Help us make Cheshire West and Chester more age-friendly

Residents of all ages and backgrounds are invited to lead the way in making Cheshire West and Chester somewhere everyone can live life to the full for longer.

Age-friendly Cheshire West is appealing for anyone who lives in the borough to get involved.

Dr Louise Taylor, chair of Age-friendly Cheshire West, said: “Cheshire West and Chester residents are living for longer, which is a fabulous issue to have, but later life can bring its own challenges.

“Getting older happens to everyone, so the issues older adults face are relevant to all of us, every day.

“Joining Age-friendly Cheshire West is a brilliant opportunity for residents of all ages, backgrounds and life experiences to make a difference now for all our futures.”

The aspiration of the Cheshire West and Chester Age-friendly network is to ensure people of all ages are treated with respect and the borough is a place where older adults feel included and valued.

Following an interruption to its work during the COVID-19 pandemic, the network relaunched in the summer with a determination to develop and work through an action plan for the next three years.

Being involved would include reviewing policies and overall direction of the network and bringing together groups of residents and local organisations.

Joining a group would require attending meetings, being out and about in your community talking with people and helping your neighbourhoods to be more welcoming to older adults.

For more information, or to get involved, contact the Council before 25 November by calling: 0300 123 8 123 and stating ‘Age-friendly’, between 8am and 7pm from Monday to Friday, or emailing: 

publichealth@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk.