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Help for you
and your community

Our large and diverse range of teaching and research specialisms means that we have expertise in many subjects related to community engagement agendas.

The MMU community group can help with access to the following areas:

  • Community Psychologists

    Community psychologists seek to understand and enhance the quality of life of individuals, community and society.

  • Community Audit
    and Evaluation Centre

    The Centre trains people in research skills that are used on community projects feeding into local service improvements.

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  • Leadership and
    Capacity Building Experts

    Community-based groups need leadership skills to become more sustainable and MMU offers courses in third-sector leadership.

  • Community Artists
    and Creatives

    Artists can create new forms of engagement, bringing local people together on innovative community projects.

  • Local Historians

    It is important to preserve the identity of communities. MMU has experts that focus on the heritage of local people and places.

  • Sustainable Development Specialists

    Sustainable development can be broken into environmental, economic and sociopolitical sustainability. All of these aspects are addressed at MMU.

  • Community Justice Professionals

    MMU’s School of Law has a dedicated ‘pro-bono’ resource and our criminologists are working on projects that are designed to help address the specific crime challenges of the North.

  • Experts in Health
    and Well-being

    There are many public health challenges that urgently need to be addressed in Manchester. Research into health and well-being at MMU is focused on combating these challenges.

  • Public Sociologists

    MMU’s sociologists engage in work that is stimulated by public policies, political activism and the purpose of social movements and institutions in civic society.

The Community Group has helped individuals and groups by:

  • providing a forum where ideas and issues can be listened to and discussed
  • finding academic contacts experienced in community engagement
  • developing collaborative research and co-enquiry projects
  • championing causes and raising the profile of community-based activities

If you would like to have a chat about the Community Group and its work, then email us at community@mmu.ac.uk.