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We launch our new MASH Strategy 2023-2028

Going above and beyond. Standing with women in Greater Manchester

March 28, 2023

Our MASH CEO Annie Emery introduces our new strategy and four key ambitions.

This week marks the launch of our new MASH Ambitions. This is our strategy for the next five years, where we commit to going above and beyond and standing with women in Greater Manchester.

The next five years will be a pivotal and transformational time for MASH. We are preparing for an even greater and sustained increase in demand for our support, not least due to the socio-economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, intensification of the cost-of-living crisis and displacement, inequality, deprivation and poverty arising out of global unrest and the climate emergency.

We know that these will be most deeply felt by the women we exist to support, who will, more than ever, need non-judgmental, confidential, gender and trauma responsive care, providing safety from a system that is often stacked against them.

To make sure we are fit for the future, we have undertaken the most comprehensive consultation exercise ever at MASH with internal and external stakeholders. From this we are committed to our four ambitions.

  • Strengthening our support
  • Increasing our reach
  • Amplifying women’s voices and influencing change
  • Creating a progressive and inclusive culture

The stakes have never been higher.

So please join us by Going Above and Beyond for women in Greater Manchester who are sex working and experiencing multiple disadvantages.

Thank you as ever for your support.

Click on the image below to read our full strategy.

MASH Strategy 2023-2028 front cover. 'Going Above & Beyond'

You can find a shorter summary of our MASH Ambitions 2023-2028 here.

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