Category Archives: volunteer opportunity

#Chorlton – Brookburn Primary School wants volunteers for outdoor play area, mid-Feb onwards

“Brookburn Primary School PTA based in Chorlton, our PTA is a registered charity and we help raise funds for the school. We are currently looking to start a project to transform the small woodland area to the side of the … Continue reading

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Upcoming Event: #Chorlton Community Wildlife Garden work Sat 1st Feb, 10am #Manchester

Chorlton Community Wildlife Garden working party this Saturday 1st Feb 10am – 1pm. Map! We have some more feeders up now and lots of birds around, we have 6 nest boxes to go up 2 with cameras in them! Hope … Continue reading

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#Chortlon community wildlife garden Sat Dec 7th #biodiversity #Manchester

Chorlton readers (and MCFly has one or two!) please share this in your networks!! Chorlton Methodist Church have a patch of unused land which they are planning to turn into a community wildlife garden, see their webpage at: http://www.chorltonmethodistchurch.org.uk/the-garden Hulme … Continue reading

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Video: “From Grey to Green” – #Manchester #biodiversity and participatory science

From Grey to Green PDFs of the spotter sheets can be downloaded from the “Resources” tab on the website: http://www.gmwildlife.org.uk/grey_to_green/index.php

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Community Tree Planting Day in #Didsbury, #Manchester, Sat 16th November

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Plant garlic and harvest squash!! #Manchester #LandArmy Thurs 24th & 31st Oct

Wanna get some soil under your fingernails, do some good, have some fun? Thursday 24th and Thurs 31st October – The Land Army will be heading out to Moss Brook Growers to help with planting garlic, weeding and harvesting squash. … Continue reading

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Fracking day of action on Sat 19th in #Eccles, #Manchester (well, #Salford)

The email below is from Ali Abbas, of Friends of the Earth. You can can reach him ali@manchesterfoe.org.uk Hi all, I just wanted to update you on our plans for the fracking day of action on Saturday 19 October. For … Continue reading

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Youtube: #Fallowfield Secret Garden’s day of fun in south #Manchester

Fallowfield Secret Garden held an open day today. Here’s a wonkycam video with chief Gardener Mark Roberts… If you want to get involved, email ’em at this address; thefallowfieldsecretgarden@gmail.com

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Growing in the City – #Beswick, #Openshaw, Sun Nov 3rd Food in #Manchester

Following agreement with the “landlord” last Friday, we have just set a date to begin ground clearing and preparing the site of our “Grow Your Own” scheme in East Manchester. This will be on Sunday 3rd November between 11am and … Continue reading

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Upcoming event: “Plant an idea” in the Northern Quarter, #Manchester Fri 20th Sept

Friends of the Earth – Friday 20th September is International PARK(ing) Day where creative cities look to the future. Manchester Friends of the Earth is inviting people to join with citizens in cities around the world who will be transforming … Continue reading

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