Our community group provides a whole range of support and services that are available to older people across Bradford, including a wide range of social activities (see https://www.mha.org.uk/communities/digital/) and events, supported holidays, befriending (see https://www.mha.org.uk/communities/befriending/), interest groups, signposting and other services that enable older people to remain actively involved in their local community. 

The types of service and support we offer puts members in control of their own support plan and members can choose the types of activities or services they would like, providing them with flexibility and variety.

We do this by offering different types of service that suit different wants and needs that members can access, picking and choosing from the whole range.

We can provide support with arranging transport to these areas.

Our community hubs are across Bradford, in the following areas:

Bolton & Undercliffe Hub
Upper Bolton Social Club
Idle Road, Bradford
BD2 4JN
Covering BD2, BD3 and surrounding areas

Clayton, Allerton & Fairweather Green Hub
Clayton Methodist Church
Clayton Lane
Bradford

Great Horton & City Hub
Ukrainian Club
Legrams Lane
Bradford
Covering BD7 and BD1 and surrounding areas

Little Horton Hub
St Matthews Church
Carbottom Road
Bradford
BD5 9AA
Covering BD5 and surrounding areas

Wibsey Hub
Salvation Army building
Holroyd Hill
Wibsey
BD6 1NS
Covering BD6 Wibsey and surrounding areas

What services do we offer?

Building based supported activities

Day time activities are delivered in venues across the community like church halls or community centres. Sessions vary with most including refreshments, lunch and delivered activities such as gentle exercise, games and quizzes. There is support with transport provision for these activities.

User & volunteer led social and interest groups

These groups have been created for members who have a particular interest, such as painting, card craft, dance or exercise. The sessions are mainly led and delivered by volunteers taking place at different venues throughout the week. Members and volunteers can request support to set up new activities where and when needed offering members additional choices.

Outreach community based activities

These activities include planned and coordinated group activities such as outings, community events and supported holidays, members can pick from a calendar of regular events.

The outreach activities also include a wide range of coordinated micro-clubs, friendship groups and partnership matches where Community Programme Coordinators match members with shared interests together to share activities in the community or in each other’s’ homes.

In addition to social and interest activities, our Community Programme Coordinators will also provide one to one support through an assessment and review process.

Members are encouraged to give honest feedback so any services and support needs not currently provided by the scheme can be identified and members can be signposted to additional support elsewhere.

Community Programme Coordinators may also provide one to one support on a short term/occasional basis for example in a crisis or emergency.

Dementia activities

Our `Dementia Adventure’ project is designed to provide nature based activities both indoors and outdoors to members living with dementia and their carers.

The project is delivered by a Community Programme Coordinator who has received specialist training to support people living with dementia to take part in the activities.

for older people in Bradford

We are MHA Communities Bradford & District, a community-based project part of the national charity Methodist Homes (MHA). MHA Communities Bradford & District currently supports over 1,000 older people to live later life well across the Bradford District.

MHA Communities Bradford Office
MHA Rowanberries, 3 Baldwin Lane
Clayton
Bradford, BD14 6PN

Tel: 01274 397 302 

Email: Bradford@mha.org.uk

Opening Times
Monday – Friday 8am-5pm

Our aim is to support older people to live independently in their own home, enabling them to live later life well.  We do this in a variety of ways through our community hubs. 

The types of service and support we offer puts members in control of their own support plan and members can choose the types of activities or services they would like, providing them with flexibility and variety.

We do this by offering different types of service that suit different wants and needs that members can access, picking and choosing from the whole range.

We can provide support with arranging transport to these areas.