Warrington Housing Association Hosts Cream Tea Afternoon for Dementia UK
Warrington Housing Association Hosts Cream Tea Afternoon for Dementia UK In a heartwarming display of community support, colleagues at Warrington Housing Association (WHA) extended a warm invitation to individuals living with dementia and their carers for a delightful afternoon of friendship and refreshments. The event, held in aid of Dementia UK’s ‘Time for a Cuppa’ […]
Breaking Barriers: Join the Conversation on Mental Health – Time to Talk 2024 at Lifetime
Breaking Barriers: Join the Conversation on Mental Health – Time to Talk 2024 at Lifetime Join us at Lifetime as we create a dedicated space for meaningful conversations about mental health on Thursday, 1st February 2024. Whether you choose to immerse yourself in our FREE Cafternoon with Mindful Colouring or participate in engaging Arts & […]
Keep Well This Winter: Support in Warrington
Keep Well This Winter: Support in Warrington With shorter days and chilly weather, it becomes crucial to prioritize our well-being and ensure we stay warm and healthy throughout the season. At Warrington Housing Association, we understand the challenges that the winter months can bring, and that’s why we have support systems in place to assist […]
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 […]