We are delighted to announce that the following organisations will be delivering a research project as part of our programme Ageing Equally?.

• Change, Grow, Live Manchester in partnership with Broom/Gekoski will work with older people in recovery from substance misuse in Tameside.

• Europia will work with European expatriates aged 50+ in Tameside, Salford, Oldham and Bolton.

• Halal Incorp will work with older Muslim men in Central Rochdale.

• Henshaws will work with visually impaired people aged 50+ in Manchester.

• Manchester Congolese Organisation (MaCO) will work with the older Francophone African exile community in Manchester City Centre.

• Manchester Deaf Centre will work with ageing deaf sign language users aged 50+ in Bolton, Oldham and Tameside.

• Oldham Coliseum Theatre will work with elderly Pakistani women in Oldham.

• Rethink Rebuild Society will work with elderly Syrian refugees in Salford and Oldham.

• Uni Consulting, Unique Improvements Ltd will work with older Jewish community in Broughton, Salford.

• Wai Yin Society will work with members of Sheung Lok Wellbeing Centre of Wai Yin Society aged 50+.

Each of these organisations has received £8,000 to deliver their research project, each focusing on the question, ‘what makes a good place in which to grow older for people who belong to minority communities?’.

Ageing Equally? aims to generate a deeper understanding of what supports wellbeing and what makes places age-friendly for a cross-section of communities of identity or experience within the population of Greater Manchester, in order to prevent social isolation.

Click here to visit the Ageing Equally? project page, for more details on each research project.