Events, workshops and opportunities
All opportunities will be listed here with the most current at the top. Not seeing anything of interest or perhaps missed an opportunity? Why not get in touch and let us know what you would like to see.
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"I wanted to express my deepest gratitude to you and your charity for the wonderful packages we received recently... both my wife and I were incredibly touched by the thoughtfulness and practicality of everything you provided.
My wife sends her special thanks as well; your generosity truly made a difference for us."
- CRISIS SUPPORT FEEDBACK January 2025
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Enjoy a clip below from one of community Afternoon Teas. The next community based Afternoon Tea event is planned for Friday 25th September 2026!
Enjoy clips from a past Burnside's International Women's Evening Gala! Enjoy the wonderful and talented Footlights Failsworth and PAVE Dance - both performed at the event and were so uplifting, thought provoking and inspiring!
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Recent past events:
Have you ever noticed how a small act of kindness or neighbourliness can transform how the rest of your day goes? Or how hearing a positive story makes you feel warm and fuzzy?
Steps to Togetherness has developed 32 ideas of small steps we can all take to connect more in our communities. They’ve been around the country and found that, instead of waiting for other people to make the first move, there’s nothing stopping us from leading by example by adopting some simple changes to our daily lives.
If you believe in community and/or being a good neighbour, come and join us for Supper and enjoy a Masterclass in Togetherness. We want to hear your stories and bring them to life through short films.
Don’t miss this opportunity to:
BOOK YOUR FREE PLACE HERE!!
Children are welcome, just let us know how many you will be bringing and how old they are so we can plan some activities for them. We’ll need you to book so that we can order the right amount of delicious food for us to share together.
Steps to Togetherness has developed 32 ideas of small steps we can all take to connect more in our communities. They’ve been around the country and found that, instead of waiting for other people to make the first move, there’s nothing stopping us from leading by example by adopting some simple changes to our daily lives.
If you believe in community and/or being a good neighbour, come and join us for Supper and enjoy a Masterclass in Togetherness. We want to hear your stories and bring them to life through short films.
Don’t miss this opportunity to:
- Find out more about how you can use the steps to help feel closer to our community. Share your positive stories with us - we will bring them to life and use them to inspire people around the country in a national social media campaign. Make new likeminded local friends
BOOK YOUR FREE PLACE HERE!!
Children are welcome, just let us know how many you will be bringing and how old they are so we can plan some activities for them. We’ll need you to book so that we can order the right amount of delicious food for us to share together.
Greater Manchester Live Well Spring Festival: Coming to a neighbourhood near you!
Burnside will be joining more than 200 amazing community-led events are happening across Greater Manchester for two weeks, from Monday 9-23 March! Events are popping up in neighbourhoods, in Live Well centres and spaces, community hubs, high streets, parks and online, right across all 10 boroughs. The festival will showcase the growing and thriving Live Well movement, and the people and places that strengthen communities with everyday support across the region.
The hundreds of pop-up events will show what Live Well looks like in practice — spaces of hope, everyday support, community power and stronger connections. The full line-up is here: Live Well Spring Festival - Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Burnside will be joining more than 200 amazing community-led events are happening across Greater Manchester for two weeks, from Monday 9-23 March! Events are popping up in neighbourhoods, in Live Well centres and spaces, community hubs, high streets, parks and online, right across all 10 boroughs. The festival will showcase the growing and thriving Live Well movement, and the people and places that strengthen communities with everyday support across the region.
The hundreds of pop-up events will show what Live Well looks like in practice — spaces of hope, everyday support, community power and stronger connections. The full line-up is here: Live Well Spring Festival - Greater Manchester Combined Authority
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- Storytelling for Togetherness, a national collaborative social media campaign, using short films created by grassroots organisations with our support (funded by Reaching Communities to Civil Society Consulting) came to Burnside in November 2025
- https://www.canva.com/design/DAHBrnEsSR0/-gA0wlE9KLx8xGJEQUf2Lw/watch
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Well-Fed's Community Mobile Shop is coming to Langley!
https://www.wellfedmeals.co.uk/
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Our counselling service continues with the support of the GM Police Commissioners Fund! And goes to two hours per session. These sessions are open to everyone, no one should feel alone as there is help out there and people willing to listen.
A BIG well done and thank you to our amazing Pre-School parents for raising £328.00 which was donated to Crackerjacks!
