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 joshua.payne@manchester.ac.uk

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: poppy.humphrey@manchester.ac.uk

phone: 0161 275 0750

in person: Manchester Student Homes, Unit 1-3

Ladybarn House, Moseley Road, Fallowfield