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Manchester
Ambition for Ageing in Manchester is coordinated by the Manchester Age-Friendly Neighbourhood team (MAFN) based in the Manchester School of Architecture at MMU in partnership with Southway Housing Trust. MAFN are a multi-disciplinary team of researchers, urban designers, a health and social care manager, architects and community development workers who are co-researching with residents regarding how age friendly their neighbourhood is now - and how to make it better.
We are working in the following neighbourhoods:
- Burnage
- Hulme & Moss Side
- Moston & New Moston
A resident-led partnership has been set up in each neighbourhood to promote active ageing, increase older people’s participation and make the neighbourhood more age friendly. To this end, residents have been creating age friendly action plans incorporating a wide range of different activities and projects.
MAFN are supported by a steering group which includes partners from Southways, Manchester City Council, Age-Friendly Manchester, NHS/ CCG, MMU and representatives of each Neighbourhood Partnership Board.
See this link for more information about the work in Manchester: http://www.msa.ac.uk/mafn
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Case Studies
How a local resident successfully launched a new afternoon tea club in Burnage.
How installing accessible toilets at the New Hope Fellowship Church has meant more people are attending regular events.
How a popular art and exercise club found extra funding when their existing venue was no longer available.
How local men from Manchester aged 50 plus were attracted to affordable, informal social eating meet-ups in an environment they already knew and liked.
How a residents' board was set up at Dunstan's Court sheltered housing scheme so older people living there can plan their own monthly social activities.
How bringing different community groups together has meant older people can share ideas and inspiration about organising social events.
How a community development worker at Burnage library helped enhance mobility scooter and wheelchair access to the building.