Chorlton and Whalley Range Neighbourhood Update
by Laura Cassidy, Neighbourhoods Team
Free Cookery Classes at JNR8
Join Whalley Range Community Forum and Greens & Others for free cookery classes at JNR8 in Whalley Range. Starting on Monday 12 January from 10am to 12 noon for three weeks. Learn how to cook healthy meals and snacks on a budget. Places are limited and bookings are essential. Please call Chris or Kate on: 0161 881 3744 or email: communityforumwhalleyrange@gmail.com
If the course is oversubscribed you will be added to the list for the next three week course.
Mums Matter January Course
Manchester Mind’s Mums Matter Course will be starting on Tuesday 20 January at Whalley Range Sure Start Children’s Centre. This friendly, welcoming eight week group offers time to focus on your emotional wellbeing and mental health. These supportive sessions are for Manchester mums with at least one child under the age of two. Each session lasts two hours and all sessions are delivered in local family hubs. There is an optional crèche provided, giving you the opportunity to fully focus on yourself.
Mums Matter is a course, developed by Mums for Mums. You will be offered a range of tools, such as breathing practices, mindfulness and meditation. Develop your own practice to support yourself in your new role as a Mother. Space to share and connect to other Mums is a vital part of the course and there is also an unstructured session at the end where you will be able to decide as a group, how to strengthen your connection as a Mums Matter support group. If you are interested in this course and would like to know more then please ring Lisa on: 07955 299 848 or Faye on: 07592 376 720 or complete the expression of interest form here: https://data.manchestermind.org/mums-matter/self-referral
www.manchestermind.org/events/mums-matter/
Free Writing Workshops in Alexandra Park
Bembe Café are hosting free weekly writing workshops at their space in Alexandra Park. Drop In sessions from 12pm to 2pm starting Sunday 18 January, weekly until 22 March.
Join in at Bembe Cafe for writing workshops led by writer and facilitator Toreh O'Garro.
You will be exploring many themes relating to what community can mean through writing and sharing space with our neighbours. Consider this a welcomed interruption to your week. Not a rude one, but a creative one! One that swiftly slips into your Sundays and chucks in something special. Inspiration for your next piece, a sense of community nourishing the week ahead or maybe just maybe just maybe some writing advice to harness your voice!
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