Green roof lending library/book swap for Park Range!
The Park Range Little Library with its special green roof has been built and is looked after by The Schuster Rd & Park Range Residents’ Association. It is located at the back of the Community Garden at the junction of Park Range and Kent Road West, M14 5HQ and is open all day, every day. […]
Tree Planting this Saturday – all welcome!
In Our Nature Rusholme
Please come along to Park Crescent just off the Curry Mile at M14 5RE and join us on Friday 28th October between 11.00 and 3.00. Take part in various activities and workshops on the day.
MMU sustainability group work with the community and Friends of Platt Fields to plant 73 trees and shrubs.
Last month Creative Rusholme facilitated a tree planting day supported by the Department of Strategy, Enterprise & Sustainability at Manchester Metropolitan University and Friends of Platt Fields. On a bright and sunny March morning some 50 staff, students and local residents came together to extend the woodland and plant a row of trees in the […]
470 Trees consultation event at Platt Hall
Last weekend Creative Rusholme began a wider consultation with residents attending the Platt Hall In Between Open Day. Forty local residents gave us their views as to places in the area they would like to see trees planted and most of them signed up to be involved with the project to plant 470 trees in […]
47 Trees: Opening event and dedication 21st June
More than 47 trees have now been planted in the wider Rusholme area by community organisations and the City Council in honour of Sir Gerald Kaufman who was our MP for 47 years. The 47 Trees for Sir Gerald Kaufman project was launched in 2017 and has been supported by many local organisations. These include […]
Neighbours’ artworks on display at Platt Hall
Artworks from the Gatepost Community Art Exhibition first shown over the New Year Weekend are now on show in three windows at the front of Platt Hall in Platt Fields Park. They will remain there until the end of April. The additional show has been facilitated by Platt Hall In-Between.
“Hope” Gatepost Exhibition Catalogue
This outdoor, socially distanced community art exhibition will be hosted on the gateposts in Park Range, Rusholme during daylight hours between Noon on New Year’s Day and 4.00 p.m. on Sunday 3rd January. You can download the Gatepost Exhibition Catalogue here. You are welcome to visit, but please wear a mask, keep 2m apart and […]
“HOPE” New Year Community Art Exhibition
Opens 14.00 Friday 1st January and open in daylight hours until dusk (16.00) on Sunday 3rd January in Park Range Rusholme M14 In this time of Covid and with art galleries and museums closed, we all need encouragement for a hopeful future. In response we are holding a street art exhibition over the New Year […]
Book Launch at Manchester Cathederal
Multiple Faiths in Post-Colonial Cities: Living Together After Empire will be launched on Monday 18th November in Manchester Cathedral at 6.30. The book includes a chapeter by Helena Kettleborough, Elaine Bishop and Phil Barton. To find out more and for a link to the book publisher go to here. Until December 3rd, the book is […]