Gorton Central

03/06/2026

🍽️ Discover the rich flavours of Middle Eastern cuisine 🥘

Join us at Gorton Central for a relaxed and friendly Iraqi cooking session which will help you to learn new skills, meet likeminded people, and enjoy delicious food together! No experience needed, just come along and join in.

This session has limited spaces, book your place today!

📍 Gorton Central, Highmead Street, M18 8PE
📆 Thursday 18th June 2026, 13:30 - 15:30

📄 Sign up here, https://bit.ly/49vGfdn

01/06/2026

Free Level 2 Food Safety Course! 🚨

Want to boost your confidence, upgrade your CV and improve your job prospects?
Our FREE Level 2 Food Safety Course at Gorton Central could be the perfect next step.

Whether you volunteer in a food bank, work with food, or want to improve your employability skills, this qualification can help you.

🗓 Thursday 19 March | 9am to 4pm
📍 Gorton Central, M18 8PE

👉 Sign up here before all the spaces go, https://bit.ly/432tL9p

Or contact us via: [email protected] or 0161 222 3633.

20/05/2026

🗞️ Join our mailing list! 📰

If you would like to be kept up to date on all of our upcoming events, courses, community sessions, and research opportunities here at Gorton Central, use the link below to join our monthly 'What's On' mailing list!

Join here: https://bit.ly/4cTBSK2

18/05/2026

Tomorrow Tues 19th May 1-3.30pm!

Come along to this free session on how to grow indoors using hydroponics.
Build your own mini hydroponic system and take one home for free!
Sign up via this link https://forms.office.com/e/66V8YEhwRC or call us on 0161 2223633

Farm Urban

18/05/2026

📱 MCC Digital Inclusion and MAES team support our age friendly group with new tech! 💻️

On Monday, Julie and Emma from Manchester Adult Education came with Emily and Georgie from the MCC Digital Inclusion team to help members of our age friendly group set up their donated tablets. Many thanks to everyone for their generous donations and support!

This group has really been enjoying using tech as part of the Gorton Together Heritage Lottery project, and these tablets can be used during future sessions so that people can develop their digital skills in an embedded way.

The National Lottery Heritage Fund Let's Get Digital Manchester Manchester Adult Education

11/05/2026

🍎 Interested in food, health and community? 🍊

Come and join our accredited Level 2 Eat Well, Teach Well course at HMHC.

In this five week course you will learn about healthy eating in a welcoming, supportive environment with a specialist tutor, meet new people, and gain a recognised qualification along the way. It’s a great opportunity for anyone wanting to build skills, confidence, or move into volunteering or work.

📅 Wednesday 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th June and 1st July 2026
⏰ 9:30 – 14:30
📍 Gorton Central, Highmead Street, M18 8PE

If you would like to book a place, please fill out this form: https://bit.ly/49xEMTA

Alternatively contact us at:

📞 0161 222 3633
✉️ [email protected]

06/05/2026

Sign up now for our new Casserole Club!

Come along to our Casserole Club at Gorton Central focused on making healthy, affordable food part of everyday life.

This is a relaxed, practical session where you’ll gain confidence in the kitchen, learn simple, healthier recipes, and cook together as a group. It's a great opportunity to share tips that work for you and pick up ideas you can easily use at home.

📅 Thursday 21st May
⏰ 10:30 – 12:30
📍 Gorton Central, Highmead Street, M18 8PE

It’s also a great way to connect with others locally, enjoy good food, and build confidence in a supportive environment. No experience needed just come along, get involved, and enjoy good food in good company.

If you love cooking and would like to get involved, sign up here: https://bit.ly/49yxpvd

05/05/2026

What a wonderful day!
Thanks to Farm Urban and for the amazing session - we can't wait to see our mushrooms growing...

We had a brilliant time at Gorton Central last Friday for a mushroom growing workshop. It was so inspiring to see the community come together to get hands-on and dig into some new skills!

A massive thank you to .cic and and everyone who joined in, making the afternoon such a success!

05/05/2026

📢 Important update for private renters 📢

As of 1st May 2026, the new Renters' Rights Act comes into force, bringing major changes to private sector renting designed to make it fairer, safer, and more secure.

The new law includes an end to 'no-fault' evictions, ensures fairer limits on rent increases, stronger protections from discrimination, a move to rolling tenancies, and clearer rules at the start of a tenancy.

If you need support with these changes, or would like more information, it can be found here:

👉️ Advice Services at Gorton Central: Monday 10:00 - 13:00, to book an appointment please call 0161 445 0633 or email [email protected].

👉️ Over 65? Join us on Tuesday 10:00 - 16:00 for advice and support drop-ins here at Gorton Central.

👉️ If you’re renting privately, or thinking about it, general help and information is available at: https://bit.ly/4w98p7M

📍 Gorton Central, Highmead Street, M18 8PE.