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MAHDLO Launches a Building for the Future
A spectacular building and a powerful statement. Bill Holroyd, chairman and founder of OnSide told us that in addition to council support Mahdlo has had £1.5M in funding from the private sector companies in Oldham – enough to run it for the first 3 years. A…
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The Go! Bus is a Go!
Launched today the GO! BUS is a new youth resource for Oldham. (updated with Video – see the Go Bus! Go…at warp speed) So – what is a Go! Bus? – It’s a mobile Youth Centre and Classroom. It’s a fabulous new resource for community groups…
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Biman 40th Anniversary Manchester Celebration
The Biman Bangladesh Airline’s 40th Anniversary Manchester Event on Sunday 22nd was attended by more 500 of the most influential Bangladeshis from around the UK with guests representing a huge range of business, media and community organisations. The event opened with Quaran Tilawath by Hifiz Shahin…
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JTV Behind the Scenes
Jonosheba invited us to peek behind the scenes at their studio in media-city Westwood on friday. We watched their live transmission from the control-room, they had just put up green-screen material and after a little tweaking in the control-room to iron out any last-minute bugs they…
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TV Time for Jonosheba
Today saw the launch of a new venture for the Bengali Newspaper, who will be providing 2 hours of locally produced content for ATN Bangla daily, under the banner of JTV or Jonosheba TV. A who’s who of the Oldham Community was gathered to celebrate at…
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Oldham Festival of Light 2011
Thursday evening saw the Festival of Light 2011 celebrated by the Oldham Interfaith Forum. The event is staged each annually by the forum and incorporates elements of all the religious festivals occurring around this time of year. The introduction describes it as a celebration of the…
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MAHDLO MAHDLAUNCH at T-100 and Counting
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…