Partnerships delivering good things in our Community.
Our Lifetime Dementia Cafe were delighted to welcome The Warrington Wolves Foundation for the latest instalment of their In the Sheds rugby reminiscence project. The session focused on sharing memories of the Warrington Wolves over the years, the Warrington rugby community, culture and some of the little moments that fans have remembered for a lifetime. […]
LifeTime is life-changing: WHA’s over-50s social hub celebrates its first decade
We are celebrating the tenth anniversary of our over-50s social hub this International Day of Older Persons (Oct 1). LifeTime, based at the Gateway in Warrington town centre, has been supporting older people to live their best life over the last decade and to mark the milestone. Bernard Gillooly, who attends LifeTime, has thanked the […]
Commitment to our community: meet our new Director of Social Value
We are proud to announce the appointment of our first Director of Social Value – Gerry Kiddle – to lead our continuing commitment to community wellbeing in Warrington. You may already know Gerry as the director of our over-50s centre and our property maintenance agency. She will continue to be responsible for these services while […]
Friends for life from LifeTime
Saturday is the International Day of Friendship. To celebrate, we spoke to WHA tenant Angela Highton about her experience of making new friends through our over 50s centre LifeTime. Former administrator and social care worker Angela moved to Warrington from Suffolk two years ago to be closer to family due to ill health. She now […]
Online panto brings Christmas cheer to older people watching and taking part at home
Many of us are looking forward to saying “it’s behind you!” to 2020. And to see the year out on a high – our LifeTime community centre – put on a Zoom pantomime with people aged 50 and over who would normally enjoy festivities together in person. It is the first time LifeTime has done panto […]
LifeTime begins to reopen
Warrington Housing Association is pleased to announce that our LifeTime centre will be reopening from Monday 7th September. There will be a new programme of activities alongside the current online programme. Andrea Rees, LifeTime Officer said ‘Our plans have focused on the safety of members, volunteers and colleagues. You will see we have been […]
The fabulous females – Free Live VE Day Concert
What? – Singing classic songs from the 30’s and 40’s to commemorate the 75th anniversary of VE Day & performing exclusively for WHA customers and LifeTime Members. When? – Friday May 8th, 4pm (approximately 1 hour) Where? – Performing live from their living rooms directly into yours! How? – By the power of Zoom! To request your Zoom link, meeting […]
Pension Awareness Day
15 September 2019 is Pension Awareness Day, a national campaign to highlight the growing problem that many people are not saving enough for their retirement and risk facing pension poverty in later life. Our Money Advice Officer is here to help Warrington residents understand their rights and the advantages of saving for retirement, and to […]
A big thankyou to WHA’s Whia service for helping to make life easier around the home
Barry Woodger needed support to get around his home after suffering a stroke in March. A referral came to our Whia service (Warrington Home Improvement Agency) from the NHS and we stepped in to help. Now his home has been fitted with aids including a stair rail, a shower rail and rails on internal doors. […]
Our LifeTime centre is getting chatty to help combat loneliness for people in Warrington
Our LifeTime centre has joined the new national Chatty Café Scheme to help combat loneliness for people in Warrington. There are now dedicated tables marked ‘This is a chatter and natter table’ set up on a Tuesday and Thursday between 10.30am and 12.30pm in the café area of the centre at The Gateway on Sankey […]
