Shout – The Redbricks Email Group
Shout is a redbricks email list currently with about 80 members. It serves as a community noticeboard and is a way of communicating info and having discussions relevant to local stuff. It is one of the best ways of keeping in touch with things going on on the estate. Estate residents can join/leave Shout by contacting the admin on shoutadmin @ redbricks .org
Members can send messages to Shout by emailing redbricks@googlegroups.com
Green Zone Toolkit
The Green Zone Toolkit, a DIY guide to Inner City sustainability projects with examples from the Redbricks is available online here; a DVD Rom and a printed version should be available soon if you email greenzone@ redbricks.org
Author Archives: Greening The Redbricks
Redbricks Community Fun Day – your help needed
When: Sunday 3rd June (afternoon-evening, exact time to be confirmed) What: Food, Entertainment, Friendship, Fun Where: Letsbe Avenue (between Humberstone and Hunmanby) How to help: email taffboy72 AT gmail.com if you can: make food (vegetarian/vegan) – expenses available perform music, … Continue reading
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Bentley Exchange clothes mending special – this weekend
Bentley Exchange tables are out. Leave stuff you don’t want, take stuff you do. Please keep things tidy as the weekend progresses. NB: This weekend we also have clothes swap and bring & mend or upcycle clothes or household textiles … Continue reading
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People’s Kitchen 23rd May – celebrate Hulme Street phase 1, football and work tenders welcomed
We have secured £43,000 from the GroundWork Community Spaces fund to work with our landlord City South Manchester in developing Hulme St. To celebrate this fact and better inform ourselves about the planned works and our role in them we … Continue reading
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Hulme Street Public Art
BCA Landscape ran a public art course with the Workers Education Association earlier in 2012. This was inspiring for Hulme Street and what we might like to see there or not. Have a look at examples of BCA’s previous work … Continue reading
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People’s Kitchen this Tuesday 24th April and football kick-about
It’s in Procter’s, where there will also be a footie session in the indoor gym from 4.30pm – all ages, all welcome – so even if it’s raining you can come along and join in the fun and work up … Continue reading
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Leaf Street sessions – spring is coming
Sundays April 1st, and 22nd 12 to 4ish and also Thursdays generally – though dont let that stop us on other days! and in particular thurs 19th april when Katherine from Garden centre will be along to help with any … Continue reading
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Gardening workshops
Get ready for spring – spruce up your balconies, windows and spaces around the estate. There’s two gardening workshops coming up that are free for CSM residents: sowing and planting for beginners on 3rd April, and container growing on 5th … Continue reading
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Leaf St Gardening session
Hi Everyone, Thanks to those of you who made it down to Leaf st for the big work day in Feb. And especially big thanks to Cath for wheelbarrowing in some v tasty soup! The garden’s looking lovely, and the … Continue reading
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Indian cookery class + ‘Thanks Cath’ People’s Kitchen Special
There is to be another Indian Cookery Class from 3pm til 6pm Saturday 10th March – this time at OK Cafe (Gamecock, Boundary Lane) as we couldn’t get Proctor’s. You need to book a place if you wish to attend … Continue reading
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Bring Out Your Dead…bicycles
Redbricks TAT table bicycle special – bring yer old bikes and bits of bikes, get ‘em fixed or donate ‘em to a worthy cause – please!! 3/4th March 2012 1-5pm The Bentley Exchange takes place in the (nearer to Clarendon … Continue reading
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Leaf Street workday this Sunday – come along and pitch in (forks provided)
There’ll be a Leaf Street workday this Sunday 19th February from noon till 4ish, with hot soup in the middle. We need lots of help to get us ready for Spring. No experience necessary. Please come along, hope to see … Continue reading
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Public Art Course WEA
Free 20-hour course about outdoor sculpture and art by the Workers Education Association in collaboration with City South and BCA Landscape. Includes a visit to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Further details on the flyer. Contact Elaine Hutchings at WEA to … Continue reading
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Bentley Exchange this weekend & Bring Out Your Dead…computers
Bring Out Your Dead…computers Computer/IT problem drop-in in the tenants’ office this Sunday, 1pm till 6pm. All welcome! Laptop broken or just the power supply? Find out with our universal adapter! Broken laptop, working screen? Broken screen, working laptop? Hey, … Continue reading
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Hulme Street at the Planners
The Hulme Street proposal has been submitted to the Planning department at Manchester City Council in December 2011. It can be viewed with all related documentation here. The major changes on this proposal compared to the outcome of the consultation … Continue reading
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We need you – community vacancies
Want to get involved in community work on your estate? In need of work experience, or looking to improve your CV? Check out the voluntary opportunities below. WANTED: • Bentley House Tenants’ and Residents’ Association (TARA) Committee SECRETARY – Duties … Continue reading
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