Carers Fair at the Lighthouse Project

Tony Ette from Better Health 4 Middleton, Mayor of Rochdale Billy Sheerin and Carl Roach, The Lighthouse Project

An exhibition of over 50 different services from health and community sectors came together at The Carers Fair at the Lighthouse Project on Friday 18 October.

Mayor Billy Sheerin was greeted by Carl Roach from the Lighthouse Project who provided the venue for the event and also by Tony Ette from Better Health 4 Middleton who organised the event.

Tony Ette from Better Health 4 Middleton said: “The aim was to bring together many services from the community, all under one roof, to give the public a chance to see some of the services available and at the same time, to allow the various services to meet each other and exchange views and knowledge.”

The event was well attended by people who came to ask questions, shoppers from Middleton Shopping Centre and those who also visited the Friday market, visitors were also able to find out what other activities and services the Lighthouse had on offer over a free coffee or tea and a chat.

The Mayor visited the photographic group and spent some time talking to them about the photos on show. He also visited all the other exhibitors which ranged from Groundwork, Oldham and Rochdale to Age UK, Salford who came to talk about nutrition and hydration.

Other exhibitors were from Pennine Care, Rochdale Adult Care, DWP, Link4Life, Living Well, Rochdale Health Alliance and Transport for Greater Manchester who have just started a survey about bus services, Greater Manchester Older People’s Network, Millercare, Rochdale Mind, HMR Circle, Milcare of Whitworth, Rochdale Carer’s Hub, the Single Point of Access service, and many more.

Tony Ette from Better Health 4 Middleton said: “Many thanks to all the people who visited the event and to all those exhibitors who gave up their time.”