Google’s new investment in digital skills in the north opens in Manchester’s King Street
Google has opened a Digital Garage in Manchester city centre, offering free face-to-face coaching for anyone who wants to improve their digital skills, and...
Lemn Sissay revealed as New Manchester Histories Patron
At last nights packed announcement event at Manchester Art Gallery, the internationally-renowned Performance Poet, Writer and broadcaster, and Chancellor of the The University of...
60,000 trees will be planted with 350 Greater Manchester primary schools over the...
City of Trees - the charitable organisation re-invigorating Greater Manchester’s
landscape by planting a tree for every man, woman and child – has begun the
process...
School children take over Manchester’s National Football Museum as part of Museum take over...
A GROUP OF Manchester schoolchildren were put in charge of the National Football Museum this morning week to celebrate Kids in Museums’ Takeover Day.
Friars...
Campaign launched to make Salford 10% Better
Salford’s Social Value Alliance has launched a ground breaking campaign to use social value to make Salford 10% better.
Social value means using all spending in...
As a writer Twitter’s #280characters make me wince
Most longer tweets could do with a good edit, argues Catherine Wilcox from Manchester Writing School
Originally published on The Conversation
by Catherine Wilcox, Lecturer in Creative...
Come on Irene!! Popular Rochdale librarian bookmarks top national award
A much-loved Rochdale librarian who has dedicated more than 40 years to helping babies and toddlers develop a love of books and reading has...
Funding boost gives green light to Manchester’s Civic Quarter Heat Network
Manchester City Council has secured £2.87m of grant funding from the Government’s national Heat Network Investment Project, for the Manchester Civic Quarter Heat Network.
Manchester...
Manchester joins global network of UNESCO Cities of Literature
Manchester has been successful in its bid to join UNESCO’s worldwide Creative Cities network as a City of Literature.
Manchester, which built the UK’s first...
Manchester City Council and Lifeshare launch library membership scheme for people who are homeless
A new initiative will help people who are homeless to register as library members and access the full range of resources and information available...