Other Redbricks community groups

Shout - The email discussion list of the Redbricks

This email list has been going for years. Anyone who has lived on the estate. It really is for anything. It's the first stop for finding out about volunteer groups or getting volunteers for your project.
http://groups.google.com/group/redbricks

TARA

Meets every 2nd Wednesday of the month, at the TARA office, 26a Humberstone Avenue (entrance on street level near big recycling bins). 7-8pm is for committee members only, 8pm onwards open to all.
The email of TARA is tarahulme at gmail.com

Greening the Redbricks

Greening the Redbricks is a sustainability group for people on the Bentley House Estate to improve green spaces, composting, recycling and other environmental improvements. It has an email list here.
http://groups.google.com/group/greeningtheredbricks

Bentley Exchange - bring and take table

Every first full weekend of the month - put things you don't want out on the Saturday, from about noon; take things you do want till the Sunday at about 6pm. Please don't put stuff out that doesn't work or late on the Sunday, as it'll probably go straight to landfill. Volunteers needed to help clear up and help sort at the end, with stuff fit for charity shops needing to be taken there. To volunteer keep an eye out for shouts on the Redbricks / Shout email list.

People's Kitchen

Currently not happening regularly due to venue problems. But there are one off ones happening in the summer.
It has been a weekly (till recently) vegan community meal for £1.50, cooked by volunteers from the estate, going for over 10 years. Any surplus money goes to good community causes, picked by the cooks. There have been Christmas banquets and Hallowe'en special meals. Keep a look out for posters or for shouts on the Redbricks / Shout email list.

Redbricks Webteam

This is a new group to create a the Bentley House community website. They are meeting up to create and publicise the website and train people how to use it. To get involved look out for shout on the Redbricks email list or contact redbricks.web at gmail.com

Leaf St Community Garden

Leaf St is a community garden that anyone is welcome to use and garden in. It is also a group of gardeners with a bank account who get funding for tools and organise community events and workdays to help people get involved.
It has an email group here http://groups.google.com/group/leafst

The Bentley Bugle

The Bentley Bugle is a 4 page newsletter written by Bentley House residents and distributed free of charge to all the houses on the Estate. There is a call out for articles before every edition. To get involved keep an eye out for shouts on the Redbricks email list (see above)

Green Zone

The green zone project came out of a funding bid created by the Greening the Redbricks group and City South Manchester to the Great Estates fund. There are 2 workers employed to help the work of voluntary groups and to carry out certain projects which were part of the bid. The contacts for the workers are Phone: Kate 07875 009616 & Mick 07875 010589 - email: Kate.every@citysouthmanchester.co.uk or michael.chesterman@citysouthmanchester.co.uk,