Click on the link below to access the Chorlton Good Neighbours Annual Report 2020 Annual Report 2020 booklet
International Day of Older Persons (IDOP) Oct 1st 2020
Every year, the United Nations designates the 1 October as International Day of Older Persons (IDOP). Events are taking place across the country – albeit this year in a different, often virtual format – to celebrate the achievements and contributions older people make to society and raise awareness of the issues and challenges inContinue reading International Day of Older Persons (IDOP) Oct 1st 2020
History of the River Irwell and its role in the Industrial Revolution
Thank you to those of you who managed to join us for the Zoom AGM last Thursday; we really appreciate your support and hope you found it interesting. Here are the details for next Thursday ‘s Zoom history talk on 1st October 2020 . It will be led by Dr Luke Blazejewski , aContinue reading History of the River Irwell and its role in the Industrial Revolution
‘Odes to Chorlton’ video
Chorlton Good Neighbours Drama Workshops Members recorded a series of videos describing why they love to live in Chorlton. Here is a compilation of their views
Thursday 17th Sept Annual General Meeting
Thursday 17th Sept 2020 – Chorlton Good Neighbours Annual General Meeting Please find below a link to next Thursday’s 17th Sept Annual General Meeting via Zoom . I hope you can join us for a presentation on the year’s work as well as the re election of the trustees . The whole meeting is likely to finishContinue reading Thursday 17th Sept Annual General Meeting
‘Let’s Re-Imagine Our Chorlton’
Sunday 27th September 4pm – 5.30pm ‘Let’s Re-Imagine Our Chorlton’ Chorlton Great Get-Together on Zoom Make a cuppa, bring a cake, join in our first virtual Gathering- open to all! Save the date now! We will open with the first showing of a new video, ‘Chorlton Remembers 2020: A community building together ’ being madeContinue reading ‘Let’s Re-Imagine Our Chorlton’
How we responded to Lockdown – April to June 2020
Chorlton Good Neighbours – report for April to June 2020 From March 16th CGN ceased operating as normal due to Covid 19; all on-site activities were suspended and the group decided to offer support to its members and other local older residents through these key areas: Regular Telephone befriending Door checks and chats, socially distancedContinue reading How we responded to Lockdown – April to June 2020
CGN June 2020 Newsletter
CGN June 2020 newsletter How are you doing? Thank goodness for the weather being so great, well until it broke recently. Most of our members seem to be coping really well; creating a routine, trying to keep busy with exercise, cleaning, gardening (for those lucky enough to have a garden) and being a little creative.Continue reading CGN June 2020 Newsletter
Zoom History Talk July 2nd – “The Beatles Before They Were Famous”
Thank you to everyone who joined us for Emma Fox’s talk on the Manchester Bee. It went really well with 28 of us watching and listening to a very interesting talk. The photographs worked wonderfully well and there was time for questions at the end I am hoping to organise these on a monthly basisContinue reading Zoom History Talk July 2nd – “The Beatles Before They Were Famous”
Zoom Talk by Emma Fox on the History of the Manchester Bee
Zoom Talk by Emma Fox on the History of the Manchester Bee June 4th 2020 This talk by Emma Fox broke new ground for CGN in that the History talk this month went out on Zoom as an online video event. Here is a screenshot of some of the 25 participants The talk was aboutContinue reading Zoom Talk by Emma Fox on the History of the Manchester Bee
Paul Slater -sharing memories
Paul Slater One of the local ministers, Sarah Brewerton will be taking a small service to commemorate Paul’s life at some point. She is hoping to collect as many memories of Paul as she can get from the people who came into contact with him in many situations over the years. He was certainly well known atContinue reading Paul Slater -sharing memories
Thursday 4th June History talk by Emma Fox on Manchester Bee
Emma Fox is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting where she will be giving the June History talk about the history of the Manchester Bee Topic: Emma Fox @showmemcr ‘Manchester Bee’ talk for Chorlton Good Neighbours Time: Jun 4, 2020 01:30 PM Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86216084976?pwd=bGVOdnNQQURSSXlIZWF3bEgzY0xrZz09 Meeting ID: 862 1608 4976 Password:Continue reading Thursday 4th June History talk by Emma Fox on Manchester Bee
Chorlton Good Neighbours: Report May 2020
Chorlton Good Neighbours: Report May 2020 We are now settling into a routine of regular shopping for people who have requested that; some are CGN members and others are new to us. Support is needed because people are having to shield (often these are residents under 60 years of age) or stay indoors asContinue reading Chorlton Good Neighbours: Report May 2020
High Sheriff Recognition Award for CGN
A lovely thank you letter was sent by an anonymous member to CGN which is reproduced below. I thanks Helen and all the volunteer helpers for all the support they have given during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis High Sheriff Recognition Award At the same time, we found that someone had taken the trouble to writeContinue reading High Sheriff Recognition Award for CGN
May 2020 Newsletter from Helen
Dear CGN Member How are you doing? I realise it must now be getting very frustrating not being able to get out and about, and catch up with friends and family, but I have been hearing encouraging stories about how many of you have been using Skype, Whatsapp and Zoom etc, as well using theContinue reading May 2020 Newsletter from Helen
