Browsing all posts in November, 2009.

Successful Operations

Inspector Adrian Hopkins of the Wythenshawe Neighbourhood Policing Team, the Policing Team for Sharston and Woodhouse Park and North Benchill, has reported on two operations which addressed local priorities raised by residents.
Youth related Anti Social Behaviour and Crime and the misuse of ‘Off Road’ bikes.
“The first was Operation Summer Garden 2009, our joint Police [...]

Turning Ashtrays Into Art

UHSM (University Hospital South Manchester) has launched the Great Hospital Ashtray Amnesty to help smokers who want to quit, and celebrate those who have managed to kick the habit.
Staff, visitors, patients and the public are being encouraged to part with their ashtrays, and take them to designated sites at Wythenshawe Hospital. People who are [...]

Bard’s Scottish Tragedy

Pupils from Saint Paul’s Catholic High School in Newall Green took part in the Shakespeare in Schools Festival. Year 10 pupils (age 14 -15) from the BTEC Performing Arts course performed at The Library Theatre in Manchester where they brought Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’ to life.
The Shakespeare in Schools Festival, the UK’s largest [...]

Karma and Friends

One of Manchester’s top psychedelic blues/rock bands will play at an iconic Wythenshawe venue next month.
Karma, from Wythenshawe, are rehearsing for the gig, which will be held on Saturday 5th December, in the Embassy Room at the Yew Tree Hotel, Northern Moor – where several top entertainers cut their teeth.
KARMA who normally headline The Academy in [...]

Training Links Are Just The Job

A grandmother from Wythenshawe who had been out of work for over two years has shown that it is never too late to start a new career after securing a job as part of the team working to improve former council properties in the area.
Sue Wheeler, 51 of Baguley, worked for 20 years providing [...]

Gymnastic Generations

Leonardo Vieru, a Year 9 pupil at Saint Paul’s Catholic High School in Newall Gree, has been displaying his acrobatic skills at the school.
Leonardo started to learn gymnastics when he was eight years old and has progressed rapidly since then. The family, which comes from Russia, has a circus background and Leonardo’s father, [...]

Kieron Hartley and friends

Kieron Hartley and friends will perform carols and Folk for the Christmas Season at St Wilfrid’s Church, Northenden on Thursday 3rd December 7.30pm to raise funds for the Booth Centre supporting Manchester’s homeless people. Admission £3.

St Luke’s Church

St Luke’s Church, Brownley Road, Benchill hold their Christmas fair on Saturday 21st November 11.30am.

An exciting Family fun day

An exciting Family fun day will be held in the main hall at Newall Green Primary School in the main hall on Saturday 21st November (10am-1pm) to promote adult and family health and education activities.
This will be a successful and fun packed day and provide an opportunity for the community to engage in future [...]

Support For Carers

Supporting next week’s national Self Care Awareness Week, Manchester Carers Centre and Caring with Confidence, a leading provider of learning and development opportunities for carers in England, are reinforcing the need to support not only those with long term conditions, but also the people who play a vital role in providing care for them.
Self Care [...]