Find out if your home’s cladding is affecting your safety and the property’s value
Hulme’s Life Buildings have notoriously poor standards of fire safety. Various groups in Hulme campaign for buildings free from fire safety defects. Local group Manchester Cladiators, are organising a protest march in August in support of the residents of Life Buildings. Before more information is released about the march, find out how safe your home’s…
Have your say at the Active Neighbourhoods workshop aimed at improving accessibility across the city
Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People (GMCDP) have organised an online workshop on Wednesday the 28th July to air the views of communities. The organisation needs participants from Hulme and other areas to ensure all of Greater Manchester is represented. The workshop, that takes place tomorrow at 6pm, will invite people to air their concerns…
Attitudes towards safety one week on from Freedom Day
The decision by the government to remove all legal limits on social contact has received criticism from retail workers and scientists alike. But whether you are revelling in a non-socially distanced society, or staying away from clubs, you have the right to choose how you stay safe. The Hulme Arch sent out a survey to…
Celebrate Diversity Party at Hulme Park on Sunday 22nd August
July’s heatwave promises to last into August as Hulme group ‘BLM Stand Up To Racism’ put on the first party in Hulme park to celebrate diversity. The group, who wanted an event to put a spotlight on local and diverse talent, have been taking the knee every Wednesday at 6pm since the murder of George…
UFO sighting over Hulme catches the attention of local residents
A peculiar fleet of lights were spotted over the Hulme and Moss Side area by local woman Suzan Hussein. Before heading to bed on Tuesday this week, she saw dazzling lights moving above her house towards the city centre. We spoke to Suzan, who has not stopped thinking about the mysterious lights since: “I like…
The woman tackling Hulme’s poverty crisis: ‘I give out food packages after being failed by local authorities.’
35-year-old Ameera Ramzan runs Heaven’s Angels, the Hulme-based outreach programme providing around 200 bags of food a week to local people in need. She has gone from pregnant in care at 14, rough sleeping in Piccadilly Gardens, to the founder of the outreach programme. The programme runs on donations from people in the community and…
Meet one of the youngest Imams in Britain: a visit to the Darul Amaan Mosque
Sabah Ahmedi doesn’t have a white beard or wear a thobe, (long robe worn by Muslim men) but follows all the disciplines of Islam, praying five times a day and even using social media to combat misinformation about Islam. What is unusual about Sabah, is that he’s in the know with Big Zuu, the London-based…
Children in Hulme enjoy the benefits of free school lunches and football programmes thanks to City in the Community
City in the Community’s ‘football effect’ promotes health, community-spirit, sport and friendship amongst communities in Manchester. The foundation has strong relations with the Hulme community, having recently distributed over 2,000 meals to children within Hulme and surrounding areas during the half-term. The Hulme Arch spoke to Martin Ingham-Griffith, Community Outreach Manager for City in the Community,…
Family day of activities, Hulme is Where the Art Is, returns for Summer 2021
Hulme Community Garden Centre is hosting a free music and arts event on the 26th of June, Hulme is Where the Art Is. Z-Arts is a Hulme based charity with a centre dedicated to the provision of art for children in Manchester. As well as having a 230-seat theatre the charity have a number of…
An introduction: Hulme is where the heart is
Hello Hulme-ans. Some people look at Spring as an opportunity to Spring clean or do a big Marie Kondo-style throw out, but this year I’m dedicating my time to this news blog, The Hulme Arch. Hulme has been a safe place to study for a Masters in Journalism at MMU and an area filled with…
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