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Manchester's magical Christmas Parade is back for 2024!

  • Friday 11 October 2024
A giant golden living Christmas Bauble with red ribbon on top

Manchester's magical Christmas Parade, THE heart-warming and feel-good event of the festive season, is back again for 2024 and set to delight children, families and anyone young at heart, as it makes its way through the city's streets on Sunday 8 December.

Manchester Christmas Markets - location lowdown for festive markets in Santa's favourite city

  • Sunday 6 October 2024
Aerial view looking across city scene full of twinkling lights, people and market stalls

With only a month to go until the opening of Manchester's world-famous Christmas Markets on Friday 8 November, the location lowdown for this year's festive markets in Santa's favourite city reveals even more stalls, more choice and more space for visitors to tackle their Christmas shopping, or to simply soak up the sights and sounds of the season.

Our Town Hall update outlines progress and position

  • Wednesday 2 October 2024
Image of the town hall from a bird's eye top-down view showing it encased in white cladding.

An update report on the Our Town Hall project which has been published outlines its progress, vision and the significant challenges which have impacted its budget and timetable.

Manchester Christmas Markets 2024 - the countdown is on!

  • Friday 20 September 2024
View from rooftop looking down on a city street scene at Christmas with twinkling lights and crowds of people

The countdown is on to Christmas in Santa's favourite city with Manchester's world-beating Christmas Markets set to return on the 8 November - Manchester's very own Festive Friday - for a six-week seasonal run until Sunday 22 December.

From furlough to fostering - inspirational foster mum from Manchester shares her story

  • Friday 20 September 2024
Outside next to trees. 
 A woman stands looking at camera, arms folded, smiling

As young people from across Manchester prepare to return to their university studies or go off to university for the first time, council bosses are asking the city's empty-nesters to think about putting all their years' experience of bringing up children to good use and to consider fostering some of the city's most vulnerable children and young people.

The art tutor turned student who is teaching others it's never too late to learn

  • Friday 6 September 2024
Woman holding a brightly coloured pot in her hands standing next to a brightly painted table, next to a wall with posters on it

Starting a new term in education is daunting at any age, but Manchester Adult Education Service (MAES) wants to let adults who’ve been out of education for some time now know that a warm welcome awaits them in the city's adult education centres and that it's never too late to start learning again.

Council's in-year financial pressures outlined

  • Tuesday 3 September 2024

Financial pressures being experienced by the Council in the current year – 2024/25 - are set out in a report to its Executive, which meets on Wednesday 11 September.

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