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Events

Tuesday January 27, 2009
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 1:30 pm

Final eco team meeting to organise celebration event and future projects.

Start: 4:00 pm
End: 4:30 pm

Who wants to be an energy champion?

Wednesday January 28, 2009
Start: 12:30 pm
End: 1:00 pm

Final eco team meeting to organise celebration event and future projects.

Thursday January 29, 2009
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 12:30 pm

Final eco team meting to organise celebration event and future projects.

Start: 1:15 pm
End: 1:45 pm

Final eco team meeting to organise stuff for celebration event and future projects.  St Hilda's have had 3 meetings only but have got all the work covered.

Friday January 30, 2009
Start: 11:15 am
End: 11:45 am

Focus: energy

Monday February 2, 2009
Start: 1:40 pm
End: 2:10 pm

First eco team meeting, energy focus

Start: 2:30 pm
End: 4:30 pm

with yr.4 and 5

Start: 6:30 pm

Come and find out more about volunteering as an education activities volunteer with AfSL.

Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm

Come along and find out about the A Few Small Steps schools programme and how you can get involved!  This session wil cover an introduction to AfSL, an overview of the programme so far and an outline of our work over the next 6 months.

Tuesday February 3, 2009
Start: 1:30 pm
End: 2:00 pm

First eco team meeeting, energy focus

Thursday February 5, 2009
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:30 pm

The first clothes swap shop in timperley village was a greatsuccess, with lots of new ideas suggested by attendees to improve thenext event. This has now been booked to take place on the 5th Feb 2009.As well as bringing clothes to swap, accessories will also be availableon the night to complete the desired new outfits ie; handbags, shoes etc.

There will be a £1 entrance fee which includes tea/coffee and a biscuit!

So come down and get yourself a new wardrobe! Make sure you bring at least three items of unwanted clothes/accessories to swap.

Start: 8:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm

Be nice to yourself and your junk! Join us for a relaxing craft sessions using recycled materials. This week we'll be making flowers from used drinks bottles, beads and broken jewellery (now you know what to do with all those single earrings!). Jazz up your garden with something guaranteed to survive Manchester weather and slug conditions! Bring your own rubbish or use ours. The materials are recycled but the cake will be fresh! More information and booking from http://rubbishrevamped.wordpress.com

Monday February 9, 2009
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm

Energy lesson A with yr, 4 and 5

Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm

Child protectinon is an essential part of working in schools. Come to this training to find out how to deal with the key issues, followed by a session investigating challenging behaviours, and how to overcome them when teaching.

Tuesday February 10, 2009
Start: 2:10 pm
End: 4:30 pm

Energy Lesson A (check year? 4? 5?)

Start: 8:30 pm
End: 10:10 pm

The first part of this meeting will be about the global.  Dr Victoria Johnson of the New Economics Foundation will talk about the Poznan climate change negotiations, their outcomes and the "Road to Copenhagen."

Thursday February 12, 2009
Start: 2:15 pm
End: 4:15 pm

Energy A x 2 sessions (yr. 4 and 5)

Start: 8:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm

Be nice to yourself and your junk! Join us for relaxing craft sessions using recycled materials. This week we'll be making pretty-as-a-button hearts. Gather your old buttons together to craft gorgeous heart hangings for walls, door handles (or loved ones!). Bring your own rubbish or use ours. The materials are recycled but the cake will be fresh! More information and booking from http://rubbishrevamped.wordpress.com

Friday February 13, 2009
Start: 11:15 am
End: 11:45 am

focus: energy

Thursday February 19, 2009
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 7:30 pm

Do you want to make a REAL difference in Timperley?

Want to meet new people and become part of an effective team?

Then come along to the first meeting of the Timperley Action Group, formed to try and join forces to improve the local area.  The meeting will be a forum to gauge ideas of what projects people feel most passionately about and what action on sustainability can happen in Timperley!

Sunday February 22, 2009
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm

Whalley Range - Grow Your Own, is a group of local volunteers who have a keen interest in organic gardening and learning how to grow their own vegetables in a sustainable fashion.

The first group project will be based at Tangemere Court residential home on Dudley Road, Whalley Range.  The residents and site manager are keen to get planting some vegetables in an unused bed at the Court and have welcomed the group to make use of a small plot and have a go at growing our own.

Monday February 23, 2009
Start: 1:40 pm
End: 2:10 pm

Energy eco team meeting 2

Start: 9:23 pm

3 sessions per day:

10.30am-12pm

2pm-3.30pm

6pm-7.30pm

Packolocker Factory

Recycle Crisp packets, thread waste and other fiberous materials into a lacey paper-like material using household appliances. Help make a stock of the material and a list of all it’s possible uses to be part of a larger development project.

Donation.

These workshops are open to individuals or groups of up to 7 per session. Young people under 18 must be accompanied.

 

Tuesday February 24, 2009
Start: 1:30 pm
End: 2:00 pm

Eco team meeting 2, energy focus

Start: 2:15 pm
End: 4:15 pm

Energy lesson B x 2 yr.4 and 5

Start: 7:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm

To register for your free ticket go to http://manchesterfairtradefashionshow.eventbrite.com

Wednesday February 25, 2009
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Try a tasty fair-trade tipple

Start: 7:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm

Join us at Kro2 to celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight

Thursday February 26, 2009
Start: 10:30 am

With yr 4 and 5

Start: 2:10 pm
End: 4:30 pm

Energy lesson B? check, with yr. 4 and 5

Start: 7:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm

To register for your freeticket go to http://manchesterfairtradediscussion.eventbrite.com

Start: 8:00 pm

Be nice to yourself and your junk! Join us for relaxing craft sessions using recycled materials.

This week we'll be making hand boxes from cards. Do you hang on to favourite birthday and Christmas cards? Keep them at the bottom of a drawer somewhere? Well, get them out and learn how to turn them into cute little boxes to keep bits & bobs tidy - ideal for jewellery, paperclips, coins and other small items that are always getting lost. Or use them as gift boxes for homemade sweets. We'll even give you some recipes. The possibilities are endless.