• First green flag for Philips Park cemetery
  Philips Park cemetery has been awarded a Green Flag for the first time in its history. It is one of 35 green flags, that Manchester’s parks and green spaces have won this year with 33 being awarded for parks and two for cemeteries. This is three more than last year and more than any other local authority in the UK for the fifth consecutive year. Other parks to be newly awarded Green Flags this year are: Greenbank Park in Gorton, Hulme Park, Didsbury Park and Scotland Hall Road Park in Newton Heath. The Green Flag Award is the national standard...
  
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• Manchester Labour Clarion Cycling Club
  In February 1894 a group of young men met to discuss how they might 'combine the pleasures of cycling with the propaganda of Socialism'. They formed the Socialists' Cycling Club, a name which at their second meeting was changed to the Clarion Cycling Club, after their favourite newspaper - a socialist weekly written & published in Corporation Street, Manchester. 100 years on Manchester Labour Clarion Cycling Club invites you to join our inaugural fund-raising bike ride to Quarry Bank Mill. Comrades can choose to join the ride at any point along the route from where we head...
  
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• Alexandra Park in line for £2million improvements
  Alexandra Park in Whalley Range is in line to receive £2million from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for its restoration. Manchester City Council’s first round bid, which outlines the proposals for the park’s improvement, has been successful beating off tough competition to progress to the second round of the bidding process. Passing the first round is an endorsement by the HLF of the outline proposals and means that the project meets the required funding criteria. The city council now has up to two years to submit fully developed proposals to compete for a firm award and is confident that the...
  
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• ConDem cuts begin to bite - Merseybank library on hold
  A new development for the Merseybank area of Chorlton is under review following funding cuts announced by the ConDem coalition government. Plans were in place for a new outreach library and community care development to be created for Merseybank, with a portion of the funding due to come from Manchester City Council. In light of recent budget cuts however, the city council is currently unable to make any financial commitments. Labour Councillor Mike Amesbury, Manchester City Council’s executive member for culture and leisure said: “We’re obviously very disappointed at how the ConDem cuts are already impacting on our neighbourhoods and...
  
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