Elms sessions in funding bid success
11:13am Thursday 20th November 2008
YOUNG people aged from 11 to 19 will soon be able to enjoy a range of educational and fun activities at Elms Community Centre, Green Lane, Whitefield after a funding bid was approved.
Comments (0)Elms kids to get playgroup
10:46am Thursday 20th November 2008
ELMS Community Centre, in Green Lane, Whitefield, will launch a playgroup for toddlers thanks to a £2,905 grant from Whitefield and Unsworth Local Area Partnership, which was agreed at its last meeting on November 18. It will pay for toys, equipment, furniture and room divider screens.
Homework club set to get off the ground
10:42am Thursday 20th November 2008
A PROJECT to give Jewish children from Whitefield somewhere to do their homework after school is set to get off the ground after organisers got a £3,000 grant.
Fitness group gets funding boost
10:33am Thursday 20th November 2008
OLDER women living on the Hillock Estate in Whitefield will soon be benefiting from health and keep-fit sessions after organisers got a cash boost.
Kids urge drivers to kill their speed
9:42am Thursday 20th November 2008
YOUNGSTERS from the Cheeky Monkeys Nursery, in Chandos Road, Prestwich, have been learning how to put their best foot forward in a road traffic awareness event.
Groups in carnival cash boost
9:51am Thursday 20th November 2008
THE FESTIVITIES of Prestwich Carnival may be long since over for another year but a group of good causes are still celebrating.
Loving couple catch £5k wedding bug
1:12pm Wednesday 19th November 2008
A SMITTEN Whitefield couple have well and truly caught the wedding bug thanks to some nifty detective work that bagged them £5,000.
Creative children in festive contest
3:58pm Monday 17th November 2008
CREATIVE children are to being given a chance to earn a special Christmas present in an art contest organised by the Morrisons supermarket in Stanley Road, Whitefield.
Review: Shangrila! at Prestwich Church Institute
1:02pm Monday 17th November 2008
by Paul Southern Variety, culture, entertainment, call it what you will, but all packed into a sell out Church Institute on November 7.
Elms fair a festive success
12:23pm Monday 17th November 2008
CHRISTMAS came early for members of Elms Tenants and Residents Association who raised £417 for the group at a festive fair.
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