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This is the second edition of The Branch for 2016. Manchester Student Homes’ Good Neighbours Team has had a busy and eventful March with lots of projects and news to tell you about!
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April 2016
This is the second edition of The Branch for 2016. Manchester
Student Homes’ Good Neighbours Team has had a busy and eventful
March with lots of projects and news to tell you about!
Following the success of the November 2015 Hidden
Gems Tours, Manchester Student Homes (MSH)
decided to organise another tour on 16th March to
provide students, local residents and University staff
another chance to explore Fallowfield and to further
encourage community cohesion. The second tour was
another huge success and greatly enjoyed by
everyone involved! Attendees were surprised by
how much history is hidden around the Fallowfield
area and how much of the local area was shaped by
the community itself. One participant commented:
‘This was an excellent opportunity for students and
community members to come together to learn more
about the area we live in and to celebrate Fallowfield’s
rich and diverse history.’’
The tours would not have been possible without our
student volunteers from The University of Manchester
and Manchester Metropolitan University who acted as
excellent tour guides. We would also like to thank
Greater Manchester Police, Withington Civic Society,
Friends of Platt Fields Park and Fallowfield
Community Guardians for their support.
The ‘WOLF’ campaign is the safety element of our
Halls 2 Home Project and focuses on educating
students on personal safety both on and off campus.
MHS has designed 4 mediums of promotional
merchandise: WOLFIE themed masks and hand
stamps reminding
student to be
careful when using
ATM machines;
WOLFIE logo bugs
advising students
not to walk home
alone and finally
mobile phone themed mint boxes that contain
information and a link to the Immobilise website. This
is where you can register your electrical goods. For
more information please email Josh (Community
Cohesion Intern) at [email protected]
MSH in partnership with Greater Manchester Police
(GMP) will be holding safety stalls both on and off
campus throughout April. We will be distributing
WOLFIE promotional merchandise along with
providing safety advice and guidance.
We will be holding stalls on:
14th April at MMU (12.30pm-3.30pm) - Business
School, All Saint’s Campus
21st April at UoM (2.30pm-3.30pm) - The Atrium,
University Place
27th April at Sainsbury’s Fallowfield (2pm-4.30pm)
Hidden Gems Fallowfield Tour Student Safety Campaign
‘WOLF’ Wary of Light Fingers
Manchester Student Homes is a free, university-run housing service for students. Based in
Fallowfield, MSH runs a landlord accreditation scheme and can offer support to students in
relation to property searches, providing housing advice and contract checking. MSH also works
with students, the community and partner agencies to identify issues in off campus areas.
Manchester Student Homes (MSH) is delighted to
announce that we recently became a Hate Crime 3rd
Party Reporting Centre. This was following MSH
officer’s involvement in a series of events, activities
and initiatives that took place during Hate Crime
Awareness Week in
February 2016. Hate
Crimes and incidents
are targeted at a
person because of
hostility, prejudice or discrimination towards that
person's disability, ethnicity, faith, belief or religion,
sexual orientation, and transgender identity.
Individuals who have been the victim of a hate crime
can now come to our office and speak to a member of
staff to receive support and guidance. Details of the
crime will then be reported to Greater Manchester
Police. All MSH officers have undertaken training
delivered by GMP about hate crimes and how to
support anyone who has been affected by this.
‘’We are delighted that MSH has been awarded the
status of being a 3rd party reporting centre. Student
safety is a massive part of the work we do here at
Manchester Student Homes and this is a service that
can be extended to any person living or working in an
off campus area such as students, landlords and long
term residents. The Team are here to provide support
on this issue and we encourage landlords to get in
touch should they have any questions about the issue of
Hate Crime."
- Cooper Healey, Manager of MSH
For more information about Hate Crime, visit
www.stophateuk.org 0800 138 1625
MSH is now a Hate Crime 3rd
Party Reporting Centre
Community Forum
SAVE THE DATE!
COMMUNITY FORUM
17.30-19.30 10TH MAY 2016
St Chad's Church, St Chad's
Road, Withington M20 4WH
Manchester Student Homes has
organised 5 landlord volunteering
events in the past 5 months! This has
resulted in our accredited landlords
spending over 60 hours of their own
time to further community projects!
The Community Forum will be taking place on
Tuesday 10th May 2016 from 17.30– 19.30. The meeting will be held in St Chad’s Church, St Chad's
Road, Withington, Manchester, M20 4WH.
The evening will be an opportunity for senior
colleagues from The University of Manchester,
Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester
City Council and Greater Manchester Police to
update residents on the work we have been
undertaking in off campus areas.
We are committed to involving residents in shaping
this event to ensure discussions are meaningful. We
would therefore be delighted to hear your thoughts
on ideas or topics you would like discussed during
the evening.
We would be very grateful if you could confirm your
attendance by Friday 29th April 2016.
To register your place at the Community Forum,
please RSVP to:
e-mail: [email protected]
phone: 0161 275 0750
in person: Manchester Student Homes, Unit 1-3
Ladybarn House, Moseley Road, Fallowfield