Information on groups where people can Socialise and Network
Socialising and Networking
For up to date information about clubs and groups in Tameside you can;
- visit your local library
- have a look on the libraries database
- contact Tameside Third Sector Coalition

- contact Age Concern Tameside

Luncheon Clubs run by Tameside Adult Services provide low-cost meals at various locations for over 60 residents.
To find out what else is happening in your area look below.
- Ashton area
- Audenshaw area
- Denton area
- Droylsden area
- Dukinfield area
- Hyde area
- Longdendale and Hattersley area
- Mossley area
- Stalybridge area
Ashton
Lunch Clubs
Darul uloom
Sundays and Males only
Quadiria Jilana, 95 Burlington Street, Ashton under Lyne
0161 308 3510
Hurst Community Centre
Kings Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 8EZ
Tameside Adult Services on 0161 342 5277
www.tameside.gov.uk/luncheonclubs
Khush Amdid
Arts, crafts, sewing etc and lunch for ladies only.
Mondays 10.00am – 2.00pm
Holy Trinity Church, Dean Street, Ashton-under-Lyne
Thursday’s 10.00am - 2.00pm
25 Cranbrook Gardens, Ashton-under-Lyne
Mrs Ibrahim on 0161 339 2484
Shree Bharatiya Mandal Indian Association
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 11.30am - 1.30pm
103 Union Road, Ashton-under-Lyne
Mr M Mistry (Secretary):0161 330 2085
Tameside Elders Association - males only
Wednesdays 10.00am - 4.00pm
Holy Trinity Community Centre, Dean Street, Ashton.
Qurban Hussain on 0161 330 0709
Welcome Inn 
Social Centre for the over 60’s. Lunch Club every day 12noon - 1.00pm, followed by drop-in 2.00pm - 4.00pm. Drop-in all day Saturday.
Ashton-under-Lyne Town Hall
George Venter on 0161 330 1227
Social Clubs
Age Concern
Variety of activities of all interest held regularly.
131 Katherine Street Ashton-under-Lyne
John Sheridan 0161 308 5000
info@ageconcerntameside.com
Ashton-under-Lyne Probus Club
Social Club for retired men
Meet on the first and third Thursday of the month between 10.00am and 11.45am
St Marks Parish Hall, Railway Street, Dukinfield
Mr K Winstanley ( Secretary) 0161 308 2410
Cranberries Club
Friendship, lunches out, speakers and entertainers, armchair exercises, bingo and quizzes. Especially welcome, if you are isolated due to lack of mobility or loss of family. Meet every Tuesday 1:30pm - 3:30pm
The Common Room, Cranbrook Gardens, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL7 9AA
Audrey Ward (Chairman) 0161 336 0670
audrey@cranberriesclub.co.uk
Cranberries 2
Meet every Thursday 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Heylee Sheltered Housing Scheme, Kelvin Street, Ashton-under-Lyne
Audrey Ward (Chairman) 0161 336 0670
audrey@cranberriesclub.co.uk
Hurst Library Over 60s Club
Meet every 3rd Thursday of the month 9.30am - 11.00am
Branch Librarian - 0161 330 3750
Khush Amdid
Arts, crafts, sewing etc and lunch for ladies only
Mondays 10.00am – 2.00pm
Holy Trinity Church, Dean Street, Ashton-under-Lyne
Thursday’s 10.00am - 2.00pm
25 Cranbrook Gardens, Ashton-under-Lyne
Mrs Ibrahim on 0161 339 2484
Tameside Men’s Speakers Club
For people who would like to improve their public speaking. Monday 7.45pm -10.00pm
Conservative Club, Park Parade, Ashton
Mr E Wright 0161 330 1340
Time of Your Life
Over 55’s social club
Tuesday 10.00am – 12.00noon
Ashton Town Hall, Ashton
0161 320 0334
Young at Heart
Broadoak & Smallshaw Community Centre
Teresa McHugh (Centre Manager) 0161 339 7189
Audenshaw
Social Clubs
Audenshaw Blind Club
Thursdays 11.00am - 2.00pm
Tameside Blind Association
, 4 Wellington Parade, Dukinfield, SK16 4LE
John Price 0161 330 7778
Good Companions
Over 60’s social club
Thursday 2.00pm – 3.30pm
Audenshaw Community Centre, Denton Road, Audenshaw.
Mrs Joyce Hal 0161 336 4051
Pensioners Club (Audenshaw)
Social Club for retired people
Wednesday 2.00pm
St Pauls Church, 285 Stockport Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL7 0NT
Sister Collette 0161 370 2733
Soroptimist International of Ashton-under-Lyne
Service club for women from all ackgrounds (Professional, Business and Housewives). First and third Monday in each month.
Stanley House, Masonic Hall, Audenshaw
Janet Patterson (Secretary) 0161 330 8143
janet@sunnyside29.freeserve.co.uk
Or
Alicia Harris (Membership Secretary) 01457 854731
www.soroptimistashton.co.uk 
Tameside Ladies Speakers Club
First and third Thursday every months September - May
Ryecroft Hall, Manchester Rd, Audenshaw. M34 5ZJ
Mrs T Beddard (Secretary) 0161 330 8797
Denton
Social Clubs
Denton Blind Centre
Tuesdays 12.00pm - 3.30pm
St Lawrence Church Hall, Market Street Denton
Sylvia Stevenson 0161 335 0345
Denton Probus Club
For retired local men to meet in a social atmosphere for interest and information derived from speakers on a wide range of subjects
Meets on alternate Tuesdays at 10.00am for 10.30am
Denton Methodist Church, Hyde Road, Denton
Mr G.G. Jones (Secretary) 0161 336 4820
Denton Townswomens Guild 
Educational, social, speakers and craft group
2nd and 4th Monday of the month at 2.00pm
Denton Festival Hall.
Mrs Freda Corbett (Secretary) 0161 320 7038
Haughton Green Library
Over 60s Club
3rd Wednesday of the month 9.30am - 11.00am
Branch Librarian - 0161 336 7193
West End Denton "Probus" Club
A club for retired and semi-retired gentlemen to provide fellowship and social contact, enjoy invited speakers, talks, slides, quizzes, plus members and mixed social outings.
Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings, doors open at 9.30am for refreshments, meetings start at 10.15 prompt.
Denton West Community Centre, Hulme Road, Denton.
0161 336 4149
Droylsden
Social Clubs
Droylsden Lively Library Club
A group for those over 55 who want to meet new people, try new activities and have fun. There's a friendly relaxed atmosphere and refreshments are provided. They meet first Wednesday of every month 10.00am - 11.00 at Droylsden Library.
Manchester Road, Droylsden, M43 6EP
Jennifer Sharp - Branch Librarian 0161 370 1282
Droylsden Townswomen's Guild
Speakers at every meeting, some light-hearted, some serious. We have one or two social afternoons and three trips in the year. Anyone who would like to join will be welcome and can come to two meetings to make sure they enjoy it.
Meet 2nd and 4th Tuesday in the month at 2pm
Droylsden Methodist Church, Dunkirk Street, Droylsden
Mrs K. Dunn (Secretary) 0161 370 9056
Dukinfield
Lunch Clubs
Dukinfield Community Centre
Hot lunch for pensioners
Mondays and Thursdays from 11.30am to 1pm
Town Lane, Dukinfield, SK16 4BX
John Winson 0161 339 3800
Social Clubs
Deaf Blind Club
Wednesdays 12noon - 2.00pm
Tameside Blind Association
, 4 Wellington Parade, Dukinfield, SK16 4LE
Lynn Jones 0161 342 2981
Dukinfield Library Club for Visually Impaired People
4th Tuesday of the month 12.30pm - 2.00pm
Concorde Way, Dukinfield, SK16 4DB
0161 330 3257 for details.
Dukinfield Library Over 60s Club
2nd Wednesday of the month 10.00am - 11.00am
Concorde Way, Dukinfield, SK16 4DB
0161 330 3257 for details.
Dukinfield Women's Club
Open to women of all ages and interests
Meet every Wednesday from 7.45pm - 9.45pm
Dukinfield Community Centre, Town Lane, Dukinfield, SK16 4BX
Mrs Joyce Hill 0161 338 8411
joss@biblio.fsnet.co.uk
Time of our Life
Friday 10.00am - 12noon
Dukinfield Town Hall, King Street, Dukinfield, SK16 4LA
Joyce Chadwick 0161 330 3225
Hyde
Lunch Clubs
Ashton House
Monday to Friday 11.30 – 1.30pm
Victoria Street, Newton, Hyde,SK14 4AB
Tameside Adult Services on 0161 342 5277
www.tameside.gov.uk/luncheonclubs
Chambers Court
Monday, Wednesday and Friday 11.30am – 1.30pm
Longdendale Drive, Mottram SK14 6SU
Tameside Adult Services on 0161 342 5277
www.tameside.gov.uk/luncheonclubs
Grafton Centre
At the Grafton Centre lunches are provide Monday to Friday as well as other activities running throughout the week.
Grafton Street, Hyde, SK14 2AX
Tameside Adult Services on 0161 342 5277
Werneth House
Monday, Wednesday and Friday 11.30 -1.30pm
Wych Fold, Gee Cross,Hyde,SK14 5ED
Tameside Adult Services on 0161 342 5277
www.tameside.gov.uk/luncheonclubs
Social Clubs
Hyde Ladies Probus Club
Friendship and social activities.
Meet in the afternoons of the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month. Closed during August and at Christmas.
Werneth House, Wych Fold, Gee Cross, Hyde.
Mrs R Valentine (Secretary) 0161 368 6699
Hyde Women's Club
Meet on Wednesdays
Hyde Conservative Club, Reynard Street, Hyde
Mrs Liz Rigg (Secretary) 0161 406 8510
elizabeth@rigg6373.freeserve.co.uk
Gee Cross and District Women's Institute (WI)
To provide a democratically-controlled educational and social organisation for women, offering an opportunity for working and learning together to improve the quality of life in the community. There are many activities within the WI including gardening, crafts, walking, theatre, bowls, luncheon group, annual well dressing, carols round the crib at Christmas, Spring and Autumn fairs - lots of fun.
Meet every third Tuesday in the month
Hyde Chapel schoolroom at 7:30pm
Mrs M. Eddowes (President) 0161 368 1802
Longdendale and Hattersley
Lunch Clubs
Hattersley Community Centre
Tuesday and Thursday 11.30 -1.30pm
Hattersley Road East, Hattersley, SK14 3EQ
Tameside Adult Services on 0161 342 5277
www.tameside.gov.uk/luncheonclubs
William Ford House
Tuesday and Thursday 11.30 – 1.30
Shaw Street, Mottram,SK14 6LE
Tameside Adult Services on 0161 342 5277
www.tameside.gov.uk/luncheonclubs
Social Clubs
Hattersley Forum Community Association
Keep Fit - Wednesday 12.00pm - 1.00pm
Line Dancing - Monday 10.00am - 1.00pm
Bowling - Monday, Wednesday and Friday 12.00pm - 3.00pm
Hattersley Forum 0161 368 8513
Visually Impaired Group
Run by Tameside Blind Association 
Tuesdays 9.30am - 2.00pm
Hattersley Community Centre, Hattersley Road East, Hattersley, SK14 3EQ
Brian McKenzie 0161 368 8513 during club opening times.
Mossley
Social Clubs
Micklehurst Elderly Social Scene (MESS)
Mrs Barbara Wright (Co-ordinator) 01457 835780
Mossley Blind Club
Tuesdays 11.30am - 2.30pm
George Lawton Hall, Stamford Street, Mossley
Tameside Blind Association on 0161 330 7778
www.tamesideblind.org.uk 
Time of you Life
Mossley over 50’s social club.
Wednesday 10.00am - 12noon
George Lawton Hall, Mossley
Doreen Taylor 0161 330 2812
Stalybridge
Lunch Clubs
Gorse Hall Luncheon Club
Monday to Friday 11.30am -1.30pm
High Street, Stalybridge,SK15 1SE
Tameside Adult Services on 0161 342 5277
www.tameside.gov.uk/luncheonclubs
Kendal House
Monday to Friday 11.30am – 1.30pm
Ambleside, Stalybridge,SK15 1EB
Tameside Adult Services on 0161 342 5277
www.tameside.gov.uk/luncheonclubs
Social Clubs
St Paul’s Centre Social Club
Open to elderly residents in Stalybridge area only
Every other Thursday 12.30pm
Huddersfield Road, Stalybridge.
0161 338 2514. Please ring prior to attending club.
Tameside Retired Teachers' Association
Meets 3rd Thursday of each month 2.00pm - 4.00pm. Speakers, lunches and excursions.
Stalybridge Civic Hall
James Pinder on 0161 370 3166
james_pinder@yahoo.co.uk
www.trt77.org.uk 
Time of your Life
Over 60’s social club
Wednesday 1.00pm - 3.00pm
Civic Hall Trinity Street, Stalybridge
Joan Jones 0161 338 4971

