The Health Improvement Service runs a variety of activities including beginners cooking, physical activity and social support, for more information and to book on to any of the activities above please contact the Health Improvement Service on 0800 952 1000 or locally on 0161 779 8079 or email health.improvement@salford.gov.uk

 All of the activities are FREE of charge.

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Vulnerable older people living in Salford have received extra help this winter thanks to funding from Salford City Council and NHS Salford.

The £169,000 investment has been used to support the work that Age Concern Salford and Helping Hands provide across the city, working together to ensure that older people stay safer, warmer and healthier over the winter months.

The service helps residents aged 65 and over who require extra support to help them through any difficulties caused by cold weather.

Services include food shopping; providing warm clothes, blankets and heaters; grit and rock salt delivery and spreading; draft-proofing; home safety and boiler checks and advice on contacting friends, relatives and carers.

Age Concern Salford and Helping Hands staff and volunteers are located throughout the city and are able to respond quickly if the weather takes a turn for the worse.

Councillor Warmisham, Lead Member for Adult Social Care and Health at Salford City Council said: “The recent cold snap reminds us that keeping warm and healthy throughout the winter months is really important for people of all ages, but especially so for the most vulnerable in our communities. The services provided by Age Concern Salford and Helping Hands are making a real difference to older people living in Salford by ensuring their homes are kept warm and preventing more serious health problems.”

Joan Fielder, Chief Executive Officer of Helping Hands said: “Both Age Concern Salford and Helping Hands have lots of experience working across Salford and now we have joined together in this great project to help vulnerable older people in our city this winter.”

To promote the services Age Concern Salford and Helping Hands will be out and about across the city to ensure residents are aware of what help is available.

If you want to find out if Age Concern Salford and Helping Hands can help you call them on 0161 793 9419 – staff will be on hand to help.

More tips on how to stay warm and well are available.

Concessionary Travel Passes

Concessionary Travel Passes

TfGM are responsible for managing more than 420,000 National Concessionary Travel passes for people in Greater Manchester – and the majority of them are due to expire in the next 12 months.

The passes, issued to people aged 60 and over and to people with disabilities, provide free travel on many buses, trams and trains in Greater Manchester. They are part of a national scheme, but we are responsible for administering them locally on behalf of the government.

The majority of passes were first issued five years ago and will start to come up for renewal from April – which will involve a considerable amount of work for our Passes and Permits team.

TfGM have been planning for this for a long time and have worked with stakeholders, including the local authorities and bus companies, to ensure that the renewals process runs smoothly.

The next stage in the process is to send letters to all pass holders six weeks before their pass expires, to explain the process for renewals and prompt them to do it. The first of these letters will start arriving through people’s doors over the next few days.

When they do, other pass holders may start to question when their pass will be renewed; some pass holders may ask you for advice. If they do, please just reassure them that they will receive a letter within six weeks of their pass expiring, and that they do not need to do anything in the meantime.

If you would like to speak to someone about the process for renewing passes, please contact Stuart Johnson, Customer Relations Manager, on 0161 244 1716 or email him at: Stuart.Johnson@tfgm.com