The Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing (MICRA) has published its first report on the Northern Gateway.

The Manchester Cares Social Club programme for February is packed full of fun activities from a theatre trip to HOME, storytelling at swanky coworking space Work.Life, or a Comedy Show near Ancoats.

The University of Manchester's GHIA project aims to better understand the benefits and values of urban green and blue spaces for older people.

If you're over 65 Manchester Cares can help you stay warm, active and connected this winter.

Call Amy on 0161 207 0800 if you would like Manchester Cares to:

Community Christmas is Re-engage’s Christmas campaign. It aligns with their work throughout the year to help alleviate loneliness in older people through social gatherings.

Continuing the original vision for the project, the plan this year is to:

Are you a contemporary visual artist over 50 years of age living in Greater Manchester?
Do you have a track record of recent professional activity as a visual artist?
Do you want an injection of critical and professional support to move your practice on to the next level?

The Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) is a key partner in the delivery of Manchester’s Population Health Plan. This is the city’s overarching plan for reducing health inequalities and improving health outcomes for our residents. The Plan has five priorities, including the priority to create an age-friendly city that promotes good health and wellbeing for people in mid and later life.

Funding is available for projects that aim to increase the health and wellbeing of older people in each of the 12 neighbourhoods of Manchester.

As you may be aware, earlier this year Manchester City Council and Manchester Health and Care Commissioning launched a competitive tendering process for the contract to provide support to the city's voluntary and community sector for the next three years. We are delighted to announce that Macc has been awarded this contract.

The Our Manchester Funds Programme Management Team would like to thank everyone who provided comments as part of the consultation on the Older Peoples Fund – either through the on-line survey, public events or through other channels.

Can you connect art, ageing and place? What does being an older artist in todays society mean to you?

The Whitworth is looking for an older (50+) artist from any discipline to help us to rethink the position of older artists in our society and shape our organizational approach to working with older emerging artists.