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Category: Whalley Range Community Forum
The Whalley Range Community Forum (WRCF) is a voluntary representative residents group formed in 1995 to facilitate and improve communication between members of the community and those who serve/represent Whalley Range.
The Forum act as an umbrella organisation, bringing residents and local services together to address local issues, to promote consultation and community cohesion – and to encourage participation.
The Forum produces a bimonthly newsletter and residents meetings to address local concerns with Police, Councillors, local council and planning officials, sends out a regular email bulletins featuring opportunities, events and news to around 400 residents from Whalley Range – and co-facilitates an annual local community festival.
The Forum worker supports new and emerging groups to access funding to set up their own community groups, holds funds for unconstituted groups and addresses resident priorities by facilitating relevant classes at the JNR8 centre during school term times.
Classes and initiatives for the diverse local community include mixed and women-only ESOL classes, women fitness, Tai Chi, confidence building sessions, basic computer and work club support and art and wellbeing classes and afternoon tea for older residents. JNR8 is also registered as a Third Party Hate Crime Reporting Centre.
The community website features local news and events, consultation links, age-friendly news and current vacancies and opportunities.
Follow @WhalleyRangeorg and @AgeFriendlyWR on Twitter
JNR8 Youth & Community Centre, 82 Cromwell Avenue, Whalley Range, M16 0BG
Tel: 0161 881 3744 | Email: communityforumwhalleyrange@gmail.com agefriendlywhalleyrange@gmail.com
Age UK Cold Weather Advice
Keep warm and well this winter.
As you get older it takes longer to warm up which can be bad for your health. The cold thickens blood and increases blood pressure, and breathing in cold air can increase the risk of chest infections.
The ideal temperature is 64°F (18°C) for your bedroom and 70°F (21°C) for your living room. Check your thermostat or use a room thermometer to monitor temperature, and keep your bedroom window shut on a winter night.
If there is anyone you know who might be at risk, make sure they know what to do.
– Download our Winter wrapped up guide for more help and advice (PDF 1MB)
The Met Office
Were working with the Met Office again this year – to help keep you prepared for cold weather over winter.
Met Office Cold Weather Alerts are a way of warning about cold weather conditions in advance – so you can take extra precautions to keep safe and well. They operate from November 1 to March 31 every year, in association with Public Health England.
The alerts themselves can be found on the Cold Weather Alerts page on the Met Office website, Twitter feed and on TV and radio. You can find out more about the Met Office Get Ready for Winter campaign too.
With 24,000 older people dying as a result of cold weather every winter, it is vital that we increase the awareness of the effects of cold weather on health.
Third issue of our Age-friendly Newsletter
Here is the link to our latest newsletter promoting local age-friendly news, events and opportunities.
Let us know what you’d like to see in future issues – and keep a look out for our special Age-friendly Winter Health Newsletter
Mosaic in Alex Park: Who created it?
- KD Grammar School pupils and a group of service users and volunteers from Chorlton Good Neighbours have been working together, designing a Mosaic as part of an Intergenerational Project, funded by Whalley Range U Decide.
The wonderful finished Mosaic is now on display in Alexandra Park.
Chorlton Good Neighbours (CGN)
Chorlton Good Neighbours (CGN) is a neighbourhood care group working in Chorlton-cum-Hardy and parts of Whalley Range, Manchester
Started in 1967 by a group of local churches, community groups and other local people, we are now a well established charity offering social, practical and emotional support to mainly older people in our community.
- Coffee mornings
- Exercise classes
- Lifts to and from appointments
- Home visits
- Help with odd jobs
- Referal to other agencies
- Provide general advice and useful local knowledge
- Social events
- Information events
- History Group
- Day trips
- Gardening Club
- Men social afternoon
- Melodics singing group
Who are our users?
- Local older people – mainly from Chorlton, Chorlton Park and the Whalley Range area..
- Our users often have little or no local family support. The majority of our users are women; however, we are encouraging more older men to get involved through a project which specifically targets them.
Visit the website at: www.chorltongoodneighbours.org
Manchester Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Research on Ageing (MICRA)
MICRA is a network promoting interdisciplinary and innovative research on all aspects of ageing. It is based at the University of Manchester, but works more widely in the Greater Manchester area and nationally. MICRA currently brings together around 1,000 academics, practitioners, policy makers and older people to enrich the research environment and to help bridge the gap between academic research and policy and practice.
MICRA aims to:
- Bring together an interdisciplinary groups of researchers working on ageing from across the University of Manchester, enhancing our capacity to raise funding for and conduct research
- Increase capability to translate research findings into practical applications (policy, clinical innovations, technology)
- Act as a focus for research activity at postgraduate and undergraduate levels across Schools and Faculties, with the intention of developing the next generation of interdisciplinary researchers in the field of ageing
Read more and find out about upcoming events at:
Age UK Magazine online
The Silverline helpline for older people 0800 328 8888 – advice • information • friendship
The Silver Line Leaflet – Issue 1
The Older People Health and Wellbeing Atlas
Enter the Older People Health and Wellbeing Atlas
The Older People Health and Wellbeing Atlas provides a snapshot profile of each local authority in England. Interactive maps and charts enable comparisons to be made nationally for over 100 indicators.
The atlas can be used to highlight deficits in the health and care of older people and large variations between local authorities across England. The information will be of use to the wide range of organisations with an interest in the health and care of older people. The Older People Health and Wellbeing Atlas aims to support those responsible for:
- delivering strategies for prevention and early intervention to improve the health and wellbeing of older people
- providing evidence and intelligence to support the development of Joint Strategic Needs Assessments for their local area.
By providing a tool to:
- Identify variations in the health and care of older people at local authority level
- Compare a local authority with others, including viewing those demographically similar
- Understand how the health and care of older people varies across local authority areas
- Monitor progress to reduce inequalities between local authorities in the health and wellbeing of older people.
In March 2013 the WMPHO has released updates to the Older People Health and Wellbeing Atlas (more information link to the Data Page. The data download file and userguide will be released shortly). Further indicators will be added or updated in future phases of this project.