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date: 18 Nov 2009 time: 7pm to 9.15pm

address Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount St

Monthly evening meetings designed to give certain 'hard to get' information and then offer space for discussion/debate, followed by coercive mingling, networking and brainstorming.

Sept 16, Oct 21, Nov 18, Dec 16 (Christmas bash- venue to be announced), Jan 20.

Aims of the Meetings:

* Act as a central meeting point for the diverse climate/green campaigners of (Greater) Manchester.

*Act as an info point for “curious bystanders” who (might) want to get involved

*Create opportunities for individuals to learn new skills in facilitation, publicity, public speaking

The MARIM Team has organised the next MAF to be held on: 9th December 2009, 9:00am to 2:00pm

Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester

There will be presentations on services for International New Arrivals, Travellers and Supplementary Schools and on Manchester Advice Services including the new Migrant Impact Fund.

Workshops will cover Asylum and Immigration Law, UKBA's new Earned Citizenship Programme, Supporting Asylum Seekers with particular focus on Section 4, and ESOL based on survey conducted by LSEN.

To register, please contact Elaine Dunne on elaine.dunne@manchester.gov.uk

Here you can post requests for (or offers of) help. Do you need volunteers for your project? Do you need donations? Do you just want a bit of information?

Discuss your local history here. You can contribute memories, ask for help in finding out about your area's history and many other things.

date: 26 Nov 2009

time: 6.45pm for 7pm

address Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham Street

Campaigns meeting, at which we split into sub-groups to look at our campaigns in more detail.

For more info, contact Sarah on 07962 185044.

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