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
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