ASSIST (Withington)
Withington Methodist Church
439 Wilmslow Road
Withington
Manchester
M20 4AN
Public phone: 0161 434 9216
Email: withingtonassist@gmail.com
Website URL: http://www.withingtonassist.org.uk
Service offered: Neighbourhood care group providing practical help for people in the Withington area of Manchester who have no one else to turn to. Volunteers provide help such as befriending, emergency shopping, transport, pushing wheelchairs, walking dogs, sitting in to relieve carers, and basic practical tasks. Day centre 11am-2pm on Tuesdays for disabled elderly people. Seated exercise classes.
Target group: Older people who need neighbourly practical help.
Area served: Withington and immediate surrounding areas.
How to contact: During Covid19 circumstances, we are not doing any of our usual social activities, but are continuing to provide telephone support, befriending, advice and guidance as well as shopping and prescription collection. Please Phone/Email for further information. Normally = Call in or phone.
Monday: 9.30am - 12.30pm
Tuesday: 9:30am - 3.30pm
Wednesday: 9.30am - 12.30pm
Thursday: 9.30am - 12.30pm
Friday: 9.30am - 12.30pm
Weekends:
Office Hours:
Wheelchair access: Yes - full
Accessible toilets: Yes
Access notes: Access from Wilmslow Road or from Egerton Crescent (car park) - intercom system.
Languages other than English: Access to interpreters by prior arrangement.
Charity number: 1062675
Year established: 1969
Staffing: 2 part time staff + around 60 volunteers.
Public transport: Buses 40, 41, 42, 43, 46, 142, 157. Bus stop on Wilmslow Road by National Westminster Bank - 20 yards from church entrance.
Record last checked: 15 June 2020