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Helen Hibberd recieves her MBE
Congratulations to Helen Hibberd of Chorlton Good Neighbours who collected her MBE from Buckingham Palace last week!
Thanks Bernard Leech for tweeting this photo which I’ve ‘borrowed’!
And here is Helen’s description of the day – along with more (very stylish!) photos!
http://chorltongoodneighbours.org/2015/10/09/helen-mbe-presented-to-her-at-buckingham-palace/
Age-Friendly in the Lodge!
Many thanks to Anthony Morris – our AFWR Volunteer Photographer for capturing some wonderful images of our event on September 5th!
And some extra photos…
“Happy Birthday Alexandra Park!â€
Alexandra Park is celebrating one year on from the re-opening of the park with a
Free family fun day, featuring music and entertainment for all.
And as part of the celebrations…
Age Friendly Whalley Range and Whalley Range Community Forum Present:
Age-friendly in the Lodge
in Partnership with Alexandra Park Heritage Group
on Saturday 5th September 12 – 4pm.
Chorlton Lodge, Alexandra Park,
180 Russell Street, Manchester, M16 7JL
Researching Age-Friendly Cities Film showings,
Refreshments, Silk Screen Printing, a display of digital pictures and artifacts by Archive+
Information stalls, Music and song from Dave Taylor featuring
Alexandra Park contribution to the last century of popular music
Rewind: Bring an old photo or postcard of the Park and tell your story!
Come along to find out what happening for older residents
in and around Whalley Range!
Limited funding for transport: please call Chris on 881 3744 to discuss 🙂
JNR8 Youth & Community Centre,
82 Cromwell Avenue,
Whalley Range,
Manchester M16 0BG
Telephone: 0161 881 3744
Email: agefriendlywhalleyrange@gmail.com
Celebrate Festival Report
Celebrate 2015 Festival Report
“Our 18th Celebrate Festival took place on Saturday June 27th, 2015, with the theme
Light up Your Life – in recognition of the global International Year of Light Festival 2015.
We are grateful to Rev. Robert Boulter for agreeing to let us hold Celebrate 2015 at the St Margaret’s Centre and Playing Fields on Brantingham Road.
The original plan was to hold the event during the solstice with 6 different themes representing dance, faith, the environment, learning, space and participation, but due to venue unavailability, the date was put forward a week. Nonetheless we went ahead as planned – and the sun shone on the beautiful grounds of the St Margaret Centre…”
Read the Report in full: Celebrate_Report August 2015
Here is the programme for this year’s Celebrate Festival
Read our latest issue of News & Events here!
Click on the link below to read the latest information and upcoming activities from the Whalley Range area.
N&E_Summer 2015
Please contact us if you’d like to submit an article for the September issue: news, reviews, photos and details of upcoming activities/events.
We would particularly like to hear from young people – so if you know anyone who might be interested – or if you are a local young person with something to say – please get in touch!
We are also busy producing the Celebrate Festival Report: if anyone has any photos of this year’s event please share with us: your work will be acknowledged in the Report 🙂
Many thanks to Anthony Morris who once again took on the role of Celebrate Photographer for 2015.
See Anthony’s photos at Celebrate Photographs 2015
Manchester Ageing Study: Exciting News!
Manchester Ageing Study
Manchester presents to the United Nations
The Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing (MICRA), based at The University of Manchester, is to present to the United Nations this week. At a session on the human rights of older people, Dr Tine Buffel will outline the institute’s ground-breaking project, whereby older residents were trained as co-researchers to explore the ‘age-friendliness’ of cities.
Tine presented the project in New York this week at the United Nations three-day summit on protecting the human rights and dignity of older people!
Please see the press release below
Also click the link below to read the Reasearch Impact of this amazing project on the University of Manchester’s School of Social Sciences website – with links to the film and the book
http://www.socialsciences.
http://www.socialsciences.
Photos of the film launch will appear on our website very soon!
Manchester presents to the United Nations
14 Jul 2015
The Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing (MICRA) will inform a session on the human rights of older people at the UN in New York
Dr Tine Buffel explores the’ age-friendliness’ of cities with co-researchers
Manchester will present to the United Nations this week on its ground-breaking work to improve the lives of older people.
Dr Tine Buffel, of The University of Manchester, will join a panel at the UN in New York to present research around ageing in cities.
The University Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing (MICRA) has spearheaded a unique project in which older residents, aged between 58 and 74-years-old, were trained as co-researchers to work alongside sociologists exploring the age-friendliness of cities.
Today Dr Buffel will present their work, delivered with partners across the city, as part of a three-day UN summit on protecting the human rights and dignity of older people.
Dr Buffel, a research fellow at MICRA at The University of Manchester, said: The age-friendly approach is increasingly recognised as a model which promotes the right to a good old age. This is a fantastic opportunity to present Manchester innovative research and practice across the city council, the University and local communities to a global audience. Our experience is that training older people as co-researchers is effective in gaining a deeper understanding of the issues that older people themselves view as important. We want older people to feel that the city belongs to them as much as anyone else – and we believe the age-friendly approach is effective in doing this and can be replicated across neighbourhoods.
Manchester became the first UK city to be recognised as age-friendly by the World Health Organisation in 2010. University of Manchester researchers predict that in 15 years time, a quarter of the world population living in cities will be over-60.
Link to the summit Twitter feed videos (including our film)
https://twitter.com/search?q=%
Twitter hashtag #OEWG6
About, Awards, Links – and Photos (by Chris Foster Photography http://www.chrisfosterphotography.com/ )
Dr Tine Buffel wins a Social Responsibility Making a Difference Award
(22 May 2015)
Dr Tine Buffel, School of Social Sciences and MICRA, was the winner of the University of Manchester “Outstanding Local Community Collaboration†award for her project, Manchester Ageing Study.
In this project, Tine works together with older residents, community organisations and Manchester City Council to produce research and identify actions and strategies to improve the age-friendliness of local neighbourhoods. An important feature is the active involvement of older people, who were trained as co-researchers, in all stages of the project.
The project focusses upon both researching and working with older people living in areas of high deprivation with a view to improving their experience of living in the city. It builds on policy priorities in the context of the Council being an active member of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Network of “Age-Friendly Cities†(2007:12), these defined as encouraging active ageing in order to enhance quality of life as people age. The project builds on a key principle developed by the WHO: the idea of prioritizing the role of older people in developing research and action plans to improve the age-friendliness of their neighbourhood.
Through collaborative work with community organizations across three neighbourhoods in South Manchester, 18 older residents from different ethnic groups were trained to become co-researchers in the project. They have played a key role in all stages of the research, including the planning, design and implementation phases. Training sessions focused on designing interview questions, data collection and sharing/translating findings. The co-researchers conducted 68 interviews with difficult-to-reach older people about their needs to age well in the community. They also worked together with local community organisations to develop actions and strategies for social change on the basis of the research findings. In addition, 14 focus groups were held with community stakeholders to collaboratively identify opportunities for improving the age-friendliness of the different neighbourhoods.
In the next couple of Weeks we will see the release of a production film featuring the co-researchers that highlights the impact of research on ageing, urban environments and inequalities. Also, as the project nears completion Tine, with the help of her co-researchers, will release a booklet focussing on the process of involving older people in the research process.
For more information about the awards please follow the link below:
Photos by Chris Foster Photography: http://www.chrisfosterphotography.com/
100% of our target raised in Pledges for the Celebrate Festival!
Firstly: Thank you so much to everyone who pledged their support!
The community response to our crowdfunding project to fund some of the Celebrate Festival costs for 2015 was amazing!
We raised an incredible £2,326 in pledges from members of the community, businesses and local groups!
This went towards funding our performance stage and marquees – so a huge thank you to everyone who contributed!
We did it!
Moss Side Story: Our Heritage
St James’, Moss Side has an extensive historical archive and during the week from 5th to 11th July, we will be making it available to the community as an exhibition between 10.00 am and 4.00 pm Monday 6th to Saturday 11th July.
We have arranged a number of speakers for the week who are experts in their field and each will give a presentation about Moss Side.
Programme for the week
All events (expect the final celebration in Alexandra Park) are at James Pastoral Centre, Princess Road / Great Western Street, Moss Side, M14 4TH
Sunday 5th July, 10.30 am
Past, Present and Future – Special Celebration Service to give thanks for the past and pray for the future of Moss Side.
Monday 6th July, 7.30 pm
Moss Side Yesterday and Today – A joint presentation given by Councillor Alistair Cox, Councillor for Moss Side and Mrs Gabrielle Cox. They have lived in Moss Side for 40 years serving the community in many different ways.
Tuesday 7th July, 12.30pm – 1.30pm
History of Black Manchester – Bill Williamson, retired History Professor from Manchester University is an author and expert in Manchester’s cultural history.
Refreshments provided, but you may wish to bring a packed lunch
Tuesday 7th July, 7.30 pm – (to be confirmed)
Singing with Larks – A drop in session, open to all, where anyone who wants to can come along as a one off and join in the singing. Including a couple of performance by the regular group.
Thursday 9th July, 4.00 pm
The Local History of Moss Side – Michael Wood is Professor of Public Engagement at Manchester University. His popular and successful TV series include ‘In Search of the Trojan War’, ‘In the Foorsteps of Alexander the Great’, and ‘The Story of England’. He was born in Moss Side and attended Heald Place Primary School.
Thursday 9th July, 7.30 pm
The beginnings of Moss Side Carnival – a talk by Locita Brandy. Locita was one of the first organisers of the Carnival back in the 1960s and which continues every year.
Sunday 12th July, 12.00 pm Midday
Joint Celebration in Alexandra Park – The five congregations of St James, Moss Side and St Edmund’s, Whalley Range welcome all to this community celebration!
Bring a picnic lunch and meet at the Pavilion building in the park.
Manchester Ageing Study – latest news
Manchester Ageing Study:
About, Awards, Links – and Photos (by Chris Foster Photography)
Dr Tine Buffel wins a Social Responsibility Making a Difference Award
(22 May 2015)
Dr Tine Buffel, School of Social Sciences and MICRA, was the winner of the University of Manchester “Outstanding Local Community Collaboration†award for her project, Manchester Ageing Study.
In this project, Tine works together with older residents, community organisations and Manchester City Council to produce research and identify actions and strategies to improve the age-friendliness of local neighbourhoods. An important feature is the active involvement of older people, who were trained as co-researchers, in all stages of the project.
The project focusses upon both researching and working with older people living in areas of high deprivation with a view to improving their experience of living in the city. It builds on policy priorities in the context of the Council being an active member of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Network of “Age-Friendly Cities†(2007:12), these defined as encouraging active ageing in order to enhance quality of life as people age. The project builds on a key principle developed by the WHO: the idea of prioritizing the role of older people in developing research and action plans to improve the age-friendliness of their neighbourhood.
Through collaborative work with community organizations across three neighbourhoods in South Manchester, 18 older residents from different ethnic groups were trained to become co-researchers in the project. They have played a key role in all stages of the research, including the planning, design and implementation phases. Training sessions focused on designing interview questions, data collection and sharing/translating findings. The co-researchers conducted 68 interviews with difficult-to-reach older people about their needs to age well in the community. They also worked together with local community organisations to develop actions and strategies for social change on the basis of the research findings. In addition, 14 focus groups were held with community stakeholders to collaboratively identify opportunities for improving the age-friendliness of the different neighbourhoods.
In the next couple of Weeks we will see the release of a production film featuring the co-researchers that highlights the impact of research on ageing, urban environments and inequalities. Also, as the project nears completion Tine, with the help of her co-researchers, will release a booklet focussing on the process of involving older people in the research process.
For more information about the awards please follow the link below:
Trailer for ‘Researching Age-Friendly Cities’. A film funded by the School of Social Sciences, The University of Manchester.
Full Film available soon. (Planned film showing event at JNR8 with popcorn coming up – date tbc!)
Photos by Chris Foster Photography: http://www.chrisfosterphotography.com/
Together Dementia Walk & Talk Group
Our WALK & TALK GROUP has just started and we had a lovely stroll in the sunshine on Wednesday, followed by tea and cake under the verandah of the pavilion. So, come rain or shine, we will be in the Russell Street entrance/car park of Alexandra Park at 10.45am, ready to walk at 11. We will stroll for approximately 50 minutes and then have refreshments in the pavilion, before leaving at 12.30pm. Gillian will lead the walk, assisted by our volunteers. The walk is open to people living with dementia and relatives/carers. You can just turn up but, if you phone first, then we can look out for you. Walking is widely recognised to be of great benefit to all of us but particularly to people with dementia as it boosts circulation, relieves stress and lifts your mood. It can also help you to sleep better. With friendly people to chat to and different aspects of nature to observe, it should give you an improved sense of fitness and wellbeing. And if you need to build up your stamina, dont worry, as there are plenty of benches to rest on!