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Get It Done

People’s Takeover of Piccadilly Gardens: ‘We need to kick the door down for everyone’

By Dale Anne McAulay | 20 October 2021Features

If Piccadilly Gardens represents the ‘heart and soul’ of Manchester, campaigners say it needs to change the redesign emphasis on creating a ‘pretty space’ to one which is welcoming and inclusive to all. The People’s Takeover event has started the momentum for that change.

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People’s Takeover of Piccadilly Gardens needs your input to revive the ‘heart and soul’ of the city centre

By Dale Anne McAulay | 13 October 2021Features

Community groups Get It Done and Manchester Central Foodbank strive for inclusiveness in the redesign of Piccadilly Gardens with a People’s Takeover

illustrating food bank project can you hear me now

Food bank users challenge negative stereotypes peddled by politicians

By Dale Anne McAulay | 20 August 2021Features

Can You Hear Me Now? Project aims to dismiss damaging stereotypes around food bank use, by giving voice to the users, and promote an ongoing discussion about how to tackle poverty across Greater Manchester.

Piccadilly Gardens redevelopment must challenge inequalities

By Matthew Stallard | 18 March 2021Opinion

Manchester Central Foodbank’s Matthew Stallard looks at the city’s inequalities in plain view in Piccadilly Gardens and points the way to a redevelopment to address them.

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