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