News published September 2024

Plans approved for UK’s ‘first of a kind’ majority LGBTQ+ Extra Care scheme

  • Thursday 26 September 2024
Computer generated image of the LGBTQ+ extra care housing scheme in Whalley Range

Plans have been approved for the UK’s ‘first of a kind’ purpose-built majority LGBTQ+ Extra Care social rent housing scheme in Whalley Range, south Manchester.

Our Town Hall project: Lecture series puts heritage crafts centre-stage

  • Thursday 26 September 2024
Photo of stained glass in Manchester Town Hall

Peeling back the layers on the Our Manchester Town Hall restoration project has been a labour of love for hundreds of craftspeople involved in its restoration.

Manchester resident slapped with hefty fines after neighbours complained about “nuisance” waste burning in his garden

  • Monday 23 September 2024

A Manchester resident who made the lives of his neighbours miserable through repeated waste burning in his garden is now facing hefty fines handed down by the courts.

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.

Fourth Family Hub for Manchester now open and set to make big difference to Gorton families

  • Wednesday 18 September 2024
Man sitting behind a desk with leaflets on it, smiling as he talks to a woman also smiling and holding a toddler in her arms. The toddler is holding a leaflet

A brand-new Family Hub - Manchester's fourth - officially opened its doors this week and is set to make a big difference to families in Gorton, providing support and advice to parents, carers and young people themselves through to early adulthood.

New high school for pupils with special educational needs reaches construction milestone

  • Tuesday 17 September 2024
CGI image showing a low one-storey building with the words 'Pupil entrance' across a doorway

A significant milestone has been reached in the construction of Orchard House, a brand-new £16m special high school which is due to open in Miles Platting, Manchester next September.

Launch of new cultural strategy for Manchester sparks an arts and culture re-set for the city

  • Friday 13 September 2024
Five people standing together in a row outside in a public space smiling at the camera as they hold leaflets and posters in their hands

This week marks the start of an arts and culture re-set for Manchester with the launch of a brand-new decade long cultural strategy for the city.

No shame in a claim as Manchester urges 8000 people to take up unclaimed pensions benefit

  • Thursday 12 September 2024

You've probably worked all your life. Now let Pension Credit work for you.

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.

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