Local councillor Angeliki Stogia recently met with the Rosgal’s gully cleansing team, who are contracted by Manchester City Council to clean gullies across the city. The team has been hard at work clearing all the gullies along Alexandra Road South, an essential task that helps keep our streets safe by reducing flood risk, preventing pooled […]
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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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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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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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At the recent Whalley Range Ward meeting, Councillor Aftab Razaq gave and update on the current Neighbourhood Investment Fund (NIF) concerning the Ward. The Neighbourhood Investment Fund (NIF) is available to communities to make their neighbourhoods better places to live. Manchester City Council are supporting local people by encouraging groups to apply. £20,000 of NIF is available to every area (ward) in
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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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Housing is one of the many crisis’ facing the newly elected Labour Government. The UK Social Housing stock has been seriously depleted since Margaret Thatcher introduced the tenant Right to Buy scheme in the 80s. Many tenants bought their council homes at knockdown rates, and flipped them to private landlords, thus netting a tidy profit
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The Whalley Range Labour Party will hold its first Ward meeting since the period of purdah, at 19.30 on Monday 15 July 2024 at Whalley Range Cricket & Lawn Tennis Club, Kingsbrook Rd, Manchester M16 8NR. Purdah is the pre-election period in the United Kingdom between the announcement of an election and the formation of
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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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Many people have been surprised and saddened by the news that Coffee Cranks, who currently operate the cafe facility in the Alex Park pavilion building, have decided to close when their current lease terminates at the end of this month. The three Whalley Range Labour councillors (Angeliki Stogia, Muqaddasah Bano and Aftab Razaq) have made
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