Jai, Project Worker from Odd Arts reflects on the issues and themes raised in our recently developed knife crime theatre performance and workshop. Jai has been involved in the development and delivery of the work. The themes resonate with him and this piece is his own abridged version of the Read more [...]

We are pleased to announce that our International Year of the Salmon mural was completed earlier this year. However before you visit, let us provide a little background to the mural. Last year, we secured funding from the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation (NASCO) as part of the ‘International Year Read more [...]

This week we received our tree saplings for two of our tree planting projects. The first project is supported by the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park. This grant will help us to plant trees within the riparian zone of the Carrochan and Ballagan burn that runs through Balloch, Read more [...]

We’ve just had the news that we’ve been hoping for. Emmaus Salford has been awarded a Sir Robert McAlpine Strong Foundations Grant to help with the development of our community garden. This grant will now open the door to local food growing, horticulture training and personal development, and improved wellbeing Read more [...]

News from the Community Gardens November 2020 Update      It’s now a few days into the new lockdown and we hope you are all keeping well. Sadly we have had to cancel our gardening sessions during this time, but the session leaders are able to garden alone and keep the community Read more [...]

This month we have donated 4 more pillows! At HOPE we support children of all ages with epilepsy – whether they are a baby or an almost adult, no matter if they have had epilepsy for years or have just been diagnosed. Donating pillows is just one of the key Read more [...]

Following government guidelines we had to close our community building in March 2020 and adapt our services. This is a summary of our activities from March to August 2020. Lockdown resulted in many changes and challenges for the community. Working side by side with our whole community we adapted our Read more [...]

Manchester Histories applied to the Sir Robert McAlpine Foundations Grant, supported by Semble in February 2020 and we were really excited to hear that our application was successful. It meant so much to us in the mist of a changing world. The grant supported three young disabled artists from Manchester Read more [...]

News from the Community Gardens October 2020 Update      We hope that you are all still keeping well. Autumn is most definitely here and with the shorter days it sometimes feels as though we are on borrowed time before winter draws in but there is still lots looking great in the Read more [...]

Thank you everyone that joined Thames21 at Quainton Street Open Space to help the river Brent. The 19th of September was World Clean-Up Day. People from all over the world joined this green wave of clean-ups, including ourselves! On the day the group was subdivided into three smaller group according Read more [...]