Inspire Magazine - Spring 2018
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NEWS<br />
Five go walking<br />
The Anson Community Grocer has<br />
received a cash injection from their<br />
youngest supporters.<br />
Proud grandma and volunteer at the Longsight shop,<br />
Sammy Minshull, says her five grandchildren took it upon<br />
themselves to complete a 2km sponsored walk and help<br />
to raise funds for the shop.<br />
The kids aged from 2 to 15 raised over £400 by walking<br />
around Chorlton Water Park. The generous donations<br />
will go towards stocking the shop with more goods such<br />
as food, toiletries and household items to help members<br />
in the community.<br />
Bee informed<br />
The sweet taste of success has come for<br />
one of our Community Soup winner’s<br />
beekeeping project.<br />
Hulme Community Garden Centre has seen a hive of activity<br />
with the start of their Natural Beekeeping Course in March.<br />
Participants have learnt about the lifecycle of honeybees<br />
and the vital function they play in pollinating many of our<br />
food plants. The popular course was soon fully booked,<br />
but anyone interested in learning more about beekeeping<br />
will have the chance to sign up for a further course soon.<br />
The aim of the project was to promote the advantages of<br />
bee conservation and the health and wellbeing benefits<br />
of beekeeping. Two hives have been constructed on the<br />
site and pollinator-friendly plants are in place to help<br />
improve the seasonal forage at the centre.<br />
Find out about Hulme Community Garden Centre<br />
at www.hulmegardencentre.org.uk<br />
We’re the suffragette city<br />
The incredible sacrifices made by ladies of the Suffragette movement were in the headlines<br />
recently as the country commemorated 100 years since women were given the right to vote.<br />
62 Nelson Street in Chorlton-on-Medlock was the birthplace<br />
of the women’s suffrage movement. As the home of Emmeline<br />
Pankhurst, leader of the Suffragette campaign for Votes for<br />
Women, it’s where the first meeting of the Women’s Social<br />
and Political Union took place.<br />
Now known as The Pankhurst Centre, the building opposite<br />
Manchester Royal Infirmary houses a museum and heritage<br />
centre. It is also used as a women’s community centre with<br />
activities and events run by women, for women.<br />
The public can visit for free on Thursdays from 10am-4pm and on<br />
the second and fourth Sunday of every month from 1pm-4pm.<br />
Visit www.thepankhurstcentre.org.uk for more details.<br />
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@onemcr
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