Category Archives: volunteer opportunity

Volunteers needed to collect signatures & interesting seminar this Thursday

Hello! This Sunday, 23rd June, there is “Manchester Day” activities in the city centre. Folks from Climate Emergency Manchester (including MCFly editor Marc Hudson) will be out and about collecting signatures.  (Read this account and another one about what that … Continue reading

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Carnival of Creatures, Sat 1st June – volunteers needed! #Manchester #climate

This below from Rose Arnold, part of Rising Up! Manchester Families, about the upcoming Carnival of Creatures… The creatures are waiting…volunteers needed to bring them to life.  We have loads of beautiful animals and insect puppets and masks loaned from … Continue reading

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Volunteering with the Land Army

Kindling Trust wants you to get down and dirty!   Join us this Spring in preparation for the new growing season. As Spring begins we are starting to ramp up our trips out to local organic farms. Upcoming dates inclue: Monday … Continue reading

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Journalism training in #Manchester

There is an aching need for more citizen journalists, especially in a city as dominated by one party and its smug hangers-on as this one.   Is there a story in your community that is crying out to be told … Continue reading

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Volunteer Opportunity: #Manchester Museum’s “Climate Control exhibition.

Volunteers needed for new Climate Control exhibition at Manchester Museum. Please email museumvolunteers@manchester.ac.uk for more info Volunteer Opportunity: Climate Control, Manchester Museum This summer, Manchester Museum will be staging a series of exhibitions and events that explore the causes of climate … Continue reading

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Being involved in MCFly withOUT meetings

MCFly doesn’t “do” meetings – either holding or attending.  So how are people supposed to get involved?  Well, here are some jobs below, divided into four categories.  IF there were a groundswell of people who wanted to take on some … Continue reading

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New Year’s (ir)resolutions from #Manchester #Climate Monthly

It’s that time of year again.  I’ve sent the questionnaire below to all the usual suspects – Green Party, Friends of the Earth, Climate Survivors, Carbon Coop, Kindling, Global Justice Now, Fossil Free Greater Manchester, Steady State Manchester. We’re not … Continue reading

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Help grow organic food – April 16th, 18th and 30th #Manchester

“Help out on Greater Manchester’s organic farms with the Land Army this April. We have the following dates planned: On Thursday 16th April we’ll be heading to an exciting new growing site in Stockport. On Saturday 18th April and Thursday … Continue reading

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Participants needed for “pervasive mobile game” on the Penine waterway…

Via facebook message- We’re looking for participants to help in the delivery of a pervasive mobile game which takes place on the Manchester Pennine waterway. The game has been devised by international artists TRES, a Mexican collective whose research looks … Continue reading

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Anyone want to review a film about fracking?

Bullfrog Films, a leading US distributor of independent documentaries on the environment and social justice issues, has just released GROUNDSWELL RISING: Protecting Our Children’s Air and Water, which features the milestones of the anti-fracking movement. They’ve asked if Manchester Climate … Continue reading

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