Community Updates

Withington Neighbourhood Page

The Integrated Neighbourhood Team works in Withington and Old Moat to bring together local services and local people to deliver services. Our aim is to work together to maximise opportunities to enable healthy, happy people.

Find out more about what’s going on in your neighbourhood in our quarterly newsletter. This is available online here or printed within the Manchester Post South newspaper. It includes local activities, community events, health and wellbeing support and volunteering opportunities.

Physical Activity Referral Service in Manchester (PARS)

Manchester Active PARS are here to help if your mental or physical health is stopping you from being active.

You can access this service by seeking a physical activity referral through a professional who knows about you and your health such as a GP, healthcare assistant or practice nurse.

PARS work with qualified community providers and instructors to deliver sessions in local leisure or community centres. They offer a range of different activities, so will always try and find something to suit you! Some Manchester Active PARS sessions are free of charge, and others carry a small cost.

For more information on the Physical Activity Referral Service, please contact the PARS Team on: 0161 974 7839 or physicalactivityteam@mcractive.com

Mandem Meetup

Exciting news – thanks to Withington Works, Mandem Meetup are able to launch a talking circle for men living in and around the area.

free to attend, no booking required, all aged men welcome. This talking circle is in Withington Works (upstairs in Withington Baths). Withington Works is on the first floor and can be accessed from the main reception via a flight of 19 steps with a banister

Your Guide to Transport offers in South Manchester

The link below is a guide to Transport offers in South Manchester. This includes How to get to hospital appointments using public transport, Free bus travel for Care Leavers, Our Pass for 16-18 year-olds, Travel pass for older people, Travel Pass for disabled people, Travel Vouchers for disabled people, Ring & Ride accessible minibuses, Free Safer Driving for Longer Course for 60+, Disabled person’s Railcard, Healthcare Travel Cost Scheme, Being There – Transport to hospital appointments for people with life limiting illnesses, Patient Transport Service (PTS) – A non emergency service for people who need special support getting to and from healthcare appointments, Good Neighbours Groups (50+) – Offer volunteer drivers to help you get to community activities and/or appointments, Driving Miss Daisy – A specially adapted wheelchair assisted vehicle for appointments, days out, shopping trips etc, Transport for Sick Children, SEND Home to School Transport Team, Motobility Scheme,

South-Manchester-Transport-Booklet-Final.pdf

Comfortable Community Scheme – Withington and Old Moat

The Comfortable Community Scheme aims to enable people to travel, shop, eat and socialise in Withington Village by reducing the barriers that stop them from going out and about in their community. For more information, please click the link below.

Comfortable Community Scheme – Withington and Old Moat – Manchester Local Care Organisation

Manchester Infant Feeding Team

The Infant Feeding Team provides specialist infant feeding support for families in Manchester. Offering rapid access and early interventions for families experiencing urgent or complex infant feeding challenges.

Support and management of:

-Breastfeeding Challenges

– Mastitis

– Blocked Ducts  

– Ductal Thrush  

– Infant Reflux

-Cow’s Milk Protein Allergy  

-Lactose Intolerance

-Unsettled Infant  

– Faltering Growth

-Infant Formula Queries

For more information please download the document below.

Infant Feeding Team (IFT) Service Leaflet and Clinic List 2024Download

Neighbourhood Partnership

Thank you to everyone who continues to attend our Withington and Old Moat Neighbourhood Partnership Meetings.

For anybody who hasn’t attended a neighbourhood partnership meeting before, these meetings take place four times a year and are a space where local people and workers across all sectors can come together to share thoughts and discuss priorities around health and wellbeing for the neighbourhood. Neighbourhood partnership meetings are also a space to connect with others and build more awareness of what is available in the neighbourhood.

We welcome all partners to this meeting including active residents who want to find out more about the work that is taking place in the area and offer their knowledge of the local community and their lived experience to help improve health and wellbeing for residents.

To join the neighbourhood partnership mailing list and receive invitations to future meetings contact Yasmin Holgeth, Health Development Coordinator for Old Moat and Withington, Manchester Local Care Organisation for more information:

Email – Yasmin.Holgeth@mft.nhs.uk

Call – 0757 0527 497