The Didsbury Parsonage

04/06/2026

A HUGE thank you our supporter for their generous contribution to our Summer Fair Raffle.

🤸‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏋🏼‍♂️🏊🏿‍♀️A COMPLIMENTARY MONTH OF MEMBERSHIP FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR!🤸‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏋🏼‍♂️🏊🏿‍♀️

Raffle tickets will be available on the day (Sunday 21st June) - Good Luck!!

04/06/2026

Bottles/Chocolates/Unwanted gifts/Vouchers etc. all welcome!

Your generosity will help us care for this beautiful building and keep community events thriving.

All local businesses who contribute will be acknowledged publicly on our social media.

Thank you so far to for your kind and generous donations!

Please call 0161 445 7661 or email:[email protected]

02/06/2026

To celebrate Heritage Open Days we are inviting artists of all ages and abilities to submit *ONE piece of artwork for display at The Didsbury Parsonage (01–27 Sept)

Theme: ‘DIDSBURY & BEYOND’
Feel free to interpret the theme in any way that inspires you!

Submissions that interpret the theme most authentically are most likely to be selected. Given the high volume of anticipated submissions and limited space, not all submitted pieces can be featured.

Artwork must not have not been included in previous exhibitions.

No exhibition fee; however, a 20% commission of sales goes to The Didsbury Parsonage Trust to support building upkeep & community events.
For artwork not intended for sale, we welcome a suggested £10 donation.

To apply visit: www.didsburyparsonagetrust.org.uk/heritage-month

01/06/2026

29/05/2026

We are excited to announce we are running a workshop as part of Didsbury Arts Festival. Participants will learn how to weave on a frame loom and take home their own unique artwork or keyring.

Eleanor Godfrey, Claire Malley and Hannah Egan from will be leading the workshop; sharing their skills in heritage crafts in this beautiful historical location.

Tickets via Eventbrite i Link available through

26/05/2026

Current Exhibitions - At The Didsbury Parsonage (Gallery 1 & The Steve Parle Room)

Bodies ofSalt and the Domestic - Colin Wilson

Wilson is a contemporary British photographer working in the ‘Still Life’ genre. For more than forty years he has worked with analogue black and white film and processes, specialising in large format photography and meticulously hand-printing his photographs. Wilson has exhibited widely throughout the UK and Europe and has work in public and private collections.

In Denis Diderot’s reflections on the paintings of Jean-Siméon Chardin in the Paris Salon of 1765, Diderot describes Chardin’s paintings as “…silent compositions.1” This experience; sensation; and contemplation in front of an artwork has occupied and guided my practice and my thoughts during the making of ‘slow photography’ for the last thirty years.

1. Diderot on Art: The Salon of 1765. Chardin pg60.

26/05/2026

Current Exhibitions - At The Didsbury Parsonage (Gallery 3)

LIVING LANDSCAPE - FOREST AND FLORA by ANNE LEVER

"I paint from memory and try to capture the feeling I get from a landscape when an image has stopped me in my tracks. I try to capture this sensation in my work. The paintings record my experience not the reality.

This exhibition celebrates the landscape in particular the forests tress and plants that inhabit it. I hope the feeling I have for the natural world in all its extraordinary variety will be reflected in the work, from the woods of Cheshire where I live to the Cloud forests of Costa Rica, the Australian outback to the tulip fields of Holland and that I have been able to convey this feeling I have for the living world which we share."

All artwork is for sale (cash/card accepted).
Note: The Didsbury Parsonage Trust receive a 20% commission of total art sales, all of which goes straight back into The Didsbury Parsonage to preserve the building and sustain its community events and activities.

25/05/2026

Hand Building Pottery Workshops! 🎨

Every Friday 11am-1pm at The Didsbury Parsonage in South Manchester!

No experience is needed and open to all ages, these sessions are a great way to experiment with clay and be taught new skills.

Each week you will be shown how to make a new type of pottery, from mugs, figurines, coffee filters, vases, buttons, plates, decorations, and much more!

Your work will be fired in a kiln after the sessions and you will also be shown how to glaze and decorate your work too!

Book your space through the Eventbrite link or text 07982302043 to book your space!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/didsbury-parsonage-pottery-workshops-tickets-1989540190266?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=wsa&aff=ebdsshwebmobile

Prices: £20 per session, includes all materials and firings

Or book in block of 4 sessions for £70!

Any questions just let me know via the page.

🍪 Biscuits also provided!

15/05/2026

🚨 LAST FEW SPACES FOR SATURDAY! 🚨

Need a fun weekend activity for the kids? 🌿🎨

Join us for a Creative Family Workshop: Paint, Plant & Play where children can paint, plant, create and take home something they’ve made themselves 💚

🪴 Decorate a plant pot + plant seeds
🐢 OR paint a ceramic animal

🎁 Snacks + goody bag included
💷 Just £15 per child

📅 Saturday 16th May
🕧 12:30–2:00pm
📍Didsbury Parsonage Trust

Limited spaces remaining — book now before it fills up!

🎟️ https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1987657268396?aff=oddtdtcreator

14/05/2026

The Didsbury Parsonage Trust would like to give a huge thank you to: Chorlton Ukulele Group (CHUG), The World‑Renowned Michael Elston Mandolin Orchestra, The Didsbury Daytime Singers and of course our wonderful volunteers for generously donating their time and talent to support our fundraiser - funds of which go towards maintaining and improving the building and supporting the various community activities and events at The Didsbury Parsonage.

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If you’d like to become a 'Friend of The Didsbury Parsonage' and help us keep this special community hub thriving, you can set up a Standing Order to support our work - Just give us a call on 0161 445 7661 or email: [email protected]