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Inspire Magazine - Autumn

The Autumn issue of Inspire Magazine is dedicated to employment. Take a look!

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PEOPLE<br />

Blooming marvellous<br />

Creative minds in our communities have been encouraging people to get out and get digging<br />

with six gardening projects now thriving within our communities.<br />

Sites at Platt and Worsley Court, City Road, Grierson Street,<br />

Walsden Street, Will Griffiths Court and Winifred Massey<br />

Court have been transformed into blossoming spaces for<br />

green-fingered residents to develop their gardening skills.<br />

Over £5,000 has been contributed by One Manchester<br />

to help convert the previously disused sites into pleasant<br />

green spaces.<br />

The work is in collaboration with Sow the City, a project which<br />

was awarded funding after pitching at one of our Community<br />

Soup events. To help sow the seeds of team spirit, local<br />

companies have volunteered their staff’s time to cultivate the<br />

land, with Siemens recently supplying 44 staff to work on two<br />

of the gardens.<br />

Kieron McGlasson, lead gardener with Sow the City, explained<br />

their motivation for getting involved with the projects:<br />

“Our mission is to create a healthier city where everyone<br />

can grow their own food. People are meeting and getting<br />

exercise; they’re outdoors and in touch with nature and that’s<br />

therapeutic.”<br />

One of the people harvesting the benefits of their local<br />

community garden is Sandra, a One Manchester tenant living<br />

near the City Road site:<br />

“The main thing for me was to grow my own food. I think the<br />

garden is great, I come here every day if it’s not raining! I was<br />

born in Hulme in 1974 and when I was growing up everybody<br />

knew everybody, and I think projects like this are helping to<br />

regain a sense of that community spirit.”<br />

If you would like to get involved in community projects,<br />

or fancy improving your gardening skills, contact our<br />

Customer Involvement team on 0161 230 1013 or email<br />

customerinvolvement@onemanchester.co.uk<br />

Would you like to choose where funding is awarded in your community?<br />

Community Soup is back and taking place in the last week of October at venues across Manchester. Listen to the pitches from<br />

local community groups and organisations, with musical entertainment and tasty hot food provided, and then cast your vote.<br />

South Central Mcr<br />

Monday 23 October<br />

6.30pm-8pm<br />

Church of God of Prophecy<br />

300 Moss Lane East<br />

Moss Side<br />

M14 4SS<br />

South East Mcr<br />

Tuesday 24 October<br />

6.30pm-8pm<br />

Gorton Community Centre<br />

Highmead Street,<br />

Gorton<br />

M18 8PE<br />

South Mcr<br />

Wednesday 25 October<br />

6.30pm-8pm<br />

Birch Community Centre<br />

Brighton Grove<br />

Rusholme<br />

M14 5JT<br />

East Mcr<br />

Thursday 26 October,<br />

6.30pm-8pm<br />

Roundhouse<br />

1328-1330 Ashton Old Road<br />

Openshaw<br />

M11 1JG<br />

0330 355 1002 75

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