Browsing all posts in January, 2010.

Trust Fund Support

Parkway Green Housing Trust helped spread seasonal cheer by making a donation to Wythenshawe Women’s Aid.
Wythenshawe’s Women’s Aid who offer advice and support for women and children escaping domestic abuse was selected to be the trust’s chosen charity and received £500.
Chair of the PGHT board Councillor Tony Burns and Parkway Green Chief Executive Nigel Wilson [...]

Firefly Challenge

A group of Year 10 pupils from Saint Paul’s Catholic High School in Wythenshawe enjoyed taking part in a Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service project called “Firefly”. The aim is to educate the youngsters about fire safety in their homes and communities. It is also aimed at reducing anti-social behaviour, hoax calls and abuse [...]

Branching Out Into Artwork

Visitors who go down to Nan Nook Wood in Wythenshawe Park are in for a big surprise, thanks to the work of a group of dedicated residents and some bespoke artwork.

Two years ago members of the Wythenshawe Park Watch Group and environmental initiative Red Rose Forest helped to secure £50k of funding to improve Nan [...]

Healthy Eating

Pupils from Saint Paul’s Catholic High School in Newall Green enjoyed a morning at Altrincham’s Marks and Spencer store which they visited to learn more about healthy eating and the sourcing and supply of good quality produce.
Members of the school’s Cookery Club had been invited along by the store as part of Saint Paul’s healthy [...]

Dancing Strictly For Fun

Wythenshawe residents took to the dance floor in a festive ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ event for the over fifties.

The free event at Woodhouse Park Lifestyle Centre, was organised by Manchester City Council, Age Concern and South Manchester Healthy Living Network.

Over a hundred residents took take part in sequence dancing, where spot prizes were be awarded for [...]

Special Request

Police in south Manchester are appealing for volunteers to join the special constabulary.
The special constabulary is a body of volunteers that consists of men and women from all walks of life who, in their spare time, provide assistance to the regular police force.
Special Constables are trained to the same high standard as a [...]

Three Decades of Service

Inspector Adrian Hopkins from the Neighbourhood Policing Team will be hanging his hat up for the last time and waving goodbye to Wythenshawe as he retires after 30 years service in GMP.
Adrian has been the Inspector of Wythenshawe Neighbourhood Policing Team for more than five years and in that time he has had some [...]

Investors in People Award

Parkway Green Housing Trust is proud to be the first Housing Trust in the Northwest to have been awarded the Investors in People Silver Award.
The accolade is a national standard that recognises good practice in engaging, developing and involving an organisations employees.
This is recognition of Parkway Green’s commitment to its colleagues and a [...]

Pupils Right on Track

Staff and pupils from Saint Paul’s Catholic High School in visited the Manchester Velodrome, Britain’s National Cycling Centre. The Velodrome is Britain’s primary indoor Olympic cycle track and is regarded as one of the world’s finest and fastest board tracks.
The aim of the day was to give pupils the opportunity to view and try [...]

Engineering Challenge

Gifted engineering pupils from Saint Paul’s Catholic High School in Wythenshawe took part in a Challenge Day focused on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills.
Pupils had to work in pairs to build a remote control car, without any instructions! The requirements were that the car had to be able to move forwards and backwards. [...]