Age-friendly Manchester E-bulletin
An electronic publication bringing you news and updates from the Age-friendly Manchester team and our partners
Issue 117 – August 2015
About this e-bulletin
Welcome to the August 2015 edition of the Age-friendly Manchester e-bulletin – a monthly update, with 1600 direct recipients in Manchester and further afield, featuring brief articles on local and national news, events and information that relates to older people.
Please send all copy, comments and suggestions to
agefriendly@manchester.gov.uk
News from Age-friendly Manchester and our partners
North Manchester Age Friendly Summer Festival
Saturday 25th July – Saturday 8th August 2015
The festival aims to promote the huge amount of activities which are on offer to older people living in north Manchester. The network has distributed 2000 copies of a very colourful “What’s On Guide” to all local libraries, clubs
and community centre’s. There are over 30 local opportunities advertised from Sunday Strolls in Heaton Park, Gentle Bootcamps for the recently retired, IT Classes and Knitting Circles – there really is something for everyone.
Many of the activities promoted as part of the festival are ongoing activities. Why not try something new. For more information contact Tracey Annette on 0161 234 4299 ort.annette@manchester.gov.uk
Southway Housing – Age Friendly Directory of Services and Activities
Be part of it.
Southway Housing are compiling an Age Friendly South Manchester publication aimed at older people. Its a great opportunity to bring together information on the fantastic opportunities across the area. In the publication we will include information on groups and activities in addition to articles showcasing Age Friendly projects.
Initially we plan to publish a summer edition with potential for further publications. If you would like details of your group (max 80 words) or your Age Friendly Project (max 500 words) to be included, free of charge, please let me know before 14th August 2015. You may also include a relevant photograph to accompany your article which may be used, depending on space, please ensure you have relevant permissions for it to be used in the publication.
For further information or to email your submission contact Catherine Morris at Southway Housing Trust at
c.morris@southwayhousing.co.uk or call 0161 448 4281
North City Nomads
Great Days Out for older north Manchester Residents
Membership to this group is open to residents of north Manchester or those attending social groups and classes across the area. The group was set up this year with an ambition to reach out to high numbers of older people who would benefit from improved interaction and social connectivity. The project was developed by the North Manchester Age Friendly Locality Networks as a practical way of addressing some of the very profound issue of loneliness amongst older people. There are now approximately 450 members and the Nomads are set to embark on their second excursion of the year, this time to Llandudno, on the 25th August. A further trip will take place in November to Chester Christmas Markets.
Registration for membership is currently closed but will reopen in January 2016. For more information contact Tracey Annette on 0161 234 4299 or t.annette@manchester.gov.uk
My Generation Over 50s Club night
We’re on the move again – Alter Ego, Princess St Manchester
Sunday 1st November 2015, from 7.00pm
Club regulars were sad to hear of the closure of the Roadhouse on Newton Street, the venue had generously provided us with a home for the best part of 2014. An appeal to club owners in Manchester resulted in a kind offer from Alter Ego on Princess Street, the current home of the legendary Twisted Wheel.
Why not join us on opening night and enjoy the coolest over 50s night out in Manchester. As always we’ll be playing the tunes of your generation and there’ll be live music from The Cavernites, tickets are still just £5.00 and
are available in advance or on the door.
For more information contact Tracey Annette on 0161 234 4299 ort.annette@manchester.gov.uk or visit www.facebook.com/mygenerationmcr
Golden Voices Community Choir
Celebrating singing together for over 5 years
This beautiful, open access Choir have had another marvellous year spreading the joy of singing and entertaining hundreds of older Manchester residents at performances across the city. They have an ethos that “everyone can sing” and welcome new members with no singing experience. This choir is aimed at people over 50 and has always been regarded as more than a singing group, “we’re a friendship group”.
You can view clips and images of their performance and even make enquiries about membership at: www.facebook.com/goldenvoicescommunitychoir
For more information contact Tracey Annette on 0161 234 4299 ort.annette@manchester.gov.uk
Heathfield Hall – Keeping Active, Keeping Healthy
Heathfield Street, Newton Heath
Heathfield Users Committee is made up of a number of a number of voluntary groups who organise activities and health sessions which take place in Heathfield Hall. The group promote their activity programme through a
“What’s On” guide. Copies are available from the Hall or neighbouring Day Centre. All activities are open to older residents of the local community including the fortnightly Front Row film club and the Fun and Games activity
sessions. Some sessions such as the Sound Heart Support Group require a GP or Health Visitor referral. Search for them on Facebook as Heathfield Users. For more information contact Tracey Annette on 0161 234 4299
Age Friendly Neighbourhood Coordination Group
Thank you to all participants who joined us on the 20th July at the Friends Meeting House for our first meeting of 2015. This reconvened group brings together a range of partners who work with and support older people living in the city. Meetings will be held twice a year, with our next meeting scheduled for November 2015. In addition to sharing updates relating to developments and delivery of the Age Friendly Manchester programme, each meeting will also provide a platform to organisations needing to reach a wider but specific audience. Thanks to Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Living Longer Living Better team for their presentation on Wellbeing and Older people.
For more information contact Tracey Annette on 0161 234 4299
or t.annette@manchester.gov.uk
Volunteering and Training Opportunities
Wanted: Volunteer Assessors to home visit people for GroceryAid, the charity for grocery people. Volunteers are vital in helping GroceryAid support grocery people in need. If you are a good listener, enjoy meeting people, have an ability to recognise needs and apply solutions and would like a flexible voluntary position that fits around your lifestyle – this could be the role for you. Assessors visit beneficiaries at least once a year in their homes.
Your recommendations could result in beneficiaries receiving basic household items such as fridges, cookers, beds as well as emergency grants. We offer full training and pay expenses. Interested? Contact Sarah on
01252 875925, email sarah.vallins@groceryaid.org.uk or visit www.groceryaid.org.uk
Are you fan of Manchester City? Do you want to support your local charity?
Why not to volunteer with The Booth Centre in the Football Kiosk Volunteer programme. This is a unique volunteering opportunity for someone who wants to support homeless people/former homeless people who you will work alongside and also help to raise money for the Booth Centre. You will be part of a team serving food and drink before and during Manchester City’s home football matches at the Etihad Stadium. To find out more please contact Valentinos on 0161 835 2499, email valentinos@boothcenter.org.uk or visit the website http://www.boothcentre.org.uk/football-kiosk-volunteers.html
INTERGEN Chorlton
Have fun, make new friends, be useful, use your skills and expertise and have fun! INTERGEN offers you the opportunity for all this by volunteering in a local primary school in Chorlton (Barlow Hall, Chorlton Park and/or Old
Moat). Check out the Intergen website ( www.intergen.org.uk ) and contact Estelle on 07946 761 785 or estelle.longmore@intergen.org.uk for a chat about how this might be the right thing for you and some local children.
Free stress management and wellbeing course for people with diabetes, heart disease or arthritis
Living with a long-term condition isn’t plain sailing, and we don’t always get the support that we need when things get tough. The Building a Healthy Future course take place over six weeks, for two hours a week and is completely free. Learn how to handle stress, make new friends, learn different relaxation techniques, boost your confidence and improve your overall wellbeing.
There are THREE courses at different venues in Manchester starting in September. Contactbahf@manchestermind.org or call Ruth on 07527 127 786 to book your place or to refer someone you know who you think might benefit. Visit:http://manchestermind.org/Building_a_Healthy_Future.php for more details.
People First Volunteer Befriending Scheme
We are recruiting volunteer befrienders for our scheme in Hulme and Moss Side. Our volunteers visit adults aged 55 years and over to help reduce loneliness and social isolation.
We provide a full training package, reasonable out of pocket expenses and support to find permanent employment or other volunteering opportunities.
Due to working with vulnerable adults we will ask you to complete a full DBS, which we will pay for. Previous experience is not required.
For more information please contact Wesley Langley – Scheme Coordinator 0161 235 6900or email wesley.langley@pfha.co.uk
or website www.peoplefirsthousing.co.uk
Volunteer Opportunity
Volunteer Handyperson Care & Repair are on the lookout for a Volunteer Handyperson. Volunteers will complete tasks alongside our HandyHelp Safety Operatives. These include the fitting of safety equipment, minor plumbing jobs and joinery work. This role would suit someone who has DIY or trades skills and you must have your own car. All out of pocket expenses are fully reimbursed. If you’re interested, please call Manchester Care & Repair on
0161 872 5500. For more details, visit http://www.careandrepair-manchester.org.uk/support-us/volunteer/
Chef wanted at The Whitemoss Age Friendly Lunch Club
Southdown Crescent, Charlestown, Blackley
This very popular Lunch Club, delivered as part of the Age Friendly Friday Club at Whitemoss, is desperately searching for a volunteer chef. In addition to food preparation, help with shopping is also needed. The group already has an active number of volunteers who will support the role. The volunteer role will suit a retired cook or someone looking for experience that could lead to employment. The Age Friendly club is closed until September as Whitemoss deliver an extensive Youth Activity Programme. For more information contactTracey Annette on 0161 234 4299 or t.annette@manchester.gov.uk
What’s On
Events Coming Up
People’s History Museum
Saturday 11 July – Sunday 24 January 2016
10am – 5pm
Show Me the Money: The Image of Finance, 1700 to the Present.
Show Me the Money charts how the financial world has been imagined in art, illustration, photography and other visual media over the last three centuries in Britain and the United States. The exhibition shows how artists have grappled with the increasingly intangible nature of money and finance from the South Sea Bubble of the early 18th century to the global financial crisis of 2008 and its aftermath. On show are works from the great 18th century satirists William Hogarth and James Gillray, alongside newly commissioned works by contemporary artists, Cornford & Cross, Immo Klink, Simon Roberts and James Jenkins. Suitable for all ages. In order to keep our exhibitions programme affordable to everyone, please make a donation. For further information, please contact the museum on 0161 838 9190
or info@phm.org.uk
People’s History Museum
Tuesday 14 July – Monday 24 August
10am – 5pm
The LMS-Patriot Project: Rail and Remembrance
After the Great War, three railway companies named locomotives to honour their employees who had fought and died during the conflict. This exhibition tells the story of the LMS-Patriot Project, the building of the new national memorial engine and looks at the contribution of those who worked on the railways during World War I. Part of the First World War Centenary. Programme suitable for adults and young people. In order to keep our exhibitions programme affordable to everyone, please make a donation. For further information, please contact the museum on 0161 838 9190
or info@phm.org.uk
People’s History Museum
Saturday 25 July – Sunday 18 October
10am – 5pm
Made – an exhibition by Venture Arts
Made is Venture Arts’ latest full studio show presenting new works that explore themes of the natural versus the manufactured. This is a multi-medium presentation by over 60 learning disabled artists using drawing, painting, animation, art as environment, 3D sculpture, illustration, photography, ceramics and textiles. Suitable for all ages. In order to keep our exhibitions programme affordable to everyone, please make a donation. For further information, please contact the museum on 0161 838 9190 or info@phm.org.uk
Second World War Evacuee Service
Sunday 23 August 10.30 am
St Mary’s, Churchgate, Stockport Market Place
The service, ‘Goodbye Stockport’ will mark the 70th anniversary of the return home of thousands of Channel Island evacuees from Stockport and the surrounding area. It will also mention ALL those children and adults who were evacuated from/to northern England during the war.
After the service, evacuees will be able to sit and share their wartime experiences. Refreshments available and small display on Wartime Evacuation. To find out more, emailGillian Mawson at whaleybridgewriter@gmail.com or call her on 01663 732963
Imaging Salford: Multimedia Animation Workshops
Join artist Mark Haig to create an exciting piece of multimedia animation using old photographs of Salford. Great fun and an opportunity for families and friends to work together and learn about storytelling, editing and animation as you bring Salford’s past to life.
Salford Museum, Saturday 8 August, 12.30 – 3pm or Sunday 9 August, 12.30 – 3pm
Walkden Gateway, Wednesday 12 August, 2pm – 4.30pm or
5pm – 7.30pm
All the workshops are FREE and MUST be booked in advance as spaces are limited. More details are available and places can be booked online at www.salford.photos/events/ Workshops are suitable for adults and children over the age of 8, however, anyone under the age of 14 needs to be accompanied by a responsible adult who also books a place.
Northern Moor Gardening Society
Saturday 8 August from 2pm – 4.30pm
St Michael and All Angels Church on Orton Road, Northern Moor
We are looking for entries for our annual gardening show on. As well as flowers, flower arrangements, fruit and vegetables, there’s also a chance to win prizes for crafts such as knitting, crochet, etc or a wide range of culinary crafts like cakes, drinks, pickles and jams. There’s also a cafe and tombola. Everyone’s welcome, even if you don’t want to enter but just want to look – we’d love to see you! For more info contact nmgsshowsec@outlook.comfor details or ring Mrs Cobain on 07894 537831. Entries need to be in by 11am on the day.
ROCHDALE OVER 55s’ DAY
Touchstones, The Esplanade, Rochdale, OL16 1AQ
Friday 14 August 10am – 2pm Free entry
Be informed
Free short seminars
Foot health
Women’s Institute
Link 4 Life
Local MP Surgery
Be entertained
Line dancing
Arts and Crafts
Reminiscence Sessions
Singer
Boccia Bowling
Armchair excercises
Refreshments available
Contact Jane for information – 07983 564893 www.svha.co.uk
Anchor Court Sheltered Housing (Cheetham, Manchester)
Tuesday 18 August 11 am – 2pm
We are having a “summer sorter” day, on helpful advice tables from some professionals, tombola raffles, bingo, guess the name of the doll, refreshments available etc, all contributing to a fun day. Call 0161 795 7606 for more information.
People’s History Museum
Friday 28 August
1.15pm – 2pm
LGBT History tour
Celebrate Manchester Pride on a tour of the PHM’s main galleries and discover how the history of gender and sexuality has been affected by society, politics and activism over the past 200 years.
Suitable for adults and young people
Booking required via Eventbrite – http://phmlgbttour2.eventbrite.co.uk
In order to keep our events programme affordable to everyone, please make a donation
Suggested donation £3
For further information, please contact the museum on 0161 838 9190 or info@phm.org.uk
People’s History Museum
Friday 28 August – Thursday 10 September
10am – 5pm
The International Day of the Disappeared
The International Day of the Disappeared falls on 30 August and commemorates the number of people still missing as a result of conflict, disaster and migration. The British Red Cross International Family Tracing service assists those separated from their family members in such situations to re-establish contact with their loved ones. This photography exhibition explores the themes of family separation and the missing.
Suitable for adults and young people
In order to keep our exhibitions programme affordable to everyone, please make a donation
For further information, please contact the museum on 0161 838 9190 or info@phm.org.uk
People’s History Museum
Saturday 29 August and Sunday 30 August
2pm – 3pm
International Day of the Disappeared talk
Join us for a talk relating to The International Day of the Disappeared exhibition. Find out more about the day and also about the International Family Tracing service offered by the British Red Cross.
Suitable for adults and young people
Booking required via Eventbrite – http://idotd1.eventbrite.co.uk
In order to keep our events programme affordable to everyone, please make a donation
Suggested donation £3
For further information, please contact the museum on 0161 838 9190 or info@phm.org.uk
Living Well with dementia
Amani Centre, Moss Lane East, M16 7DG
Monday 28 September, 1pm – 4.30pm
An open afternoon at the Friendship & Activity Group in Moss Side. For local people, professionals and people who care about our elders. Come and see what skills our members have and the fun we have together. Enjoy lunch with us, learn more about dementia, watch an inspiring film, join in our activities, and participate in discussion about what help is needed and is available locally. To book a place e-mail sally@togetherdementiasupport.org or phone07854 335890
Advice, Support and Information
Pension Wise
Confused by the new pensions freedoms? Looking for some free, impartial guidance?
Then come and talk to Pension Wise, the new service which helps people to understand their options and to make informed decisions about their pension which are best for their individual circumstances.
Appointments are available in central Manchester and various locations in Tameside, Trafford and Stockport.
To be eligible for an appointment you need to be aged 50+ and have a defined contribution pension pot.
To make an appointment call Manchester Pension Wise on 0161 830 2070.
To find out more visit the Pension Wise website – www.pensionwise.gov.uk
Manchester charity offers free support for care caterersVegetarian for Life (VfL), a national charity dedicated to improving life for older vegetarians, is offering free talks and cookery demonstrations.
Since 2008, the charity has been educating care home cooks about vegetarian/vegan nutrition, with cookery demonstrations and tasty samples.
The charity has now appointed a Roving Chef, experienced cookery tutor and food writer, Jane Hughes, offers talks and cookery demonstrations to care home cooks and groups of interested older adults in Greater Manchester. Courses for professional caterers are subsidised by the charity. Talks to groups of older adults are free.
For more information email jane@vegetarianforlife.org.uk or call Jane on 0161 257 0887.
Volunteer Centre Manchester
VCM provides information, support and training to Manchester residents who want to volunteer. VCM also supports organisations who want to recruit volunteers, need help and advice to develop new roles, introduce/update policies and procedures or have a training need. Whether you are looking to lend a hand on a one off basis or for a longer period of time, Volunteer Centre Manchester can bring you the most current selection of opportunities across Greater Manchester and assist with your application. For further information and to register with Volunteer Centre Manchester visit www.volunteercentremanchester.co.uk and direct your attention to the ‘I want to Volunteer’
section. Alternatively you can phone 0161 830 4770 or emailinfo@volunteercentremanchester.co.uk
Looking for sheltered and/or extra care housing for over 55s in East Manchester?
Look no further than Butler Court in Miles Platting!
At Butler Court residents live in their own self contained flat. Extra Care means that if you need it there are care staff based at the scheme 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and residents who need to use this care service can.
There are fantastic communal facilities such as the communal lounge, kitchen, hairdressers, community shop, scooter store and assisted bathing facilities for those who need it.
Contact Sue or Jodie on 0161 205 8578
Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service (GMFRS)
Please Stay Safe This Summer
GMFRS wants everyone to enjoy the summer months safely and we’ll be doing everything we can to reduce the number of accidents out in the open and in the home. The annual Safe4Summer Campaign is designed to offer people of all ages the opportunity to experience fun and exciting activities in their area, as well as giving them vital advice on personal safety and promoting social responsibility. Visit www.safe4summer.com for further information and to find out what’s going on in your local area.
Care and Repair Handyperson Service
Manchester Care and Repair’s handyperson service is available for small works to help an older person keep their home safe and warm. The service is free and is usually able to respond with a couple of weeks (the service does not cover the cost of materials). Call 0161 872 5500, 9am – 4pm. For more information visit http://www.careandrepair-manchester.org.uk/manchester-services/handy-help/
Home Repairs Support
For larger repair and energy efficiency works, Care and Repair can direct you to vetted contractors and/or help older owner occupiers to access the Council’s interest-free and low cost loan assistance. Call 0161 872 5500,
9am-4pm. For more information, visit http://www.careandrepair-manchester.org.uk/manchester-services/hrst/
Independent Living Support Service
The Care & Repair caseworker service has recently been awarded funding by the Big Lottery Fund to expand its service in Manchester. This free home-visiting service provides short term assistance, benefits checks and applications, signposting and information to older people of any housing tenure who want to remain in their own home. For more information on how we can help, call 0161 872 5500. For more details, visit http://www.careandrepair-manchester.org.uk/manchester-services/independent-living-service/
Home from Hospital Service
Care and Repair offer low level support to any older person (over 60) who has recently been in hospital or attended A&E and is not eligible for support from Adult Social Care. Support includes practical tasks, benefits checks and applications, finding relevant support services and telephone support. Call 0161 872 5500 (ask for Home from Hospital).http://www.careandrepair-manchester.org.uk/manchester-services/home-from-hospital/
Donate Your Unwanted Furniture and Support ‘Care & Repair’
Thinking of buying new furniture but don’t know what to do with your old items? Moving home and need to get rid of anything? Care & Repair have teamed up with CT Home to offer you FREE COLLECTION of your quality used furniture and household appliances. If you are interested in donating, please call 0161 745 7588 and quote Care & Repair. CT Home will collect anywhere across Greater Manchester and sell the furniture at their warehouse in Salford.
Care & Repair Energy Support
Manchester Care & Repair has recently expanded its BIG Lottery funded Independent Living Support Service by recruiting an Energy Support Worker. Visiting clients in their own homes, they will provide advice on improving the energy efficiency and thermal comfort of the home, as well as addressing any fuel poverty issues. If you’re struggling to pay for your fuel costs and/or would like some energy efficiency advice, call 0161 872 5500 to enquire.
People First Dementia Support Service
Free support available to people aged 55+ living in Manchester who are exhibiting signs of dementia, memory loss or confusion. The service provides support in a range of areas including independent living, claiming benefits, assistance in liaising with other agencies including health and social care.
To make a referral or obtain further information about the project, please contact: People First Dementia Support at People First Housing Association on 0161 235 6900 or visit our website
http://www.peoplefirsthousing.co.uk/support.html
Regular Groups and Activities
The Coffee Club – a new weekly social in South Manchester
Every Wednesday, 2 – 4pm, starting 12 August
Hibiscus Court, 16 Sedgeborough Road, Moss Side, M16 7HU
Hosted by LINK Two and Hibiscus Court
You’re invited to our brand new weekly social called The Coffee Club for an afternoon of tea, chat and fun activities. All over-50s and their carers are welcome and the group is absolutely free. If you know somebody who you think might enjoy this group, please get in touch. For more information please contact Simon on link@trinityhousecrc.org.uk or 0161 225 1064
WEDNESDAY POP IN at ST MARY’S MOSTON
EVERYONE WELCOME
We meet once a fortnight on a Wednesday morning 10-45 am to 12-30 pm.
Join us for a free cuppa and friendly company. Bargain tables of books, DVDs, CDs and bric-a-brac. Most items for a donation of 25p, 50p or a £1. Occasional speakers and outings.
Next few dates 5, 19 August and 2 September – every 2 weeks thereafter.
For more information contact the Church on 681 1201
www.stmarysmoston.co.uk
The Chatterbox Project’s Chair-Based Exercise Class is Back!
Thursday morning 10am
Do you struggle with mobility? Do you want to participate in gentle, targeted exercise in a warm and welcoming environment?
The Chatterbox Project is a registered charity based in Blackley, run by the community- for the community. For several years, we ran a highly successful chair-based exercise class at our premises on Booth Hall Road; and we are thrilled to announce that, thanks to popular demand, it’s back! Under the tutelage of our very own Community Worker, Jen, you’ll learn a range of gentle but effective movements designed to keep you mobile and enhance your quality of life.
If you would like to attend the weekly class, simply pop along any.
The sessions run for an hour, and are offered free of charge.
If you would like any more information, simply call The Chatterbox Project on 0161 795 6162, and ask for Jen.
Hear to Help hold drop-in clinics
NHS hearing aids, so people can get replacement tubing and batteries free.
Clinics held at:
Longsight Library, 1st Wednesday of month 10am -12 pm
Gorton Library, 2nd Thursday of month 10am -12pm
Powerhouse Library, 2nd Tuesday of month 11am -1pm
St Margarets, Burnage, last Tuesday of month 12am – 2pm
Chorlton Good Neighbours, 1st Thursday of month 9.30 – 11.30am
Withington Methodist, 3rd Tuesday of month 11am – 1.30pm
Holy Trinity Church, 2nd Monday of month 10am – 12pm
Crossacres Community Resource Centre, 2nd Monday of month 1.30pm – 3.30pm.
Didsbury Good Neighbours,Holt Pavilion,
Didsbury Park 1st Tuesday of month 10-15am till 11-45 am.
Please contact Diane Whitehead for more information, phone 0161 605 0853 or emaildiane.whitehead@hearingloss.org.uk
Horrible Histories: Blitzed Brits, new exhibition at Imperial War Museum North.
Open daily 10am – 5pm, free entry.
Seventy-five years ago, Britain faced one of the greatest dangers in its history – the Blitz. Now, to mark the anniversary, IWM North has teamed up with Horrible Histories® to reveal some of the terrible truths behind this catastrophic conflict. Personal stories and more than 200 objects, photographs, art works, film clips and sound recordings from IWM’s unrivalled national collections reveal how, for the first time, the Blitz brought the war to the doorsteps of everyone in Britain. Discover the dramatic deeds and surprising stories behind extraordinary objects in this is a major new interactive exhibition for families.
To find out more please contact 0161836 4000, email or visit the websitewww.iwm.org.uk/north
Stroke Cafes
The following programmes are designed for anyone who has had a TIA of people affected by stroke and their carers. If you would like more information, advice and support contact Helen Gilbertson or Chantelle Brady Information, Advice and Support Co-oridnators at the Stroke Association on 0161 742 7482 or mobile 07983 343003.
Come along for a brew and a chat, get some friendly advice and meet new friends at one of our Stroke Cafes below:
Trinity Baptist Church, Wellington Street, Gorton, M18 8BE, 24 August, 28 September, 26 October, 30 November, 21 December, 10 am – 1 pm. Light lunch provided
Sydney Jones Court, 333 St Mary’s Road, Moston, M40 0BH, 10 August, 14 September, 12 October, 9 November, 14 December, 10 am – 1 pm. Light lunch provided
Barlow Moor Community Centre, 23 Merseybank Avenue, Chorlton, Manchester, M21 7NT, 4 August, 1 September, 6 October, 3 November, 1 December, 10am to 1pm. A two-course lunch is available at a small charge.
Tea and coffee are free
Factory Youth Zone, 931 Rochadale Road, Manchester, M9 8AE 12 August, 9 September, 14 October, 11 November, 9 December. 10am to 1pm.
Tree of Life Centre Wythenshawe, Greenbrow Road, Newall Green, Manchester, M23 2UE, 20 August, 17 September, 22 October, 19 November, 17 December. 10am to 1pm.
A lovely meal is available for a small charge and tea and coffee is free.
POPPs
Trinity Baptist Church, Wellington Street, Gorton, M18 8BE
Thursday mornings 10.30 am – 1pm
A partnership funded by POPPs and run by The Stroke Association in co-operation with Manchester Carers’ Forum with trainers from ‘Extend’. An eight week programme of health promotion and supported exercise focusing on exercise and healthy lifestyle choices. People affected by stroke can participate in chair based exercise with a qualified ‘Extend’ trainer. Carers are given the opportunity for a break or to meet other carers and participate in activities such as relaxation and alternative therapy etc. The second half of the session is aimed at the whole group and looks at issues around stroke and healthy living. Please ringHelen Gilbertson or Chantelle Brady – Information, Advice and Support Co-ordinators at the Stroke Association on 0161 742 7482 or mobile 07983 343003 to be referred to POPPs.
The Green Stroke Cafe at Manchester Museum
Second Tuesday of the month 2pm – 3.30pm
May –October
The Manchester Museum’s Stroke café launches in May to coincide with Stroke Awareness month. Come and explore the museum’s outdoor spaces, get involved with our allotment, and find out more about our natural history collection from our curators and conservationists. Enjoy some refreshments, and chat with a member of staff from the Stroke Association.
Making Conversation
Next sessions: Thursdays 20 August, 17 September 1pm – 4pm
These workshops involve talking about and making art by using all of your senses. The sessions are audio described (for blind and partially sighted participants) and all materials and refreshments are provided. All adults welcome. Please book in advance. Tel: 0161 235 8855.
Mindful Marks
Drop in, draw and de-stress
Second Tuesday of the month
Next session 11 August
12 – 2pm
Free, no need to book.
Join Artist Naomi Kendrick and find your flow in these experimental drawing workshops for adults. Draw and mark-make amongst Masters such as Turner, Constable and Gauguin using drawing techniques inspired by Mindfulness.
Everyone’s welcome. Stay for two minutes or two hours, it’s up to you.
Close Knit
Last Saturday of the month
29 August, 2pm – 4pm
Free, no need to book
This is a great opportunity to knit in a relaxed sociable atmosphere. Beginners and more experienced knitters welcome. Each month Lucy Burscough leads a session inspired by the Gallery of Costume collection.
Drop in, no need to book, all materials provided
St Mary’s Moston – Wednesday pop in
5 August 10.45 am – 12-30 pm
EVERYONE WELCOME
Join us for a free cuppa and friendly company. Bargain tables of books, DVDs, CDs and bric-a-brac. Most items for a donation of 25p, 50p or
a £1.Occasional speakers and outings. For more information contact
the Church on 681 1201.
Age-friendly Manchester Locality Networks
Our AFM locality Networks all share a common goal of developing Age Friendly communities and neighbourhoods. The basic idea behind each Age Friendly Network remains the same, in that partners work together in a defined geographical area to improve services for, and importantly, with, older people.
Each Network has, or is in the process of, developing its own Age Friendly Action Plan which includes priority actions which covers:
– Promoting services and sharing information with older people
– Listening to and consulting with older people
– Strengthening the network to ensure effective joint working
– Reporting (Ward Coordination, Health and Well Being Plans etc)
– Delivery of Local Projects
Age-friendly Network Contact Details
Networks are supported by colleagues working in localities across the city:
Harpurhey and Moston AFM Network
Contact Tracey
Contact Tracey Annette on 0161 234 4299 or by emailing
t.annette@manchester.gov.uk
Higher Blackley and Charlestown AFM Network
Contact Tracey Annette on 0161 234 4299 or by emailing
t.annette@manchester.gov.uk
Cheetham and Crumpsall AFM Network
Contact Tracey Annette on 0161 234 4299 or by emailing
t.annette@manchester.gov.uk
Miles Platting and Newton Heath AFM Network
(incl Miles Platting, Ancoats and Collyhurst and Newton Heath)
Contact Isobel Howard on 0161 203 2600 (option 2) or by emailing
Isobel.Howard@adactushousing.co.uk
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