Ageing Well in Place in Hulme
Ageing Well in Place is an exciting and innovative partnership that was catalysed by tenants living at Hopton Court tower block in Hulme.
The partnership includes On Top of the World Project, CLASS, One Manchester housing association and academics at the University of Manchester and Manchester School of Architecture. The tenants are now organised as ‘Aquarius Savers’, bringing together representatives from across four tower blocks to take forward a Naturally Occurring Retirement Community Model (NORC). The model is focused on enabling older people to ‘age well’ in the place they call home, without having to re-locate in late life.
Miles Platting Community & Age-friendly Network (MPCAN)
MPCAN is an action-focused network made up of residents and community groups who are passionate about Miles Platting.
The network formed after residents were experiencing anxiety about a regeneration programme that went wrong following the 2008 financial crash. Miles Platting Savers brought local groups, projects, and residents into dialogue, to talk about working together and address the asset stripping that had torn their community apart…. And MPCAN was born! Since then, they have created a shared vision for their area and successfully advocated for a range of interventions and developments. Most recently, MPCAN has been awarded £40,000 to develop a wildlife corridor through the neighbourhood, where air pollution exceeds the World Health Organisation’s guideline limit. The project will protect and improve green space, increase biodiversity, and intensify carbon capture on the edge of Manchester City Centre.
Wythenshawe Central Network
Wythenshawe Central Network is a constituted membership association with charitable objectives made up of local people, community, and faith groups from across the Wythenshawe area who join behind a common vision for ensuring that the needs and priorities of diverse women, families, and people with disabilities are put at the heart of local decision-making about our area.
Visit our website or email us at wythenshawecentral@gmail.com.
Our vision is for a diverse and vibrant community that has positive relationships and meaningful influence over those who control public money and decisions to achieve more equitable outcomes for people of all social classes, abilities, ages, gender identities, ethnicities, religions, and sexualities.
Membership is open to anyone who lives, works, or runs voluntary activities in the Wythenshawe area and to any constituted resident-led or user-led community organisation, faith group, or church council. We grew out of a three year project called Women of Wythenshawe.
Social Homes for Manchester
A collective movement for housing justice in Manchester We are a coalition of community associations, charities, think tanks, academics and social justice organisations focused on accelerating the number of social homes that are created in Manchester by 2030 and ensuring this is done in an environmentally sustainable way.
Our membership is made up of three levels:
- Campaign
- Coalition
- Steering Group
Any individual can sign up to support the campaign. To join the coalition, you must be a representative of a constituted group or organisation, and have approval of your group/organisation’s leadership. Any coalition member organisation can request to have representation on the Steering Group and access to representation on the Steering Group will not be unreasonably denied. We are calling on Manchester City Council to commit to enacting six key proposals in conjunction with the new Local Plan to ensure a long-term commitment to addressing the housing crisis.
Click here to find out more about our proposals.
Social Homes for Manchester website www.socialhomes4mcr.org
Women have united around four priority areas for community action on gendered poverty:
