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Manchester

What If? Tuesday Night Club
🗓Today 6:00pm

📍Hardman Street SK3 0DJ

Helping out at an ideas cafe and new community space based in the Hollywood Park area of Edgeley in Stockport

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Ben Foster went on a community mission

Tue 15th Jul at 6:00pm

Colour by numbers

Manchester Report written by Ben Foster

Productive session at What If? in Stockport this evening for Julie, Laura, Niamh, and Ben!

Braving the stormy weather 🌧 we split into 2 groups:

  • Clearing the garden and pond maintenance 🌳
  • Planter painting 🎨

Directed by Pauline and Aoife, we managed to put a first coat of green and pink water-based protective paint on the dry bits of the planters, managing not to cause too many splashes. Even with the small brush, Niamh expertly filled in all the nooks and crannies. Julie was in the garden, giving it a clear up after the hot spell of weather.

After Clearing up, we had a brew and some Moroccan chickpea salad 🥗 before heading home.

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Ben Foster went on a group run

Mon 14th Jul at 7:00pm

Tins after trees 🌳

Manchester Report written by Ben Foster

Following a session planting hedge trees 🌳, Ben made the 2.5 mile run, admittedly on the way home, to drop off items to the foodbank collection point at ASDA in Hulme. In all there was:

  • tinned sweetcorn 🌽
  • tinned mushrooms 🍄
  • tinned tuna 🐟
  • tinned spaghetti 🍝
  • tinned mandarins 🍊
  • jar of jam 🍓
  • UHT milk 🥛
  • Apple juice 🍏
  • rice pudding 🥫

Decent run and made the trolley a little bit fuller before running home 🏡

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Ben Foster went on a community mission

Mon 14th Jul at 4:30pm

Hedging our bets

Manchester Report written by Ben Foster

Stefanie, Peter, and Ben made the trip to Gorse Hill Studios for another task as part of their Green Rooms project. We joined Katie, Duncan, Lisa, and Rebecca from Gorse Hill Studios.

This evening we were at the Studios to continue in the outside area. Our task was to plant 10 hedge trees and another taller Aralia elata 🌳🌱🍃

With the soil still dry, stoney, and full of rubble and 20+ year old crisp packets, the going was tough with deep and wide holes needed. Looking like a scene from Holes, we used forks to loosen up the soil and spades to dig out as much earth as possible. In addition, the tree roots needed releasing from their compact tangle to encourage growth, not an easy task.

After a couple of hours, copious biscuits 🍪 and a cup of tea 🍵 , we managed to break the back of the task with ALL the trees planted and looking splendid in the evening sunshine 🌞 We topped up with compost and generously watered, hoping the stormy weather this week will keep them well hydrated.

We cleared up and said our farewells. I'm still astounded we got all of them planted so strong effort 💪

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Ben Foster
Ben Foster signed up to a community mission.

Tue 15th Jul at 6:00pm

What If? Tuesday Night Club

Helping out at an ideas cafe and new community space based in the Hollywood Park area of Edgeley in Stockport

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StephDucat
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Wed 16th Jul at 6:30pm

Smithfield Garden Club session

Boost community gardening project in Northern Quarter

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Ben Foster went on a community mission

Sat 12th Jul at 8:00am

Solar powered pup

Manchester Report written by Ben Foster

Juno 🐕 and I did the course check and helped set up at Fletcher Moss parkrun event number 256. 379 runners and walkers 🏃‍♂️🏃🏼‍♀️👣 completed the 5 km course on a stuffy morning.

Thank you to all 24 volunteers who helped make the event happen!

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Mon 14th Jul at 4:30pm

Gorse Hill Studios Green Rooms

Empower and challenge young people through creativity

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