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Useful Contact Info NEPHRA HQ: 27 Parkfield Road North, New Moston, M/cr M40 3TB
Telephone: 0161 633 6788 Mobile: 07889 258685 Website: www.nephra.org.uk Email: info@nephra.org.uk
Facebook: Nephra Good Neighbours Twitter: @Nephra_GN
Above: Afternoon Tea at Nephra HQ
Let’s keep in touch… via Nephra Good Neighbours BLOG! Go to www.blog.nephra.org.uk where you can keep up with what’s happening at NGN. Read our posts, watch film trailers and join in the conversation!
You can also sign up directly to receive an email whenever we post something new!
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Children’s FREE Film Club Schedule Every Sunday - *Doors open 11.30 am - Films start 12 noon
5 July ................................ The Spongebob Movie - Sponge Out of Water 12 July ......................................................................... Muppets Most Wanted 19 July ................................................. Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3 - Dog Days 26 July ............................................................................... Monsters University
2 August ....................................................................... Home *New Release*
Welcome to our June 2015 Newsletter
9 August .................................................................................... Wreck it Ralph
Inside this issue
16 August .............................. Night at The Museum: Secret of The Tomb
Useful contact info...............................................................................2
23 August .......................................................... The Penguins of Madagascar 30 August .............................................................. Cinderella *New Release* Small tuck shop provided at cost
Film Matinees - Summer schedule for adults Sunday 28 June (film starts 2pm) ...................................................... Still Life Sunday 26 July (film starts 2pm) ............................... New Marigold Hotel
Latest News - we are now a charity! .............................................4 Looking Back - picture gallery ..........................................................5 Transport issues ...................................................................................6 New Moston Councillors ..................................................................7 Volunteers and Opportunities...................................................... 8-9
Tuesday 4 August (film starts 12 noon)....................................... Only You
What’s happening on the Allotment ............................................ 10
Tuesday 18 August (film starts 12 noon) .................. As Good as it Gets
Free FUN and Games for the Family ........................................... 11
Sunday 30 August (film starts 2pm) ...........................................Atonement
Regular Groups and Classes .......................................................... 12
Sunday 27 September (film starts 2pm) ........................................ Chocolat
Doors open 30 minutes before films due to start
Adult film matinees on Sundays are followed by Afternoon Tea suggested donation just £2.00
Tuesday film showings followed by a light summery lunch
Days Out and other Events............................................................ 13 NGN Film Schedules for children and adults ............................ 14 Family Fun Day .................................................................................. 15 Colouring Competition .................................................. Back Cover
To learn more about the films being shown, visit our blog and watch the official trailers! Go to www.blog.nephra.org.uk and while you are there, why not sign up to keep in touch with what’s going on at Nephra Good Neighbours! 14
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Days Out and Other Events We did it! NEPHRA is pleased to announce we are now a registered charity! We took this bold step to ensure our plans for a new building have the best chance of success. Charities are widely recognised as existing for social good. We are already recognised locally, but we hope our newly achieved charitable status will help us move forward, raise our profile and reach our goals! Charitable status can also assist with fundraising. As well as exemption from corporation tax on profits from trading undertaken for charitable provision, there is also an 80 per cent mandatory, and 20 per cent discretionary relief from business rates. In addition we can benefit from Gift Aid and other reliefs on donations from individuals, stamp duty and land tax relief on freehold property and leases acquired for charitable purposes. In the past we have lost out on certain sources of grant funding which have only been open to organisations with charitable status.
Day Trips Wednesday 29 July ................................ Cheshire Oaks £7.00 per person Tuesday 11 August ......................................... Llandudno £7.00 per person Wednesday 26 August........................ Blackpool Zoo £12.00 per person
Special Event! - see Page 15 Sunday 5th July ............................................................ NGN Family Fun Day 12 noon - 2.00pm at NGN Allotments on Northfield Road
Summer Film School at NEPHRA HQ Do you have a camera, phone or other device that shoots video? Do you want to make your videos more interesting to watch? If your answer is YES, then come along to our Digital Film School at NEPHRA HQ this summer! We’ll show you how to:
Get the most out of your digital video device
Use a range of shots to improve your video clips
Edit your video and remove any unwanted bits
Add titles and end credits to your videos
Share your videos with friends and family
Our newly acquired status will also increase the number of grant applications we can make!
This is a 5 week course comprising of 5 x 3hour sessions
To celebrate our success we are holding a Family Fun Day on 5th July 2015. For more information see page 15
Dates: 24th & 31st July, 21st & 28th August and 4th September
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Fridays 1.00pm - 4.00pm Cost: £2.50 per session (includes tuition and refreshments) Interested? Call Iris Cooper on 07927 536014 to book your place 13
NGN Regular Groups & Classes
Looking Back - what have we been up to
Mondays 10am-11.50am e-Reader Support Group. Learn to use a digital book. £2.50 includes loan of an e-reader. 12pm-1.45pm German Language Class. Free 8 week trial, only a few spaces left! 2pm-4pm Singalong with the NGN Singers £2.50 - incl refreshments. Tuesdays Luncheon Club 1st sitting 12 noon-1.00pm followed by 2nd sitting 1.00pm-2.00pm Wednesdays 9am-11am Mums and Tots £1.50 for the 1st child plus 50p for each additional child. 12.30pm-2.30pm iPad Class £2.50 includes tuition, refreshments and the loan of an iPad Thursdays 10pm - 12pm Knit and Natter £2.50 - includes refreshments. 12.30pm - 2pm Card Craft £2.50 incl refreshments plus there’s a small charge for materials
Fridays 10am-12pm Computer Class £2.50 - includes tuition & refreshments 1pm - 3pm Computer Class £2.50 - includes tuition & refreshments. Sundays 11.30am - Free Children’s Film Club - small Tuck Shop at cost. *2.00pm on the first Sunday of every month - Matinee film for adults. *Free event followed by optional afternoon tea for £2.00 To book your place please telephone - 0161 633 6788 or 07889 258685 Or contact us by email - info@nephra.org.uk 12
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Transport NEPHRA Good Neighbours has for some time now been concerned at the lack of bus stops within parts of New Moston. If you want to travel from New Moston to the rest of the Moston ward, you’ll find yourself taking a long walk to the bus stop! Way back in 2013 when meetings were taking place about the closure of New Moston Library & Broadway baths, officers from the city council suggested we all could take a bus to the college library on the corner of Moston Lane\Rochdale Road, and the Family Fitness Centre opposite. Even then we informed officers who were handling the cutbacks, there wasn’t a bus service connecting New Moston to the rest of the Moston ward. Since that time the service has deteriorated further, in fact in order to reach facilities within our own ward, residents must now walk 16 Minutes and then sit on a bus for 14 Minutes! (Journey planned on Transport for Greater Manchester -TfGM website, 9th June 2015). Noticeably, if you are infirm or elderly, or have young children walking with you, it will take much, much longer to walk the required distance!! Residents' who are unable to walk the required 16 minutes - can no longer access a wide range of much needed services such as Barclays & Lloyds Bank both situated on Moston Lane; the Doctors Surgery at the Simpson Memorial; the Breast Screening Service at Asda Harpurhey Car Park; Podiatry at Harpurhey & Charlestown Health Centres; Out Patients at North Manchester General Hospital; North City Family & Fitness Centre; The Youth Zone on Rochdale Road; Social Services; St Dunstan’s Church & Parish Hall, the latter is where the Moston & New Moston Strategic Forum meet & St Dunstan’s AODS, not forgetting to mention a host of other churches from different faiths.. In the past NGN have spoken to our local councillors, TfGM and officers at the city council about this problem. Unfortunately, they too have had little influence in helping NGN negotiate an adequate bus service. More recently - 12th February Local Link was withdrawn from our area and Ring & Ride reduced the number of miles it would take disabled passengers to a 6 mile radius. All of which has made the situation worse! We now need your help...please drop us a line and tell us about any problems YOU may have experienced when travelling around the ward by bus or by Ring & Ride. All information will be treated in utmost confidence, but will be used anonymously to negotiate an improved bus service, and Ring & Ride, with TfGM for our area. Please send your comments to Post Bag, NEPHRA HQ, 27 Parkfield Road North, M40 3TB or by email info@nephra.org.uk. All participants will be entered into a prize draw for a £10 Morrisons shopping voucher. 6
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NEPHRA’s Organic Allotment
Local Councillors NGN is proud to announce Councillor Paul Murphy OBE has been elected as the Lord Mayor of Manchester 2015/16. Paul is one of our local councillors and has always been a keen supporter of our work. Over the years Paul has played a key role ensuring officers at the city council were made aware of the important work NGN do in the community. He was instrumental in securing the funding for our drop in facility on Parkfield Road North.
Sadly in the past 18months little has change at our allotment site. Our entire growing operation has been hampered by poor management of the Building and land that used to be the Northfield Centre.
Water from a leak at the empty centre is leeching into the allotment and weeds from the land around the building are also spreading to our plot. Dena Murphy, who manages our allotment, is distressed at the amount of problems the closure of the building has caused. The city council is in the process of organising a compost toilet & portable cabin for our site, and we look forward to these being materialised - soon! In the meantime the Council have provided us with 2 portable toilets… and we remain hopeful that Dena can continue doing what she does best, which is providing delicious organic fruit and produce for local folk who regularly attend our Luncheon Club.
Do You Need Help? Drop in Advice Sessions and Surgeries are attended by Councillors Appleby and Dar on a rotational basis.
When: 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month (excluding Bank Holidays and the month of August) - 6:00pm to 6:45pm Where: NEPHRA HQ 27 Parkfield Road North, New Moston, Manchester M40
Councillor Appleby End of Term 2019
Councillor Dar End of Term 2018
Cllr Appleby serves on the Economy Scrutiny Committee
Cllr Dar is Assistant Executive Member for Neighbour Services. She also serves on the Executive Standing Consultative Panel
Don’t forget your local councillors are here to help, no problem is too big or too small. If you are unable to make one of the drop in sessions you can contact them via email or telephone - details below Town Hall contact number for both councillors is 0161 234 3235 Email: cllr.p.appleby@manchester.gov.uk or call 07908 777 691 Email: cllr.y.dar@manchester.gov.uk or call 07852 198 494 10
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Can you be a friend? Here at NGN we do truly believe the saying ‘volunteers are a gift to the community’. This is because every day of the week we witness lots of volunteers making a big difference to so many people’s lives. Volunteers - who give up some of their free time to: shop, peel, chop, cook, serve, wash up, chat & have a laugh at our luncheon club - who serve tea & coffee and biscuits at our classes - who show films, make afternoon tea and open the tuck shop at our film clubs - who become a friend to some of our more isolated lonely people - who help out at events - who help set up tables & gazebos at our fundraising events who plant flowers in communal areas - who plant vegetables, weed and mow the lawn at our allotment etc etc….the list is endless! So this Summer if you have time on your hands, don’t stay indoors and be miserable… promise yourself you will get involved in something in your community. We have lots of volunteering opportunities, just waiting for you!
Wanted Urgently - Volunteer Telephone Befriender. What’s involved: Making a weekly phone call to older people, who through no fault of their own, are unable to get out and about liked they used to; people who enjoy having a catch-up over the telephone! Time Needed:1-2 hours a week Where: NEPHRA HQ 27 Parkfield Road North When: This is negotiable Experience Required: We are looking for someone with a sunny disposition, someone who’s cup is always full rather than empty. Skills required: Good communication skills are essential. Qualifications: None - as full training & Support will be given
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Wanted! Volunteers who can give up just one hour per week to spend time visiting an older person who lives in our community. No experience is necessary as full training and support will be given. All our Befriending volunteers agree it’s a great way to make a real difference to someone’s life. Someone who through no fault of their own has become isolated and lonely. If you want more information about our befriending scheme, please contact Claire on 07542 233600.
In need of a friend? Do you know someone who would benefit from a weekly befriending visit? It might be a relative, a friend or a neighbour. All are our visitors are interviewed to assess their suitability, their references are taken up and police checks are undertaken. All of this is to ensure a perfect match is made. If you want more information please contact Claire on 07542 233600.
Can you Be a Good Neighbour? NEPHRA is looking to recruit an army of Good Neighbours. No experience is necessary, just the will to make our neighbourhood a better, caring, safer and cleaner place to live! Full training and support will be given. f you want to help make New Moston a more enjoyable place to live then please ring 0161 633 6788 or 07889258685 You can also email info@nephra.org.uk
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