Can a coalition of social movements provide a challenge to the Labour establishment? Only time will tell.

Schoolreaders is a national charity working in Greater Manchester to improve children's reading ability. Read on to learn why their work is necessary.

On Friday 13 June we will be hosting an open newsroom at Feel Good Club for you to learn about our work, bring your ideas and get involved in what we do.

We want to raise £1000 to support our work reporting Greater Manchester news stories that get overlooked by the mainstream media.

Our video provides glimpses of the emergency protests held on Friday 18 and Saturday 19 April 2025 in Manchester following the ruling of the UK Supreme Court on 16 April that the definition of ‘sex’ i...

Jenny Mabbott is Head of Collections & Engagement at People's History Museum, based in Manchester. She has worked on a number of the museum’s programmes highlighting key moments in UK democracy and so...

Last week (14 May 2025) protestors from a coalition of environmental groups demonstrated against the annual conference of the British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA).

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"By cherry-picking anecdotes, news reports can distort our interpretation of the world."

More children than ever are living in poverty, and numbers will continue to rise unless something is done.

George House Trust has made their archives freely accessible to the public at Manchester Central library.

Linda Carver was a member of the Ancoats Dispensary Trust, a local organisation set up to save the dispensary building from demolition and redevelop it into a cultural hub. While the original plans di...

The war in Ukraine has destroyed cultural venues, but artists are using their talents to keep Ukraine's stories alive and assist the war effort.

On Friday 21 February 2025, Just Stop Oil protestors Daniel Knorr, Margaret Reid, Indigo Rumbelow and Ella Ward all were found guilty of the crime of ‘conspiracy to commit a public nuisance'. Noah Cra...

The red tents in St. Peter's Square have been there for 10 months now, and the council want them gone. Their time may be up, depending on the outcome of a possession hearing.

This conversation in our generative inquiry into Greater Manchester’s shared heritage was held with Halima and Robina of the British Muslim Heritage Centre.

The prime minister launched a new government plan with six milestones in a speech at Pinewood Studios earlier this month. But what’s the detail on these ‘plans for mission-led government’? And will th...

As part of our series '16 days of activism against Gender-Based Violence', we spoke with women working to reduce GBV and its impacts. This is the first interview in the series.

Labour has yet to announce any concrete plans to pass new legislation