E-Bulletin - August 2009
August 09 E-Bulletin contents page
Volunteering, local
groups and
networks
- LINk needs your help!
- Tameside Elders Association have elected a new committee
- Take a group canoeing at WAC
- Age Concern is looking for trustees
- Meet with other writers
- Recycling boat trip and volunteering opportunities
- You could be a Scout in Tameside
LINk
needs your
help!
The Tameside Local Involvement Network (LINk) has been set up to give Tameside
residents a way to have their say about how health and care services are run.
During the past six months we have surveyed
local people and asked what they think it's important for us to look at this
year. We will be working on four priority areas:
- Access to GP services
- Access to NHS dental services
- Community based mental health services
- Having control of your social care services
If you have experience of these services and want
to get involved we'd like to hear from you! We want to make sure our work
includes the things that are important to people from across Tameside.
For more information please contact the LINk Team at T3SC
on 0161 339 4985 email:
tamesidelink@t3sc.org
Tameside Elders Association have
elected a new committee
Tameside Elders Association had their AGM on the 15 June 2009 and the
elected new officers.
Goodbye
to Mr Masud
A fairwell to Mr Mohammed Masud who has left Tameside Elders Association
to stay with family abroad. We a very grateful for all his hard work
contribution to the organisation as well as the wider community. We
would like to wish him all the best in the future and hope he will come
back to visit us.
Do
you want to join TEA?
Are you 50+ and would like to get out and socialise and meet new people.
Then why not become a member of Tameside Elders Association. We meet
three days a week at Albion Church and Holy Trinity Community Centre.
For more information contact Ammer Ali email:
ammer.ali@hotmail.co.uk
Tel: 0777 607
4002
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Take a group canoeing at
WAC
Water Adventure Centre has a few spaces left
for groups to come canoeing over the summer holidays.
A fun filled two hour session of canoeing and water games on the Ashton
Canal in Droylsden costs £140 for up to 15 young people.
Includes all equipment and a canoeing youth worker!
For more information contact Lilian Pons,
Water Adventure Centre email:
wac.fun@zen.co.uk
Tel: 0161 301
2673
www.wateradventurecentre.org.uk
Age Concern is looking
for trustees
Age Concern Tameside is the largest third sector organisation in Tameside, with one clear objective – to make a real difference to the lives of older people and their families living in and around Tameside . By combining the unique strengths, skills, commitment and experience of our charity, retail outlets and trading company, we are in a position to support older people in Tameside achieve health, quality of life and prosperity.
With a growing, ageing population, this presents challenges and also rewarding opportunities and to that end we are currently looking to recruit trustees who share our values and commitment to developing and sustaining high quality services.
For more information please contact Bernadette Ashcroft – Chief Executive Officer email: ashcroftb@ageconcerntameside.com Tel: 0161 308 5000
Meet with other writers
The Writers Reign
is a local writers' circle which has been in existence for over 20 years. We
were fortunate enough to recently obtain a grant from the Community Foundation
for Greater Manchester for the specific purpose of enabling us all to attend
the annual conference of the
National Association of Writers' Groups at Durham
University in the first weekend of September. This will be of great benefit to
us as a group and we're so grateful to them for giving us this opportunity.
Writers Reign meet on the first, second and third Monday of each month at the
Labour Club, Acres Lane, Stalybridge, and would welcome new members of any
genre or ability.
For information ring Mavis Bailey on 0161 338 6045 or email mavisbailey@hotmail.com
Recycling boat trip and
volunteering opportunities with the Wooden Canal Boat Society
For the past 12 years the Wooden Canal Boat
Society (WCBS) has been using their historic wooden
boats for the benefit of the community of Tameside. On the first Sunday and
Monday of every month everybody is to welcome to join in their regular
recycling trips by boat, to collect donated goods from Droylsden. Goods are
then recycled or sold in their charity shop at 173 Stamford Street, Ashton, to
raise funds to restore the boats.
The Wooden Canal Boat Society has a new WCBS NVQ Project, funded by Tameside
Council's Innovation Fund. Volunteers who wish to do so are given the
opportunity to study for NVQ's, supported by the Training Coordinator. This is
a valuable opportunity for people who want to improve their skills and chances
of finding work in an increasingly competitive job market.
For more information on recycling trips
or volunteering ring the WCBS on 0161 330 8422.
www.wcbs.org.uk/
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You
could be a Scout in Tameside
Join over 1200 members at one of the 31 groups! From aged six onwards to adults there is something you can get involved in from being a Scout to being a leader.
If
you require any Scout information contact
Alan Fish Tel: 0161 330 0305, email:
alan.fish@dsl.pipex.com
OR visit
www.scouts.org.uk/join
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