Chorlton Good Neighbours

Day 2 of the Gardening project

Day 2 of working on the Chorlton Good Neighbours plot in Mancheter UK. Digging over the ground and cutting some branches off a tree that is overhanging the plot. Plenty of stops for cups of tea and some of Keith’s banana cake

The 5 Ways of Wellbeing – what are they?

Manchester City Council Directorate for Adults, Health & Wellbeing now requires all applicants for wellbeing funding for Adult Services to relate to the “5 Ways of Wellbeing” which relate to mental health. As the funding from the Council is important to keeping Good Neighbours going, we decided to ask some of our users and volunteersContinue reading The 5 Ways of Wellbeing – what are they?

Talk on Memory Loss and Dementia

Sally Ferris from Alzheimers UK led an interactive session at Chorlton Good Neighbours Coffee Morning on March 1st 2012. This gives a flavour of her talk, which was excellent

Don’s Exercise Class

Don OConnor’s exercise Class at Chorlton Good Neighbours, Feb 17th 2012. This was the first part of a one hour exercise session, mainly seated, that Don holds every week for people mainly in their 70’s, 80’s and 90’s

Chorlton Good Neighbours User survey

Chorlton Good Neighbours (CGN) is a neighbourhood care group covering the Chorlton, Chorlton Park and Whalley Range areas of South Manchester. It was established in 1967 by local people and has evolved to become a well-established charity offering a range of services to local older people. It currently has over 250 users and 70 volunteers.ThisContinue reading Chorlton Good Neighbours User survey

The Gardening Project gets started

On a lovely, sunny but very cold January morning, we got the Chorlton Good Neighbours gardening project under way. The idea is to reclaim a piece of land next to our offices and make it into a garden, sitting place and vegetable growing area. It will be great for all our users and volunteers, butContinue reading The Gardening Project gets started

Indoor Curling

Indoor game of curling in the Church Hall at Chorlton Good Neighbours, Jan 2012

Thank you letter from Brookburn pupil

In November 2012, members of Chorlton Good Neighbours visited Brookburn Primary School, Chorlton to talk to the year 6 students about what it was like being in Chorlton during and after World War 2. We received a lot of thank you letters from the children which were terrific. Here is one of them:

Helen on Woman’s Hour

Helen Hibberd, coordinator of Chorlton Good Neighbours Care Group, Manchester was on Woman’s Hour, Radio 4 on 9th Dec 2011 to talk about neighbourliness. This is her part of the talk plus some photos of Good Neighbours users and volunteers

Chorlton Good Neighbours, 2007 video

This is part of a video shot in 2007 which describes the work of Chorlton Good Neighbours Care Group, Manchester. It focuses on the range of activities and services it offers to older people in the local community, and how how valued it is both by its users and its volunteers. It now caters toContinue reading Chorlton Good Neighbours, 2007 video

Visit to Brookburn Primary School

Sharing Memories Members of Chorlton Good Neighbours on their visit to Brookburn Primary School, Chorlton on 23 Nov 2011. We were there to talk to the year 6 students about what it was like being in Chorlton during and after World War 2. The visit was enjoyed equally by children and adults alike, and weContinue reading Visit to Brookburn Primary School

Pumpkin pie

Cracking Good Food at Chorlton Good Neighbour Mon 7th Nov: Pumpkin pie, and spotted dick for pudding – terrific session! Many thanks to Rob & Co for a great morning’s cooking

Sunday Tea

Typical Sunday Tea at Chorlton Good Neighbours, featuring bingo, food and music from members of the Beech Band