• My Manchester Services
• Valuing Older People
• Zest Activities
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• Woodhouse Park Lifestyle Centre
• GATE
• Other Exercise Sessions
• National Falls Awareness Week
• Community Allotments
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My Manchester Services is for Manchester adults and their carers, friends and relatives. But it’s also there to help the volunteers and professionals who work to support people in the city.

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Staying active as you get older can improve your health and quality of life. Why not try our range of gentle physical activities’ sessions designed to improve strength and flexibility. These classes take a holistic approach, offering a tranquil yet social environment.

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Valuing Older People (VOP) is a multi-agency program to improve services and opportunities for the city's older population. It seeks to challenge Manchester's public agencies, businesses and communities to place older people at the centre of the extensive plans for the regeneration and reshaping of the city.

Here they have compiled most of the exercise opportunities and activities for older people in Manchester.

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For more information phone: 0161 217 3667

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Sessions run by GATE

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Other Exercise Sessions for the Over 50s

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Zest Community Allotment
Zest Community Allotment is at the Cheetham and Crumpsall model allotments off Hazlebottom Road, Crumpsall.

Residents, working with a gardener, have created raised beds and have a new poly-tunnel. There are free monthly activities help people of all ages and abilities learn about, for example, composting or growing their own produce. Zest is keen to hear from local gardeners who would like to share their knowledge, seeds or cuttings. For more information, contact Naomi Davies at Zest on 0161 655 7881/ 7888 or email: zest@manchester.gov.uk

Budding East Manchester Gardening Club
Budding East Manchester Gardening Club is involved in various gardening projects for people of all ages including the garden at the Grange in Beswick and the Phillips Park Community Orchard.

It meets at the BESSARA Community House, 5 Heather Street, Clayton on alternate Friday evenings from 7-9pm. Costs £2 per month towards trips to nurseries and garden shows.

For further information:
Tel: Bill Booth on 0161 223-8381 www.4ct.org.uk/index.php/Section34.html


Organic Gardening Group in Openshaw
There is an Organic Gardening Group at Openshaw Community Resource Centre, 10 Catherine Street, Openshaw M11 1WF. A greenhouse has been established at the centre.

For more information phone Will Mulvey on 0161 301 1480.

Hulme Community Garden Centre
Hulme Community Garden Centre welcomes new volunteers of all ages, abilities and experience.Volunteering can be undertaken at any time, with hours to suit you. We recommend however, that the best way to start is to phone us on 0161 227 8198 and ask for Helene. You can discuss with her a day that would suit you. Our main volunteers’ day is Wednesday, but other days may be available.
www.hulmegardencentre.org.uk/index.php

Friends of Platt Fields
We hold a regular volunteer afternoon, known as "OAM" (Once a Month) at 1.00pm on the 3rd Sunday of every month. Everyone is welcome to attend, and we attract a wide mix of people who are keen to do things to improve their local park. At these events we do a mix of gardening (weeding, planting, pruning), construction (fencing, raised beds, repairing the pizza oven, etc.), artistic projects (sculptures & mosaics) and clearing (wind blown leaves, soil, & rubbish). The cleaning of the lake (in waders) is one of our most popular activities!
www.plattfields.org/index.htm

Highfield Eco Allotment Project (HEAP)
This project has sites in Levenshulme welcome people who want to come down for a few hours a week. They have regular workdays on Wednesdays from 11am-4pm, and on the 3rd Sunday of every month. Volunteers can learn how to grow organic food with a low carbon footprint, help plant a forest garden, an edible hedge, a sensory garden etcetera.
www.theheap.org.uk/blog/

Chorlton Allotment Project
Chorlton Allotment Project is based at Southern Allotments, Wintermans Road. The plot was designed using permaculture techniques and is open to anyone who wants to come along and work with the group. There may be a bit of spare produce for new volunteers who put in a few hours. Volunteers attend the plot every Sunday from 1pm and work together in various maintenance and upkeep tasks. Gloves and tools are provided. Jobs include weeding and turning compost; sowing seeds and re-potting seedlings; digging new beds, maintaining paths and building.
http://allotmentalist.blogspot.com/2007/01/welcome.html