Last session of the year at Good Neighbours Garden The Chorlton Good Neighbours garden group has met outdoors, come rain or shine, in our garden throughout the year. Today (Dec 11th 2015) we met for the last time before our Christmas Break. As usual, told us his 7 ‘joke of the days’ he has savedContinue reading Last session of the year at Good Neighbours Garden
Helen’ MBE presented to her at Buckingham Palace
Helen Hibbert, the Good Neighbours coordinator was awarded an MBE earlier this year. Today (9th Oct 2015) she went to Buckingham Palace in glorious sunshine to receive her medal. We all congratulated her warmly at the recent Annual General Meeting of CGN and we do so again today. Well done Helen, you deserve this recognitionContinue reading Helen’ MBE presented to her at Buckingham Palace
Community Health Clinic Project at Good Neighbours
Community Health Clinic Project at Chorlton Good Neighbours (video) Chorlton Good Neighbours joined together with the Community Matron Team (now known as Active Case Managers) based at Chorlton Health Centre. It started in February 2015 with a nurse attending every Thursday coffee morning and providing a clinic and advice to users and volunteers fromContinue reading Community Health Clinic Project at Good Neighbours
Good Neighbours AGM 2015
Good Neighbours AGM. Thurs 17th September 2015 This year’s AGM was attended by over 90 people. Helen talked about the many achievements of the care group over the previous year and some of the challenges ahead. She was presented with a bouquet by the chair, Sarah Mitchell, both on behalf of all the work sheContinue reading Good Neighbours AGM 2015
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
Pets make another visit to Good Neighbours (video)
At the Thursday 23rd July coffee morning, the project that provides ‘pet therapy’ to all sorts of groups, visited Good Neighbours for the second time in recent weeks Linked to it a group of young people came along to talk to CGN members as they looked at, stroked and petted the dogs,rabbits and hamsters thatContinue reading Pets make another visit to Good Neighbours (video)
Community Health Clinic Award (video)
Community Health Clinic Award The community health clinic project set up by Chorlton Good Neighbours and active case managers based at Chorlton Health Centre won a NW Health and Social Care award in the Learning Together category Gaye Jackson, Programme Manager for Health NW presented the certificate to the team at the coffee morning onContinue reading Community Health Clinic Award (video)
Noah’s Art visit Good Neighbours
Noah’s Art is a charity which takes round a selection of pets round to settings where people can benefit from direct contact with pets that include dogs, cats, rabbits and guinea pigs. They came to Chorlton Good Neighbours monthly Sunday tea on June 7th 2015. The pet therapy worked a treat and the pets wereContinue reading Noah’s Art visit Good Neighbours
Another Russian medal for Bob Cowan
Good Neighbours regular, and World War 2 Arctic Convoy veteran, Bob Cowan, 95, has received another medal from the Russian Government. This time it is a medal struck for the 70th anniversary of the Victory of the Great Patriotic War. Here is the medal and a picture of a delighted Bob wearing it Continue reading Another Russian medal for Bob Cowan
The Good Neighbours garden in May
The Good Neighbours garden in May Things are really beginning to move in the CGN garden and it was a hive of activity last Friday 15th May. Here are some photos and links to a short video about the garden in May This enhanced photo of the garden was taken a few weeks earlier inContinue reading The Good Neighbours garden in May
Eyewitness Theatre – Safeguarding adults workshop
On 25th Feb 2015 a group of volunteers from Good Neighbours went, together with the coordinator Helen Hibberd, to a workshop run by the Eyewiness Theatre company at Trinity House Rusholme. The theme of the workshop was Safeguarding adults. The did sketches in which the issues of discrimination against older people, their abuse and whoContinue reading Eyewitness Theatre – Safeguarding adults workshop
March 2015 photos of Good Neighbours activities
March 2015 photos of Good Neighbours activities taken by Chris Foster photography
Coffee Morning and Snooker
Here are some photos of the snooker afternoon on 3-02-15 and from the coffee monring of 12-02-15. These are two of Chorlton Good Neighbour’s weekly activities on Tuesdays (snooker) and Thursdays (coffe morning). The photos whihc have been produced as a slideshow were taken by CGN volunteer Keith Walsh Alice who is a student atContinue reading Coffee Morning and Snooker
Finishing the Mosaics for the garden
The globe mosaics we have been making in the workshop run by Nicola Winter have been completed and put in the garden Nick with his mosaicBill putting his mosaic into on of the raised beds in the Good Neighbours garden
Making mosaics for the Good Neighbours Garden
In January 2015 we had two mosaic making workshops led by Nicola Winter. This time we branched out into making spherical mosaics on concrete mould made by Nicola. They were on the end of metal rods so that we could ‘plant’ the finished Alium style mosaics in the Chorlton Good Neighbours garden Joyce and DorothyContinue reading Making mosaics for the Good Neighbours Garden
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