Greater Manchester Walking Festival: Whalley Range Age-friendly benches walkabout

  Age-friendly Whalley Range & Chorlton (AFWRC) Friday 6 May at 10:30AM Local older people and members of our community group will walk the hour long route of the 12 installed Age-friendly benches in Whalley Range, to get some exercise, fresh air and vitamin D. We will arrange to meet up with less mobile friends … Continue reading Greater Manchester Walking Festival: Whalley Range Age-friendly benches walkabout

Age-friendly Whalley Range and Chorlton Steering Group info share

Meetings, links, news and information share for the AF steering group Latest Age-friendly Manchester e-bulletin: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKMANCHESTER/bulletins/318fe28 Micra Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/9d5d5fa418dd/micranetwork-members-micra-newsletter-24th-may-2022?e=08bc18cbd1 Carers Week Special 2022: https://mailchi.mp/10e7f084ce83/carers-week-special-2022?e=66c2e418cb https://www.carersmanchester.org.uk/events/ Photos of the bench walk coming soon… Patient experience during COVID-19 – two new Healthwatch Manchester reports Report – 8 March 2022 We are delighted to release two new reports looking … Continue reading Age-friendly Whalley Range and Chorlton Steering Group info share

Age-friendly Whalley Range and Chorlton Celebrate International Older People’s Day 2020

The Age-friendly team walked around some of the benches in Whalley Range (socially distanced of course!) on Thursday 1st of October – to celebrate International Older People’s Day 2020… See the route at the bottom of this page… Members of Chorlton Good Neighbours created posters stating positive messages e.g. “I’m ageing fabulously” and statements about … Continue reading Age-friendly Whalley Range and Chorlton Celebrate International Older People’s Day 2020

PRESS RELEASE: Whalley Range recognised as age-friendly by Mayor of Greater Manchester

Whalley Range has been officially recognised as an age-friendly neighbourhood by the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham. The Mayor announced the winners of his Age-Friendly Challenge during Greater Manchester “Doing Ageing Differently” conference. Held, in February 2019, the event brought together over 300 key figures in ageing from across the country. Whalley Range was … Continue reading PRESS RELEASE: Whalley Range recognised as age-friendly by Mayor of Greater Manchester

Age-friendly Whalley Range event at Ivy Court, Chorlton

On March 17th,  Age-friendly Whalley Range & Chorlton held a Community event at Adactus Housing’s Ivy Court on Beech Road in Chorlton – to bring older people together to socialise, to enjoy a hot meal and to access information in good company. Loren Grant of Foodwiser gave a presentation about food and nutrition: Foods to Remember – … Continue reading Age-friendly Whalley Range event at Ivy Court, Chorlton