Members of Age-friendly Whalley Range and Chorlton were happy to welcome a group of delegates from the Standing Committee for Health and Social Welfare from Oslo City Council to our community centre recently. We received a message from the group upon their return to Oslo: Good morning 🙂 On behalf of The Standing Committee … Continue reading Befriending, connecting and more: Age-friendly news
Age Friendly Whalley Range and Chorlton event at Tangmere Court, Dudley Road on Thursday 17th November Despite heavy rain, over 30 people attended another successful event held at the welcoming housing scheme in Whalley Range – Johnnie Johnson Tangmere Court. The event was hosted by Scheme Manager Maureen Jarvis, Chris Ricard from Age Friendly … Continue reading Tangmere Court hosts Age-friendly Healthy Body, Healthy Mind
At the beginning of 2016, the Age-friendly Manchester Older People Board were discussing a draft of the Age-friendly Manchester Team Action Plan for 2016 – 2017. As part of this discussion, the idea of an Age-friendly street came up. In particular, the Board were interested to see if a participatory project could be established to … Continue reading Age-friendly Streets Project Plan
The Whalley Range Community Forum, MICRA, Manchester University and Age-friendly Whalley Range/Chorlton provided lots of information, activities, refreshments, arts and crafts and entertainment at this year Celebrate Festival on July 16th 2016 at Manley Park. Read the Report here: age-friendly-marquee-celebrate-report
MA DESIGN LAB The Age Friendly City Introduction October 2011 saw the launch of a two-year partnership between the MA Design (Design LAB) programme, based at the Manchester School of Art Manchester Metropolitan University, and the Valuing Older People Team VOP) at Public Health Manchester, Manchester City Council. The aim of the partnership is to develop … Continue reading MA DESIGN LAB: The Age Friendly City
Age-Friendly Manchester (AFM) Work Plan 2016-17 The AFM Work Plan sets out in detail how the city will develop its expertise, infrastructure and capacity to create an age-friendly Manchester. AFM_2016_17_Work_Plan (1)
The Centre for Ageing Better has joined GMCVO as a member of the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub. The news comes as part of an announcement of a five-year partnership between the Centre for Ageing Better and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) to develop and share innovative approaches to tackling social, economic and health inequalities … Continue reading GMCVO joins Greater Manchester Ageing Hub
Age-friendly Whalley Range & Chorlton Report 2016 Final AFWR Annual Report 2016 AFWR Annual Report 2015 Final
The presence of older men within activities at the Whitworth, or lack of, has been apparent for some time. Despite being in Manchester, a city known nationally and internationally for its Age Friendly credentials, older men still fall into a minority within such activities at the gallery. Through conversations with fellow programmers from other cultural … Continue reading A Handbook for Cultural Engagement with Older Men
