0333 321 3021
EnglishArabicBengaliBosnianBulgarianCatalanChinese (Simplified)Chinese (Traditional)CroatianCzechDanishDutchEstonianFilipinoFinnishFrenchGermanGreekHindiHungarianIgboItalianJapaneseKoreanKurdish (Kurmanji)LatvianLithuanianLuxembourgishMacedonianMalayMalteseNepaliNorwegianPersianPolishPortuguesePunjabiRomanianRussianSerbianSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSudaneseSwahiliSwedishThaiTurkishUkrainianUrduVietnameseWelshYorubaEvery Friday evening, the three astroturf pitches at the Manchester Tennis & Football Centre in Ancoats fill up with dozens of young men and boys playing 7-a-side football.
This club is run by Active Communities Network and it has grown very popular since starting in 2010, with between 50 and 80 young people attending each session. It is free and open to everyone between 14 and 21 years old.
'We learn, support and respect each other and send our kindness to the air, finding the hard to reach.'
Friday’s show celebrated the Radio Sheung Lok project itself. Participants discussed their friendships and team work as well as Radio Sheung Lok’s upcoming participation in the Manchester Science Festival and their nomination in the 2017 Community Radio Awards.
Come rain, wind or shine the Garden Explorers group takes place every week - outdoors when possible. Activities might differ but fun is always guaranteed, often getting a little messy!
The group talked about mental health breakdown today, what brings it on, why some people are fine and others aren’t. Other times they’ve talked about OCD, panic attacks, medication, or sometimes the whole session is taken up with members “checking-in”. Every Thursday, since Jan 2016, there is a two hour lifeline for people with mental health difficulties facilitated by carefully trained and supported Manchester Mind volunteers.
At the Anson Community-Shop you can buy a basket of groceries worth £12 for only £2.50. It’s at the heart of the Anson Estate and helps families that struggle to pay bills and put food on the table. Cereals, frozen and chilled items, tinned goods and more are supplied by Fareshare, Tesco, M&S and other local suppliers from in-date stock that would otherwise go to waste.
Sow the City are putting the finishing touches to the transformation of a piece of derelict land in Hulme.
Where once there was a thirty year old eyesore, there are now potatoes, strawberries, French beans, sweetcorn, red cabbage, spring onions, chard and herbs. They are also building a compost heap, a seating and social area, and a shelter before the final handover to the local volunteers who will take it on and maintain it for good.
Lydia first saw the advert about becoming a Cyril Flint Befriender over three years ago. When she first met Maureen, who had just come out of hospital, she was very down and depressed. Maureen was so isolated, she had almost forgotten how to speak, was hunched and closed, and told Lydia that she was basically just waiting to die. Lydia continued to visit Maureen every week and since then, she has seen her blossom and "come alive again".
Sharon Calvert has just finished delivering a Yoga for Mental Wellbeing session supporting people to put themselves into their own little bubble where they can address the daily stresses and strains of everyday life. Through yoga and other exercises, the session encourages participants to release tension and find balance.
Back in January Greater Manchester Poverty Action (GMPA) launched the Emergency Food Providers map, a Google map showing the location of all the foodbanks, pay-as-you-feel cafés, food clubs and pantries that they could find. 
GMPA added more pins and made any necessary amendments over the past 9 months. Since its launch this map has had over 6,400 visits and hope that it will continue to be a really useful resource.
Today, the North City Nomads group took 240 elderly people in five coaches on a day out to Lytham St Annes. It was organised by 15 volunteers and everyone had the option of activities such as shopping and walking along the promenade. By giving the people of North Manchester the opportunity to go out and make new friends, it encourages the reduction of social isolation and encourages new and wider friendship groups.
Printer-friendly version