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Anne Franks legacy inspires Manchester book appeal
Have you ever read Anne Franks diary? Thanks to Maurice from West Didsbury, we’ve been back to the Wood Street Mission in Manchester, with copies of Anne Frank’s diary, which Maurice kindly donated to the ’ Books Forever Appeal ’. Anne Frank was born in the German city of Frankfurt am Main in 1929. On her thirteenth birthday, just before Anne’s family went into hiding in NAZI occupied Amsterdam, Anne Frank was presented with a diary. During the two years in hiding, Anne wrote about events in the Secret Annex, but also shared her thoughts and…
Loving Day is a celebration of love and universal justice
When Richard and Mildred Loving awoke in the middle of the night, a few weeks after their June 1958 wedding, it wasn’t normal newlywed ardor. As NPR reported, there were policemen with flashlights in their bedroom. They’d come to arrest the couple. “They asked Richard who was that woman he was sleeping with? I say, I’m his wife, and the sheriff said, not here you’re not. And they said, come on, let’s go”. Mildred Loving recalled that night in the HBO documentary The Loving Story . The Loving’s had committed what the U.S State of Virginia cal…
Storytelling unites people across nations
We'd like to give a massive thank you to the residents of West Didsbury in Manchester, whose kind generosity has afforded a number of books for the Wood Street Mission’s ’ Books Forever Appeal ’. Obtained through the Chorlton Bookshop, among those donated to the ‘Books Forever Appeal’ includes ’ I Sang You Down from the Stars ’ by award winning children’s author Tasha Spillett-Sumner. ’ I Sang You Down from the Stars ’ is a New York Times and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation bestselling love letter, from an Indigenous mother to her new …
AMAR are saving the lives of future generations. Will you help?
If you work in healthcare, then you’ll want to read this! People talk about conflict and displacement, reconstruction and development but how often do we hear them talk about the right to give birth in a safe environment? Life-altering moments like conflict is stressful for women and their partners, and this can trigger a period of poor mental health or lead to a worsening of existing mental health conditions. This is why providing care for women and their babies is vital to the greater well-being of society. Fleeing a conflict is traumatic …
People in Manchester rally to save lives at sea
On Saturday, members of the RNLI's City of Manchester branch took to the cobbles of the city centre for a street collection and thanks to the incredible generosity of the public, they raised an amazing £2150.00! Throughout the day, people donated spare change and plenty of conversations were also had with young people, RNLI crew members from across the country, along with veterans of the Merchant Navy and Royal Navy. The Royal National Lifeboat Institute are the charity which saves lives at sea and in 2022, the RNLI’s lifeboats were lau…
