November 2009
If you are aged 50 or over and you live in Hattersley, Mottram or Denton South and you are having problems as a result of the digital TV switchover give us a call on 0161 368 5171 and we will get one of our Switchover Response Team to call round to your home and retune your TV equipment for you.

Thanks to funding from TMBC's Partnership for Older People project, HMCM have been able to set up a team who will visit your home and help you retune your digital TV equipment.

September 2009
More than 60 residents in Denton South and more than 90 in Hattersley joined Digital TV Switchover events held in both areas, organised by Hattersley & Mottram Community Media (HMCM), to find out more about the digital TV switchover or to get advice about specific issues.

Volunteers from the Hattersley & Mottram Community News and the Denton South Community News joined each event to help residents find the answer to their digital TV switchover questions, either through the information available or by login onto internet sites that have a wealth of information. Digital UK’s Sarah Cole attended both events to provide an informative and jargon free presentation about what will happen during the switchover process. Although the event was open to everyone HMCM specifically targeted people aged 50 or over, continuing work began last year with TMBC’s Partnership for Older People’s project (POPPs).

September 2009
Working with the Denton South Community News team, HMCM are organising these events at the Haughton Green Centre, Tatton Road in Denton South on Tuesday 8 September for between 9.30am and 12.30pm.

May 2009
We were recently invited to attend an event to showcase how the funding received though Tameside’s Partnership for Older People’s Project (POPPs) has been spent by community groups and voluntary organizations from all across Tameside. The event was an opportunity to celebrate some great successes and also network with others and share our experiences.

Drop In Cancelled

Community Centre has to close on Monday

Watch Out for when and where the next drop in will be

This activity is brought to you thanks to the support of Tameside Council's Opening Doors for Older People's Partnership's POPPs initiative.

March 2009
Wayne Smith, one Hattersley & Mottram Community Media’s (HMCM) volunteers, held his first drop in at Hattersley community centre to support residents aged over 50+ to get their heads around the digital switchover that will take place in Hattersley in November 2009.

March 2009
Welcome to new Talking News volunteer ‘Eileen Lloyd’. Eileen recently joined the team who each month read two pages fthe community newspaper onto CD, which is then sent out to members of the community with a visual impairment.

February 2009
With all four Computers for Beginners courses, funded by Tameside Council’s POPP’s initiative, completely full and going strong we thought it would be nice to hear what the learners think of them. So here’s what resident Maureen Chapman had to say.

When I read about HMCM starting computer courses for beginners in the estate paper last year, I rang up to find out about it. As I was an absolute novice I wanted to know what the course entailed. I was assured it was for people aged 50+ who knew little or nothing about computers.

February 2009
As part of HMCM’s POPP’s project in December local residents were invited to set up a News Panel group. The group will advise what articles they would like to see reported on in the Community News that would be of particular interest to people aged 50+.

The first meeting of the group was very successful with seven local people taking part. Ideas put forward was for stories around health, social activities, community safety or groups they are involved in.

Chambers Court Computer courseJanuary 2009
HMCM’s ‘Computers for Beginners’ course aimed specifically at people aged 50+ filled up so quickly the team has organised a further course for those people left on the waiting list. The new course will take place on Monday afternoons at Hattersley Community Centre. HMCM focuses its computer training sessions at people aged 50 and over to ensure that in the digital revolution more mature adults aren’t left behind.