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Parktastic on Channel M

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4CT's Parktastic project was featured on Channel M today.If you missed it you can watch again here on www.boftheblog.com!

Wells Luncheon Club Trip

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A short video about the Wells Luncheon Club Trip to Southport earlier this week.The Luncheon Club meets every Tuesday at The Wells Centre on North Road In Clayton.Call in to The Wells to find out more.

Len looks through the lens at east Manchester’s transformation

On 12 June 2009 an exhibition called ‘East 1 to 10’ will open in east Manchester, showcasing the work of award-winning Manchester photographer, Len Grant who has been documenting the changes in the area since 2004.

Held at the new visitor centre at Sportcity, at the junction of Ashton New Road and Alan Turing Way and next to B of the Bang, the exhibition is a retrospective of his work charting the changes in east Manchester over half a decade.

Patrick and dad

East Manchester Volunteers Week

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A short video about East Manchester Volunteer Week which took place during the first week in June 2009 at venues across east Manchester including Gorton Market, Clayton Community Orchard and Sporting Edge in Openshaw.For more information about volunteering contact Experience Volunteering: 0161 230 1436 or email susan.willocks.4ct@btconnect.com

Need help managing your money but don't know where to turn?

New East Manchester's Money Mentor's Team can help.

Come along to a FREE coffee morning on Friday 20th March at 9.45am and learn more about:

  • Dealing with debts
  • Banking options
  • Effective budgetting
  • Affordable credit
  • Money saving tips
  • Courses on managing money

The session will take place at the New East Manchester offices on Grey Mare Lane in Beswick, M11 3ND

Need help managing your money but don't know where to turn?

Money Mentors launches "Win A Weddding Dress Package" Competition

New East Manchester Money Mentors has just launched a competition for East Manchester residents where you could win "the wedding dress package of your dreams worth £1,500 and ease the financial stress from one of the happiest days of your life!"

To enter, all you have to do is come up with a design for your dream wedding dress using the two dresses shown below.

Money Mentors Wedding Dress Competition

Let's Start Cooking...

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... Christmas Dinner!

Let's Start Cooking is a group that meets every week at Trinity Church in Ancoats, Manchester to develop their cooking skills.

In this piece, filmed by the group themselves, it's a Christmas dinner special!

To find out more call:
Alison at Zest on 0161 655 7883
or
Geraldine Wall, Community Food Co-ordinator on 07971331539 

KPMG at Sporting Edge

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Volunteers from KPMG spend a day at Sporting Edge in Openshaw in east Manchester as part of the company's Corporate Responsibility Programme.

Prince's Trust

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Lauren McKeown, part of the Prince's Trust Team Programme, came
to MCIN on a one week placement.

As part of this placement Lauren, along with another volunteer
Community Reporter Ruth Afekafe, produced a video about The Prince's
Trust.

Tea Dance at The Grange

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Video of the Tea Dance which took place at The Grange in Beswick, east Manchester on Friday November 28th.
Filmed by Vikki and Kay.
For more information on what's on at The Grange see:
www.4ct.org.uk

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