the branch - june 2016
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June 2016
This is the third edition of The Branch for 2016. Manchester Student
Homes’ Good Neighbours Team has had a busy and eventful Spring
with lots of projects and news to tell you about!
Manchester Student Homes was awarded a Making a
Difference Award 2016 in recognition of its
outstanding contribution to social responsibility at
The University of Manchester through the Halls 2
Home project. We are extremely proud of this
achievement and will continue to help the university
achieve its strategic vision of socially responsible
graduates.
Halls 2 Home is a project shaped by students which
supports student transition from Halls of Residence to
private sector accommodation. The campaign
increases awareness of the community, facilitates
student involvement in off-campus areas and
educates students on their responsibilities while
living in the community promoting the culture of
being a ‘good neighbour’. The project is supported
by partnership agencies, such as Greater Manchester
Police and Manchester City Council.
For more information about Halls 2 Home visit our
website www.manchesterstudenthomes.com/Pages/
Community_H2H or email Josh Payne (Community
Cohesion Intern) at joshua.payne@manchester.ac.uk
The Manchester International Student Safety
Campaign is making excellent progress and we are
excited about seeing the final products! The
campaign was created to provide additional support
for international students studying in Manchester
through educating them about personal safety and
household security. The campaign will take the form
of a safety guide, safety
message tea towels and an
animated safety video.
The student safety guide
has been created in
collaboration with partner
organisations such as
Greater Manchester Police,
Greater Manchester Fire &
Recue Service and the
NHS. The guide is in the
final stages and will be
ready to print this month!
A mock image for the safety message tea towels has
been created. This image has a map of the Oxford
Road corridor, highlighting key buildings, and
contains information on the Student Safe Zone
scheme.
Finally, the student safety video will be created by a
student director studying at MMU and filming will
begin later this month!
We will keep you update on our progress!
Making a Difference Award Manchester International
Student Safety Campaign
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.
Give it don’t bin it is a partnership student move-out
collection and recycling campaign.
Unwanted household items and clothing are being
donated to The British Heart Foundation (BHF) and go
directly towards raising funds vital for lifesaving
treatments and research. In 2015 alone, students
donated items worth up to
£322,000 to the British Heart
Foundation!
A few weeks ago student,
landlord and community
volunteers helped put
together BHF student
leaving packs which are
being distributed to student
properties on the 6th, 7th
and 8th June 2016. Alternatively if you do not have a
BHF pack you can place your unwanted goods in a
sealed bag and place them within the metal BHF bins
in various locations off campus. The off campus bins
will be in place until the end of August.
Unopened non-perishable food products are being
donated to our partner food charities Fare Share and
Manchester Central Food bank. These charities help
tackle food poverty by taking surplus food and
redistributing to the people who need it most.
If you would like to make a donation please bring
your unopened food products to our office located at:
Unit 1-3 Ladybarn House, Moseley Road,
Fallowfield, Manchester, M14 6ND
Furthermore your donations help Manchester City
Council to significantly reduce the amount of items
sent to landfill, helping the environment as well as
saving landfill costs. Last year this meant that the
Council were able to invest £50,000 back into the
local community!
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.
Throughout April, MSH in partnership with Greater
Manchester Police (GMP) has held safety stalls at
Manchester Metropolitan University, The University
of Manchester and Sainsbury’s Fallowfield. At these
stalls we distributed the WOLFIE promotional
merchandise along with providing safety advice and
guidance.
The events were a huge success and enjoyed by both
students and staff alike! Our mascot Wolfie attracted a
lot of attention and we managed to capture a few of
those moments below. We would like to thank
everyone who took part and remember to stay wary
of light fingers!
For more information about the WOLF campaign or
our other projects please visit our website or email
Josh Payne (Community Cohesion Intern) at
joshua.payne@manchester.ac.uk
Give It, Don’t Bin It!
Student Safety Campaign
‘WOLF’ Wary of Light Fingers
Manchester Student Homes has
updated its website so you can now find
out more about our thematic policy
areas and their related campaigns!
www.manchesterstudenthomes.com/
Pages/Community_H2H
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