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Creating Radical Change

The Creating Radical Change project is supported by Greater Manchester System Changers and the Lankelly Chase Foundation. They have provided funding for a wide-ranging series of articles highlighting the work of organisations and individuals in Greater Manchester working to challenge existing systems, and creating the conditions for much healthier systems and a more just society to emerge.

One thing we can be certain of – change is coming. The silicon revolution, climate change and the Covid crisis are speeding up the rate at which change occurs, at a local and global level. This series will focus on the work of people who are steering that change in the right direction, working towards dismantling entrenched systems of oppression to create new systems that are effective in responding to the needs of disadvantaged and marginalised communities. The project will highlight the significant barriers, created by state and society, faced by these change makers and the tenacity, commitment and kindness needed to overcome them. We will investigate the problems faced and present solutions offered, here in Greater Manchester and elsewhere.

Manchester, and the surrounding region, has a rich history of promoting radical change and fighting for what is right. The Peterloo protests for democratic reform, the suffragettes fight for equality for women, the formation of the Trades Union Congress in the city are just three high profile causes in that rich history. Radical thought continues in Greater Manchester and drives the work that this series will report on.

In the city’s industrial heyday PM Benjamin Disraeli said: “What Manchester does today the rest of the world does tomorrow.” The post-industrial city region is still a hive of radical thought and innovation and this series will highlight these radical thoughts and actions, aiming to create a better society, so that others may learn from them. Is there a better place to change the world than right here on your doorstep in Greater Manchester?

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Manchester Museum

‘What the bloody hell are museums for?’ Manchester Museum launches ‘Local Matters’ in Ardwick to help reimagine their role

By Conrad Bower | December 24, 2021Features

Manchester Museum is reimagining their role in society with the launch of a research project investigating inequality in Ardwick, undertaken by Museum staff, and the co-curation of a South Asia gallery reflecting the experiences of the diaspora in Greater Manchester.

Who Cares

Who Cares? If you knew more about the lives of young carers – you would

By Conrad Bower | December 4, 2021Features

The award-winning play documenting the lives of young carers in Salford returned to The Lowry.

The Meteor spoke to the playwright of Who Cares and Salford Carers’ Service about their campaign to improve the lives of the multitude of hidden young carers across the UK providing round the clock care to family members.

84Youth Moss Side: Challenging damaging narratives and promoting peaceful change

By Judith Suckling | December 3, 2021Features

The murder of young men in Moss Side and the imprisonment of many under joint enterprise laws has left a community traumatised. 84Youth are addressing that trauma and challenging damaging narratives perpetuating youth violence.

Oldham Community Power people

Oldham takes a community powered route to renewable energy

By Alex King | November 6, 2021Features

Through community wealth building models councils like Oldham are redefining the terms of net zero, providing local ownership of energy production while also decarbonising it.

Red Rebel Brigade

Red Rebel Brigade on the way to Cop26 perform at Manchester Piccadilly Station

By Noora Mykkanen | November 3, 2021News

Performers clad in red, symbolising blood on the hands of government due to inaction in combatting climate change, stopped over in Manchester as part of a silent art pilgrimage from Truro to the Cop26 climate conference in Glasgow.

viable future

Can Cop26 lead to a viable future? We ask Manchester’s post growth expert

By Conrad Bower | October 29, 2021Features

Mark Burton is a member of the Steady State Manchester collective, which promotes the ideas of post growth as a way to achieve a viable economy, society and environment. We talk about the collective’s new book, A Viable Future, and the upcoming Cop26 summit.

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