Winter 2015

This is the Christmas edition of The Branch 2015. Manchester

Student Homes’ Good Neighbours Team has had a busy and eventful

autumn with lots of projects and news to tell you about!

As part of our Hidden Gems initiative, MSH organised

tours of Fallowfield and Withington on 11th

November. These tours were a great success and we

received excellent feedback from everyone who

attended! We all discovered something new about

the area and our tour guides had some great stories!

The tours would not have been possible without our

student volunteers from the Manchester Leadership

Programme and our MSH accredited landlord

volunteers both of whom were excellent tour guides!

We would also like to thank Greater Manchester

Police and Manchester City Council for their support

on the tours. Future tours will be taking place early

next year and if you would like to take part or have

any tales that you would like to share about the

Hidden Gems sites please email our Community

Cohesion Intern Josh at

Joshua.Payne@manchester.ac.uk.

To learn more about Hidden Gems visit our website

http://www.manchesterstudenthomes.com/Pages/

Community_NewsAndProjects

MSH in collaboration with the Brailsford, Moseley,

Braemar and Balmoral (BMBB) Residents Association

organised and hosted a Welcome to the Community

event on Sunday 11th October 2015. The event was a

chance for long term residents and student residents,

new to the area, to meet each other. There was face

painting, a bouncy castle, safety stalls from Greater

Manchester Police, trees and plants from Treebay,

music, food and much more!

The day was a great success and enjoyed by all who

attended. We would like to thank Greater Manchester

Police, KalliKids, Happy Faces, Peter from Treebay

and the musicians Emily Driscoll, Michael Flowers,

and Heidi Dewhurst.

Hidden Gems Tours 2015

BMBB Welcome Event

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.

MSH and University of Manchester

Pastoral Care Team are organising a

community event on 3rd February 2016.

There will be music, afternoon tea, bingo, a

raffle and much more! Look out for more

information in the new year!

Poppy, Jess and Josh from the GNT successfully

secured funding for MSH’s International Student

Safety Campaign from the United Kingdom Council of

International Student Affairs. The campaign was

created to provide additional support for

international students studying in Manchester

through educating them about personal safety and

household security.

“We received at least three times as many applications

as we were able to support, many of them of extremely

good quality, and yours was selected against stiff

competition.”

- Julie Allen, UKCISA Director of Policy & Services

The campaign will be run by a joint partnership

between The University of

Manchester, Manchester

Metropolitan University and

The International Society.

We will also be working

with many partners, such as

GMP and students to develop an informative

induction pack, educational video and a series of

events. If you are an international student, or have an

interest in the project and would like to get involved

email Josh at Joshua.Payne@manchester.ac.uk.

MSH held its annual Macmillan Coffee Morning on

Friday 25th September to bring together community

members to have a catch up over coffee and cake. It

was wonderful to see many of our MSH accredited

landlords, local residents and students at the event.

Thanks to all who donated and baked cakes for the

event. MSH raised £380! This could pay for 14 hours

of support for people diagnosed with cancer. The

event was also supported by the local MP.

‘‘A fantastic event by Manchester Student Homes which

brought the community together in support of a

wonderful charity’’

- Jeff Smith, MP for Manchester Withington

International Student Safety

Macmillan Coffee Morning

Community Audits with

local residents and PCSO’s

take place on the last Friday of

every month. For more information

get in touch with Josh at

Joshua.Payne@manchester.ac.uk to

suggest an area or to sign up to

accompany the team on their audit.