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Stretford Community Gardening Celebration
Our volunteer gardening team are getting together with Stretford in Bloom and other local green volunteers from charities across Stretford in our pocket park. They'll be celebrating 60 years of […]
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Live Music: Dr Jazz and The Cheshire Cats
Dr Jazz and the Cheshire Cats present an evening of swinging big band sounds to get you dancing the night away. Look forward to classic big band numbers from Duke […]
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Northern Soul and Motown Night
Stretford Public HallJoin us for another Soulful session when Dr Sid will bring his Northern Soul and Motown tunes to the Public Hall. Get ready for an evening of dancing in our […]
Moving with Heart – A Somatic Movement Workshop on Grief
This somatic movement workshop will focus on deepening the connection to the body as an act of self-nurture, with particular focus on amplifying the heart and recognising it as a central component to grief and an expression of unity. Movements will be relaxed, with an inquisitive focus on listening deeply to the body. No previous […]
Remembering Sue – a quilt-making workshop
Stretford Public Hall-1-4-Old Library (30)In August 2023, Sue Ferguson died. Sue was a driving force in our early years when we set out to take Stretford Public Hall into community ownership. Her passion for […]
Elegy – a poetry workshop
In this workshop, we will look at the elegy and discuss how poets and artists have approached death in their work. Following this discussion, workshop participants will be invited to […]
Dead Good: a documentary
Join us for a screening of the documentary Dead Good, a sensitive and life-affirming documentary following three groups of people as they participate in the ritual of care after death. […]
Grief & breathwork workshop
Breathwork is a powerful tool for helping to regulate the nervous system, bring us into the body and quieten the mind. This workshop, with a focus on grief, will explore […]
Memory hoops: embroidery workshop
Join textile artist Hayley Mills-Styles in this hand embroidery workshop to create your own stitched memory hoop. Using a variety of fabrics, threads and trimmings you will create a pocket […]
Shrine making circle for pregnancy & infant loss
CANCELLED Community gatherings to honor grief are powerful acts of recognition and healing. In our shrine-making circle, we'll create space to acknowledge individual and collective loss. Together, we will craft […]
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The Dead Good Fair
Join us on Saturday 11th May for our Dead Good Fair, an afternoon of activities exploring how we think and talk about death. The fair will include: Project Grief - a photography exhibition which tells the stories of people finding comfort, distraction or hope in a creative pursuit after losing someone they love AIDS memorial […]
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Cinema screening: Coco
Stretford Public Hall BallroomJoin us for a FREE family film screening of the animated adventure Coco, which follows young Miguel on an extraordinary journey to uncover the mysteries behind his ancestor’s stories and […]