monthly Archives: April 2021

ICM Art & Wellbeing Blog – Arthur & Martha collaborations

By Art and Wellbeing Group

Our ICM Art and Wellbeing group have collaborated with arts organisations Arthur & Martha on three projects over the past six months. We began working together back in September 2020 when Phil Davenport joined the group on Zoom to deliver a poetry workshop. That week’s theme was ‘swans’ and was inspired by the Swan Buildings […]


New GROW Traineeship based at akt in Manchester!

By Charlotte Clapham

Shelter is looking for a new GROW Trainee to be based at the LGBTQ+ youth charity akt. We’re looking for people with lived experience of multiple disadvantage (including but not limited to; homelessness, the criminal justice system, mental ill-health and substance misuse), who are passionate about using their own experiences to help make positive change […]


No Wrong Door Animations Tender – Expressions of interest deadline: 12pm, 22nd April 2021

By Matt Johnson

Background  Inspiring Change Manchester is one of 12 Fulfilling Lives Programmes, funded by National Lottery Community Fund, exploring multiple disadvantage. We are an 8-year learning and development programme, working to instigate system change by modelling service innovations and best practice to develop equitable services for people excluded in the system.  The films we are creating are […]


Women’s Voices – International Women’s Day 2021

By Women's Voices Member

Earlier this year two ‘tribes’ of women came together to deliver a week of activities to celebrate women as part of International Women’s Day on the 8th of March 2021 and explore this year’s theme ‘choose to challenge’. “It came at a perfect time for me, not been involved in anything, despite wanting to” “Right […]


GROW Traineeships – recruiting remotely during Covid

By Charlotte Clapham

ICM are currently busy planning the final year of the GROW Trainee programme. In doing so we have been reflecting on our last recruitment cycle back in November, which saw us welcome four new GROW Trainees to the ICM team. This year we have Lily based at Back on Track, Steve on the Housing First […]



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