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MAHDLO MAHDLAUNCH at T-100 and Counting
by st editor
Friday 2nd December 2011
Today saw the pre-launch celebrations of MAHDLO and the countdown has begun. The state-of- the-art young-people’s centre opens 100 Days from now, 1,499 days since work first started on the project. A key feature of the celebration was the unveiling of the impressive Welcome-Stone created and…
Tags: Brian Smith,Gallery Oldham,MAHDLO,Norman Stoller,Oldham,shoab akhtar,Young People
Read this articleAmana Community Writing Project
by Muzahid Khan
Thursday 24th November 2011
UPDATE FEB 2012 – Submissions now closed,Results to follow Amana Foundation aims to compile an anthology of emotive and expressive poems and short stories written by members of the Greater Manchester community. This will become a priceless collection of literature that conveys the essence and…
Tags: Amana Foundation,Community,Competition,Manchester,Poems,Project,Stories,Writers,writing
Read this articleThe Oldham Academy North Signs Its Steel
by st editor
Tuesday 1st November 2011
Today saw the Steel Signing Ceremony at the site that will become the new home of the Oldham Academy North at Broadway, Royton – previously the location of Newman College / Our Lady’s School. There was quite a lot of steel already planted and in evidence…
Tags: Building,ceremony,Colette Burgess,Construction,Education,Event,new-build,Royton,school,Signing Steel,The Oldham Academy North,TOAN,Young People
Read this articleGlobal Entrepreneurship Week
by st editor
Saturday 29th October 2011
While we are talking business, let’s take note that the 14th – 20th November will be Global Entrepreneurship Week, a world event taking place in over 100 countries. Organiser say so far planned are 40,000 events around the world reaching an estimated 40 million entrepreneurs and…
Tags: Business,enterprise,Entrepreneur,Entrprenurism,Event,Innivation,World
Read this articleOne Oldham Business Awards 2012 Now Open
by st editor
Saturday 29th October 2011
It’s not quite November yet – the late “summer” seems barely over and already the One Oldham Business Awards are open for… business. Back in January, the Queen Elizabeth Hall hosted the third of an increasingly successful series of awards nights with over 450 in attendance and…
Tags: Achievement,Awards,enterprise,Event,Oldham,One Oldham Business Awards
Read this articleCatch Capoeira Conviver at TOAN Half Term
by st contributor
Tuesday 18th October 2011
CAPOEIRA CONVIVER FESTIVAL – Celebrating 15 Years Brazilian martial arts/dance masters will be in Oldham this half term. Capoeira Conviver are a Manchester based group and are celebrating their 15th birthday. A five day programme of Capoeira masterclasses will take place across Greater Manchester. The group will be…
Tags: Capoeira,Education,Oldham Academy North,Sport,Young People
Read this articleSaturday School Subject Boosters Begin
by st contributor
Monday 10th October 2011
The Just Help Foundation’s Saturday Supplementary School launched on the Sat 8th of October. The latest addition to the Just Help team, recently-retired teacher Keith Parry OBE aims to help young people in Tameside to improve their Maths and their GCSE Grades. We hope that this…