May/June 2014

Working towards an age-friendly Whalley Range

20mph Speed Limits for quieter, safer streets

Large areas of will have 20 mile per hour speed limits in place from this week – in the first step towards introducing the zones across the whole city. Now in its 17th year, CELEBRATE festival returns to MCC are introducing three 20mph areas that will JNR8 Youth and Community Centre on cover large parts of the city with new 20mph Saturday 21st June. speed limits on all non major, residential streets.

The theme this year is 'ALL AGES', and there will be Traffic on these streets will be going at a safer a range of exciting activities, workshops, and speed, and drivers are less likely to use these performances for children and adults alike. streets as a cut through, which will help reduce So come down and get involved in a variety of arts the number of road traffic accidents. The three initial areas are: and crafts, dance, kick boxing, DJing, writing workshops, and much, much more. Listen to some of Area 1 - North, , and Bradford the best local music and try some delicious local food, and make sure you try your luck with the raffle! Area 2 - , , and Clayton If you are interested in getting involved; performing, Area 3 - , and or running a stall, please get in touch with the festival coordinator Joe Webster on 07886461060 // We’re offering grants of up to £200 to promote [email protected] the benefits of 20mph speed limits in your community.

Who can apply? Applications can be from a small group of neighbours, a community or “Friends of” group, a

The Whalley Rangers are an independent, grassroots residents association, school or voluntary organisation – anyone who wants to raise community group, dedicated to bringing neighbours together through the care, upkeep and celebration of awareness about 20mph. the beautiful Whalley Range, Manchester! What sort of event or activity can be funded? The first ever Whalley Rangers Spring Clean took Any event or activity that promotes the benefits of place on Sunday, 27th of April - with over 200 quieter, safer streets – things like an organised volunteers taking part, collecting rubbish and then health walk around the local area, some cycle celebrating with a free meal and some great training, a group bike ride, a walking bus to take entertainment at the St Margaret’s Centre on the kids to school, applying for a road closure and Brantingham Road. Visit the website at having a “Street Games” session or holding a “Get to Know Your Neighbours Day” to get www.whalleyrangers.org and the Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/groups/thewhalleyrangers/ to find people outside and talking to each other. out more and to see photos of the spring clean. Your school could organise a “Road Safety Day” with advice on safely walking, cycling or driving to school for pupils, parents and staff. Or, you might want to organise a public meeting and get some posters, window stickers and banners to show support in your area. For more info about the 20mph scheme, and to apply for a grant visit www.manchester.gov.uk/20mph E: [email protected]

T: 0161 274 6422.

After a successful introduction of the 'Little Hands Make Big Changes' scheme by Manley Park Primary School, all three primary schools in Whalley Range have successfully been awarded funding under the The Whalley Range Community First Panel have Clean City project. This is the first area in Manchester recommended a total of 20 local projects that met where all primary schools will be involved. the priorities identified by residents to the The three schools taking part - Manley Park, St Community Development Foundation to date - Margaret's C of E and Our Lady's RC primary school - and every fantastic project was approved! will join a growing number of projects to create a That's a total of £21,997.99 that has benefited cleaner, greener Manchester. For more information Whalley Range residents since the funding about Clean City visit the website: programme opened in 2012! www.manchester.gov.uk/cleancity There is one more year of funding left - so if Under the Clean City campaign these schools will be you can think of a project that will benefit our delivering 'Little Hands Make Big Changes' projects. community please read the guidelines below. This will encourage pupils to take an active role in We would like to encourage a diverse range of their community, and ensure they recognise projects to apply for this final year - so please themselves as neighbourhood volunteers within pass on to anyone who might be interested. Whalley Range. You can apply to the Whalley Range Community First Panel for a small grant to improve your neighbourhood. New and existing community groups who live in Whalley Range can apply for £250-£1000 for projects that will benefit the area.

th You must meet at least one of the following To celebrate Manley Park Primary School’s 50 priorities: birthday on Monday 28th April 2014, the whole school •Promote local & green employability had a day of birthday party celebrations at the Junior •Promote local health & wellbeing site, and it couldn’t have been better organised or •Promote local community cohesion and gone any better – they even had perfect weather for involvement the day – lovely and sunny and warm! • Champion local environment awareness and Read more about the celebrations on the website: community engagement www.manleyparkprimary.co.uk and the great new •Promote local capacity building. Manley Park PTA website at: www.manleyparkpta.org You can apply to the Whalley Range Panel if ______you can demonstrate the following: •How the project fits with the criteria • How the project fits and will meet the needs of the community. •That at least one of the project funding holders live in ‘the area of Whalley Range’ •That the project will benefit

rd th ‘the area of Whalley Range’ On Saturday and Sunday 3 & 4 May, the Green th Walk Open House Arts and Crafts celebrated APPLY BEFORE 15 May 2014 its eighth year, with sunshine and lots of visitors. The application form is on the Community First “Green Walk was fab, as usual! Lovely day on Saturday website at meant that loads of people lingered on the green. There www.whalleyrangecf.wordpress.com was a BBQ stall, Tibetan Kitchen had their festival van [email protected] there and all the residents had loaned garden furniture so Tel: 881 3744 or write to us at JNR8, 82 plenty to keep people around for a while. Plus there were Cromwell Ave, M16 0BG 11 houses open this year - busiest yet!” The event is organised by a group of Green Walk residents who open their houses to local artists/designers to use as exhibition space to showcase and sell their work. Visit the website to find out more: www.greenwalk.co.uk www.chorltonartsfestival.com Community on Solid Ground Thirteen young people from Whiz Youth Project The group now hold regular activities in Manley Park took part in a litter pick-up in Whalley Range, in Play Centre - including Monday coffee mornings for partnership with GMP, for which they raised £700 women from 10-12, drop-in advice sessions 1-4pm, directly from the police. We are very proud of our ‘Mash it Up’ Fridays media project 6:30-8:30pm – young people for this, and they did a fantastic job and regular Saturday Girl Power project 3-5pm. too. They have all said that it has made them think T: 0161 862 0955 E: [email protected] twice about throwing down litter, now they’ve

Web: www.yosg.org.uk actively taken part in a cleanup. One young Welsh Chapel| 116B Egerton Road North| Whalley person said that from now on he’ll keep litter in his Range| Manchester| M16 0BZ pocket until he finds a bin. A great learning to be Twitter: https://twitter.com/COSG_UK had here - as well as cleaner streets in Whalley Visit Facebook to find YoSG sports activities: Range. Alison Chisholm, Project Manager www.facebook.com/YouthOnSolidGround

The Age-friendly Whalley Range/Spread the News Newsletter should be dropping onto your doormat Coalition of Disabled People over the coming weeks. Funded by Community First (GMCDP) was established in 1985 and is an and delivered by the Community Payback team, the organisation of disabled people; that is, run and newsletter will inform people who don’t have access controlled by disabled people. to the internet about the AFWR project and local GMCDP aims to: contacts. •Promote the independence and integration of Age -friendly Whalley Range held an event in April disabled people in society; with the Ageing Study team to update residents •Identify and challenge the discrimination faced about the progression of the groups and to consult by disabled people in society today; and with people about what to do next. •Encourage and support the self-organisation of The mailing list is growing and plans are in progress disabled people. for our 6 older people’s community events funded by What do we do? the We Love MCR Lord Mayor’s Charity fund. The 6 GMCDP campaigns to promote the rights of community events at accessible locations disabled people. We do this by running throughout the Ward will enable us to promote information sharing events, open meetings and AFWR and engage with wider groups. The funding training courses and providing information about for each event includes transport costs for residents disability and independent living issues. with reduced mobility/to encourage participation and We take part in consultations with voluntary and publicity via door to door leafleting in the venues statutory organisations, both locally and immediate area. The first event will be held on nationally, to ensure that disability equality is Friday May 30th at Tangmere Court with spring embedded into the development of local policies planting activities including herb growing and and services. introduction to using a computer and getting online. We run a number of projects for young disabled The other 5 venues and dates will be confirmed people aged 10 to 25 to offer information, training soon. The AFWR Steering group has been meeting and peer support. regularly to review progress of the Age-friendly We actively promote the understanding and Action Plan and to highlight issues that affect older implementation of the social model of disability, residents - such as the16 bus withdrawal and Hough which underpins all our work. Members and End development: a letter was sent to Arriva and volunteers play an important role in the work of Hough End development team on behalf of GMCDP, so please get in touch if you’d like to find residents to voice our concerns about the impact of out more about how you can get involved. changes to services. We are currently looking at a Phone: 0161 636 7534 new food project: Food Futures will be supporting a Email: [email protected] Casserole Club-style food project in Whalley Range, Website: www.gmcdp.com with support from WRCF. An initial planning Unit 4, Windrush Millennium Centre meeting has been arranged for next week. 70 Alexandra Road www.agefriendlywhalleyrange.wordpress.com Moss Side Call Chris on 881 3744 for more details of AFWR, to Manchester M16 7WD get involved in the events - or to join our mailing list.

Talk English Courses In addition to our regular Women’s ESOL classes 10- 11 am at JNR8 on Tuesdays, WRCF are working in Useful Numbers partnership with MAES, Councillors providing a weekly 3 hour Would you like to join the Angeliki Stogia 07901528750 Talk English class 10-1pm for Scouts? We have organised a Aftab Razaq 07799560244 men and women. Migrants free taster session for parents Mary Watson 860 5523 Supporting Migrants are and children to find out more Whalley Range Forum 881 3744 running a Conversation Club about the Scouts. Once set up, Health Forum 881 3744 at JNR8 on Wednesdays the Muslim Scout at the BMHC JNR8 881 3744 from 12-2pm for practicing will offer regular structured Whiz projects 881 3744 English. Please promote all learning and development for Celebrate Festival 881 3744 classes to anyone who might children through activities and Police be interested. offer qualifications for any Emergencies 999 Call Chris on 881 3744 for volunteer parents who want to Non-emergencies: 101 (15p per call) more information. get involved. Crimestoppers 0800 555 111 Sunday 11th May, 12:00-3:00pm Local Station 856 4973/856 4784 Activities on the day: Council Planning 234 4537 • Paracord Bracelets Environment Issues • Necker making Environmental Health 234 4875 St Margaret’s Centre, • Fire lighting Neighbourhood Services 234 5004 Brantingham Road M21 0TT • Putting up tents Ward Co-ordinator 455 1015 We provide a space for • BBQ About the people to come together and • Archery Whalley Range CommunityForum share learning experiences • Food pioneering • & much more! The Whalley Range Community that enhance and empower Forum is a representative voluntary their daily lives. We offer the To register: Call 0161 881 8062 following programmes in E: [email protected] organisation for residents of Whalley Manchester: Schools Find out more about upcoming Range. The Forum aims to promote a Programme: see school page events at the BMHC on the positive image of the area, contribute Community Programme: see website: www.bmhc.org.uk to the development of appropriate community page Grundtvig: Building Positivity for government strategies, improve local Projects: E.G. The Bread facilities and services and increase Project, Love Learning Employability. A numeracy and literacy teaching Programme: see communications with other workshop will take place at Education and Training organisations. JNR8/MPMC during 30th June – One World programme: One Whalley Range Community Forum 6th July The project will World bookshop stocking Meetings provide16 European students books on various awareness Trafalgar Court with free travel, meals and campaigns such as fair trade, 100 Road M16 accommodation There is space th child labour and 7pm Thursday 8 May 2014 for 5 local candidates to join the th environmental issues 7pm Thursday 10 July 2014 course free of charge: get in affecting developing E: [email protected] touch for more details, Local countries. We share the T: 0161 881 3744 residents living in walking space with our Partners who c/o JNR8, 82 Cromwell Ave distance of JNR8 have offered include; the Scouts, Maine bed and breakfast in their homes WRCF on Twitter Road Football, Alternative http://tinyurl.com/8ywpozc for the students during the Routes Curriculum and course. Hosts will receive £100 The Policing team for Whalley Range: Kimbilio see the towards costs of hosting a PC Bryn Lomas-Cecil 11199, Partners page student. We have had 10 offers PC Andrea Richards, 12518, T:0161 862 9058 of accommodation so far - and PCSO Simon Laing 66017, E: info@st-margarets- PCSO Stacey Williams 66046, need 6 more: contact us if you centre.co.uk PCSO Lisa Dronsejko 62429. are interested in getting involved. Space to hire: Call the Sergeant Tariq Butt 19753. [email protected] centre or visit the website for Follow the team on Twitter for updates: Website: the booking form. http://tinyurl.com/pa6ox6r https://twitter.com/GMPChorlton or call Chris: 881 3744

Edited by Chris Ricard. The opinions expressed here are not necessarily those of the Whalley Range Community Forum