Community events

Cllr Angeliki Stogia backs Community Ownership to strengthen our neighbourhoods

Angeliki Stogia, Community events /

Labour councillors in Manchester brought a motion to the Council to support community ownership of local assets, ensuring that spaces such as parks, libraries, cultural venues, and high streets continue to serve local people and businesses. Manchester has already seen the transformative power of community-led spaces. The Council has secured 35 community assets with many […]

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Whalley Range Labour - Cllr Angeliki Stogia - Carlton Club Eviction

Open Letter to Carlton Social and Bowling Club Building Company Ltd

Angeliki Stogia, Community events, Councillors, Local facilities /

Councillors have been contacted by constituents across Whalley Range, who are alarmed by the eviction decision affecting the Carlton Social and Bowling Club. The club, which has been a hub of the local community at Rowan Lodge for over 111 years, is now facing an eviction notice from the Building Company that owns the property.

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Whalley Range Labour - Cromwell Avenue Community Street Event

Active Streets Event Brings Community Together

Angeliki Stogia, Bano, Bins and recycling, Climate change, Community events, Councillors, Health, Housing, Labour Party, Local facilities, Manchester council, Recycling /

On the 8th of August, Councillor Angeliki Stogia and Councillor Muqaddasah Bano visited an Active Street event on Cromwell Avenue in Whalley Range. The initiative was organised by Whalley Range Youth Opportunities, MCR Active, and Mosscare St Vincents Housing. The event was bustling with activities and sports, free bike repairs and energy-saving advice from the

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Whalley Range Labour - Claremont Road Alleyway Art - Moss Side

Claremont Road Moss Side Alleyway Art

Angeliki Stogia, Bins and recycling, Community events, Councillors, Housing, Labour Party, Local facilities, Manchester council /

Part of the Claremont Road alleyway is being transformed into a beautiful community space thanks to the amazing efforts of the Bowes Street Residents Association, Beresford Street residents, and In Our Nature. Cllr Angeliki Stogia joined these incredible residents who have come together to clean up, plant flowers, and create artwork that’s brought a whole

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Whalley Range Labour - Alexander Park Pavillion Cafe - Coffee Crank

Pavillion Cafe Alexandra park – update from Councillor Aftab Razaq

Aftab Razaq, Afzal Khan MP, Angeliki Stogia, Bano, Community events, Councillors, Labour Party, Local facilities, Manchester council /

At the recent Whalley Range Labour Ward meeting, Councillor Aftab Razaq kindly provided an update regarding the future of the Pavillion Cafe in Alexandra Park. Aftab serves on the Environment, Climate Change and Neighborhood Scrutiny Committee and has been keeping close tabs on developments with finding a new tenant for the cafe. We’ll keep you

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Whalley Range Labour - Celebrating Manchester Caribbean Carnival 2022

Celebrating 50 years of Alex Park Carnival!

Angeliki Stogia, Community events, Local facilities /

The Caribbean Carnival has been a regular fixture in the Moss Side and Whalley Range calendar since 1972. To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary this year, the Alexandra Park Heritage Group are holding a special event in Chorlton Lodge (by the park entrance from Claremont Road) at 2pm on Sunday 11 September. Whalley Range Labour councillor

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Whalley Range Labour - Manchester Caribbean Carnival Crowd 2022

Caribbean Carnival Back in Alex Park This Weekend!

Angeliki Stogia, Community events, Manchester council /

It’s been fifty years since the first Manchester Caribbean Carnival took place, and this weekend will see the full two-day event returning to Alexandra Park after a hiatus caused by the Covid pandemic. Whalley Range Labour councillor Angeliki Stogia has this message: “A great many Whalley Range and Moss Side residents have family roots in

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encouraging active travel to school

Angeliki Stogia, Climate change, Community events, Health, Manchester council, Transport /

The increase in car journeys to and from school over recent years is harmful to the environment, raises the risk of accidents, and damages the health of schoolchildren, parents and public alike. But the reasons why more parents are choosing to drive their children on the school run are complex – shortage of time, longer

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