Launch of the Manchester Social Housing Commission
The Manchester Social Housing Commission held its first meeting in July bringing Community Savers leaders together with cross-sector experts to develop local and national proposals for addressing the housing... Continue Reading
Spotlight on Miles Platting Savers
Read our interview with Dot, Committee Leader at Miles Platting Savers. Continue Reading
Community Savers Leaders visit Kenya
In January 2024 some of our Community Savers members visited the first One World Together summit in Nairobi and took part in a learning exchange. SDI Kenya hosted One... Continue Reading
Social Homes for Miles Platting Now!
Miles Platting, Ancoats, and Collyhurst residents were out in force on Saturday to call for social homes to be built on a plot of land that has long been... Continue Reading
GM Green Spaces Fund invests in Miles Platting Climate Action!
Miles Platting Community and Age-friendly Network (MPCAN) are delighted to be one of the Round 3 grantees for the GM Green Spaces Fund. Continue Reading
Introducing….
In this introductory blog, Ieva Pojuner tells us info about her role as Community Action Intern working with the Community Savers groups in Miles Platting. Alongside my role within... Continue Reading
“When we know each other, we build each other” – the power of international exchange.
These were the words of Rashid, Chair of Muungano Wa Wanavijiji, at the opening session of a week-long international exchange in Nairobi between Muungano and Community Savers leaders from... Continue Reading
Community-led development and climate action in Miles Platting
In 2019, members of Miles Platting Savers travelled to Nairobi, Kenya, for a five-day learning exchange with leaders of Muungano Wa Wanavijiji. Together with delegates from Sharston and Brinnington,... Continue Reading
Women Thriving: a transformative year for Community Savers
The announcement of the third national lockdown on 6 January 2021 was not the start to the year that anyone had hoped for… the rollercoaster ride of the COVID-19... Continue Reading
Go Digital!
Lorna Parks shares some reflections on her first few months as a digital inclusion volunteer with GM Savers through our Lottery-funded Go Digital! project Just before Christmas I started... Continue Reading