Ageing Well in Place Project Lead

The successful candidate will work within a tenant-led partnership called Ageing Well in Place in Hulme (AWiPiH) which includes tenants and community groups; Cornbrook Medical Practice; One Manchester housing association; the University of Manchester and Turn2Us. The role involves taking a community led approach to developing enabling conditions for Ageing Well in Place in the Aquarius estate in Hulme through a Naturally Occurring Retirement Community (NORC) model.

You will be working directly with tower block communities to identify their needs and priorities and enable them to organise around these with a focus on achieving more integrated and effective support, services, financial resilience, and social engagement in their own block and across their neighbourhood. You will work collaboratively with tenants and an Independent Living Worker as well as freelancers and volunteers.

The central focus is on supporting tenants to organise and advocate for a better quality of life for older people living in high rise social housing and managing our inter-agency partnership. The role requires strategic coordination and development of the Ageing Well in Place in Hulme partnership between housing, health, social care, academic, and VCSFE sector stakeholders with potential for roll out in new neighbourhoods.

You can read more about Ageing Well in Place in Hulme here:
Hulme Tenants Lead the Way on Ageing Well in Place, October 2025:
Hulme tenants lead the way on Ageing Well in Place – Community Savers
• Meredith Matters, July 2024: Meredith Matters! – Community Savers
• Ageing Well in Place at Hopton Court: Achievements and Challenges, 2023: Ageing Well in Place at Hopton Court: Achievements and challenges – Community Savers
• Creating a NORC at Hopton Court, 2021: Creating a NORC at Hopton Court – Community Savers