Greater Manchester Older People's Network
What We Do
We bring older people together from across Greater Manchester to share their experiences, shape decisions, and make a difference. Through our groups events, and partnerships, we help ensure that older people's voices are heard and reflected in the services and policies that affect their lives.
Amplify Older People's Voices
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Address Key Issues Affecting Older People
Influence Policy & Decision Making
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Produce Insights, Reports, & Recommendations
Facilitate Participation & Engagement
Build Partnerships & Collaboration
Amplify Older People's Voices
We have over 600 members across Greater Manchester and create regular opportunities for them to share their experiences and views. This happens through working groups, special interest sessions, and workshops where people can speak openly about what matters to them. We make sure these voices are listened to and shared with those who make decisions.
Influence Policy & Decision Making
We help make sure that services and decisions reflect what older people really need. We do this by sharing people's experiences and ideas and by creating opportunities for decision makers to hear directly from older people. This helps ensure that plans and services reflect what is important to our members.
Facilitate Participation & Engagement
We offer simple and welcoming ways for people to get involved, whether that's joining a working group, attending our regular social events and workshops, or being informed through our monthly newsletter. Each year, our members spend over 1000 hours participating in our events and activities. We aim to make it easy for people to share their views, feel confident in taking part, and feel included what's happening across Greater Manchester.
Address Key Issues Affecting Older People
Our work is led by our members. We focus on the issues that matter most to older people such as health, housing, transportation, and staying connected to others. We explore these topics through our groups, activities, and surveys.
Build Partnerships & Collaboration
We work closely with a range of organisations and community groups, building strong relationships with partners who regularly take part in our meetings, events, and discussions.
By bringing people together and sharing ideas, we help ensure that older people's experiences are heard and reflected in wider work across Greater Manchester.
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