Information on events that took place in 2010 is shown below. For details of forthcoming events, please click here.
January 2010
Thursday
7th January, 7pm: Planning meeting, Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50
Oldham St. (map)
Tuesday
12th January, 6pm - 9pm: "What's next for the Manchester city region?",
public debate led by Will Hutton and special guests on behalf of the
Brooks World Poverty Institute, Friends Meeting House, Mount Street (map)
- postponed
Tuesday
12th January, 6.45pm for 7.15pm - 9pm: Full group meeting, Green Fish
Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map)
- more info
Saturday
16th January, 10am for 10.30am - 4.30pm: North West Local Groups
Get-Together, Preston County Hall (map)
- more info
Wednesday
20th January, 7pm: "After Copenhagen - what next?", a Manchester
Climate Forum event, Friends Meeting House, Mount Street (map)
Saturday
23rd January, 2pm - 4pm: "After Copenhagen: Saving the Planet" public
meeting with Sir Gerald Kaufman MP, Cllr Mike Amesbury and Mike Franks
(SERA), Holy Innocents' Church, Wilbraham Road (near the junction with
Wilmslow Road), Fallowfield
Saturday
23rd January, 2pm: Clothing Swap Shop, with clothes drop off
2.00-2.30pm, swapping 2.30-3.00pm, entry is free if you bring three
items of clothing or £1 if you don't, Levenshulme Library,
Cromwell Grove, Levenshulme
Thursday
28th January, 6.45pm for 7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Green Fish
Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map)
Friday
29th January, 8am: Bike Friday, communal bike ride to Exchange Square
from Stretford Arndale, Chorlton Library, Withington Library,
Levenshulme Station, Prestwich Bury New Road / Scholes Lane - more
info
February 2010
Wednesday
3rd
February, 7pm: Planning meeting, Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50
Oldham St. (map)
Tuesday
9th
February, 6.45pm for 7.15pm - 9pm: Full group meeting, Green Fish
Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map)
- more
info
Wednesday
17th
February, 7pm for 7.30pm - 9pm: Who doubts climate change, why and what
can we "do" about it?, Friends Meeting House, 6
Mount St. (map)
Saturday
20th
February, 10am for 10.45am: Concrete Utopia, Methodist Central
Hall, Oldham Street - more
info
Thursday
25th
February, 6.45pm for 7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Green Fish Resource
Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map)
Friday
26th
February, 8am: Bike Friday, communal bike ride to Exchange Square from
Stretford Arndale, Chorlton Library, Withington Library, Levenshulme
Station, Prestwich Bury New Road / Scholes Lane - more
info
March 2010
Tuesday
2nd
March, 7pm: Planning meeting, Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham
St. (map)
Saturday 6th
March, 10am - 5pm: Farmers training day, for groups working on the
Food Chain campaign, Carrs Lane church centre, Birmingham
(map)
Monday 8th
March, 5.45pm - 7pm: Clothing Swap Shop, with clothes drop-off
from 5.45pm, and swapping from 6.15pm, entry is free if you bring three
items of clothing or £1 if you don't, Eighth Day, Oxford Road
(map)
Tuesday
9th
March, 6.45pm for 7.15pm - 9pm: Full group meeting, Green Fish Resource
Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map)
- more
info
Thursday
25th
March, 6.45pm for 7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Green Fish Resource
Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map)
Thursday
25th
March, 7pm: "Ask the Climate Question" hustings, your chance to quiz
the Manchester Withington parliamentary candidates on green
issues, Didsbury Baptist Church, School Lane / Beaver Lane (map)
Friday
26th
March, 8am: Bike Friday, communal bike ride to Exchange Square from
Stretford Arndale, Chorlton Library, Withington Library, Levenshulme
Station, Prestwich Bury New Road / Scholes Lane - more
info
Saturday 27th
March, 11am - 11pm: Chorlton Big Green Festival, St. Clement's
Church, Edge Lane, Chorlton (map)
- more info
April 2010
Tuesday 6th
April, 7pm: MFOE planning meeting, Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50
Oldham
St. (map)
Saturday 10th
April, 2pm: Clothing Swap Shop, with clothes drop off
2.00-2.30pm, swapping 2.30-3.00pm, entry is free if you bring three
items of clothing or £1 if you don't, Levenshulme Baptist Church,
Elmsworth Avenue (map)
Monday 12th
April, 5.45pm - 7pm: Clothing Swap Shop, with clothes drop-off
from 5.45pm, and swapping from 6.15pm, entry is free if you bring three
items of clothing or £1 if you don't, Eighth Day, Oxford Road
(map)
Tuesday 13th
April, 6.45pm for 7.15pm - 9pm: MFOE full group meeting, Green Fish
Resource
Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map)
- more
info
Tuesday 13th
April, 6pm - 9pm: What's next for Manchester city region?, Friends
Meeting House, 6 Mount Street (map)
- more
info
Monday 19th
April, 5pm - 6.30pm: Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce Bolton
election hustings, Holiday Inn, Higher Bridge St, Bolton (map)
Tuesday 20th
April, 7pm for 7.30pm: The Council and Climate Change local election
hustings, Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street (map)
Wednesday 21st
April, 5pm - 6.30pm: Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce Tameside
election hustings, The Village Hotel, Captain Clarke Road,
Ashton-under-Lyne (map)
Thursday
22nd
April, 9am - 10.30am: Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce Stockport
election hustings, Hallidays, Riverside House, Kings Reach
Business Park, Stockport (map)
Thursday 22nd
April, 7pm for 7.30pm: Unlock Democracy hustings for Manchester
Withington candidates, Hough End Centre, Mauldeth Road West (near
Withington Road) (map)
Thursday 22nd
April, 7pm: Irlam & Cadishead Election Question Time, Higher Irlam
Social Club, Cutnook Lane, Irlam (map)
Friday 23rd
April, 8am - 9.30am: Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce Rochdale
election hustings, Broadfield Park Hotel, Sparrow Hill, Rochdale (map)
Friday
23rd
April, 12 noon - 1.30pm: Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce Wigan
election hustings, Wigan Investment Centre, Waterside Drive, Wigan (map)
Friday
23rd
April, 7.30pm: Churches Together hustings for Cheadle candidates,
Bramhall Methodist Church, Bramhall Lane South (map)
Sunday
25th
April, 1pm - 3pm: Visit to Torrs Hydro Project in New Mills, leaving from
Manchester Piccadilly around midday
Sunday
25th
April, 4pm - 5.30pm: Make the Cross Count hustings for Oldham East
& Saddleworth candidates, Uppermill Civic Hall, Court Street,
Uppermill (map)
Sunday
25th
April, 6pm: Churches Together hustings for Oldham West & Royton
candidates, Christ Church, Block Lane, Chadderton (map)
Monday
26th
April, 5.30pm - 7pm: Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce Trafford
election hustings, Warren Bruce Court, Warren Bruce Road, Trafford
Park (map)
Monday
26th
April, 7.15pm: Churches Together hustings for Altrincham & Sale
West candidates, Navigation Primary School, Hawarden Road,
Altrincham (map)
Tuesday 27th
April, 6pm - 7.30pm: Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce Bury
election hustings, Bury College Business Solutions, Link House,
Walmersley Rd, Bury (map)
Tuesday
27th
April, 7.30pm: Hustings for Stretford & Urmston
candidates, Old
Trafford Community Centre, Shrewsbury Street (map)
Wednesday
28th
April, 6.15pm for 6.30pm: Hustings for Manchester Central candidates,
Green Fish
Resource Centre, Oldham Street, Manchester (map)
Thursday
29th April, 6.45pm for 7pm - 9pm: MFOE campaigns meeting, Green Fish
Resource
Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map)
Thursday
29th April, 7.30pm: Nuclear New Build: The Lessons from Chernobyl,
Methodist Central Hall, Oldham Street
Thursday
29th April, 7.30pm: Churches Together hustings for Cheadle candidates,
Cheadle Hulme Methodist Church, Ramillies Avenue, Cheadle Hulme (map)
Friday 30th
April, 8am: Bike Friday, communal bike ride to Exchange Square from
Stretford Arndale, Chorlton Library, Withington Library, Levenshulme
Station, Prestwich Bury New Road / Scholes Lane - more
info
Friday 30th
April, 12 noon - 1.30pm: Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce
Oldham election hustings, Swallow Bower Hotel, Hollinwood Avenue,
Chadderton, Oldham (map)
Friday 30th
April, 7.15pm: Churches Together hustings for Hazel Grove candidates,
Marple Methodist Church, Church Lane,
Marple (map)
Friday 30th
April, 7.30pm: Churches Together hustings for Worsley & Eccles
South candidates, Boothstown Methodist Church, Chaddock Lane,
Boothstown (map)
May 2010
Thursday 6th
May,
7pm: Planning meeting, Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham
St. (map)
Saturday 8th -
Sunday 9th May: FOE Northern Gathering, Haworth Youth Hostel, near
Keighley (map) - more info
Monday 10th May,
5.45pm - 7pm: Clothing Swap Shop, with clothes drop-off
from 5.45pm, and swapping from 6.15pm, entry is free if you bring three
items of clothing or £1 if you don't, Eighth Day, Oxford Road
(map)
Tuesday 11th
May, 6pm: Green Drinks: Post election debate, what does the election
result mean for the Northwest?, The Bay Horse, Thomas St, Northern
Quarter (map)
Tuesday 11th
May, 6.45pm for 7.15pm - 9pm: Full group meeting, Green Fish Resource
Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map)
- more
info
Tuesday
25th May, 7pm - 9pm: Climate Change: The Scientific Facts, with Dr
Alice Bows (climate scientist at the Tyndall Centre) and Fred Pearce
(Guardian journalist and author), Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount St. (map)
Thursday
27th May, 6.45pm for 7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Green Fish
Resource
Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map)
Friday 28th May,
8am: Bike Friday, communal bike ride to Exchange Square from
Stretford Arndale, Chorlton Library, Withington Library, Levenshulme
Station, Prestwich Bury New Road / Scholes Lane - more
info
June 2010
Saturday 5th June,
11am - 4pm: World Environment Day community picnic, with cooking
lessons from 11am, picnicking from 12-4pm and planting fruit
bushes from 2.30pm, Manley Park, Whalley Range (map)
Monday 7th June,
5.45pm - 7pm: Clothing Swap Shop, with clothes drop-off
from 5.45pm, and swapping from 6.15pm, entry is free if you bring three
items of clothing or £1 if you don't, Eighth Day, Oxford Road
(map)
Tuesday 8th
June, 6pm: Green Drinks, Rain Bar, 80 Great Bridgewater St,
Manchester (map)
Tuesday 8th
June, 6.45pm for 7pm - 9pm: Full group meeting, Green Fish Resource
Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map)
- more
info
Thursday 10th
June, 6pm - 8pm: Food & Sustainability Question Time, with drinks
reception from 4.30pm, University Place, Manchester University, Oxford
Road (map)
Thursday
24th June, 6.45pm for 7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Green Fish
Resource
Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map)
Friday 25th
June,
8am: Bike Friday, communal bike ride to Exchange Square from
Stretford Arndale, Chorlton Library, Withington Library, Levenshulme
Station, Prestwich Bury New Road / Scholes Lane - more
info
Saturday 26th
June: Bike Fabulous, with activities throughout the day and cycle
fashion show at 2pm, Manchester Arndale Centre - more
info
July 2010
Tuesday 13th
July, 6pm: Green Drinks: A Choice for Transport: Electro-disco or
Hydrogen Highway, Rain Bar, 80 Great Bridgewater St, Manchester (map)
Tuesday 13th
July, 6.45pm for 7pm - 9pm: Full group meeting, Green Fish Resource
Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map)
- more
info