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Steven's Blogs - Ageing in Place Project

Posted on
17 January 2025

Click here for a printable copy of our map: some wonderful walking routes around Clarence Park, connected by six social benches, plus accessible information.

 

Hi I’m Steven Greason, leading the Ageing in place project in Moorside Bury.

 

I've been working in the health and wellbeing sector for over 10 years and I have always been passionate about helping people live their best lives.

The Ageing in Place project was a perfect fit to help me achieve this, being over 50 is no reason to not continue to be part of the community and with this project I am able to solve the barriers, deliver more activities and make Moorside an age-friendly place to live.

A little about me: I have lived in Bury all my life, so I hold a very special connection to the project. My hobbies and interest involve playing football once a week, I'm a keen snooker player and like to relax by taking my dog out for a long walk. I love dogs so if you ever see me walking around the Lido or Clarence Park, please say hello so I can meet you and your dog.  

The project is based around 3 questions:

  • What do you like about Moorside?

  • How can we improve Moorside?

  • How can we work together?

 

It is aimed at residents of Moorside who are aged 50+ and we are looking at how we can improve the area to make it age friendly. 

This consist of delivering more activities and overcoming barriers that are currently stopping people from enjoying Moorside. 

The project is very much resident led so resident engagement is key! All ideas of activities and barriers to engagement we need to hear from them in order to improve the area and deliver the activities. We are very focused on co-production so building strong partnerships in Moorside is important to us.

We have established working partnerships with Age UK, HMR Circle, Bury Adult Education Centre, and various local volunteering groups.

 

Watch this video, created by Greater Manchester Combined Authority, of Moorside residents Kath and Rita:

January 2025 Update

 

We have just completed year 2 of our Ageing in Place Pathfinder and it has been very successful. We have achieved all year 2 targets and we're looking forward to year 3 so we can continue working hard and improving Moorside.

Some of the highlights from year 2 are:

  • our partnership with Supporting Sisters, a local volunteer group, in running traditional south Asian breakfast mornings, which ran for 6 months. We will look to restarting that partnership in 2025.
  • we developed a community garden that is attached to The Green Community Café, we have seen over 57 Moorside residents volunteer in the garden creating a growing space, sensory garden, pebble pond and much more. This is ran by our fantastic lead volunteers Kath and Sue. We are always on the lookout for more people to join in, so if you are interested pop down on a Monday between 12pm-2pm - click here for more information.
  • we started to work on some environmental improvements over the last year and working with stakeholders such as Bury Blind Society, Tenants and Residants Association and local residents to identify issues that prevents active travel. So far we have painted all the steps around Clarence Park and The Lido and we have installed two handrails: one at The Green Community Café and the other on steep steps leading from Clarence Park to Hamilton Street.

 

Our café is almost 1 year old and we have something happening every day, hosted by a range of resident and partners, to give Moorside a real community hub. We have 2 fantastic supervisors who bake fresh every day and offer a wide range of meals, so keep an eye out for the launch of our new menu and 1 year celebration event!

 

Past Updates

2025

 

2024

 

2023

 

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