Do you like Demis Roussos?
Levenshulme Players will be performing Abigail’s Party on 24th and 25th April at the Klondyke on Burnage Range.
Tickets are £3.50 – £5.50 available on the door or by phoning 0161 225 4674.
Manchester is one of eight cities to benefit from investment in cycling infrastructure from the government. The Department for a transport has confirmed Manchester has been awarded £22m from the total funding of £115m. This follows an investment of £20m in 2013.
Further details are available from Transport for Greater Manchester HERE
An article from the Manchester Evening News is available HERE
Information on the Greater Manchester Cycling Strategy is available HERE
The Annual General Meeting of the Levenshulme Community Association will take place at 14.15 on Saturday 14th March at Levenshulme Library on Cromwell Grove.
The AGM will receive annual reports and hold elections to the posts of Chair, Secretary and Treasurer and the ordinary positions on the LCA Core Group.
There will also be time for discussion of regular business.
Further information will follow.
Levenshulme Market kicks off again on Saturday 7th March closely followed by a voting event for the Market Fund 2015 on Sunday 8th March. See the poster below for information including the theme of each market through the year.
Hustings for the local and national elections in May 2015 are planned as follows:
Levenshulme Local Election
Tuesday 21st April
19.30 at the Klondyke, 1 Burnage Range
Organised by Levenshulme Community Association
Gorton South Local Election
Thursday 23rd April
19.30 at St. Peter’s Church, Stockport Road
Organised by Levenshulme Community Association
Manchester Gorton Parliamentary Election
Wednesday 29th April
19.30 at the Jain Centre, Stockport Road
Organised by Levenshulme Interfaith Group
Fred’s Comedy Club is opening in – wait for it – Fred’s Ale House in Levenshulme.
The opening night on Wednesday 11th March at 19.30 will include appearances by Jo Enright, Cokey Falkow and Andy Kind.
Fred’s Comedy Club will run monthly.
Further details and tickets are available HERE
A new cooking project has started at Levenshulme Inspire. Cook Off! is open to young people between the ages of 12-17 in Levenshulme and Gorton.
Sessions run every Tuesday from 18.00-20.00 at Levenshulme Inspire. Free entry and free food!
Yes, it is cold and wet right now but to brighten your day you can look forward to the 2015 Summer of Lev at the Klondyke on 8th August.
A full 13 hours of fun right here in Levenshulme from 12.00-01.00. Plenty of time to get those dancing shoes ready and look forward to some summer sunshine.
Tickets
Further information about the voting event and the voting process are on our website HERE
People power comes to Levenshulme!
Levenshulme Market is providing £15,000 business funding for the people of Levenshulme. Applications have now closed but residents of Levenshulme will be able to vote on which applications are awarded funding.
This is a fantastic opportunity for open, public participation in grant funding. All applications will be considered for a public vote.
So come along to the Klondyke (1 Burange Range) between 17.00 and 21.00 on Sunday 8th March to find out about all the applications and vote for your favourites.
How marvellous to have an open, public decision making process where every vote counts and the people of Levenshulme make the decisions without any panels or experts or short lists or screening getting in the way. The process has been developed in consultation with Jez Hall, an expert in participatory decision making and Levenshulme resident.
Well done to Levenshulme Market and thanks to Helen Power, Brenda Smith and Neil Buttery (Market Directors) for coming along to the LCA Community Forum on 17th February and for Helen presenting this idea.
Come along on 8th March and make people power count. It will be lovely to see all of the ideas submitted.
Find out more on the Levenshulme Market website HERE
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FURTHER INFORMATION
(from Helen Power, Levenshulme Market Director)
“A little update on where we’re up to with the fund:
We have been blown away by the responses we received – far more than we were expecting and all from residents of Levenshulme and/or businesses based in M19. Because we got roughly twice as many as we were expecting we will have to short list the candidates, otherwise we will have to ask the residents of Levenshulme to spend pretty much a whole day and night at the voting event on 8th March!
Thankfully, we have a trusty group of independent assessors who had agreed to act as supervisors for the applications (making sure they met all the criteria of the awards) and the voting (making sure there’s no funny business!) and they have very kindly agreed to work together to produce a short list from the applicants received.
They will be meeting tomorrow and – all being well – we will notify short listed applicants not long afterwards.
We’re very much hoping that the short listed peeps will use the tools that social media provide to canvas for support amongst the people of Levenshulme ahead of the big vote so expect to hear more from them soon!
In the mean time, we’d just like to thank our independent assessors who represent The Kindling Trust, UnLtd, Heaton Moor Market and the North Manchester Regeneration team of MCC. “
A launch meeting for Simon Hickman who is standing as a parliamentary candidate for Manchester Gorton will be held at 19.30 on Thursday 26th February at the Klondyke (1Burnage Range).
This is an opportunity to “meet Simon Hickman and help select candidates to stand in the council elections in May”.
Simon is standing as a candidate for the Trades Union and Socialist Coalition.
Further information is available HERE
NOTE: Levenshulme Community Association does not endorse or promote any political party or political organisation. Membership of the LCA is not available to any political parties or groups. Any information provided is for information only.
If you wondered what was happening around the station and the market it is a clean up funded by the council’s Clean City fund.
This project is being led by Incredible Edible Levenshulme with Levenshulme Market Community Interest Company and other groups such as Levenshulme Youth Project. It is an interesting collaboration of groups and people across Levenshulme to improve our environment.
All sorts of things are part of the project from the mural on the container in the car park to tidying up trees and vegetation around the site, installing new planters on the A6, planting and improving the Village Green and installing trendy bike racks that double up as planters. This promises to make a big difference to the area and everyone is welcome to get involved.
A summary of the project is available on the council website HERE and a schedule of planned work has just been released (see below). A more detailed description of the project is available HERE one the Levenshulme Market website.
Bike racks to be installed on the station car park and planted with blueberry bushes.
Levenshulme has been one of the first areas to benefit from a new fund created by Manchester City Council to deep clean the city and tidy up tatty looking areas. The new project will also include funding for community groups. The information released by the council is provided below.
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A fund of £5.5million is to be spent on a city-wide clean up programme.
The wide range of projects will improve district centres, parks and roads over the next few months, ensuring that benefits are seen as quickly as possible.
Parks and community spaces will receive £1.5million of the money, to fund works that have already been requested by friends groups and other organisations, such as cleaning war memorials, resurfacing children’s play areas, planting new flowers and low-maintenance shrubs, making improvements to existing allotments and creating new ones.
Another £1million will be spent on district centres, funding repairs to pedestrian crossings and railings, new lighting to improve visibility and deter crime as well as improvements to the appearance of run-down buildings. Parking issues will also be addressed, with updated signage, and there will also be improvements to grass verges and other open spaces.
As well as these practical projects, this funding will also help residents and businesses to organise their own community clean up campaigns, and will enable the setting up of business forums to support local traders who want to get involved too.
Over £1million will help to improve local infrastructure, renewing unsightly or rusted railings, benches and other street furniture, and replacing old litter bins with new, larger models like those recently introduced in the city centre.
Almost £500,000 will be spent on getting rid of overgrown, vacant plots and clearing waste grounds of debris across the city. There will be intensive work to clear grot-spots, roads, alleyways, and pieces of waste land across the city, which residents have complained about and, finally, in response to other concerns raised by schools, we’ll also use this funding to repaint road markings outside schools where dangerous parking is a problem.
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See the Council page HERE
The next meeting of the Levenshulme Local History Group will take place on 10th March, 14.00 at Levenshulme Inspire.
The meeting is informal and everyone is welcome.
NOTE: The meeting venue has been changed from the library to Levenshulme Inspire on Stockport Road.
The next meeting of the Levenshulme Neighbourhood Forum will take place on Wednesday 25th February from 18.00-19.45 at Levenshulme Inspire on Stockport Road.
All the best wishes and hope to see you on Wednesday,
Maria van Elk
Agenda
1.0 Area Designation
1.1 Do a knock on doors questionnaire?
1.2 The questionnaire and the information sheet
2.0 Constitution
2.1 Objective for constitution
2.2 Constitution development
2.3 Any other information needed for constitution
3.0 Publicity
3.1 Leaflet to the designated area
3.2 Which mediums to use for publicity?
4.0 Financial and milestone 1 support finishes end of March
5.0 Any other business
6.0 Next meeting
New planters and bike racks are coming soon to the car park by the railway station where Levenshulme Market is held courtesy of Incredible Edible Levenshulme and the council’s Clean and Green Manchester project.
A message from Laing O’Rourke
We’re delighted to invite you the launch of the Laing O’Rourke Cash4Graft funding programme which is to take place from 18.00-20.00 on Tuesday 24th February 2015 at Laing O’Rourke offices at:
3 Archway, Birley Fields, Manchester, M15 5QJ
This exciting new fund focuses on supporting residents in the south Manchester area to come together to identify projects that will benefit their community and get together to deliver those projects. The programme will support grassroots community projects in and around the Arcadia Library and Leisure Centre development scheduled to be opened next year for sums from £50 to £250 which can kickstart great initiatives that make our neighbourhoods happier, healthier and safer places to live.
Laing commitment to engaging with local communities where it delivers projects is essential to their ethos and their corporate social responsibility strategy and the launch of this programme means that they can deliver real impact at a local level. – making a difference where you live!
This strength-based approach looks at what’s strong and not what’s wrong in communities – residents coming together to develop great ideas – and support existing groups that already deliver real impact in south Manchester neighbourhoods.
Please feel free to invite fellow community groups to what promises to be
an informal event where we can talk to you about the programme, how
you can get involved and how you can apply for funding from the programme. Forever Manchester is working in partnership with Laing O’Rourke to deliver this programme.
We’d be delighted to see you there and it would be great if you could e-mail me back to let me know that you can make it.
We look forward to meeting you.
Jean Mills
Head of Business Development
Email: jean@forevermanchester.com
Web: forevermanchester.com
Twitter: @JeanieFM
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(Google Maps link HERE)
Today is the deadline for comments on the council’s proposed budget. This includes significant and severe cuts to services.
Comment via the council’s website HERE
The next meeting of Friends of Levenshulme Station will be held on Wednesday 18th March 2015, 6:30pm at Levenshulme Library, Community Room, Cromwell Grove.
Stephen Forde (our excellent guest speaker last month) sent us information on Season Ticket prices from Levenshulme/Manchester City Centre which John Bridges has now kindly displayed on our FoLS notice boards.
(Please put our FoLS AGM date of Wed 20th May, 6:30pm in Levenshulme Library Community Room, Cromwell Grove, in your diary.)
WANTED: New Community Directors
Levenshulme Inspire is currently looking for three new community representatives to sit on its Board as Company Directors and Charity Trustees.
We are looking for people who:
* Visit Inspire on a regular basis as activity organisers or participants;
* Are passionate about our local area and have ideas about how Inspire can make it better;
* Are prepared to support Inspire’s vision and values and commit to the formal responsibilities of being a company director and charity trustee (information about these things is available on request).
If you would like to be considered then please complete this form (Downloadable Word Document) and submit it at Inspire by Friday 20th February 2015 or e-mail it to ed.cox@lev-inspire.org.uk.
View information on the Inspire website HERE
The next LCA Community Forum will be held at the Klondyke next Tuesday 17th February. Doors open at 7:15. Meeting starts at 7:30.
We expect to be joined by Gary Bridges who is the Site Manager for Laing O’Rourke at the new baths and library site on Stockport Road. He will be ready to answer everybody’s questions – so please come prepared.
There will also be time for people to raise concerns of their own about things in Levenshulme.
The LCA Community Forum is a new initiative introduced by the LCA last year. These are open public meetings for everyone in Levenshulme – residents, businesses, landlords, community groups or anyone else – to find out what is going on and raise questions about our area.
Levenshulme Market is awarding £15,000 worth of grants to people who want to make a difference to Levenshulme high street or to start or develop their own retail businesses.
As a social enterprise, the team behind Levenshulme Market have always been loud proponents of the idea that bad high streets don’t happen to economically healthy retail environments and that putting a market into a high street with multiple problems is not going to solve those problems overnight.
That is why, for their first ever Market Fund, they will be awarding £15,000-worth of grants to people who want to make a difference to Levenshulme high street and residents who want to start or develop their own retail businesses. Not only that, but they are asking the community to choose what they should fund.
The team are now taking applications for their “high street innovation fund” which will take applications for grants up to £5000 and are open to anyone who has a retail or high street improvement project they would like to deliver in Levenshulme and for their “market innovation fund” which is designed for Levenshulme residents who want to start or improve their own business on the market and is taking applications up to £1000.
The Market is on hiatus through the winter months but will restart on Saturday 7th March 2015 and will operate every Saturday this year until December.
The the final decisions on who will be funded by the scheme will be made by Levenshulme residents at an event being held on Sunday 8th March 2015, 5.00pm – 9.00pm, at The Klondyke Club, Burnage Range, Levenshulme, M19 2HQ.
Further information about the awards, how to enter and how to attend the voting event is available HERE
For more information please contact Helen Power, Director, Levenshulme Market CIC:
T: 07853 266 598
E: info@levymarket.co.uk
W: www.levymarket.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/levymarket
Twitter: @levymarket
Please join us on Sunday (15th Feb) to continue our work preparing the woodland area at Levenshulme Market. We’ll also be doing a litter pick.
Meet 10am on Sunday at the container in the train station car park. Please wear wellies and bring gardening tools.
Hope to see you there.
Incredible Edible Levenshulme
Growing a greener, cleaner, healthier Levenshulme!
You may remember Daniel Pitts from a post we did last year about his portraits of Corrie stars. Well we hear that you’ll be able to see Daniel’s art up close and personal at Fred’s Ale House in a future exhibition.
We’ll provide an update when we have further details but this is something to look forward to celebrating a talented Levenshulme artist.
Daniel’s website is HERE
You can report dumped rubbish or littering to Manchester City Council on this phone number:
0161 954 9000
Or via the council’s website HERE
Manchester City Council have announced a revised budget for 2015-16.
This now includes £9m from the airport dividend that will reduce the total cuts from £59m to £50m.
The draft budget is still open for public consultation. Until February 1st 2015.
The announcement of the revised budget is available HERE
Full information on the draft 2015-16 budget is available HERE
Fred’s Ale House , Coffee Bar and Art Gallery is having a taster session this Friday from 17.00-22.00 before opening full time in January.
Drop in and get a feel for Levenshulme’s latest high street venue and see how all the renovations have paid off.
Levenshulme Community Association meeting this afternoon – 14.15 at Levenshulme Library.
MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL NEWS RELEASE
Issue Date: 28 November 2014
Work starts on brand new library and leisure centre in Levenshulme
What: Ceremony to mark the start of work on the new neighbourhood library
and leisure centre in Levenshulme.
Who: Manchester City Council executive member for culture and leisure
Councillor Rosa Battle, representatives from local community groups and
members of the project team.
When: 10.30am, Tuesday 2 December 2015.
Where: The Arcadia site, Yew Tree Lane, Levenshulme, Manchester. M19 3PH
Members of Manchester City Council, project leaders, partners and local
politicians will come together in Levenshulme to mark the start of work on
a brand new library and leisure centre on Tuesday 2 December at 10.30am.
The centre will be built on the Arcadia site on Yew Tree Lane, Levenshulme
and is expected to be complete in early 2016.
The new centre will bring state-of-the-art facilities into the heart of the
local community within Levenshulme District Centre. It will feature a four
lane swimming pool, health and fitness gym, sauna and steam room,
neighbourhood library and community studio (a flexible space that will host
various meetings, classes and events).
The Arcadia Centre adds to a plan to bring modern leisure facilities to the
city – that has also seen a new leisure centre opened in Beswick and
construction started on a new leisure complex at Hough End – due to be
completed in June 2015.
Local construction and engineering specialists Laing O’Rourke are
delivering the project via the North West Construction Hub.
Councillor Rosa Battle, Manchester City Council executive member for
culture and leisure, said: “An incredible amount of hard work has gone into
this project so it’s fantastic to see the plans begin to become a reality
with the start of work on the new Arcadia library and leisure centre.
“Manchester is renowned as a world class sporting city and this new
resource will sit along side our elite facilities bringing a top class
leisure centre to residents that I’m sure will be cherished and well used
for years to come.
“In what is undoubtedly a tough economic climate I am proud that we are not
only able to create the Arcadia leisure centre and neighbourhood library in
Levenshulme but also provide brand new facilities at both Hough End and in
Beswick.”
The existing Levenshulme baths will stay open until the new building is
ready.
More information with plans for the new centre are available HERE
Incredible Edible Levenshulme have been awarded funding from the Council’s Clean and Green fund for various initiatives at Levy Market. The first stage was the installation of a green roof on to the storage container, which is now in place and growing well.
Work will be undertaken in stages to transform some of the land at the market site, and the first session is scheduled for Sunday 7th December to begin creating a woodland area.
Please come along and lend a hand if you’re free, everyone is very welcome.
Levy Market Woodland Planting
Date: Sunday 7th December
Time: 10am
Venue: Levy Market, near the container
The special Christmas night market will take place on the train station car park in Levenshulme TODAY from 4.00pm – 9.00pm
Get your winter woollies on and come for a wander round the market and catch the festivities at the Christmas Tree lights switch on and party with special guests and free presents for kids.
Levenshulme does Christmas in style. Come join the fun!
More info on the Christmas market HERE
Find out about the Christmas Lights Switch on and party HERE
The Christmas Tree Lights Switch On will take place on Friday 28th November
Levenshulme Community Association is pleased to support this event.
The fun begins at 4.30pm with Father Christmas arriving as usual on the 192 bus to give away presents to local children. There will be entertainment for all the family in an action packed schedule, including Fred the Red, Joe Keegan from The BBC Voice and a local children’s choir.
Meet Father Christmas from 4.30pm with FREE Present for the first 300 children
The switch on itself will be held promptly at 5.30pm with the special guest of honour, the Lord Mayor of Manchester, Cllr. Sue Cooley. Our local Member of Parliament, local Councillors and Officials from Manchester City Council will also join in the switch on.
There will be some road closures on Chapel Street at the corner of Stockport Road in the afternoon and during the event itself as well as some noise distribution during the event.
Special thanks must go out to traders who have already donated towards the Christmas tree light switch on to ensure every child gets a free present once again despite these tough economic times.
The events main sponsors are Manchester City Council, Stagecoach Manchester, the Levenshulme Pub Company, the Horseshoe Pub, Sanderson James Estate Agent, Mustafa Solicitors, Great Places Housing Association, Nawaab Restaurant and Intime Taxis. Contributions have also been made from other local traders and organizations in the area.
Levenshulme Market is looking for a Marketing and Trader Liaison Co-ordinator (Part Time).
Full details are available HERE
Richard Paver, Manchester City Council Treasurer, explains in this video the process for the further government cuts to services in Manchester and the public consultation starting on 26th November 2014.
Cuts of £59 million pounds will be imposed for 2015-16 with a further £30 million expected to be cut in 2016-17. This comes on top of the £250 million already cut from Manchester’s budget since 2010 by the current Conservative and Libdem coalition government.
The funding available to Manchester City Council has been cut by 40% since 2010.
With almost £100 million of cuts coming in the next couple of years the prospects for our city look bleak. The public consultation will enable input and views from residents to inform the decisions of the council.
View the video HERE
The council website with further information is available HERE
Police hunting a man who sexually assaulted a woman in Levenshulme have made an arrest.
On 30 October 2014, the 18-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and he remains in police custody for questioning.
The sexual assault took place on The Street With No Name off Albert Road in Levenshulme at about 7.15pm on 5 October 2014.
Read the GMP update HERE
Don your cape and get set for the most fun fundraiser around!
Sponsored fancy dress walk for the benefit of St John Ambulance – how many 1km laps of Cringle Park can you and your family complete in 2 hours? What about dressed up as your favourite superhero? Find out Sunday 5th October at the Cringle Park Superhero Stroll! (12.00-14.00)
The idea of the Superhero Stroll is to dress up as your favourite superhero and walk around the park to raise money for St John Ambulance who have their Gtr Mcr HQ on Crossley Rd.. Don’t worry if you can’t reveal your alter ego (you’ll be in good company…Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent, Peter Parker are all forced to lead double lives!) you’ll still be able to take part and if you haven’t time to raise sponsorship then you can make a donation.
Enjoy a great day out with the whole family – the park will open at 10am and visitors can enjoy a funfair with rides and amusements to keep everyone entertained, as well as a variety of stalls offering hair braiding, refreshments & food, and handcrafted cards to name just a few. The emergency services are joining us too and will be giving some dramatic rescue demonstrations and you can also pick up some life saving tips at our first aid demonstrations.
The event is free for everyone to enjoy, but to help us raise vital funds for our life saving work, we are kindly asking strollers to raise a minimum sponsorship amount of 5 pounds (3 for under 16s), or donate the amount upon entering the stroll if you don’t fancy getting sponsored.
An Awards Ceremony will take place at 3pm and the community cohesion event will draw to a close at 4pm.
We look forward to seeing you there!
To pick up your fundraising pack and sponsorship forms, please contact north-west-superhero@sja.org.uk – alternatively, feel free to just turn up on the day!
While the sponsored walk is the focus, there are plenty of other things organised for Sunday in Cringle Park:
– Funfair
– Vintage cars and buses
– Climbing Wall
– Fire engine
– Various stalls
– Matt Holker from The Manchester Ecology Unit will be talking about the wildlife, plants and trees in the park
TIMETABLE
10.00-12.00 Stroll Sign-up session
11.30 ‘Mr Motivator’ style warm-up session
12.00 – 14.00 Sponsored Stroll event
15.00 Awards ceremony (best dressed – most laps)
Friday 31st October, from 18.00, Highfield Country Park
Manchester City Council is conducting its summer/autumn 2014 residents’ survey to understand your views about the Council and your local area.
You may have taken part in the survey a number of times last year and earlier this year, but please take part in this survey again to tell us what is important to you so we can track attitudes over time.
The survey will take less than 10 minutes to complete.
This survey is being carried out independently on behalf on Manchester City Council by Enventure Research, a market research agency bound by the Market Research Society’s Code of Conduct. Your personal details and other information will only be used for the purposes of the survey and will not be disclosed to any third parties.
The information we collect will be used to inform the way the Council and its partners deliver its services and improve your local area.
If you have any questions about completing the questionnaire please call the survey helpline on 0844 522 0100 (local rate).
You can take part in the survey by clicking HERE
The Friends of Highfield Country Park Meeting
Tuesday 9th September, 19.00 @ Ellsworth Avenue Baptist Church
Anyone who uses the park is welcome to attend.
Greenbank Residents’ Association meeting
9th September, 19.00 at The Bluebell, Barlow Road
Anyone living in the streets around Greenbank Playing Fields and Park or who use them is welcome.
The next General Meeting of the Levenshulme Community Association will take place on Saturday 13 September at Levenshulme Library starting at 14:15.
Nelly Globe is a national charity based in Levenshulme. The charity was founded in 2010 by Levenshulme’s own Darren Nicoll.
Following a serious illness, Darren realised that coming to terms with the trauma he and his family had been through was, in many ways, as difficult as the illness itself. During this time he kept creative journal which helped him adapt to life after cancer.
From this experience Nelly Globe was born.
The charity funds creative projects for people affected by trauma. Much of the money is raised through Nelly Globe’s now famous art auctions. The very first Art Auction in 2011 was held at POD deli. It was a massive success. Since then there has been an annual Manchester Auction, held at The Klondyke Club. Further auctions have taken place in Birmingham, Leeds and London. Funds raised have enabled Nelly Globe to devise and fund Journal projects with Callplus (a cancer charity), The Teenage Cancer Trust, The Stroke Association and have worked with YASP here in Levenshulme. Further projects are in discussion with The Alzeimers Society and Styal Prison.
This year’s Manchester Auction is being held at Odd Bar in Manchester on November 25th but Nelly Globe will never forget that Levy is where it all started. There will be some very exciting local events coming soon.
Please like our facebook page (HERE) to make sure you get the latest information about upcoming events.
For information Beth Marshall has resigned from her position as Secretary of the Levenshulme Community Association. An election will be held for a new Secretary for the remainder of this year until the regular elections at the next LCA AGM in Spring 2015.
The Spirit of Manchester Community Fun Day will take place this Saturday at Levenshulme Inspire from 11.00-15.00.
Levenshulme Market is collaborating with The Spirit of Manchester Festival in the last two weeks of September to host some very special Spirit of Manchester Markets.
The markets will take place on Saturday 20th and Saturday 27th September and we have arranged to have a number of FREE stalls at each market available for community groups, organisations working in the community and charities. The stalls will allow them to showcase their work in the community to new audiences in whatever way they choose – from handing out flyers on their work and ways to get involved to demonstrations of the skills they are building amongst their users.
We are now looking for community groups to join us in celebrating what they do and raising awareness for any support they may need. If you are a group working in Manchester, or you know of a group or organisation you think should be represented please get in touch with us by emailing info@levymarket.com. Full support will be given in helping to develop your ideas and making sure that you get the word out about the work you are doing.
This is in addition to the single free stall that Levenshulme Market offers every week to community groups working in Levenshulme – so if you’re working in the area but aren’t able to make the dates above please do still get in touch with us to find out how you can promote your work to our shoppers.
The Spirit of Manchester Festival is taking place from the 19th-28th September and is being co-ordinated by Manchester Community Central (MACC) as a celebration of the fantastic on-going work of the volunteer and community sector across the city.
If you have any queries regarding the festival then please visit their website HERE.
Come along for a fun day out, or get involved with the competition! Everyone is welcome to enter their home-grown fruit and veg or home-made cakes and crafts.
Saturday 6th September 2014
Admission to the show is FREE.
Highfield Road Allotments, at the entrance to Highfield Country Park (map available HERE).
08.30-11.00 open for entrants
12.00-16.00 entertainment food and stalls
14.30 exhibits open to the public
16.00 prize giving and raffle
16.30 auction of exhibits
Show info available HERE
Website: www.levenshulmeallotments.co.uk
At the first Levenshulme Community Forum meeting organised by the LCA recently it was agreed that it would be a good idea to have a community consultation about a possible new name for the new Arcadia facilities. It was also agreed that the “Arcadia” name should be retained by the skating groups that have moved to Ardwick Sports Hall. After discussion and an offer by Lydia Meryll of the Levenshulme Youth Forum it was decided that that group would contact councillors to propose and organise this (the consultation isn’t being organised or managed by the LCA itself).
For information please find below a message posted by Beth Marshall to the Levy Massive Facebook group:
A New name for a New centre in Levenshulme
Cllr Rosa Battle has asked for suggestions for the name for the new Centre. Arcadia roller Hockey group has asked to retain that name as they are known internationally by that title and want to take it with them
Here are three proposals so far:
The Three-in-One Centre – from Levy Youth Project Forum
The Jeremiah O’Brien Centre – from Hard Rain Poets
The Sonny…… centre – as she was our woman who was first to swim the Channel
Dies anyone know how to make a doodle poll? If so, please can all proposals go to you?!
If not, Lydia is happy to receive proposals for names and to send them all out again for a “Vote” by the end of the week. – end of Friday 29th Aug
We have til 1st Serpt to come up with a short list.
Please send ideas to Lydia-Meryll@outlook.com
Levenshulme’s very own beer festival is on now. Yes, now!
Come and have, well, beer at The Klondyke (1, Burnage Range) all weekend.
£3 entry on the gate.
