LGBTQIA+

The Long Table: Reflecting on Queer Up North 1992–2002 with Lois Weaver

Manchester Histories and Queer Up North, in association with Aviva Studios, present The Long Table with Lois Weaver.

You’re invited to a unique ‘dinner’ party where conversation is the only course. The Long Table Is both an open discussion forum and a performative gathering, inviting participation and observation alike. Take a seat and become a guest for a while – or be in the audience.

The Queer Up North Long Table is an opportunity to celebrate the first decade of one of the UK and Europe’s most groundbreaking LGBTQ+ arts festivals, founded in Manchester.

Aviva Studios, Water Street, Manchester, M3 4JQ
Shared Topic Areas

10GM Civil Contingencies Focus Groups invitation

Salford CVS is organising a series of focus groups on behalf of 10GM to better understand the needs of marginalised groups and their organisations before, during, and after civil contingencies such as floods, wildfires, and pandemics. The outcome of these focus groups will be twofold: 

The Open Doors Project (free room booking)   

The Open Doors Project is a pilot scheme established by the Office for Social Responsibility in collaboration with Manchester Museum and Alliance Manchester Business School. The scheme allows community members to book meeting rooms totally free-of-charge on the Oxford Road campus. These room bookings are open to voluntary and charity organisations, CICs and social enterprises, community groups, and residents’ associations.

Our Manchester Strategy 2025-35 launched

To develop the new Our Manchester strategy, Manchester City Council listened to over 10,000 voices across Manchester to shape a future we can all be proud of.

Over the next 10 years, they will be focusing on the 12 key priorities residents said mattered most – Our People, Our Neighbourhoods, Our City.