Thank you to those who came to our Christmas Dinner. Here is a note from Inga, from Manchester Parents Group, part of FFLAG:
‘Just wanted to say how much we enjoyed the Christmas meal with you all. You did us proud. It was lovely to see all the the young people having a good time together and being able to be “who they are” without any problems. You are doing a great job!’
For the past 3 years the NUT have been working with LGBT youth North West, and use one of the films we made in lots of their training and awareness events.
They recently said thank you to us for all our help and support, and past on a comment from a Councillor in Oldham, Diane Williamson, who said ‘just watched the video-fantastically put together but shocking- keep up the good work’
To see the film visit LGBT film
Check out this lovely film made by Sarah Evans and the young people (and older people) of Manchester: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csouSkQ3Bz0&feature=youtu.be
The young men from across the region had a gra
nd time in delamere on a 3 day residential
sponsored by Comic Relief. They did climbing, wild swimming and worked with award winning cyclist Amy Baron-Hall to gain their bikeability level 1. Well done everyone who took part!
Lesbian and Gay Youth Manchester visited the Climbing wall last night as part of a 3 year programme of sports activities.
We climbed high…
We climbed low…
We climbed at speed…
We climbed in corners…
We climbed together…
And we had a blinking good time.
Last Sunday the Young Women’s Group entered an allotment show with our friend Mary from Bike Right! It was a beautiful day and we were very impressed with Mary and Phil’s beans
…and by their leeks
…but especially by their purple cauliflowers
Wow!
There were lots of entries and the competition was tight
So we never expected to see a first prize medal on our garlic….
Or the same on our shallots
Or a second prize one on our onions!!
So now we’ve not just got a great plot that we love, but also an award winning allotment!!
Thank you for inviting us Mary we’ll be back with gusto next year and we’re planning on entering every category!
Sunday’s allotment session was epic with some of us staying for 7 hours in total (thank goodness we brought the kettle).
We did a lot of digging and had a lovely lunch together with just the right amount of food (well done H and Sophie who bought it in the morning)
We managed to get another two raised beds in and did a lot of weeding and clearing.
We picked; raspberries, french beans, purple french beans, purple and green peas, mange tout, marrows and we dug up the rest of the potatoes.
We planted; swede and beetroot some more lettuce and kale.
Hannah found an egg. She found an egg buried underground. That’s right a fresh hens egg…..weird or what?
And H rode off into the sunset with the biggest marrow ever on her bike rack (thank goodness for bungee cords)
What a day! the assembly of the float was manic, hampered by some torrential rain! but we got there in the end.
Luckily the rain stopped when we got to the parade point – and everyone got stuck in hanging up the last batch of artworks! As usual we had a little trouble starting the generator, but beady eyed Sally noticed a man with some very large muscles on a float near us – he started it with such force he broke the handle – but the music started!
The parade started and everyone had a fantastic time. We did have a selection of songs to play for the duration but as soon as we realised that (almost) everyone loved Lady Gaga – Judas and LMFAO – party rockers anthem, and knew the dance routines!! they just had to be repeated a few times!!
Watch this space for pictures coming soon!
Friday! here already! so now there is a last minute panic…. costumes to make, towers to paint, banners to touch up and bunting to sew!
We had a visit from the Lord Mayor at lunchtime, he came to see what we have been doing and check out all the work we have done. He also helped present many of the young people, volunteers and staff with the certificates they have earned this last year… all finished off with a scrumptious buffet.
Here are some pictures from the day so far, don’t forget to look out for us on the parade, give us a big cheer!
It’s Thursday afternoon and our preparations are drawing to an end. There is still some work to do, but we can already see a light at the end of the tunnel!
From time to time, hard work must be rewarded properly – so we had a fine dish, consisting of pizza and risotto! Yummy!
