20 or so of us gathered for the first of the Autumn drama workshops at CGN. Except for 2 or 3 new people, most of the people there had been on the first course in Spring & Summer. It showed how effective those workshops had been in developing a sense of being a ‘company’ byContinue reading Drama Workshops at CGN – week one with Sam and Nakib
Good Neighbours Drama Workshops: week 4
Kathy took us again this week for our fourth drama group workshop. We followed up on last week exercise and extended our short sketches (or vignettes) on “The first time I…..” For my group this was about the first time Christine had been on an aeroplane as a teenager. We also did a variety ofContinue reading Good Neighbours Drama Workshops: week 4
‘Arts should be available on prescription’
‘Arts should be available on prescription’ This article on the BBC website, describes what Chorlton Good Neighbours already does: https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/arts-should-be-available-on-prescription/p064lnfp Here is what Helen, our coordinator says: “This is exactly what we do and can do more of but the question remains – who is going to fund this? As often we need skilled facilitatorsContinue reading ‘Arts should be available on prescription’
BBC1’s “Holding Back the Years” come to Good Neighbours
Balance testing at Chorlton Good Neighbours At the Good Neighbours Coffee Morning on 7th Dec 2017. A BBC team led by Dr Rangan Chatterjee came to interview and film some members for the programme series “Holding Back the Years” which was aired on Friday 23rd of March on BBC1. Here is the clip from theContinue reading BBC1’s “Holding Back the Years” come to Good Neighbours
The importance of exercising
The importance of exercising at an older age Some facts and figures from Age UK (Later Life in the United Kingdom, Dec 2017) Of women aged 65-74, 35% are overweight & 28% obese.Of men aged 65-74, 53% are overweight & 23% obese Of people aged 75+ plus, only 7% take the minimum levels of physicalContinue reading The importance of exercising
Pharmacy students visit coffee morning
Thursday 2nd November coffee morning saw 7 pharmacy students now in their pre registration year with Boots, come along to carry out various activities with our older people. The students were looking at bone health and offered simple advice . This included simple exercises, guessing the percentage levels of Vitamin D in certain foods and givingContinue reading Pharmacy students visit coffee morning
Using an old ironing board to sieve soil (Video)
Geraldine in the Good Neighbours garden demonstrating how you can use on old ironing board to sieve soil or compost to make a fine tilth to use in raised beds or containers
Co-op celebrates the funds raised by its members for Local Causes
This Wednesday (19-04-17), the Co-op held an event at the Hardy Lane store to celebrate the money raised for 3 local charities including Good Neighbours over the last 6 months. Here are some photos from the event. Helen, Angela and Bob (with his grandchildren) were there to cut the cake and talk to the staffContinue reading Co-op celebrates the funds raised by its members for Local Causes
Snooker afternoon in June
Terry taking a break from the snooker outside SW Manchester Cricket Club in Chorlton. This is where we go for the Good Neighbour’s snooker afternoons held each Tuesday After a rest, Terry uses the long rest to pot the pink Composite photo of two shots being taken
Good Neighbours Garden Spring & Summer 2015
Some photos from the Good Neighbours garden in Spring and Summer 2015 Bill in the garden in Spring Paul’s kitten – one of the ones abandoned outside Morrisons Paul Some early season planting Enjoying some of Tony’s jokes. He brings in the weekly collection to entertain us Planting a hanging basket more seed sowing tidyingContinue reading Good Neighbours Garden Spring & Summer 2015
Garden Update 4th April 14
Garden Update 4th April 14 We welcomed Paul back to the gardening group at Chorlton Good Neighbours, after he had been out of action for several months. We filled some bags with earth and put in some of the chitted potatoes and continued with the weeding of the Church garden at the fron In theContinue reading Garden Update 4th April 14
Spring is on its way in the CGN garden
Spring is on its way in the CGN garden We spent the usual Friday morning, working (with plenty of stops for tea & coffee) in the Good Neighbours garden. Weather was the best of the year so far and we got plenty done. Lots of new seeds put into seed trays to germinate inContinue reading Spring is on its way in the CGN garden
Karen’s Exercise Class (video)
Karen Tynan runs the Chorlton Good Neighbours exercise class on Mondays at 1.30pm. They are one of 3 classes we run each week and they are graded by difficulty. This class of nearly 20 older people has a mix of seated and standing activities and several members are in their 80’s The class is basedContinue reading Karen’s Exercise Class (video)
CGN Greenhouse – repairs after the gale
Repairs after the gale This Friday (19-02-14) we had John’s assistance in beginning to repair the greenhouse after the damage caused by the recent gale. Altogether 9 windows were blown out and 3 of them smashed. So the reinforced glass stood up pretty well and the pieces of glass weren’t dangerous shards but like theContinue reading CGN Greenhouse – repairs after the gale
Garden Club surveys the storm damage
Storm Damage The great storm of 13th Feb 2014 will certainly be remembered in Manchester. With winds of over 70 mph buildings were damaged and trees were blown down all over the place. When we came for the Good Neighbours gardening group meeting on Friday 4th Feb we found that the greenhouse has been damagedContinue reading Garden Club surveys the storm damage
