Making a difference to older people across our borough


Call Age UK
Wigan Borough's
Starting Point Service

01942 826079

 

Bright Days:

Keeping active and healthy helps you to feel better about yourself and being more active and enjoying life can have long term health benefits too. 

Our Bright Days Programme aims to help you feel good and have fun.  It offers a wide range of activities to encourage you to get the most out of life, whether it is just having a cup of tea and a chat or doing something more active like swimming or walking or enjoying a sing along!

Befriending

Our Befriending Service provides support and companionship to people across the Wigan Borough, either by home visits or by telephone.  The Befriending Volunteer is also able to identify concerns and issues so that referrals can be made to the appropriate service or organisation.

  1. Home Visits - Our home visits take place on weekdays only, between the hours of 9.00 am and 5.00 pm and last for approximately 1 hour.  
  2. Telephone Befriending -The days for telephone befriending are Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, between the hours of 10.00 am and 12 noon approximately, and the times of the phone calls are arranged by mutual agreement
  3. Care to Chat? - Our telephone befriending group chat once a month.

The criteria for the Service is that the person should:

  • Be over the age of 60.
  • Live alone.
  • Have no family involvement.
  • Have no involvement from other services

Bright Days Activities

Age UK Wigan Borough, working in partnership with other services and organisations, has set up a programme of activities to suit everyone, located at various venues within the borough. 
Our activities include:

  1. Paveways PlusCooking 4 Fun
  2. Swimming Club
  3. Music / Silver Choir
  4. Tea & Chat
  5. Coffee Mornings
  6. Dancing
  7. Fun & Fitness
  8. Craft
  9. Walking
  10. Cycling
  11. IT & Tea
  12. Here and There Club

To book a place or to find out more about the Bright Days Programme
Contact
Bright Days Project Officer on 01942 615884
e-mail: brightdays@ageukwiganborough.org.uk

or, alternatively, contact
Starting Point
Tel: 01942 826079
Monday – Friday 10am – 4pm
(Answer machine facility available at all other times)
e-mail: startingpoint@ageukwiganborough.org.uk

 

Age UK Wigan Borough is a trading name of Age UK Wigan Borough which is a registered Charity (1103022) and company limited by guarantee.
Registered in England and Wales No 5004789. Registered Office: 68 Market St, Wigan, WN1 1HX