Kath Constable

wife, mother, grandma, sister aunty and friend. Volunteer, Age Friendly Manchester Assembly & Wythenshawe Age Friendly Network member and Cultural Champion.

[Don McGowan @donmcgowan]

When this latest conflict in the Middle East is over, historians will look back at the UK and ponder over several things.

They’ll wonder why, in the first week of the war, the UK media, almost overwhelmingly, spent it attacking the Prime Minister.

And why our patriotism was hijacked by the right-wing media to lambast our own government.

How every channel was able to find ‘experts’ and historians to make fools of themselves and display extremely anti-British behaviour.

And they wonder why the leader of His Majesty’s Opposition spent days of her life working against the country.

Oh, and lastly, why the leader of a tiny minority party was in the USA, engaged in treason and traitorous behaviour with a foreign despot, to undermine our government.

We're in such a messed up time, a branch of reality fabricated by the far-right and their pet media outlets.

Whether you like Starmer or not, this is not the time to go after him. All that's unfolding is a crooked legacy being built around those who'd prefer to sell their souls and work against the country in a time of war.

✌️🖖

[Age-friendly Mcr @MCC_AFMTeam]

#March 2026 Manchester Age Friendly E-Bulletin. Your monthly update of news, events, information and resources for Manchester’s older residents.
#MakingManchesterFairer #AgeFriendlyMCR

https://t.co/M0pXFMlo8n

[Chatty Cafe Scheme @chattycafe]

💛 Make March Chatty!

Help us raise vital funds so we can keep growing Chatty Café

Fundraising ideas:
☕ Bake sale
🧠 Quiz night
🚶 Group walk
🎟️ Raffle
🍰 Coffee & chat

Get involved here:
https://t.co/BRB1neVEBA

#MakeMarchChatty #ChattyCafe #CommunityMatters

[Age-friendly Mcr @MCC_AFMTeam]

From 1 March, you can use your TfGM older person's concessionary pass to travel free anytime, including before 9:30am, on all buses in Manchester & Greater Manchester.
#BeeNetwork
#AgeFriendlyMCR

[Older Peoples Staying Well Team @older_team]

🔥 Free Home Fire Safety Assessment 🔥

Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service can visit your home to check smoke alarms and offer personalised safety advice.

Many fatal house fires happen where there’s no working smoke alarm.

If there’s a fire: Get out. Stay out. Call 999.

[Kath Constable @ConstableKath]

@MCC_AFMTeam If you've paid the supplement for the tram can you use the tram before 9.30 or is it just buses?

[Kath Constable @ConstableKath]

@UnitedStandMUFC

[Stretford Post @StretfordPost]

Letter To @AndyBurnhamGM Mayor Of Manchester.

Dear Mayor Burnham,

I am writing to you not only as a football supporter, but as someone who believes deeply in Manchester’s identity, heritage, and future.

I urge you in the strongest possible terms to reject the regeneration application put forward by Sir Jim Ratcliffe and the Glazer family. This proposal is not about the people of Manchester, nor about football, nor about genuine regeneration. It is about power, vanity, and profit at the expense of a historic institution that helped put this city on the global map.

For nearly 20 years, Manchester United has been systematically hollowed out by the Glazer family. Since their leveraged takeover in 2005, the club has been burdened with over £1 billion in debt, interest payments, fees, and dividends. While rival clubs invested in stadiums, training facilities, local jobs, and community infrastructure, Old Trafford was allowed to decay its roof leaking, facilities falling behind, and safety repeatedly questioned. This neglect was not accidental; it was the predictable outcome of an ownership model designed to extract wealth rather than build value.

During this period, the Glazers paid themselves hundreds of millions of pounds in dividends while the club’s competitiveness, reputation, and relationship with supporters steadily eroded. This is not regeneration. This is extraction.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS now present themselves as saviours, yet their actions raise serious concerns. This project increasingly appears to be a vanity-led redevelopment, using Manchester United’s cultural and emotional capital to secure planning permissions, public goodwill, and long-term commercial upside without clear guarantees that the club, its supporters, or the local community will truly benefit.

Manchester United is not a property asset.
It is not a branding exercise.
It is not a financial instrument.

It is a civic institution, woven into the social, cultural, and economic fabric of this city. The club’s name is synonymous with Manchester across every continent. To allow those who have demonstrably damaged it to now reshape large parts of our city in their own image would be a profound failure of stewardship.

You have long spoken about protecting Manchester from decisions imposed by distant elites who do not live with the consequences of their actions. This is one of those moments. Approving this project would reward two decades of mismanagement and signal that global financiers can exploit our greatest institutions, then return asking for civic approval when it suits them.

Regeneration must be done with the people of Manchester, not to them.
It must be rooted in transparency, accountability, and community ownershipnot debt, leverage, and legacy-polishing.

Manchester deserves better.
Manchester United deserves better.

I ask you to stand with supporters, residents, and future generations by rejecting this application and demanding a vision for regeneration that genuinely serves the city and protects its soul.

Yours sincerely,
A concerned Manchester United supporter

[Kath Constable @ConstableKath]

@AndyBurnhamGM please listen @Saratodd16

[Stretford Post @StretfordPost]

Letter To @AndyBurnhamGM Mayor Of Manchester.

Dear Mayor Burnham,

I am writing to you not only as a football supporter, but as someone who believes deeply in Manchester’s identity, heritage, and future.

I urge you in the strongest possible terms to reject the regeneration application put forward by Sir Jim Ratcliffe and the Glazer family. This proposal is not about the people of Manchester, nor about football, nor about genuine regeneration. It is about power, vanity, and profit at the expense of a historic institution that helped put this city on the global map.

For nearly 20 years, Manchester United has been systematically hollowed out by the Glazer family. Since their leveraged takeover in 2005, the club has been burdened with over £1 billion in debt, interest payments, fees, and dividends. While rival clubs invested in stadiums, training facilities, local jobs, and community infrastructure, Old Trafford was allowed to decay its roof leaking, facilities falling behind, and safety repeatedly questioned. This neglect was not accidental; it was the predictable outcome of an ownership model designed to extract wealth rather than build value.

During this period, the Glazers paid themselves hundreds of millions of pounds in dividends while the club’s competitiveness, reputation, and relationship with supporters steadily eroded. This is not regeneration. This is extraction.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS now present themselves as saviours, yet their actions raise serious concerns. This project increasingly appears to be a vanity-led redevelopment, using Manchester United’s cultural and emotional capital to secure planning permissions, public goodwill, and long-term commercial upside without clear guarantees that the club, its supporters, or the local community will truly benefit.

Manchester United is not a property asset.
It is not a branding exercise.
It is not a financial instrument.

It is a civic institution, woven into the social, cultural, and economic fabric of this city. The club’s name is synonymous with Manchester across every continent. To allow those who have demonstrably damaged it to now reshape large parts of our city in their own image would be a profound failure of stewardship.

You have long spoken about protecting Manchester from decisions imposed by distant elites who do not live with the consequences of their actions. This is one of those moments. Approving this project would reward two decades of mismanagement and signal that global financiers can exploit our greatest institutions, then return asking for civic approval when it suits them.

Regeneration must be done with the people of Manchester, not to them.
It must be rooted in transparency, accountability, and community ownershipnot debt, leverage, and legacy-polishing.

Manchester deserves better.
Manchester United deserves better.

I ask you to stand with supporters, residents, and future generations by rejecting this application and demanding a vision for regeneration that genuinely serves the city and protects its soul.

Yours sincerely,
A concerned Manchester United supporter

[Age-friendly Mcr @MCC_AFMTeam]

Great news! Older and disabled people in Greater Manchester to enjoy free travel on buses as permanent removal of the 9.30am restriction on concessionary bus passes announced from March 2026.
#AgeFriendlyMCR

[Dianne Oxberry Trust @TrustDianne]

It's kiss-mas!

Please watch this very special message from our wonderful patron @eamonnoneal and share, share, share!

You can spread the love now by dedicating your kiss-mas bauble at https://t.co/h83NCs32vB

Thank you! 😘

[Kath Constable @ConstableKath]

Thank you @mcr_central and @MCC_AFMTeam it was perfect #OneDayAtChristmas

[Age-friendly Mcr @MCC_AFMTeam]

Great #OneDayAtChristmas at @mcr_central with 300+ older people connecting & celebrating the end of the year together. Welcome by Elaine Unegbu Chair #AgeFriendlyMCR Board, @LordMayorOfMcr @TomFredRob - great music, food, quiz, raffles and then we danced.

[Age-friendly Mcr @MCC_AFMTeam]

Great #OneDayAtChristmas at @mcr_central with 300+ older people connecting & celebrating the end of the year together. Welcome by Elaine Unegbu Chair #AgeFriendlyMCR Board, @LordMayorOfMcr @TomFredRob - great music, food, quiz, raffles and then we danced.

[Age-friendly Mcr @MCC_AFMTeam]

#November 2025 Manchester Age Friendly E-Bulletin. Your monthly update of news, events, information and resources for Manchester’s older residents.
#MakingManchesterFairer #AgeFriendlyMCR

https://t.co/SuFr4j6RRI

[Kath Constable @ConstableKath]

@AfWyth packing Winter Warmer Bags today. Full of practical items to help older people stay warm & well this winter, thanks to Groundwork Greater Manchester 🧣. Also, @FareShareGM for suplying tea bags, 🍵soups + other items. @MCC_AFMTeam

[Wythenshawe Good Neighbours (WGN) @WGN_Community]

Our Manager, Samantha Days, is part of a team helping to pack @AfWyth Winter Warmer Bags today. Full of practical items to help older people stay warm & well this winter, thanks to Groundwork Greater Manchester 🧣. Also, @FareShareGM for supplying tea bags, 🍵soups + other items.

[Age-friendly Mcr @MCC_AFMTeam]

🚨Beware 🚨

If you get a text about "Winter Fuel Payment" it is a scam

Winter Fuel Payments are made automatically, you do not need to do anything

Report suspicious texts at https://t.co/zzdivOLlJc

[Age-friendly Mcr @MCC_AFMTeam]

#October 2025 Manchester Age Friendly E-Bulletin. Your monthly update of news, events, information and resources for Manchester’s older residents.
#MakingManchesterFairer #AgeFriendlyMCR

https://t.co/3eY5j84bNA

[MCC Wythenshawe @MCCWythenshawe]

Over 50? Then why not pop down to the Aging Well in Wythenshawe event on the 30th September 10.30am to 2.30pm at Wythenshawe Forum.
There'll be lots to see and do from support and advice to fun activities, food drink, entertainment and much more. See below for more info👇

[GM Ageing Hub @GMAgeingHub]

“We’re really excited for no more twirlies (older people arriving ‘too early’ to use the bus pass) this August” Erica Woods, GM Older People’s Equality Panel #BeeNetwork ⁦@GMOPN1⁩

[Kath Constable @ConstableKath]

We need to start with our public services' recent personal experiences within the NHS shocked me.

[Age-friendly Mcr @MCC_AFMTeam]

Today is #AgeWithoutLimits Day — a time for us all to unite and take action to end ageism.
In our homes, communities, and workplaces, let’s challenge stereotypes and build a world where everyone is valued at every age. #EndAgeism #AgePositive #ValuingOlderPeople #AgeFriendlyMCR