Manchester community resources
This article is an offshoot of Manchester community action focusing on community resources and assets. Resources such as networks, events and community involvement (people and relationships) can be considered as primary resources. Also resources are the activism and physical assets (or what citizens value), such as green spaces and biodiversity, cycle lanes, food initiatives, etc, from the other Manchester community pages.
Food activism
- The Kindling Trust, kindling.org.uk, added 17:37, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
- Abundance Manchester, voluntary project which picks surplus or unwanted fruit from gardens and public trees around South Manchester and distributes it to local groups and communities
- Food Futures
- Hulme Community Garden centre
- Incredible Edible Prestwich and District
- Incredible Edible Salford on facebook
- Manchester Veg People, multi-stakeholder co-operative of local organic growers and buyers who are working together to help develop a new model for the local food supply chain
- Sow the City
Video
Community energy
- Carbon Co-op
- Halton Lune Hydro
- Saddleworth Community Hydro
- St John's Sunshine, Old Trafford
- Bee Sustainable, Bury
- Community Energy GM, helping community organizations come together and install renewable energy
- Moss Community Energy
Past events
- September 12, 2015 - Open Day Saddleworth Community Hydro
Housing and land
- Who owns the City? The privatisation of public land in Manchester, By Greater Manchester Housing Action, May 10, 2021...gmhousingaction.com
Past events
- September 12 - 13, 2015 - Open Eco homes, Carbon Coop
Towards sustainable economies
Steady State Manchester, for local prosperity, justice & ecological safety
Resources
The Viable Economy steadystatemanchester
Past events
- May 17, 2017 - Achieving a viable economy – is community business the answer? by Steady State Manchester, eventbrite.com
Arts, sport and culture
- The People Act Legislative Theatre, on youtube.com, bringing residents, policymakers and activists together into creative, fun and constructive dialogue, to co-create more equitable and effective policies and laws. Connect with UK (Edinburgh, Newcastle, Gateshead, Manchester and London) and international practitioners, thepeopleact.org, added 16:16, 10 February 2025 (UTC)
Reduce, reuse, repair and recycle
Citizens data initiative
DataGM, freeing Greater Manchester's public data
Other resources
Funding
Research
- Greater Manchester Poverty Commission findings published January 2013, calls for special measures which will assist more than 600,000 Greater Manchester residents who are experiencing the effects of extreme poverty. In addition, calls for action to prevent nearly 1.6 million people (nearly half the population of Greater Manchester) sliding in to deeper poverty.
Apps for sustainability
Recycle for Greater Manchester Phone App
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