Forever Manchester Podcast

A brand new group set up to support young people affected by bereavement in Wythenshawe made the news when it was featured on BBC Radio Manchester.Gaynor Jackson from Benchill, who established Bereavement 4 Kids was interviewed live on the breakfast programme where she talked about the new weekly group that meets from 4pm to 5.30pm every Monday afternoon at Benchill Community Centre in Wythenshawe.The group was established by Gaynor for children who have suffered the loss of a loved one. Gaynor was encouraged and supported to set up the group by Forever Manchester’s Community Builder Vikki Snowden as part of her ongoing work in the area. As a result, Gaynor recognised a need and planned the development of the group and, along with Vikki’s support and assistance, received a £250 Cash 4 Graft award from Forever Manchester to purchase necessary equipment and refreshments.When Gaynor lost her husband, she felt like there was no support for her children. This inspired her to create a group where children and adults sharing similar experiences could come together to do an array of activities aimed at helping them to deal with their loss.Gaynor said “We met Vikki from Forever Manchester, we had a few chats and organised a couple of activities such as an Easter Hunt and a Bingo & Breakfast in the Community event. We got a good bond going and came up with the idea of the Bereavement Group for local families affected by the loss of a loved one.”Forever Manchester's Community Builder Vikki Snowden said “Bereavement 4 Kids is great example of what can be achieved with just with a little bit of encouragement and support”. Notes:Forever Manchester is the only charity that raises money to fund and support community activity across Greater Manchester.If you live or work in Greater Manchester, Forever Manchester will have funded a community group or local project within a mile of where your home or place of work.  

In this Update: We’ll be shining a big spotlight on a few recent local Get Together's. We have news of the latest funding opportunities local groups in communities across Greater Manchester. Captain Manchester’s Magical Tombola Draw is always full of winners and we have details of the next draw and prizes including a trip to Malta. Plus we'll be shouting out to lots of businesses and people who are Happy to Engage with Forever Manchester. This Forever Manchester Update is presented by Terry Snowden & Jen Edmondson 

In this Update: We’ll be shining a spotlight on The Manchester Shop. We’ll be shouting out to lots of engaging peeps who are engaging with Forever Manchester. Captain Manchester’s Magical Tombola Draw is always full of winners and we have details of the next draw and prizes. We will be introducing lots of Community News because, let’s face it, if you put community in a corner, you’re completely missing the point! We’ll be introducing your ears to a couple of new Forever Manchester radio ads! We have news of ‘First Friday’ networking events and news of people ‘getting a giggle on’ at the Forever Funny comedy night recently while raising a few quid simply by having a laugh and raising a few smiles.

Welcome to the April 2019 edition of the Forever Manchester Update featuring all the latest news, information and everything currently relevant in the world of Forever Manchester! This episode includes:Some of the things you learn when preparing for a marathon.Forever Manchester being the charity partner for the 'We Are Lager' festival.We have news of the line-up for the forthcoming Forever Funny Comedy Fundraiser!Plus we have a round-up of all the latest funding opportunities to support local projects & community groups. This Forever Manchester update is presented by Terry Snowden MBE & Jen Edmondson  

Welcome to the March 2019 edition of the Forever Manchester Update from where we present all the latest news, information and everything currently relevant in the wonderful world of Forever Manchester! In this episode:We wrap-up the Forever Manchester Birthday Party.We ask you to make Every Step Count.We have news of a new Forever Manchester Name Chain.And we have news of an exciting new project to engage Young People.Plus we extend a warm welcome to new members of the Forever Manchester family. This Forever Manchester update is presented by Terry Snowden MBE & Jen Edmondson

Welcome to the February 2019 edition of the Forever Manchester Update from where we present all the latest news, information and everything currently relevant in the wonderful world of Forever Manchester! This episode shines the spotlight on:The build up to the Forever Manchester Birthday Party, the Auction and the Birthday Awards plus the much anticipated entertainment.We are asking you to take on the Great Manchester 10K for Forever Manchester and we have news of a brand new fund and details of fabulous 'This is the Place' artwork! This Forever Manchester update is presented by Terry Snowden MBE & Jen Edmondson

Welcome to the December edition of the Forever Manchester Update from where we present all the latest news, information and everything currently relevant in the wonderful world of Forever Manchester! This episode shines the spotlight on Trevor Johnson's pop up Hacienda art, Hubron's brilliant virtual walk and a review of the Forever Funny night. We also have some news from Forever Manchester's fantastic Great Christmas Get Together's and we phone the winner of Captain Manchester's Magical Tombola Draw for December and pack them off to NEW YORK! We also have all the latest funding opportunities for local groups and community projects across Greater Manchester including the Auto Trader Fund, the Bardsley Fund, the CDL Fund & the Auto Trader Fund!  This Forever Manchester update is presented by Terry Snowden MBE & Jen Edmondson

Welcome to the November edition of the Forever Manchester Update from where we present all the latest news, information and everything currently relevant in the wonderful world of Forever Manchester! This episode includes a round-up of Forever Manchester's recent October Cheerfest, great news for community groups wishing to organise a Christmas Get Together and a report from the Haloween Lockdown. We also have news of the Forever Funny comedy night plus we phone the winner of Captain Manchester's Magical Tombola Draw for November and pack them off to Milan! We also have our latst Birthday Party news as well as all the latest funding opportunities for local groups and community projects across Greater Manchester including the NOMA Fund, the Auto Trader Fund, Cash 4 Growth, the Brother UK Fund, the CDL Fund & Kellogg's Breakfast Club awards. This Forever Manchester update is presented by Terry Snowden MBE & Jen Edmondson

Welcome to the October edition of the Forever Manchester Update from where we present all the latest news, information and everything currently relevant in the wonderful world of Forever Manchester! This episode includes news of two forthcoming social events 'Spooktakular & Forever Funny' plus we phone the winner of Captain Manchester's Magical Tombola Draw for October and pack them off to Hamburg! We also bring news of a Forever Manchester 'Name Chain' alongside all the latest funding opportunities for local groups and community projects across Greater Manchester including Cash 4 Growth, the Brother UK Fund, the CDL Fund & Kellogg's Breakfast Club awards. This Forever Manchester update is presented by Terry Snowden MBE & Josh Dyson

Welcome to the September edition of the Forever Manchester update from where we bring all the latest news, information and everything relevant in the wonderful world of Forever Manchester! This episode includes news of funding for schools through Kellegg's Breakfast Clubs. We have news of October CheerFest and asking you to get involved in a fundraising activity and we phone the winner of Captain Mancheste'rs Magical Tombola Draw and pack them off to Lisbon. The Forever Manchester update is presented by Terry Snowden MBE & Jen Edmondson  

Welcome to the August edition of the Forever Manchester update from where we bring all the latest news and everything relevant from the wonderful world of Forever Manchester! This episode includes news of the current funding opportunities for community groups at Forever Manchester. We tell you all about the new Forever Manchester Meets podcasts and give a warm welcome to some new members of the Forever Manchester family. Plus we phone the winner of Captain Manchester's Magical Tombola Draw with some good news. This Forever Manchester update is presented by Terry Snowden MBE & Rosie Strickleton  

In this podcast we chat with Sebastian Heeley, co-founder of the Manchester Gin Company who along with his now partner Jen Wiggins, set up Manchester Gin in May 2016. Sebastian shares the love story behind the formation, growth and development of Manchester Gin, shares a few distilling secrets and shares his delight at such a young company already recieving an array of plaudits, recognitions and awards at international industry competitions. When Manchester Gin was born, it was in the dining room of a house that Jen and Seb had just bought. Now, the Spirit of Manchester Distillery occupies a space in the centre of the city where every bottle is hand-crafted and distilled in small batches courtesy of three copper ladies. Wendy after Jen’s beloved late mother, Victoria after the fabulous Victoria Wood and Emmeline after the iconic suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst in tribute to some of Manchester’s most inspirational women.

Col Skinner is a Digital Marketing Consultant and founder of the Profoundary consultancy. Col also supports Forever Manchester through the sale of items at an online shop called GRAFT which started after Col saw so many items to celebrate our wonderful city following the tragedy of the Manchetser Arena bombing.  In this podcast Col talks about his early years, his work, the development of GRAFT and his support for Forever Manchester.  

Welcome to the July edition of the Forever Manchester update from where we bring all the latest news and everything relevant from the wonderful world of Forever Manchester! This episode includes: News from the recent Great Get Together events across Greater Manchester and news of current funding opportunities for community groups. We are encouraging you to spend a day with a Forever Manchester Community Builder and we welome some new additions to the Forever Manchester family plus we have the results of Captain Manchester's magical tombola draw for July and we attempt to phone the winner. The Forever Manchester update podcast is presented by Terry Snowden MBE & Jen Edmondson

Forever Manchester meets Lisa Brown and spends a day in the life of a Community Builder. Forever Manchester has been working in the communities of Patricroft and Eccles in Salford since April 2017 and it is here that our Community Building team have been continuously out and about, finding out what goes on in the area and getting to know some of the people who live there. In order to understand more about the life of a community builder we spent the day with Forever Manchester Community Builder Lisa Brown who told us about her work and introduced us to some of the interesting and wonderful characters from some of the local groups that make Eccles such a unique area. Many of the groups have been funded through Cash 4 Graft Awards including a recently formed indoor Curling group who took inspiration from the Winter Olympics. In this picture: FM’s Terry Snowden chats with Dave & Dawn Lovin from The Music Shed, whose aim is to provide affordable music lessons for local people. 

Part Two of a two-part podcast where we chat to acclaimed Manchester based singer, Rowetta about her life in Happy Mondays, her associations with some of the music world's greats and other interesting stories from one of the most sampled and powerful female singers on the planet! This interview was conducted at the offices of Forever Manchester who today occupy the same building as Manchester's famous Boardwalk, the very building where Happy Monday's, amongst others, cut their teeth! Rowetta is secret voice on the Black Eyed Peas worldwide hit. “Boom Boom Pow”She is also the voice on the renowned 1989 track "Reach Out", which has been sampled by many, including Steve Angello, DJ Zinc and Todd Terry to name but a few.Steve Angello and Laidback Luke used her voice for the hit dance tune “Be” which David Guetta and Hardwell often use it to open their dj sets, it is also used on the Steve Angello/Robin S hit “Show Me Love”Rowetta wrote the original with Sweet Mercy and it continues to be sampled and played globally today.Cheryl Cole also sampled Rowetta on her Brits performance of 'Fight For This Love" Rowetta is also the original female singer with the recently reformed Madchester band, Happy Mondays, singing on all their hits, and touring the world.She played herself in the Michael Winterbottom film 24 Hour Party People and was Simon Cowell’s favourite and the last lady standing in the UK’s very first X Factor in 2004. Rowetta has collaborated with many house producers including Lights Out feat Rowetta with Tom Stephan and Pete Gleadell on New York label, Nervous Records and No More Comin' Down with J Nitti on Dos or Die (Unlimited Sounds) with remixes by Darude. She also sings with Peter Hook (Joy Division/New Order) and his new band The Light and was the lead singer on the EP 1102/2011. Rowetta also performs and is a big hit at all the UK Gay Prides including London, Manchester and Brighton. She has also headlined the infamous,G-A-Y night twice. Rowetta has toured with the Hacienda party including Graeme Park, Todd Terry, Marshall Jefferson, Mike Pickering and many more with performances in Japan, Thailand and Dubai alongside many Hacienda parties in the UK. New Years Eve 2013 saw Rowetta at the Albert Hall, Manchester where she shared the stage to sing with the legendary Frankie Knuckles. Recent collaborations will see releases with Eddie Le Funk, Mirror People & Shimi Sonic, as well as her own live funk band. Recent releases include on Cr2 Records: Alex Gray & Rowetta “It’s All About House Music’; FSOE: Will Atkinson & Rowetta“Mesmerise”; Zulu Records: My Digital Enemy feat Rowetta “It Would Be” Greco feat Rowetta: ‘BE' was named as one of Billboard's Top 20 House and Techno tracks of 2017. Rowetta currently tourws with Happy Mondays and Hacienda Classical as well as performing solo. Days after the Manchester bomb, Rowetta was asked to perform on The Andrew Marr Show with Manchester Camerata strings as a tribute to the victims and along with Peter Hook, they led a minute’s silence at the opening of Glastonbury, before performing with Hacienda Classical and they also led a fitting tribute at The Royal Albert Hall. Rowetta is also involved with and an ambassador of many charities and is passionate about Manchester. She fronted the ‘End The Fear’ campaign with Greater Manchester Police and continues to work with domestic violence support groups.Forever Manchester is a charity that funds and supports grass-root communtity activity across Greater Manchester, for more information please visit www.forevermanchester.com 

This is Part One of a two-part podcast where we chat to Manchester based singer, Rowetta about her life and love of music, her memories and experiences from School Hall's to Concert Halls, to life in Happy Mondays, her X-Factor adventure and other interesting stories from one of the most sampled and powerful female singers on the planet. This interview was conducted at the offices of Forever Mancheter who today occupy the same building that used to be home to The Boardwalk, the very place where Happy Monday's cut their teeth! Rowetta is secret voice on the Black Eyed Peas worldwide hit. “Boom Boom Pow”She is also the voice on the renowned 1989 track "Reach Out", which has been sampled by many, including Steve Angello, DJ Zinc and Todd Terry to name but a few.  Steve Angello and Laidback Luke used her voice for the hit dance tune “Be” which David Guetta and Hardwell often use it to open their dj sets, it is also used on the Steve Angello/Robin S hit “Show Me Love”Rowetta wrote the original with Sweet Mercy and it continues to be sampled and played globally today. Cheryl Cole also sampled Rowetta on her Brits performance of 'Fight For This Love" Rowetta is also the original female singer with the recently reformed Madchester band, Happy Mondays, singing on all their hits, and touring the world. She played herself in the Michael Winterbottom film 24 Hour Party People and was Simon Cowell’s favourite and the last lady standing in the UK’s very first X Factor in 2004. She has collaborated with many house producers including Lights Out feat Rowetta with Tom Stephan and Pete Gleadell on New York label, Nervous Records and No More Comin' Down with J Nitti on Dos or Die (Unlimited Sounds) with remixes by Darude. Rowetta also sings with Peter Hook (Joy Division/New Order) and his new band The Light and was the lead singer on the EP 1102/2011. Rowetta also performs and is a big hit at all the UK Gay Prides including London, Manchester and Brighton. She has also headlined the infamous, G-A-Y night twice. Rowetta has toured with the Hacienda party including Graeme Park, Todd Terry, Marshall Jefferson, Mike Pickering and many more with performances in Japan, Thailand and Dubai alongside many Hacienda parties in the UK.New Years Eve 2013 saw Rowetta at the Albert Hall, Manchester where she shared the stage to sing with the legendary Frankie Knuckles. Recent collaborations will see releases with Eddie Le Funk, Mirror People & Shimi Sonic, as well as her own live funk band.Recent releases include on Cr2 Records: Alex Gray & Rowetta “It’s All About House Music’; FSOE: Will Atkinson & Rowetta“Mesmerise”; Zulu Records: My Digital Enemy feat Rowetta “It Would Be” Greco feat Rowetta: ‘BE' was named as one of Billboard's Top 20 House and Techno tracks of 2017. Rowetta currently tourws with Happy Mondays and Hacienda Classical as well as performing solo. Days after the Manchester bomb, Rowetta was asked to perform on The Andrew Marr Show with Manchester Camerata strings as a tribute to the victims and along with Peter Hook, they led a minute’s silence at the opening of Glastonbury, before performing with Hacienda Classical and they also led a fitting tribute at The Royal Albert Hall.Rowetta is also involved with and an ambassador of many charities and is passionate about Manchester. She fronted the ‘End The Fear’ campaign with Greater Manchester Police and continues to work with domestic violence support groups. Forever Manchester is a charity that funds and supports grass-root communtity activity across Greater Manchester, for more information please visit www.forevermanchester.com  

Part Two of a two-part podcast where we chat to Manchester based writer, broadcaster and DJ Dave Haslam about his love of music and his memories and experiences of venues such as the Boardwalk and the world famous Haçienda nightclub. We also touch on Dave's love of English, his books and writings, and his series of live and 'Close Up' onstage interviews that have featured many guests including Jarvis Cocker, Nile Rodgers and John Lydon to name but a few. The interview was conducted at the offices of Forever Mancheter who today occupy the same building that used to be home to The Boardwalk! Forever Manchester is a charity that funds and supports grass-root communtity activity across Greater Manchester, for more information please visit www.forevermanchester.com   

This is Part One of a two-part podcast where we chat to Manchester based writer, broadcaster and DJ Dave Haslam about his love of music, his memories and experiences of venues such as the Boardwalk and the world famous Haçienda nightclub. We also touch on Dave's love of English, his books and writings, and his series of live and 'Close Up' onstage interviews that have featured many guests including Jarvis Cocker, Nile Rodgers and John Lydon to name but a few. The interview was conducted at the offices of Forever Mancheter who today occupy the same building that used to be home to The Boardwalk! Forever Manchester is a charity that funds and supports grass-root communtity activity across Greater Manchester, for more information please visit www.forevermanchester.com   

Seven Months in 79 is an exhibition of interesting music related photographs taken by David Hunter and unseen for almost 40 years! In this podcast we chat to David about his love of music and a passion for photography culminating in the Seven Months in 79 exhibition at Eccles Community Art Gallery and featuring unique photographs of many names including The Specials, The Only Ones, The Human League, Joy Division, The Buzzcocks, Ian Dury & Dexy's Midnight Runners to name but a few!      

YARN is a crowd-sourced interactive poem curated by local community artist Kirsty Gbasai.The concept is to bring together people across Manchester, to become united in writing a poem that will document the current creativity of local residents and generating a unique peice of written creative art. Yarn is being constructred one sentence at a time, with each contributor generating a sentence inspired by the previous sentence and involving lots of people, from all walks of life in the generation of something unique and special! Forever Manchester recently chatted with Kirsty Gbasai about life and "Yarn" - Enjoy and get involved here: http://www.apoembymanchester.co.uk           

Lets' ALL Laught with Claire - Part 03On May 9th 2018, Forever Manchester’s very own Claire Lawless will take on a nervy challenge that would make most people shudder in the form of a Stand Up Comedy Challenge to raise money for community activities across Greater Manchester. Both Claire & her Forever Manchester colleague, Rosie Strickleton, had previously taken part in Red Star Boxing’s ‘BEE PHENOMENAL’ white collar boxing event and documented their boxing adventure in a popular podcast. Keen to take on another challenge, and having raised more than £10,000 between them through their unothodox Boxing exploits, the girls were surprised to discover that, for one of them, the next challenge involved taking on a stand-up routine at a real comedy night! This is Part 03 of Claire & Rosie's new podcast series (Let's ALL Stand up with Claire), it follows the girls attendance at a series of comedy workshops in preparation for a slot at Forever Manchester's Forever Funny Comedy night at Manchester's legendary Frog & Bucket on May 9th when Claire will be sharing the stage with professional comedians Chris Washington, Stephen Bailey, Allyson June Smith & Jay Hampson while Rosie can be found at the bar! Claire is Standing Up for Forever Manchester and she needs your support, please donate here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/foreverfunny  Enjoy! 

This latest update from Forever Manchester includes: news of a few funds and funding opportunities for community groups that currently available at Forever Manchester. We have the 'live' draw of Captain Manchester's Magical Tombola for April plus we have news from the Naffie Awards and we shine the spotlight on more comedy from the forthcoming Forever Funny line up. This episode also features all the latest event news, information and 'shout outs' from the wonderful world of Forever Manchester. Please check out http://forevermanchester.com to check out all things Forever Manchester. This update podcast is presented by Terry Snowden MBE & Jen Edmondson  

The 2017/2018 Annual Review podcast recaps another fantastic year in the world of Forever Manchester!It recaps a year made possible because hundreds of individuals and businesses supported Forever Manchester by raising money to support our local communities through supporting Greater Manchester's most exciting charity. As a result of all that support, belief, commitment and effort, Forever Manchester has been able to award more than £1.5m in awards funding, together with hundreds of hours of advice and support that helped more than 1,000 grassroots community projects and brought benefit to more than 100,000 people. So if you have made a donation, took part in Captain Manchester's Magical Tombola, baked a cake, cycled, bought some Forever Manchester merchandise, dressed up, dress down, kicked a football, fell out of a plane or attended one of many Forever Manchester activities during the past 12 monts, we would like to say Cheers, Nice One & thanks a lot. Hosted by Terry Snowden & Jen Edmondson, we hope you enjoy listening to this review of 2017/18 which kicks off in early 2017 and concludes with Forever Manchester's nnual Birthday Party in February 2018. This review features some of the wonderful fundraising events throughout the year including Captain Manchester's Magical Tombola, Forever Manchester Women events, the celebrity packed Mirror Ball, Running, Cycling and Boxing Challenges, Forever Manchester Week and Caketober as well as Comedy and Poetry Nights. It also features details of the various types of funding provided by Forever Manchester plus mentions of the growing number of Businesses Partners and Ambassadors who continuously do their bit to help raise both funds for, and the profile of Forever Manchester. It also features our Summer & Christmas Great Get Together initiatives that brought "miles of smiles" to people right across Greater Manchester, we chat about how Tony Walsh's 'This Is The Place' poem inspired those who cared enough to act and we round off with some of the highlights from Forever Manchester's incredible annual Birthday Party!

The latest update from Forever Manchester features a round-up of the recent FM 7's Football tournament and details of Cash4Growth funding opportunities for community groups across Greater Manchester. We also announce the final panel line-up for the Forever Manchester Women Celebration on April 19th and we have more news of the forthcoming Forever Funny Charity Fundraiser and Claires comedy challenge at Manchester's legendary Frog & Bucket plus we chat to Gayle Gamble about a Frocking Fundraiser of a fashion show! This episode also features all the latest event news, information and 'shout outs' from the wonderful world of Forever Manchester. Please check out http://forevermanchester.com to check out all things Forever Manchester. This update podcast is presented by Terry Snowden MBE & Jen Edmondson

Forever Manchester’s very own Claire Lawless is taking on a nervy challenge that would make most people shudder in the form of Stand Up Comedy to raise money for community activities across Greater Manchester. Both Claire & her Forever Manchester colleague, Rosie Strickleton, had previously taken part in Red Star Boxing’s ‘BEE PHENOMENAL’ white collar boxing event and documented their boxing adventure in a popular podcast. Keen to take on another challenge, and having raised more than £10,000 between them through their unothodox Boxing exploits, the girls were surprised to discover that, for one of them, the next challenge involved taking on a stand-up routine at a real comedy night. This is Part 02 of Claire & Rosie's new podcast series (Let's all Stand up with Claire), it follows the girls attendance at a series of comedy workshops in preparation for a slot at Forever Manchester's Forever Funny Comedy night at Manchester's legendary Frog & Bucket on Wed 9th May where Claire will be sharing the stage with Chris Washington, Stephen Bailey, Allyson June Smith & Jay Hampson while Rosie can be found at the bar! Claire is Standing Up for Forever Manchester and she needs your support, please donate here. https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/foreverfunny 

In this update from Forever Manchester we are still recruiting runners for the Great Manchester 10k and we have Cash 4 Growth awards opportunities. We are selling tickets for #ForeverFunny at the Frog & Bucket and we announce the debate panelists for the Forver Manchester Women celebration event on April 19th plus we'll be telling you all about the #NaffieAwards and lots more besides! This episode also features all the latest event news, information and 'shout outs' from the wonderful world of Forever Manchester. Please check out http://forevermanchester.com to check out all things Forever Manchester. This update podcast is presented by Terry Snowden MBE & Jen Edmondson

How to Download & Listen to Podcasts - The first in a series of Forever Manchester infomation guides in which Terry Snowden & Lisa Egerton try to explain how to access and enjoy Forever Manchester Podcasts on your PC's, Tablets and Mobile devices by taking the light hearted apprroach.       

In this week's update from Forever Manchester we have the results of Captain Manchester's Magical Tombola Draw for March and we phone the winner! We have more news about our next comedy night 'Forever Funny' and we get behind Claire Lawless in support of her comedy challenge and supporting podcast 'Lets All Lauh at Claire' plus we details of the  draw for the Forver Manchester 7's Football Competition.  This episode also features all the latest event news and information 'shout outs' from the wonderful world of Forever Manchester. Visit http://forevermanchester.com to check out all things Forever Manchester. This update podcast is presented by Terry Snowden MBE & Jen Edmondson with features involving Lisa Brown & Cheryl Hill.  

Forever Manchester’s very own Claire Lawless is taking on a challenge that would make most people shudder.. Stand Up Comedy to raise money for community activities across Greater Manchester. Both Claire and her Forever Manchester colleague, Rosie Strickleton, had previously taken part in Red Star Boxing’s ‘BEE PHENOMENAL’ white collar boxing event and documented their boxing adventure in a popular podcast. Keen to take on another challenge, having raised more than £1000 between them through their unothodox Boxing exploits, the girls were surprised to discover that, for one of them, the next challenge involved taking on a stand-up routine at a real comedy night. This is Part 01 of Claire & Rosie's new podcast series (Let's all Stand up with Claire), it covers the girls attending a series of comedy workshops in preparation for a slot at Forever Manchester's Forever Funny Comedy night at The Frog and Bucket in Manchester on Wed 9th May where Claire will be sharing the stage with Chris Washington, Stephen Bailey and Allyson June Smith, while Rosie can be found at the bar. Claire is Standing Up for Forever Manchester and she needs your support, please donate here. https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/foreverfunny 

In this week's update from Forever Manchester we announce details of Forever Funny at the Frog & Bucket in May and we chat to Forever Manchester Ambassador and founder of the WoManchester Festival, Heather Gray and we have a snippet of Claire & Rosie's next podcast series and challenge "Lets All Laugh with Claire"! Plus all the latest event news and information 'shout outs' from the wonderful world of Forever Manchester. Visit http://forevermanchester.com to check out all things Forever Manchester. This update podcast is presented by Terry Snowden MBE & Jen Edmondson  

In this week's update from Forever Manchester we chat to Forever Manchester Ambassador and Tour De Manc organiser Danny Franks, we'll be asking WHY Forever Manchester does what it does? We have some discounted places for people to take on the Great Manchester 10k Run, we feature the draw of Captain Manchester's Magical Tombola and we have all the latest ticket news in the build up to the FM Women celebration event in April plus much more. Visit http://forevermanchester.com to check out all things Forever Manchester. This update podcast is presented by Terry Snowden MBE & Jen Edmondson  

The Forever Manchester Birthday Party sponsored by Express Solicitors took place on Friday 9th February at the Principal Manchester Hotel. It was a wonderful occasion and we are pleased to present some of the highlights of the night in this Birthday Party podcast special! This Highlights Podcast features all the magic, speeches, Master of Ceremonies, interviews with the performers and the awards ceremony capturing a fantastic evening of celebration of all things community.  Enjoy

This week's update from Forever Manchester takes the form of a 'Birthday Party Wrap Up' and is packed with thank's, acknowledgements, mentions & recognitions from what really was a grand birthday bash! Plus we have all the latest news of the next Forever Manchester Women celebration event in April and we chat with Forever Manchester's brilliant community builder Lisa Brown about Patricroft, Eccles & the associated birthday benefits. Visit http://forevermanchester.com to check out all things Forever Manchester. This update podcast is presented by Terry Snowden MBE & Jen Edmondson  

This update from Forever Manchester includes a chat with Cheryl Hill as the curtain raises on Forever Manchester's 28th Birthday Celebrations. We report on Ingrid Holden's trip to Iceland after being the first winner of a holiday courtesy of Captain Manchester's Magical Tombola! We also have news of cyclists wanting to take on the Tour De Manc and on the community front we find out about Engalnd Oromo Community Association in Bolton and we learn all about Mini Woodland Activities in Tameside. - Check out http://forevermanchester.com to check out all things Forever Manchester. The Forever Manchester Update podcast is presented by Terry Snowden & Jen Edmondson

Forever Manchester's Birthday Party Build-Up - #FMBDAY18 This special update includes all the latest news and information in the build up to Forever Manchester's Sold Out  Birthday Party at Principal Manchester on Friday 9th February. We have some behind the scenes stories to tell plus a complete run down of what to expect on the night includng details of the evenings entertainment, award nominees and we hear from some of our sponsors. Check out http://forevermanchester.com to check out all things Forever Manchester! The Forever Manchester Update podcast is presented by Terry Snowden & Jen Edmondson

This update includes news of the big Forever Manchester Women celebration event in April, details of this year's Tour de Manc and FM's sign up details for the Great Manchester Run plus updates on the FM 7's Football Tournament and more from FM's 'Sold Out' Birthday Party. We also shine the spotlight on Brink Productions in this week's community focus! Plus we have all the latest funding news alongside lots of fundraising, volunteering and networking opportunities for you to get involved in. Check out http://forevermanchester.com for more information. The Forever Manchester Update podcast contains all the latest features, news and information from the world of Forever Manchester presented by Terry Snowden & Jen Edmondson

  The Forever Manchester Update podcast contains all the latest features, news and information from the world of Forever Manchester. This update includes details of the prizes for Captain Manchester's Magical Tombola February Draw. We have news of Forever Manchester being the chosen charity for two award ceremonies. We are looking for runners to take discounted discounted places at the Great Manchester Run and we'll be telling you about Challenge for Change in Trafford Park. Plus we have all the latest funding news alongside lots of fundraising, volunteering and networking opportunities for you to get involved in. Check out http://forevermanchester.com for more information. The Forever Manchester Update Podcast is presented by Terry Snowden & Jen Edmondson

The Forever Manchester Update podcast contains all the latest features, news and information from the world of Forever Manchester. This update includes the January draw of Captain Manchester's Magical Tombola and news of the Great Manchester Run 2018 including discounted places if you choose to run for Forever Manchester. We have all the latest FM Birthday Party News and we'll be telling you about the Young Carers Network in Wigan and the Dwarf Athletic Association in Stockport.  We have news of all the latest funding opportunities plus details of the fabulous prizes in Captain Manchester's next Magical Tombola Draw as well as up to date information on all the latest funding opportunities at Forever Manchester. Plus as always there are lots of fundraising, volunteering and networking opportunities for you to get involved in. Check out http://forevermanchester.com for more information. The Forever Manchester Update Podcast is presented by Terry Snowden & Jen Edmondson

The Forever Manchester Update podcast contains all the latest features, news and information from the world of Forever Manchester. This update includes news of Mancunian Poet Tony Walsh reaffirming his support for Forever Manchester. We announce two new Forever Manchester Vice Presidents, (Simon King from Allied Irish Bank & Sam Jones from Tunafish Media) as well as details of the guest speakers for the January Forever Manchester Women event. We have news of all the latest funding opportunities plus details of the fabulous prizes in Captain Manchester's next Magical Tombola Draw. Plus as always there are lots of fundraising, volunteering and networking opportunities for you to get involved in. Check out http://forevermanchester.com for more information. The Forever Manchester Update Podcast is presented by Terry Snowden & Jen Edmondson

The Forever Manchester Update podcast contains all the latest features, news and information from the world of Forever Manchester. This update includes news of the Forever Manchester 7's Football Competition and we have details of the guest speakers for January's Forever Manchester Women event. We send out 'thanks' again to all Caketober participants and shout out to the Caketober award winners and we announce our Birthday Party sponsors plus we have news of some Great Christmas Get Togethers. Plus as always there are lots of fundraising, volunteering and networking opportunities for you to get involved in. Check out http://forevermanchester.com for more information. The Forever Manchester Update Podcast is presented by Terry Snowden & Jen Edmondson

The Forever Manchester Update podcast contains all the latest features, news and information from the world of Forever Manchester. This update includes great news from the Great Christmas Get Together. We have the latest news from the next Forever Manchester Women event and news of the nominees for the Captain Manchester Award and North Manchester FM Radio interview Forever Manchester Community Builder Greame Urlwin on Harphurhey Market. Plus we hand out a host of 'Thank Yous' alongside plugging lot's of fundraising, volunteering and networking opportunities for you to get involved in. Check out http://forevermanchester.com for more information. The Forever Manchester Update Podcast is presented by Terry Snowden & Jen Edmondson

The Forever Manchester Update podcast contains all the latest features, news and information from the world of Forever Manchester. This update includes news of gifts that keep on giving at the Forever Manchester Shop. We shine the spotlight on two celebrity supporters Jenny McAlpine & Jamie Lomas who are currently in the jungle. We take the 'Home Alone' test and we have news of the Elf Adventure at Great Northern and news of developments on the Forever Manchetster podcast network. Plus we hand out a host of 'Thank Yous' alongside plugging lot's of fundraising, volunteering and networking opportunities for you to get involved in. Check out http://forevermanchester.com for more information. The Forever Manchester Update Podcast is presented by Terry Snowden & Jen Edmondson

The Forever Manchester Update podcast contains all the latest features, news and information from the world of Forever Manchester. This update includes news of the play #SeasonsGreetings from The Vaults! We are sending thanks to Red Star Boxing's #BeePhenomenal boxers and we are encoraging you to #AdoptaBee at The Printworks as well as asking you to #PastaTest in a quiz where food makes up the prize! Plus we hand out a host of 'Thank Yous' alongside plugging lot's of fundraising, volunteering and networking opportunities for you to get involved in. Check out http://forevermanchester.com for more information. The Forever Manchester Update Podcast is presented by Terry Snowden & Jen Edmondson

Kay Johnson Gee host a series of discussions based on various topics of interst to the wider business community. The topic for this programme is 'Paradise Papers' as discussed by Steven Lindsay and Alex White.    Kay Johnson Gee, based in central Manchester, are multi award winning chartered accountants and business advisors. Providing expert advice in taxation, corporate finance, audit, accounts, payroll & insolvency. Podcast host Steven Lindsay is a Corporate Finance advisor specialising in fund-raising, management buy-outs/buy-ins, acquisitions and disposals in all sectors. Clients have benefited from his breadth of corporate finance experience obtained through roles at a merchant bank, the Stock Exchange, a building society and a “big 4” accountancy practice. Steven is also Vice President of Forever Manchester. KJG’s aim is to help your business grow in the most efficient and effective way possible and they think you’ll find their business advice second to none.

The Forever Manchester Update podcast contains all the latest features, news and information from the world of Forever Manchester. This update includes details of the next Friday Faces & Captain Manchester's Magical Tombola and we have news of some Great Christmas Get Together awards. Forever Manchester's Claire & Rosie will be wrap up their Bee Phenomenal adventure and we chat to Cold Feet actress Madeline Edmondson about young people supporting Forever Manchester.  Plus we hand out a host of 'Thank Yous' alongside plugging lot's of fundraising, volunteering and networking opportunities for you to get involved in. Check out http://forevermanchester.com for more information. The Forever Manchester Update Podcast is presented by Terry Snowden & Jen Edmondson

On November 11th 2017, Claire & Rosie from Forever Manchester's staff team took part in Red Star Boxing's 'BEE PHENOMENAL' white collar boxing event at Victoria Warehouse in Manchester. All the participants at this special charity boxing event took part to raising money to support the amazing work of Forever Manchester. You can still show support for your favourite participant here: https://www.justgiving.com/teams/BeePhenomenal  Claire & Rosie made an audio diary of their boxing adventure and we hope you enjoy the last episode of the series 'Claire & Rosie Boxing Clever' - Episode 10 - The Final Round-up!

The Forever Manchester Update podcast contains all the latest features, news and information from the world of Forever Manchester. This episode includes more of David Foran reporting from the Halloween Lockdown, We are shining a spotlight & saying thanks to Law Rocks Global, we have all the latest FM Birthday Party news and we are chatting to Forever Manchester Ambassador Emma Livingstone about 'Live from the Hive' honey! Plus we have the draw for Captain Manchester’s Magical Tombola for and as always, we’ll be plugging a host of fundraising, volunteering and networking opportunities for you to get involved in. Check out http://forevermanchester.com/events/ for more details. This Forever Manchester Update Podcast is presented by Terry Snowden & Cherly Hill

On November 11th 2017, Claire & Rosie from Forever Manchester's staff team are taking part in Red Star Boxing's 'BEE PHENOMENAL' white collar boxing event at Victoria Warehouse in Manchester. All the participants at this special charity boxing event will be raising money to support the amazing work of Forever Manchester and you can sponsor your favourite participant here: https://www.justgiving.com/teams/BeePhenomenal  Claire & Rosie are making an audio diary of their boxing adventure and we hope you enjoy this episode of 'Claire & Rosie Boxing Clever' - Episode 09 - Last Wishes!

On November 11th 2017, Claire & Rosie from Forever Manchester's staff team are taking part in Red Star Boxing's 'BEE PHENOMENAL' white collar boxing event at Victoria Warehouse in Manchester. All the participants at this special charity boxing event will be raising money to support the amazing work of Forever Manchester and you can sponsor your favourite participant here: https://www.justgiving.com/teams/BeePhenomenal  Claire & Rosie are making an audio diary of their boxing adventure and we hope you enjoy this episode of 'Claire & Rosie Boxing Clever' - Episode 08 - 'Pain' or "No Pain"

On November 11th 2017, Claire & Rosie from Forever Manchester's staff team are taking part in Red Star Boxing's 'BEE PHENOMENAL' white collar boxing event at Victoria Warehouse in Manchester. All the participants at this special charity boxing event will be raising money to support the amazing work of Forever Manchester and you can sponsor your favourite participant here: https://www.justgiving.com/teams/BeePhenomenal Claire & Rosie are making an audio diary of their boxing adventure and we hope you enjoy this episode of 'Claire & Rosie Boxing Clever' - Episode 07 - Getting Serious!