Hattersley and Mottram Community Media

Past pupils from Hattersley High School are holding a reunion at the Harehill Tavern on Friday 10 September at 7pm. You can get your tickets that cost just £3 from the Harehill Tavern or from Julie Panter.

The reunion is in memory of Gina White, who many people will remember from their school days. The reunion will be a wonderful chance for people to catch up with old friends and renew important friendships from the past.

Our Community Photographer Rickie Allen will be there taking photographs that you will be able to see on our website and our Flickr page following the event.

August
Don’t miss out on this spectacular Evening all in aid of giving something back to a person that has constantly continued to give to the Hattersley Community.

Although football is Neil Lonergan’s specialty and primary interest with the youngsters of our community, boxing also plays a big part in Hattersley’s recent sporting history.
Prepare yourselves for a late night of entertainment at the Ken Ward Sports Centre with all proceeds going towards Neil’s funding for his life-changing operation.

Please click the link below to download and reas the full size poster for the event for more information.

By Rebecca Bell
Community Reporter

Click the image to go to our Flickr pageSeptember 2010
The first meeting of some of just some of the local people involved in the 'On Hattersley' internet TV news show took place at Melandra Children's Centre on Friday 3 September.

If proved to be a really good get together with everyone having loads of enthusiasm and interesting ideas for the new project.

Some of the volunteers agreed to join the interviews, which will be taking place shortly, for the project worker who will take the lead on this exciting new development for HMCM.

August 2010
Have you tried the new Ken Ward Sports Centre yet? This fantastic new Hattersley facility has been open for several weeks now and they are really starting to pump up the activities down there.

If you haven’t been yet then get down there, they are offering free gym inductions until December. And once you decide to join there are a wide range of membership options available to you, including one month pay as you go membership for just £18.

Teens, have you tried Teenfit Gym sessions?

Teenfit is for 13 to 16 year olds and it's open Monday to Friday 3.30 till 6pm, with a last entry time of 5pm. At weekend you can get Teenfit from 1pm till 4pm with a last entry time as 3pm.

August 2010
New development plans, for the site of Hattersley's new community facility and the Tesco’s, have taken a bashing from government watch dog CABE! CABE is a statutory body, sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport but also funded by Communities and Local Government, set up to provide expert independent design advice to improve the quality of what gets built in England.

August 2010
Members of Money Spinner Credit Union received a letter on 27 August informing them of a special general meeting on Friday 10 September regarding an amalgamation with Manchester Credit Union. This proposal has come completely out of the blue for members with no information previously being given or consultation taking place with members either individually by letter or through the Hattersley & Mottram Community News!

August 2010
We have become aware of an event being organised by Peak Valley Housing Association regarding the next phase of their investment plan for Hattersley, which is taking place at Hattersley Community Centre on Tuesday 24 August from 10.30am till 6.30pm

Unfortunately we are unable to tell you anything more about this event as we have received no information about for it, either for the Hattersley & Mottram Community News or our website. We contacted Peak Valley Housing Association’s local office on Tuesday 17 August to ask if they could provide us with some background information on the event and we were advised we would receive something the next day.

August
The family and friends of Theresa Morrison are holding ‘A Day to Remember’ in her memory on Saturday 21 August, and everyone is invited.

There will be a memorial service at St Barnabas Church, on Hattersley Road East, at 2.45pm followed by a fun day for the whole family at the Harehill Tavern, on Hattersley Road West.

Everyone who knew Theresa will know that this is the way she would want to be remembered, not in a solemn and serious way but in a fun way that everyone can enjoy.

To see the poster for the day download the PDF at the bottom of the page.

August 2010
Find out who wasn't at our 'Experience This' event on 1 August but still received an experience in the second draw

Have you been on our Facebook page and seen some of the great swaps available? If you are one of our volunteers and have received an experience and it's not appropriate for you check out the page and put up your swap. To find our page just login to your Facebook account and type Hattersley & Mottram Community News in the search bar. Or you could just click the Facebook link on the right of this page?

If you want, you can download the poster, showing the volunteers who received experiences, at the bottom of the page.

August 2010
Follow the journey of our volunteer Cherelle Thompson, on her blog on our website, as she comes off income support and registers for Jobseekers Allowance, so she can apply for a work placement through the Future Jobs Fund initiative.

Cherelle, is a lovely, bubbly, 24 year old single parent of who desperately wants to go to work to improve her and her son’s life chances and improve their economic situation, in her words "I'm sick of being skint".