Arts & culture

Community Matters: Canva Get Together

This is a free, casual online get-together of people working in the charity sector who are interested in using Canva for visual design.

This get-together has no agenda and is governed entirely by what people want to know and/or share. 

These include tips and questions about using Canva to create: graphics, animations, posts, videos etc. either for social media, online or print formats.

Online

Media Trust: Working with influencers – the basics for charities

Could influencers help your charity reach new audiences? Join Media Trust for an expert webinar on the basics of working with influencers.

Influencer marketing isn’t just for big brands and big budgets. The right creator can help your charity reach new audiences, tell powerful stories and build genuine connections with communities who might not otherwise encounter your work.

But how do you find influencers who genuinely align with your cause? What makes a good partnership? And how can charities make collaborations work when time and resources are limited?

Online

The Ground Up Cafe @ The Proud Place is now open!

The Proud Trust are pleased to announce that the Ground Up Cafe at The Proud Place is now open to the public Monday - Saturday 9am - 4pm!

As part of the launch, there will be a series of events in the cafe across Manchester's Welcome Weeks (End of September 2026).

GM Creative Health Champions programme: Creative Health and the Early Years

The GM Creative Health Champions programme is a free online training offer for people working across health, social care, local government, culture, heritage, the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector, academia and related fields who are interested in the role of creativity in supporting health and wellbeing in Greater Manchester. It is particularly suited to those who want to influence change within their organisation, community or wider system, build their knowledge of creative health, and develop the confidence to embed creative health approaches in practice

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422 Community Hub: Ardwick and Longsight Community Support Network

If you work with people and communities across Ardwick and Longsight, we’d love you to join us for the first gathering of the Ardwick & Longsight Community Support Network.

At 422, we have the privilege of speaking to many of you and we hear the same thing over and over - we’re all busy doing our jobs, supporting residents and responding to the needs we see every day. That often means there simply isn’t enough time to meet the other people and services working on our doorstep, or to keep up with everything that’s happening locally.

422 Community Hub, 422 Stockport Road, Longsight, M12 4EX

Venture Arts: Introducing the creative approaches to work programme: Making neurodiversity your business

Venture Arts is a visual arts organisation that works with neurodivergent and learning-disabled artists across Greater Manchester.

Venture Arts are currently planning the delivery of the Creative Approaches to Work programme, which explores how creativity can support neurodivergent people to develop confidence, skills, and pathways into meaningful employment. As part of this work, they are gathering insights from neurodivergent young adults aged 18-30 about their experiences of finding, accessing, and sustaining employment.

UrbanMuse: Queen and Slim Screening

UrbanMuse is back on and this time, we are bringing you something a little more special.

With great soundtracks, a mystic vibe and a reminiscent story, on 18 September we're screening Queen & Slim at the Renold Building.

If you're not familiar with the film or with UrbanMuse, this is the perfect opportunity to discover both. Come along, network, celebrate the end of summer and get cosy as the evening starts.

Renold Building, 32a Altrincham Street, Manchester, M1 7JR

Nubia Wellness and Healing: Afrofuturism meets Manchester's 1945 Pan African Congress

What if the leaders of the historic 1945 Pan African Congress could see the world today?

What if we could imagine what the next 80 years could look like?

Join Nubia Wellness and Healing (NWAH) CIC for a powerful online evening bringing together history, African centred psychology, creativity, music, performance and conversation.

✨ Discover Manchester’s Pan African history

Online

Answer Cancer creative workshops (recurring)

You are invited to take part in a series of creative workshops designed to raise awareness of cancer in a relaxed and welcoming environment. Participants can learn more about cancer awareness while enjoying free creative activities and conversations.

Woodwork Sessions – Tuesdays, from 22 September – 10 November, 11:00am – 12:00pm (Auditorium)

Art Sessions – Tuesdays, from 22 September – 10 November, 1:00pm – 2:00pm (Workshop) 

Free | Ages 18+

Langworthy Cornerstone, 451 Liverpool Street, Salford, M6 5QQ