Jigsaw Support is leading Tameside’s Ageing in Place pathfinder in the Ridge Hill area of Stalybridge, to make sure that older people’s voices are heard and valued in the places they live.
Ageing in Place is 3-year partnership with Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), Manchester School of Architecture and 9 neighbourhood-based pathfinder partnerships designed to create great places to grow old and strong and supportive neighbourhoods to improve connection, health, and wellbeing in later life
The pathfinder partnerships are focused on areas where there are clustered populations of residents in mid and later life.
Jigsaw Support’s Community Engagement Worker is working closely with local residents and a wide range of organisations and stakeholders including the Big Local, TMBC Population Health, and Action Together, to engage with residents to understand:
- What it’s like to live on Ridge Hill?
- How it can be improved?
- How we can work together to make it better?
- Community Cohesion
- Social participation – Increasing skills and physical activity
- Communication and information – promoting digital inclusion
- Social inclusion – specific activities for men
- A constituted ‘Ridge Hill Together’ community group
- Social activities (including movie nights)
- Strength and Balance exercise classes
- Community newsletter and noticeboards
- Digital Training and Digital Champions programme
- Men In Kitchens cookery courses
The Ageing in Place project would like to hear from anyone over the age of 50 who lives in Ridge Hill and would like to find out more, have their say and help make Ridge Hill a better place to live and grow older.
- Age-friendly champions
- Nutrition and Hydration champions
- Digital champions
- Community champions
- Active champions.
