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Stitched Up's successful mental health 'Crafternoons' are returning thanks to new funding from the Manchester Wellbeing Fund.
Danny Moran investigates allegations that the Planning Committee of Manchester council have pre-planning meetings, which act as rehearsals for the next Planning Committee meetings where multi-million pound developments may be voted through. Guest article from About Manchester.
Inspired by Article 16 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Isaiah Hull created this poem for inclusion in A Poetic Declaration, commissioned for the Ripples of Hope Festival at HOME in Manchester.
Andy Burnham promised a Greater Manchester Land Commission in his manifesto. We talk to Neil McInroy chair of the Liverpool Land Commission to see what the process can offer GM, and report the latest developments on Burnham’s promise.
The Elephants Trail is a project working in Greater Manchester to address the problems faced by people living with severe and multiple disadvantage.
Jess Causby, a café worker from Manchester is one of 19 people up before the High Court today, for breaking the M25 injunction granted to National Highways in September 2021. If convicted of breaking the injunction, in this civil court trial, the defendants face being fined, having their assets se...
Homelessness charity shelter and Network Rail have helped over 300 homeless people in the last year at stations in Manchester and Birmingham in a pioneering partnership to help rough sleepers who often seek out the stations for shelter. The pilot project saw station staff at Manchester Piccadil...
Poet Maura Dooley is a professor of Creative Writing at Goldsmiths, University of London. Maura’s poem was inspired by Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which codifies the right to education. Maura said: “My parents were the children of Irish immigrants. They believed in...
A new heritage project aims to celebrate the considerable cultural highlights of the communities surrounding Bury New Road, with a range of activities and content produced with the crowning glory of the project being the erection of a John Cooper Clarke statue on the corner of Bury New Road where...
Princess Arinola Adegbite or “P. A. Bitez” is a songwriter, filmmaker, and performer based in Manchester. Her poem was inspired by Article 11 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which codifies the right to be considered innocent until proven guilty. Princess said:“I know many...
Lily Gordon-Brown is a housing activist and a member of the ACORN community union in Liverpool. Her new pamphlet, The Housing Crisis is a Land Crisis, emphasises the importance of land ownership and use in our ongoing housing crisis, and is published in collaboration with Greater Manchester Housin...
The numbers of rough sleepers on the streets of Greater Manchester have noticeably reduced in the past few years, partly due to the actions of the mayoral “Bed Every Night” campaign to tackle rough sleeping, and local authorities providing emergency “Everyone In” me...
Researchers at the University of Manchester and University of Sheffield have published a new online interactive map of Manchester to show citizens where the city’s public land is, and to empower the public to make the case to Manchester city council to dispose of this land to meet local ne...
Jennifer Wong is a poet born and raised in Hong Kong, who currently teaches creative writing at Oxford Brookes University. Jennifer’s poem was inspired by Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which codifies the rights to freedom of opinion and information. Jennifer said:...
Young working-class people in the UK are faced with a lot of barriers that prevent them improving their lives and those of their family – barriers that appear to be growing. They have to make their way through a society where they are often ignored, belittled, and stereotyped. The RECLAIM project’...
  Museums are often my first cultural port of call when travelling to a new region. Their concise and carefully curated exhibits can pack a lot of learning into a relatively short visit, giving you a real feel for the essence of what made the local region what it is today and a bro...
  Catalysed by the brutal police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, 2020 was a year of unprecedented anti-racist mobilisation, including in the UK. Protests here sparked a range of responses, from footballers ‘taking a knee’, to the Government’s cynical Sewell report, which pre...
A new report raises concerns about the proliferation of Airbnb and other short-term letting platforms (STLs) in Manchester after finding that Airbnb listings skyrocketed by 226%. The report, written by academics, journalists and members of Greater Manchester Tenants Union (GMTU) and Greater Man...
  Vona Groarke is an Irish poet with eight published poetry collections to her name, who teaches at the University of Manchester. Vona’s poem was inspired by Article 15 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which codifies the right of everyone to have a nationality, which t...
  Revised plans put forward by the council to remove grass pitches at Hough End Fields and create two artificial football pitches, with an additional 152 car parking spaces, have been overwhelmingly opposed by park users responding to a survey about the proposed changes. Alongsi...
  Students across Greater Manchester have created and published a Poetic Declaration of Human Rights containing poems inspired by each of the original Articles in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The work was published on Human Rights Day, 10 November, and endorsed by...
Award winning poet Luke Wright was inspired by Article 20 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which codifies the right to peaceful assembly and association. Luke said: “Article 20 really interested me mainly because of clause b. Social media encourages us to pick a side and eradicates...
Malika Booker, a poetry lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University, was Inspired to write this poem by Article 9 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which codifies the right to freedom from arbitary arrest and exile. Malika said: “I chose to respond to Article 9… Since the m...
  After thanking those who tried to save eight year-old Saffie-Rose Roussos, the youngest ofthose murdered at the Manchester Arena in May 2017, her mother told the inquiry into theatrocity: “I also want to say to the professionals and MI5, this inquiry isn’t about protecting...
  Keisha Thompson, a Manchester based writer, performance artist and producer, was inspired to write this poem by Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which codifies the right to an adequate standard of living. Keisha said: “Article 25 reminds me of Maslows’...
  “You’re not alone” was the heartfelt refrain repeated in the closing scene of Who Cares, performed at the Lowry Theatre in Salford. The play’s takeaway message was meant for the multitude of child carers across the UK that have responsibilities thrust on them that no child should...
  “Kem, we were there, but we didn’t know what was going to happen… We didn’t know there was a knife, and we didn’t know anyone was going to die. Are they going to use joint enterprise?” Those were the words spoken to Akemia Minott that changed the course of her life.  On 12 May...
A Manchester Labour councillor has announced she is stepping down after just six months in office, saying that the “racism and bullying” she has endured during her time as a councillor is the reason why. Marcia Hutchinson announced she would be resigning from her position as Labour Councillor for A...
The site of a historic cotton mill that launched the career of Manchester’s first multi-millionaire has been given a new lease of life by Southway Housing Trust to provide vital social housing for older people. The first residents are currently moving in at Gorton Mill House, built by Southway...
Greater Manchester is a region where the divide that defines inequality is becoming more distinct. While new hotels, offices and apartment complexes rise into the sky of Salford Quays and Manchester city centre the communities on the outskirts are increasingly pressured by cuts to public services,...
Watch the mainstream media coverage of COP26, and you’d be forgiven for thinking that environmental degradation is only happening elsewhere – in places like South America, Africa, Australia, Asia, the Arctic and the Antarctic. Amongst the “blah, blah, blah”, I personally didn’t see one article or n...