Homeless camp in St. Ann’s Square after second move
The homeless camp moved for a second time after the residents were evicted from St. Peter’s Square outside the Central Library on Tuesday. Claiming they will keep occupying public spaces until the...
View ArticleStudents end occupation to join wider anti-austerity protest
The occupation of the University of Manchester’s Harold Hankins Building came to end on Thursday. Having held the space for over a week, the students decided to leave, stating that their actions had...
View ArticleThousands turn out to anti-austerity protest
More than 2000 people attended a rally in Piccadilly Gardens in protest against the Conservative government and their programme of austerity yesterday. As the crowd gathered in the afternoon sun to...
View ArticleWarning of deepening crisis at Housing Conference protest
Protesters gathered outside Manchester Central conference centre yesterday to express their anger at the government’s housing policy. While Tory housing minister Brandon Lewis was delivering the...
View ArticleWorld Homeless Day – Manchester campaign groups meet in Cathedral Gardens
Today is World Homeless Day. Taking place every year on the 10th October, on every continent (with the exception of Antarctica), since its inauguration in 2010, it’s the result of online conversations...
View ArticleCampaigners occupy empty premises to set up Homeless Hub
Manchester Angels, ‘set up to protect the streets of Manchester City Centre’, was founded by Wesley Hall in response to the tragic death of seventeen year old Adam Pickup in 2013. Manchester Angels are...
View Article”We will build the movement of movements” – Campaigners meet at ‘Time to Act’...
As the Tories left town with egg on their face, a coalition of campaign groups hosted their own conference on Saturday called ‘Time to Act’ – a day of speeches and workshops covering a range of issues...
View ArticleSeeds of resistance sown at housing crisis event in Salford
A Manchester Housing Action event took place in Salford on Sunday, aiming to bring together local people and groups working to find solutions to the housing crisis. The free public event included...
View ArticleA locked-out generation: young people in the housing crisis
The housing crisis means that more and more young people are struggling to buy their own homes. The Prime Minister’s expansion of the Right to Buy scheme intends to turn the increasing number of young...
View Article‘Working Together’: new research project aims to engage autistic community
Researchers at the University of Manchester are appealing to members of the local autism community to participate in a series of workshops entitled ‘Working Together’, designed to help make research...
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