We are older people who refuse to accept that this is "just how things are."
From cleaner streets to healthier lives, Taskforce campaigns for the community we know Levenshulme can be.
Campaigns & Initiatives
Local voices. Real change.
🗑️Fly Tipping Campaign
🍎Healthy Lifestyles Initiative
Past campaigns below
Active campaign · Since 2025 · Funded by ASDA Foundation
Levy's Had Enough.
Fly-Tipping Campaign (On-going)
"It is everyone's problem. It is everyone's responsibility to clean up after themselves."
Levenshulme is a vibrant community full of good people, diverse cultures, and plenty to do for both young and older adults. Many of our older residents have lived here for decades. They have seen the changes (the good and the bad) and they have watched fly-tipping slowly chip away at the neighbourhood they have loved for so long.
The rubbish scars green spaces, affects people's mental wellbeing, and makes older residents feel unsafe walking down their own street. This campaign isn't just about tidying up. It is about protecting people's health and restoring community pride.
Taskforce has been running a campaign to bring the whole community of Levenshulme together to combat this problem as a community united.
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE CAMPAIGN
Janet
Trustee · Campaign Lead & Voice
"Levenshulme is a great place to live but it deserves better. I decided that constantly seeing rats running amok along key public spaces and residential streets was unacceptable. It shouldn't be accepted as the norm."
Barbara
Trustee · Campaign Lead
Barbara doesn't wait to be asked. When she walks her dog through Knutsford Park and spots clothes or rubbish dumped on the ground, she bags it up herself. She doesn't announce it. She doesn't wait for someone else to deal with it. She just acts. Barbara represents something vital about this campaign the quiet majority who love their community enough to do something about it, without recognition, without fuss. She is silently, consistently making Levenshulme cleaner.
WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING
Awareness campaign
Leafleting, face-to-face engagement and social media, reaching residents across Levenshulme.
Health awareness
Educating residents on the health risks caused by fly-tipping.
250+ incidents reported
Every report submitted to Manchester City Council, building the evidence base for action.
Community partnerships
Working alongside Neighbourhood Officers & local councillors.
HOW TO REPORT FLY-TIPPING?
TASKFORCE IN ACTION
🗑️ Leafleting & Community Engagement
🎪 Levy Square Fest 2026 (Organised by Levenshulme Square Residents)
Active campaign · Since 2024 · Funded by Noor Masjid Mosque
Healthy Lifestyles
Free Fresh Fruit Initiative
Since 2024, we have provided over 9,000 pieces of free fresh fruit to our members.
A piece of fruit before every morning session. Since 2024, Noor Masjid Mosque has generously supported us with free fresh fruit for our members before every morning activity session - part of our commitment to healthy living in the community. We know that good health starts with small habits. For many of our older members, this piece of fruit before Chair Dance o might be the only fresh fruit they have that day. It's a small gesture but it says something bigger: that their wellbeing matters, that someone is thinking about them, and that healthy living can be accessible for everyone regardless of income.
Older people were often unwell due to malnutrition which caused further problems with their overall health preventing them from living happy/healthy and independent lives.
From forgetting to eat breakfast, having toast instead of a banana, being unable to afford to purchase fruit or unable to attend the shops to collect some - the Inspired Taskforce stepped in to provide free fresh fruit at every single one of our sessions, After all, an apple a day keeps the doctor away!
Our history of Community Action
Past Campaigns
We have always campaigned for a better Levenshulme. Long before the current campaigns, our members were on the streets, speaking at council meetings and pushing for real change.
Grey Graffiti Gang
The Grey Graffiti Gang was a group of local older people who set out to Graffiti the streets with spray paints like a bunch of rebels! They circled every pothole, broken pavement or uneven path and highlighted them to their local council for repairs, all with that hope that it prevents accidents among older residents in the future. A news article was covered by the Manchester evening news & the BBC News.
Take a Seat 2019
Working with Age Friendly Manchester and other like minded Organisations the Taskforce set out to tackle an issue with seating along the main corridor of Levenshulme, Stockport road. Approaching businesses we managed to convince store owners up and down the road to host a "Take a Seat" seat which allowed an older person to sit down and rest for 10 minutes as they make their shopping trips or just wanted a friendly ear to listen! Businesses accepted the older residents with open arms and hosted seats in their shops, from the local Pound shop to a Tesco and ASDA store! (We even manged to get additional benches installed outside at points where they were needed most!)A news Article was covered by the Manchester Evening news.
Caught Short
In response to an older individual who visited Levenshulme and was turned away from using accessible toilets, the Taskforce set out to ensure that this never happened again! Approaching local businesses, the Taskforce agreed with businesses owners the use of their toilets, created stickers that notified that the building had this facility and promoted its awareness!
Cab Driver Training
A trial scheme to help Taxi Drivers understand the needs of older people when travelling with them. The course took place at our main central hub and educated local taxi drivers on the struggles of an older person who uses taxis as public transport. This project was part of the bigger campaign of making Levenshulme an Age Friendly accredited area! A story was covered by the MEN at the link below
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All of our over 50’s activities are located in South Manchester, and are easily accessible by bus.
Our activities are created by older people, for older people.