Browsing all posts in October, 2008.

Taking The Pressure

The crowds flooded to the third annual open day at Wythenshawe Hospital to experience behind the scenes tours of clinical departments.
They attended more than 40 stalls providing advice about health conditions and were entertained by the Ashton-on-Mersey Showband, a magician, and face-painters.
VIP guests Charlie Lawson, Gordon Burns and Paul Goggins MP are all long standing [...]

Search for a Hero

Community Awards call to find Manchester’s heroes
The hunt is on for real-life heroes as Manchester City Council launches the Community Awards 2008.
The awards are intended to recognise those people and groups who work hard to make a difference to their communities, and organisers are now calling for residents to make the city proud [...]

Memories of the Golden Garter

It is forty years this week since Manchster’s most famous cabaret club opened on Rowlandsway, Wythenshawe. Shep’s Banjo Boys, the venue’s resident band, clocked up more than 1000 performances at the Golden Garter, and went on to appear on ITV’s ‘The Comedians’
The group’s pianist at that time, John Orchard, has tracked down all the surviving [...]

Long Term Commitment

The Businesses Working with Wythenshawe Group is celebrating 5 years of commitment and involvement with the local community with the launch of two innovative education programmes.
The Numbers at Work & Job Search Skills projects aim to provide school children with a fun insight into the world of business and provide crucial skills to young people [...]

Moving Forward

Staff at the Royal Bank of Scotland in Manchester held a series of dress down, and dress in colour days and their donations for the privilege helped buy a minibus for Newall Green High School in Wythenshawe. The bank doubled the amount raised by workers and the vehicle was handed over to the school, [...]

Education into Employment

Parklands High School which will become Manchester Enterprise Academy (MEA) in September 2009 - opened its doors to young people in the area who were considering their options for secondary school next year.
The atmosphere was buzzing as young people, parents and family members were treated to a range of activities by the business sponsors of [...]

Get Online Day

Benchill Community Centre, UK online centre is today announcing it’s to give people who have never used the internet before the chance to achieve their first time online at a special Get online day – taking place on Friday 24th October 2008
The centre is inviting everyone along for a first taste of the internet. [...]

Nursery Pyjama Party

Boys and girls in the Holyrood Nursery at Sandilands Primary School in Brooklands wore their pyjamas for the day to raise funds for the new Manchester Children’s Hospital Appeal. The tots bakes cookies which they ate in the afternoon with a glass of cool milk, before taking part in a pyjama parade.
After a [...]

Too Nice to be Nasty

When Richard Carvath, 32, of Ellesmere Park in Salford was approached by the organisers of the ‘Wythenshawe’s Got Talent’ Contest he thought he was more than able to meet their request for a ‘Simon Cowell type’ Judge. Richard, an accomplished rock and soul musician, agreed to take on the role of Cowell but found [...]

American Wrestling

A big time American Wrestling spectacular featuring 5 Champion Matches and a ‘£10,000 Laddermania Rumble !” will take place at the Wythenshawe Forum on Friday 31st October at 7.30pm.
Live in action will be ‘The Guvnor’ defending his All Nations gold belt, World Tag Team title holders ‘The Masked Destroyers’ ‘R.I.P.’ in a sensational ‘Chokeslam [...]