Hatch retail competition offers pop-up launch pad to success
The chance to realise retail dreams with four weeks of free pop-up space in the soon-to-be -launched next phase of Manchester’s new shopping and...
Sky is the limit for Snow Camp youngsters
Scores of disadvantaged young people hoping to transform their lives have signed up for a snow sports programme which begins this summer.
Snow-Camp charity, whose...
Sea change for Charlie the former beach donkey – as new therapeutic calling takes...
Now living at Manchester’s Donkey Sanctuary, ‘cheeky’ Charlie works his charm with patients and carers across the city.
The heatwave has crowds flocking to the...
Macmillan Centre hosts volunteers’ armchair tribute to Caroline Aherne
A specially-designed armchair that pays tribute to actor and writer Caroline Aherne is on display at the newly extended Macmillan Information and Support Centre...
Free food for kids as holiday hunger bites
Free food is being served up alongside holiday fun to prevent Salford children going hungry over the summer holidays.
Snack Shack in Little Hulton has...
You’re Hired: Wythenshawe Students Wow Judges in Junior Apprentice Competition
SS John Fisher and Thomas More Catholic Primary School’s Year 6 pupils, from Wythenshawe, are celebrating after winning a Junior Apprentice Competition, with pupils...
Everybody loves a Canine Companion
A Wigan man has packed in his nine-to-five job to set up his own doggy day care centre and to tackle social isolation.
Tom Curwen,...
Leading theatres call out for a new family dance commission
The Egg and The Lowry are inviting submissions from people interested in working to develop a family dance piece for audiences aged 5+.
Previous experience of making family...
Classroom for budding artists renamed in honour of #FightEB campaigner & photographer James Dunn.
A creative space for budding artists at The Lowry in Salford has been renamed in honour of James Dunn, a 24-year-old man from Liverpool...
Why sheds can be good for your health and well being
Men’s sheds are community spaces for men that can boost attendees’ emotional and physical health, new research has found.
Older men are particularly at risk...