Let’s Talk Clean Air in Whalley Range

We have an interesting workshop at our JNR8 Warm Hub next week!
Join the team from Let’s Talk Clean Air to talk about your ideas and solutions to air pollution in Whalley Range. You can register your place at
Eventbrite to stay in touch – and it’s also fine for people to just turn up.

 

Lets Talk Clean Air

Let’s Talk Clean Air update 

We hope to see you our launch of the next stage of the Clean Air project to be held on Saturday 14th January at 2.30pm at St Edmunds Church

The launch will be an action packed afternoon. Get the first viewing of our short new film – it’s Whalley Wood!

There will be light refreshments and activities for children.  Bring family and friends. All are welcome! Please let us know if you’re coming  – ring, email or go to https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lets-talk-clean-air-film-launch-at-st-edmunds-tickets-483061198047

We are delighted that Afzhal Khan will be there

Workshops looking at solutions will start on 15th January. Several organisations have already signed up. Please make sure yours does, as soon as possible; we are working to a tight timescale.

The workshop can be tailor made to suit your organisations needs eg part of your faith group service or activity! The film can be used to stimulate conversation and we have some exciting group activities to keep everyone engaged.  Send an email- TalkCleanAirWR@gmail.com, to let us know, if you want more information.

Huge thanks to the community forum for support with managing the finances.

Our ask of you:

  • Keep in touch – email us if you would like our brief updates – TalkCleanAirWR@gmail.com
  • Come to the launch and invite your friends, family and neighbours Book now
  • Let us know if your organisation or group in Whalley Range might host a conversation about solutions? It might be your business, workplace, community, faith group, a school or GP surgery. Thanks to people who have already shared suggestions.
  • If you want to know more about becoming a Let’s Talk Clean Air Champion, get in touch. This group of volunteers will spearhead conversations about solutions in the New Year – there will be different roles to suit people’s skills and availability.
  • Watch and share our first video:
  • Follow and share our social channels:

o   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkCleanAirWR/

o   Twitter: @TalkCleanAirWR

Email: TalkCleanAirWR@gmail.com

Tel: Judith: 07792 690 278

  • And most important keep talking about clean air !

Cazz, Alex and Judith

The story so far…

A Whalley Range GP cycled to work taking air quality readings on the way.  She was shocked to see how high they were. She made a video about it with the Whalley Range Climate Action Group which attracted a lot of local attention.

We started hearing heartbreaking stories about local adults and children with respiratory diseases which may be aggravated by the poor air quality.

The Climate Action Group wanted to do something about it. So did Walk Ride Whalley Range and our local councillors. Solutions need to be as easy as possible and affordable for everyone. Our research showed that involving local people will be critical to success.

We want to know what you think. What drives or motivates you?  What barriers do you face? How can we make change work?

The big conversation

We have funding for a big conversation involving as many different people and opinions as possible, to work out how to improve air quality in Whalley Range taking everyone’s views into account. 

We will be running workshops across Whalley Range. If you, your group or organisation are interested in finding out more, please get in touch. We would love to hear from you.

For more information:

Watch the video: What’s the Clean Air in Whalley Range project about? – YouTube

Email: TalkCleanAirWR@gmail.com

Tel: Judith on 07792 690 278

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkCleanAirWR

Twitter: @TalkCleanAirWR

Nello James updates

More information soon

 

We have been developing more detailed proposals for the redevelopment of Walton Cottage since we ran the public consultation event.

As part of our design work, we need to see what, if any foundations exist under the walls of the older buildings on site.

To do this we will be digging some trial pits on site on Tuesday 26th July.

To keep people informed I have put some notices on the site – copy attached.

Please feel free to share this pdf with any local residents who may be interested in what is going on.

On the main design, we are aiming to share, what we hope will be final proposals, in circa 2 to 3 weeks.

The proposals will go up on a mini website to allow for feedback.

We will do flyers and emails again to publicise the info.

A couple of weeks after this, we hope to then submit the formal planning application.

Best Regards

Patrick Sheridan

Senior Development Manager

T: +44 (0)161 974 6534

M: +44(0)7825177451

E:  patrick.sheridan@views.co.uk

Wwww.views.co.uk

 

Council to seek a new developer and operator of UK’s first purpose-built LGBTQ+ majority Extra Care housing scheme

New LGBTQ+ majority Extra Care housing project in Whalley Range, South Manchester

 Scheme Updates:

The Council will begin the process to bring a new housing provider with extra care experience on board to deliver the new LGBTQ+ majority Extra Care housing project in Whalley Range, south Manchester.

A new competition will be held later this year and the successful housing delivery partner will be part of a tripartite strategic partnership with Manchester City Council and LGBT Foundation.

The housing association partner will own and be responsible for designing the scheme through a co-production approach with the Council and LGBT Foundation – alongside a Community Steering Group made up of local people in Whalley Range and members of the LGBTQ+ community.

The housing association partner will manage the scheme, with care services commissioned by the Council, support provided to LGBTQ+ residents by LGBT Foundation and allocations agreed by a panel made up of all three partners – along with the care provider.

The Council had been in negotiations with Anchor, a national older person’s housing provider, around a land deal for the site on Russell Road in Whalley Range and to operate the LGBT majority Extra Care development.

Cllr Gavin White, Manchester City Council’s executive member for housing, said:  

“The Russell Road scheme is a flagship, first-of-its-kind development that will create a safe and welcoming housing community for older LGBTQ+ people in Manchester – and we remain absolutely committed to delivering the homes the community needs.

“The three partners have agreed that the local management arrangements required to meet the specific needs of LGBTQ+ communities within Manchester mean there will be other organisations better-suited than Anchor to take it forward. The Council – in partnership with the LGBT Foundation – are in the process of seeking a new development and management partner for the Extra Care development.

“We would like to thank Anchor for their work on developing this scheme so far – including working with the Community Steering Group on best practice for this type of housing – and we look forward to seeing this important development come to fruition in the coming months.”

Dr Paul Martin OBE, Chief Executive of LGBT Foundation, said:

“We are as committed as ever on delivering the right extra care scheme for the LGBTQ+ residents of Manchester, and we will continue to work with the Council to find the most appropriate partner to meet the needs of LGBTQ+ people over 55.

“Our research clearly demonstrates that the needs of LGBTQ+ older people are still not being addressed, and this scheme will help to ensure that these inequalities are met.  We are hopeful of a speedy resolution and along with our Community Steering Group we look forward to forming a strategic partnership with the new provider, to put communities at the heart of the development of this ground-breaking scheme.”

Jane Ashcroft CBE, Chief Executive of Anchor, said:

“We are pleased to have had the opportunity to play a part in such a significant development for the LGBTQ+ residents of Manchester, which will also inform our approach on future work elsewhere. We very much look forward to seeing the development take shape.”

It’s Nearly Spring at Manchester’s LGBT+ Majority Extra Care Scheme

Hello and welcome to the next bulletin for the LGBT+ majority Extra Care Scheme in Whalley Range.

Spring is coming and so is our second pre-planning consultation event.

Our first public event went really well. We got some great feedback which has helped inform the more detailed proposals which we are looking forward to presenting at our next event on 16th February 2022. The proposals will also be available to view online from 16th to 23rd February 2022. More details are below.

Please let us know what you think because your views will be vital to make this development a success.

While Covid restrictions have relaxed, we want to continue to keep everyone at the event safe. Therefore, we ask that everyone who attends wears a mask if they can, they observe social distancing and have a negative lateral flow test.

New proposals brought forward for, LGBT+ majority Extra Care housing scheme

Second consultation to take place for the development of the former Spire Hospital site in Russell Road Whalley Range Manchester

Anchor, England’s largest not-for-profit provider of specialist housing and care for people in later life, is seeking views once more from local residents at a consultation event next week ahead of a planning application submission for around 100 new affordable homes. The development is planned for the site of the former Spire Hospital in Russell Road, Whalley Range, Manchester, which was demolished in 2019, and the brownfield site has since remained vacant.

In partnership with Manchester City Council and a Community Steering Group led by LGBT Foundation, Anchor aims to develop an Extra Care scheme on Russell Road, Whalley Range, designed to be the UK’s first purpose built LGBT+ majority housing development exclusively for older people.

The first consultation event, which took place in January in person and online, presented the initial thinking for the proposed new development. At this second event, visitors will be able to view more detailed designs ahead of the planning application being submitted.

The proposals will deliver high-quality, inclusive new homes for older people and propose around 100 one- and two-bedroom apartments, in a brick building of three and four storeys. All homes will be designed for affordable rent and shared ownership, plus shared facilities including a restaurant/bistro, lounges, treatment rooms and landscaped outdoor amenity space plus parking.  Residents will be required to be aged 55 years or over, and the scheme will be inclusive of members and non-members of the LGBT+ community from Manchester.

The development seeks to minimise its carbon impact through a number of smart design measures to improve thermal efficiency throughout. Designs propose the use of renewable energy sources such as solar power and air source heat pumps, and installation of resource efficient equipment throughout the building, such as heat recovery ventilation systems and intelligently controlled LED lighting. The current target is to achieve an accreditation of ‘BREEAM Excellent’ for the new extra care housing scheme and will install electric vehicle charging points to a proportion of the residents’ parking bays. This will place the new development within the top 10 per cent of new builds in terms of sustainability both connected to the building and the setting.

Charles Taylor, Anchor’s Director of New Business, said:

“The first consultation was well attended and we got some great feedback. We’re looking forward to presenting our updated proposals for further views before we submit a planning application to Manchester City Council.

“At Anchor we have developed a strong reputation for delivering high-quality homes where people love living in later life. We share the collective ambition with Manchester City Council to create an exemplary, inclusive development on this well-located site in the heart of the Whalley Range community.”

Cllr Gavin White, Manchester City Council’s executive member for housing and employment, said: “It’s brilliant to see this project starting to move at pace. This is the second consultation for the LGBT majority extra care scheme and the feedback received has been really useful in developing the proposals that will go to planning in the coming weeks.

“We want this to be an exemplar for inclusive older person’s housing and to do that we need input from the communities that will eventually live there. This is a great opportunity to see how the development is progressing and we’d love to get as many people’s views as possible as we move into the next stage of the project.”

Paul Martin OBE, CEO LGBT Foundation, said: “LGBT Foundation is proud to have been involved in the development of the LGBT+ majority Extra Care scheme in Whalley Range since it was proposed some years ago. We were delighted to hear the overwhelming support for the scheme during the first consultation.

“The views of the local community are key to making this development a success and we encourage people to use their voice to help shape the future of this landmark project, to ensure it offers a safe and welcoming home for older LGBT+ people.”

The consultation will be held at Whalley Range Methodist Church between 2pm and 8pm, Wednesday 16th February. In addition to the in-person event, all the information presented will be displayed online at www.anchor.consultationonline.co.uk from 16 February 2022. Local residents will be able to provide their views via a feedback form at the event or online until 23 February 2022.

ENDS

Notes to Editors

For further information, contact:

Sam Freedman / 020 3219 7956

Esme Roberts / 020 3697 7633

 

About Anchor

Anchor began more than 50 years ago and today is England’s largest not-for-profit provider of housing and care for people in later life.  It provides retirement housing to rent and to buy, retirement villages and residential care homes, including specialist dementia care. In total, Anchor serves more than 65,000 residents in 55,000 homes across almost 1,700 locations. Its residential care services employ the majority of the 9,000-strong workforce, providing services to residents at 114 care homes.  Anchor operates in more than 85% of local councils in England. For more information visit www.anchor.org.uk.

 

About LGBT Foundation

LGBT Foundation is a national charity delivering advice, support and information services to lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans communities. With a history dating back to 1975, they campaign for a fair and equal society where all LGBT people can achieve their full potential. Through their services, they reduce isolation amongst LGBT communities, help people feel more confident and in control of their lives and enable people to flourish. Together with LGBT communities and their supporters, LGBT Foundation are working to secure a safe, healthy and equal future for all LGBT people.

lgbt.foundation  | @LGBTfdn

What is an Extra Care scheme?

Extra Care schemes typically attract customers who are already living in the area that require more specialist accommodation to meet their personal needs; but do not require levels of wellness provision which justifies moving into a care home. This model is especially attractive to those who live on their own and may need some physical and/or emotional support; and it is also for those who want to live within a community of like-minded people.  The proposed development will therefore include specialist design features attributable to Extra Care schemes to enable residents to live independently in their own homes but with care and wellness services provided as and when required.

010222 Anchor Russell Road second consultation release, FINAL

 


Consultation to take place for development of the former Spire Hospital site in Russell Road Whalley Range Manchester

Anchor, England’s largest not-for-profit provider of specialist housing and care for people in later life, is seeking views from local residents at a consultation event next week ahead of the application submission for around 100 new affordable homes planned for the site of the former Spire Hospital in Russell Road, Whalley Range, Manchester.
The hospital was demolished in 2019, and the brownfield site has since remained vacant.
In partnership with Manchester City Council and a Community Steering Group led by the LGBT Foundation, Anchor aims to develop an Extra Care scheme on Russell Road, Whalley Range, designed to be the UK’s first LGBT+ majority housing development exclusively for older people.
The proposals will deliver high-quality, inclusive new homes for older people and the initial plans propose around 100 one- and two-bedroom apartments, all of which will be for affordable rent and shared ownership, plus shared facilities including a restaurant/bistro, lounges, treatment rooms and landscaped outdoor amenity space plus parking.
Residents will be required to be aged 55 years or over, and the scheme will be inclusive of members and non-members of the LGBT+ community.
Charles Taylor, Anchor’s Director of New Business, said:
“At Anchor we manage over 55,000 homes nationwide, including locations in Manchester, and have developed a strong reputation for delivering high-quality homes where people love living in later life. We share the collective ambition with Manchester City Council to create an exemplary, inclusive development on this well-located site in the heart of the Whalley Range community.”
Cllr Gavin White, Manchester City Council’s executive member for housing and employment, said:
“This development is landmark for the LGBT+ community in Manchester, bringing some of the first housing targeted at older LGBT+ people in the UK. This consultation is an early opportunity to have your say about how this scheme should be developed and I would urge people to take this chance to help guide this project before a planning application is submitted later in year.”
Paul Martin OBE, LGBT Foundation CEO, said: “LGBT Foundation are delighted to be involved in the development of the UK’s first purpose-built LGBT-majority Extra Care scheme in Whalley Range. It is exciting to see the first consultation event happening as we move a step closer to shaping the design of the scheme which will offer a safe and welcoming home for older LGBT people.”
The consultation will be held at Whalley Range Methodist Church between 2pm and 8pm, Wednesday 12th January.
In addition to the in-person event, all the information presented will be displayed online at www.anchor.consultationonline.co.uk from 12 January 2022.
Local residents will be able to provide their views via a feedback form at the event or online until 19 January 2022.

 

https://anchor.consultationonline.co.uk/

 

What’s On


Chorlton Open Gardens

 approx 22 gardens open Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Greater Manchester
Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th June 2022
11.00am to 5.00pm

A large range of gardens will be open, plus community gardens, allotments, a shared alleyway, a roof garden and local nursery. Unearth ideas for sustainability and attracting wildlife. Learn about creative ways to divide small spaces.

Refreshments on sale in some gardens, plants and crafts in others.

Proceeds from programmes to charity Freedom from Torture, individual refreshments etc to local and African charities and FfT.

Cost
£5.00 per adult, accompanied under 13s free.

How to get event passports
Programmes (entry ticket) on sale from mid-May and on the day itself at Creative Recycling (Beech Road), Chorlton Plant Nursery (Vicars Road) and Unicorn Grocery (11.00am to 2.00pm)

Number of gardens
Approximately 22 gardens will be open, but the total may vary from day to day – please contact the organisers if you need exact numbers.

Contact the organisers
Phone: TBC
Email: dmcooke@btinternet.com
Web: http://www.chorltonopengardens.org.uk


Celebrate Life in Manley Park on June 11th!

The Festival on June 11th was a great success – thanks to everyone who got involved.

See the Report below from Celebrate Coordinator Lotte Karlsen

CELEBRATE FESTIVAL REPORT 2022 (1)

See the photos on the Celebrate Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/CelebrateFestivalWhalleyRange

The Celebrate programme is here!

Celebrate programme-Final (1)


Celebrate is almost here!!!!

And here’s another of our fantastic attractions…

Bike repairs and advice and children’s activities will be provided by the Bike Hive team from Alexandra Park. The activity is being run as part of Cycling UK Big Bike Revival and is a community Dr. Bike event!

We are pleased to announce CHARLIE PINK for the acoustic stage! He’s a local songwriter of renown and a purveyor of M.M.M – Mellow Manchester Music.
See you in Manley Park on June 11th!


CHORLTON ROCK OUT SCHOOL
We are pleased to announce a returning favourite for the main stage! The kids of @chorlton rock out will be starting the day off with a healthy dose of havoc. Expect big riffs, small rockstars, and multiple drumkits on stage…

LAUREN YOUNG
We are pleased to announce that the amazing Lauren Young will be joining us on the 11th June at Celebrate 2022!
Expect wild, virtuosic piano playing across a wide range of classical, jazz and contemporary styles.

POPPYCOCK
We are pleased to announce the wonderful Poppycock for the main stage at Celebrate 2022!
Expect danceable punky sounds from leader Una Baines, who has a redoubtable back catalogue from her time in The Fall and Blue Orchids.

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Celebrate pre-festival workshops prep

in local schools with Mandy.

Looking fabulous!! ????


The Celebrate festival date is getting closer! Here’s a preview of our poster – and watch this space for details of some of the amazing festival attractions and performance coming up to Celebrate 25 years! ????????????????????????????????????????????❤️☀️????

 

The Whalley Range Celebrate festival is 25 years old this year…

Celebrate Life on 11th June 2022 from 12-6pm in Manley Park!

The theme this year will be ‘Celebrate Life’ at our community event for everyone – older people, younger people and everyone in between!

Live music and performance, displays, arts and crafts, health & wellbeing, age-friendly, stalls, workshops, information, local organisations, food and drink – and so much more!

Contact celebratewhalleyrange@gmail.com to get involved 

Watch this space for more details!

Read more about Celebrate:

https://www.whalleyrange.org/whalley-range-celebrate/

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

We are delighted to release two new reports looking into patient experiences of care during the COVID-19 pandemic

Two new reports released today by Healthwatch Manchester highlight the excellent work done by social workers in Manchester during the COVID-19 pandemic.

We conducted two surveys with Manchester residents, one with people who have had a recent experience of being discharged into care from hospital, and another with people who have had a recent social care assessment.

One of the findings which was consistent through both reports was the very positive feedback about the care provided by social workers. Some of our respondents described their care as ‘fantastic’, ‘excellent’, and said that staff went ‘above and beyond’.

The reports were commissioned by Manchester City Council, who wanted to hear the experiences of people who had used these services since the beginning of the pandemic.

The reports can be accessed below.

https://www.healthwatchmanchester.co.uk/report/2022-03-08/patient-experience-during-covid-19-two-new-healthwatch-manchester-reports

Annual Report for AFWR&C


Bookings open for COVID-19 spring booster vaccinations

We urge people aged 75 and over and those with a weakened immune system to book their COVID-19 spring booster.

If you are eligible, you will receive a text message or letter inviting you to book an appointment through the National Booking Service.

Infographic stating that people aged 75 and over are eligible for their COVID-19 spring booster

Over 470,000 people have already come forward for their spring booster, with hundreds of thousands more booking a vaccination appointment, and more than 600,000 people will be invited this week

95-year-old Devraj Jhalam, one of the first people in England to receive the spring booster, said:

“In my age group, everybody must have it immediately. Do not delay – delay means danger. You never know what will happen tomorrow”.

We also encourage you to get your first, second or booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine if you have not already done so.

12 to 15-year-old children who are most at risk from COVID-19 can now book their booster dose through the National Booking Service.

Tine Buffel and Sophie Yarker publish paper on Involving Socially Excluded Groups in Age-Friendly Programs

On 22nd March 2022, the Journal of Aging & Social Policy published (open access) the article ‘Involving Socially Excluded Groups in Age-Friendly Programs: The Role of a Spatial Lens and Co-Production Approaches’.

Authored by MICRA/MUARG researchers Tine Buffel and Sophie Yarker, the paper examines the Ambition for Aging program in Greater Manchester, UK, which implemented a range of projects designed to tackle social isolation in later life. The paper argues that due to its co-production approach and spatial lens, Ambition for Aging was able to involve sections of the older population that otherwise might have remained excluded.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08959420.2022.2049571?



Lifechanging technology to be rolled out to all type 1 diabetes patients

Everyone living with type 1 diabetes will be eligible for lifechanging flash glucose monitors on the NHS following new guidance.

This means that everyone in England with the condition will be able to benefit from the convenient technology.

The wearable gadgets, the size of a £2 coin, have a sensor that easily sits on the arm, allowing patients to check their glucose levels with a one-second scan.

NHS prevention programme cuts chances of developing type 2 diabetes

New data suggests that the NHS Diabetes Prevention programme resulted in a 7% reduction in the number of new diagnoses of type 2 diabetes in England between 2018 and 2019, with around 18,000 people saved from the dangerous consequences of the condition. Someone completing the nine-month NHS scheme reduces their chances of getting the condition by more than a third (37%).

Find out if you are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes and sign up to the programme if you are eligible.


LGBT Extra Care Scheme

Appended email from Bob Green, Housing Consultant, LGBT Foundation about the upcoming consultation

“The pre-planning application event for the LGBT Extra Care Scheme is going ahead next week (2pm to 8pm on Wednesday 12th January 2022 at Whalley Range Methodist Church, 51 Withington Road, Manchester, M16 7EX). A press release is attached. While no new Covid restrictions have been introduced, we will aim to keep everyone working and visiting the event safe.

Those living next to the scheme have received a flyer inviting them to the event and this will be shared through our mailing list, which includes everyone on this email list. The flyer explains that we ask everyone who attends to wear a mask, observe social distancing and have a negative lateral flow test. This will be the same for all of us working at the event, and also please do not come if you exhibit and flu or Covid symptoms. There will be light refreshments available for those working at the event.

At this first event, we will be explaining the principles behind the scheme rather than going into the details of design, which will be shared at the February event. The survey report we produced last year (see attached) presents an overview of previous research on LGBT housing and care needs as well as key findings from the survey. This will be useful for those of us at the LGBT Foundation stall to explain why the scheme is so important. Thanks to Anchor, there will also be a banner behind each stall summarising the main themes.”

Survey:

Housing Ageing + Care survey report

New proposals brought forward for affordable, LGBT+ Extra Care housing

Consultation to take place for development of the former Spire Hospital site in Russell Road Whalley Range Manchester

 Anchor, England’s largest not-for-profit provider of specialist housing and care for people in later life, is seeking views from local residents at a consultation event next week ahead of the application submission for around 100 new affordable homes planned for the site of the former Spire Hospital in Russell Road, Whalley Range, Manchester. The hospital was demolished in 2019, and the brownfield site has since remained vacant.

In partnership with Manchester City Council and a Community Steering Group led by the LGBT Foundation, Anchor aims to develop an Extra Care scheme on Russell Road, Whalley Range, designed to be the UK’s first LGBT+ majority housing development exclusively for older people.

The proposals will deliver high-quality, inclusive new homes for older people and the initial plans propose around 100 one- and two-bedroom apartments, all of which will be for affordable rent and shared ownership, plus shared facilities including a restaurant/bistro, lounges, treatment rooms and landscaped outdoor amenity space plus parking.  Residents will be required to be aged 55 years or over, and the scheme will be inclusive of members and non-members of the LGBT+ community.

Charles Taylor, Anchor’s Director of New Business, said:

“At Anchor we manage over 55,000 homes nationwide, including locations in Manchester, and have developed a strong reputation for delivering high-quality homes where people love living in later life. We share the collective ambition with Manchester City Council to create an exemplary, inclusive development on this well-located site in the heart of the Whalley Range community.”

Cllr Gavin White, Manchester City Council’s executive member for housing and employment, said:

“This development is landmark for the LGBT+ community in Manchester, bringing some of the first housing targeted at older LGBT+ people in the UK. This consultation is an early opportunity to have your say about how this scheme should be developed and I would urge people to take this chance to help guide this project before a planning application is submitted later in year.”

Paul Martin OBE, LGBT Foundation CEO, said: “LGBT Foundation are delighted to be involved in the development of the UK’s first purpose-built LGBT-majority Extra Care scheme in Whalley Range. It is exciting to see the first consultation event happening as we move a step closer to shaping the design of the scheme which will offer a safe and welcoming home for older LGBT people.”

The consultation will be held at Whalley Range Methodist Church between 2pm and 8pm, Wednesday 12th January. In addition to the in-person event, all the information presented will be displayed online at www.anchor.consultationonline.co.uk from 12 January 2022. Local residents will be able to provide their views via a feedback form at the event or online until 19 January 2022.

 

ENDS

 

Notes to Editors

For further information, contact:

Sam Freedman / 020 3219 7956

Esme Roberts / 020 3697 7633

 

About Anchor

Anchor began more than 50 years ago and today is England’s largest not-for-profit provider of housing and care for people in later life.  It provides retirement housing to rent and to buy, retirement villages and residential care homes, including specialist dementia care. In total, Anchor serves more than 65,000 residents in 55,000 homes across almost 1,700 locations. Its residential care services employ the majority of the 9,000-strong workforce, providing services to residents at 114 care homes.  Anchor operates in more than 85% of local councils in England. For more information visit www.anchor.org.uk.

 

What is an Extra Care scheme?

Extra Care schemes typically attract customers who are already living in the area that require more specialist accommodation to meet their personal needs; but do not require levels of wellness provision which justifies moving into a care home. This model is especially attractive to those who live on their own and may need some physical and/or emotional support; and it is also for those who want to live within a community of like-minded people.  The proposed development will therefore include specialist design features attributable to Extra Care schemes to enable residents to live independently in their own homes but with care and wellness services provided as and when required.

 

 

Action from last minutes: Chris to share Jane Goetzee’s report:

Summary for tenants 18.4.18 Jane 2 (1)



Urgent and Emergency Care – winter pressures survey

Background information

The NHS in Greater Manchester is looking to develop its understanding of why some people within Greater Manchester inappropriately access urgent and emergency care and wants to support people to access the right services and understand how to make that choice.

Funding has been agreed with NHS England to develop our awareness of the public’s understanding of services and how they choose to access care. As part of this work Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership has worked with GMCVO to create this survey to explore these issues in more detail to and provide insight from local communities.

Any findings from this survey will be used to help health and care professionals in Greater Manchester better understand why people access the NHS services in the way that they do and what communications might help to support people to make the best choices to get the help they need.

If you are responding on behalf of an organisation or have been supported to complete this survey by an organisation can you please identify who this organisation is so we can ensure this is highlighted in the feedback summary report.

The survey will take about 20 minutes to complete and is open from Friday 5th November until 12pm Friday 10th December 2021. 
If you require any further support with this survey please contact nathalie.haslam@gmcvo.org.uk OR laura.conrad@nhs.net
Thank you for taking time to share your views –
this will help us to improve our communications in the future

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/PY5MEH/


In 2019, the local community were consulted on the British Muslim Heritage Centre’s proposals for their site.
The purpose of that event was to provide some initial plans and sketches of the proposals before developing the proposals in further detail.

A second consultation event took place on Monday 29th November at the centre.

Please visit http://www.bmhc.org.uk/public-consultation/ to read all about the plans


A Guardian journalist interviewed some local people who are members of our Cromwell/York Avenue and Milton Grove WhatsApp group recently at JNR8 and Tibetan Kitchen to talk about mutual aid …

Healthwatch Manchester Bulletin: https://mailchi.mp/a9ad230cd5dd/healthwatch-manchester-nov-2021-bulletin-4119394?e=971288d398


Greater Manchester is committed to widening access and participation in active travel for over 50s | Centre for Ageing Better

https://ageing-better.org.uk/blogs/greater-manchester-is-committed-to-widening-access-to-active-travel-for-over-50s

A climate fight without age: older people and COP26

A climate fight without age: older people and COP26

Empowering local action on food poverty: key lessons from Food Power

This report shares key lessons on how to empower local action on food poverty learnt through the Food Power programme which was delivered between 2017 – 2021.

https://www.sustainweb.org/publications/oct21-empowering-local-action-on-food-poverty/?utm_source=Sustain&utm_campaign=ec3175ad6c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_09_27_09_35_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d2d28e0c33-ec3175ad6c-261690501

 

How can we ensure people have access to food when they go home from hospital?
In the first of a series of blogs, Simon Shaw shares some of the initial findings from our Home from Hospital project.

https://www.sustainweb.org/blogs/nov21-home-from-hospital-1/

 

 

 

Local Covid-19 information and other news

Click the link below to find out more

A5 Flyer 102894 Omicron (1) Citywide easy read COVID info 12-15 year olds – A5

 

 

 

 

This project was established based on BMHC’s experience of working with young people belonging to the Pakistani Muslim and Bangladeshi Muslim Community. Young people had shown a reluctance to engage with the vaccination programme, and this project looked at the underlying reasons for this hesitancy and explore ways as to how the vaccination programme might be promoted.

https://bmhc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2021-08-27-Report-Covid-19-and-Young-People-FF.pdf


Read all the latest news and advice from the gov.uk website:

https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

and the NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

 


Archive

 

Information from https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

South East England: latest information and advice - Coronavirus (COVID -19) - Visit South East England

 

 

 

 


 

WRCF documents

Priorities identified at the Forum AGM in 2023 – to be incorporated into the Development Plan

 

https://www.whalleyrange.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/WRCF-Development-Plan-2019-2024-final.pdf )

Whalley Range Community Forum Development Plan Action Framework 2022

WRCF Minutes May 2023 v4.0 (2)

WRCF Minutes July 2023 v1.0 (7)

WRCF Minutes September 2023 v3.0 (5)

WRCF Minutes November 2023 v3.0 (3)

WRCF Minutes Jan 2024 v1.0 (3)

 

AGM 2023 Minutes

WRCF AGM Mins March 2023 v1.0

Minutes of the last WRCF General Meeting

WRCF Mins Jan 2023

(Update from WR Let’s Talk Clean Ait and WRCAG as shared at the meeting)

Let’s Talk Clean Air update for community forum

We hope to see you our launch of the next stage of the Clean Air project to be held on Saturday 14th January at 2.30pm at St Edmunds Church

The launch will be an action packed afternoon. Get the first viewing of our short new film – it’s Whalley Wood!

There will be light refreshments and activities for children.  Bring family and friends. All are welcome! Please let us know if you’re coming  – ring, email or go to https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lets-talk-clean-air-film-launch-at-st-edmunds-tickets-483061198047

WE are delighted that Afzhal Khan will be there

Workshops looking at solutions will start on 15th January. Several organisations have already signed up. Please make sure yours does, as soon as possible; we are working to a tight timescale.

The workshop can be tailor made to suit your organisations needs eg part of your faith group service or activity! The film can be used to stimulate conversation and we have some exciting group activities to keep everyone engaged.  Send an email- TalkCleanAirWR@gmail.com, to let us know, if you want more information.

 Huge thanks to the community forum for support with managing the finances.

Our ask of you:

  • Keep in touch – email us if you would like our brief updates – TalkCleanAirWR@gmail.com
  • Come to the launch and invite your friends, family and neighbours Book now
  • Let us know if your organisation or group in Whalley Range might host a conversation about solutions? It might be your business, workplace, community, faith group, a school or GP surgery. Thanks to people who have already shared suggestions.
  • If you want to know more about becoming a Let’s Talk Clean Air Champion, get in touch. This group of volunteers will spearhead conversations about solutions in the New Year – there will be different roles to suit people’s skills and availability.
  • Watch and share our firstvideo:
  • Follow and share our social channels:

o   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkCleanAirWR/

o   Twitter: @TalkCleanAirWR

Email: TalkCleanAirWR@gmail.com

Tel: Judith: 07792 690 278

  • And most important keep talking about clean air !

Cazz, Alex and Judith

Snowdrop Covid Memorial Curve

The snowdrop curve palette dry Whalley Range people las year should flower in February so we have organised a series of gatherings for people to talk and write about their Covid experiences with a lovely local poet, and an event to come and see the flowers blooming on february 11th. All the details are attached, the gathering dates are below

[10:25, 07/01/2023] Avril Danczak: Tuesday 17th January 1045 to 1300 at the Pavilion Café in Alexandra Park.

Tuesday 17th January at 1715 to 1930 at British Muslim Heritage Centre, College Road M16

Thursday 19th January 1045 to 1300 at the Pavilion Café in Alexandra Park.


AGM notes 2022:

Notes WRCF AGM Feb 2022 (2)

Please see links below to the minutes of the last AGM, the agenda – which includes the nomination form for election of officers – and a shortened version of our Development Plan for review at the AGM.

We’ve included a guide to using Zoom on request.

The WRCF Annual Report and Treasurer’s Report will also be available soon.

WRCF AGM Mins 2020

Agenda and Nomination form for election of Officers for WRCF – Feb 2022 (1)

Shortened devel plan AGM Jan 2022 (1)

Zoom-Instructions-Notes

WRCF-Annual-Report-2021