Arts & culture

RECLAIM are at the planning stages of the festival and want to open it up to everyone from Moss Side to get involved to help plan the event. RECLAIM are looking for volunteers to get involved, share knowledge and skills to make the first ever Moss Side food festival a huge success. RECLAIM will be meeting regularly and are looking for people to get involved.

Imagine being in Manchester during the Industrial Revolution, telling the tale of what it was really like to live and work during that time of great change. Sadly there aren’t records from the streets from this time – but our world today, with the blurring of lines between the physical, digital, and biological, is just as exciting.

We are looking for community film makers to tell the story of how their community, activity or organisation and the work being done there adds to the Spirit of Manchester.

Join the People’s History Museum and Wonder Women for a fabulous season of events celebrating the achievements of women.

Love talking about football and other sports? Chat, share memories and meet other older sports fans at this friendly Sporting Memories group at the National Football Museum. Sessions are free, with refreshments provided.

The sessions will be held on Mondays, 10:30am-12pm, fortnightly from 27 February 2017 at the National Football Museum, Cathedral Gardens, Manchester, M4 3BG.

We all carry labels of identity: Religion, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexuality, disability. Some badges we choose, others are imposed. Issues of identity are discussed in Badges Chosen/ Labels Given as part of the award-winning SICK! Festival, 8 -25 March. 

Do you know a ‘Good Egg’ who you’d like to nominate for an Easter campaign?

Do you know someone who does/has done amazing things for the community? 

VickiLou casting are looking for contributors to feature in short film for a well-known brand.

This can be anybody has done or does something heart-warming for others. It doesn't have to be huge, just something special.

The Manchester International Women’s festival is here …Manchester is an amazing city buzzing with excitement with world class sports, arts and culture. What makes Manchester special and like nothing else on earth is its people. Manchester people are doers and the women of Manchester are no exception. Their contribution to the city is huge. Women are the backbone to family life, help create safe and happy neighbourhoods inspiring trust and friendship and contribute enormously to the economy and across the professions and all other areas of work.

Could you wear just six items of clothing for six weeks? Local cooperative Stitched Up take on the challenge to raise money for clothes factory workers around the world.

This year’s Manchester Day is on the 18 June 2017 and the theme is all about magic! Join in conjuring up wonderful inventions and illusions, bringing the city’s streets alive with stunning costumes, structures and performances.

Your group could be part of one of the North West’s biggest and best community celebrations… or you could sign up as an individual to get a chance to join the WOW Crowd.