Chorlton Community Garden
Chorlton Community Garden After a period of community consultation, the community garden in the centre of Chorlton will be redesigned and rebuilt. Chorlton Community Garden is on Manchester Road in Chorlton, between the Sedge Lynn Pub and Chorlton Library. It used to be a public toilet! The garden was redeveloped and opened to the public […]
MSA Live Showcase
Every year, students from Manchester School of Architecture work with local groups on projects to create social impact. We were delighted to see their amazing work at a showcase event in Chorlton Library in May. MSA Live Showcase Neighbourhood Swatch The Neighbourhood Swatch team (pictured above) worked on the idea of 15-minute Neighbourhoods in partnership with Chorlton Traders […]
Neighbourhood Swatch
In December 2021, Chorlton Traders submitted a successful bid to the Manchester School of Architecture’s MSA Live project. We wanted to explore the idea of the 15 Minute Neighbourhood. Neighbourhood Swatch Should Chorlton become a 15-Minute Neighbourhood? How can we achieve that? The pandemic has started a frenzy of reviews on how we use neighbourhoods, accelerating changes already happening […]
The Green Gateway
In December 2021, Chorlton Community Land Trust submitted a successful bid to Manchester School of Architecture’s MSA Live project to look at ways to improve air quality in Chorlton by using plants. The Green Gateway The project agenda To create a vision for Green Corridors in Chorlton to reduce the effect of air pollution from […]
Stayin’ Inside
Stayin Inside want to wish you well and hear your views A lot can happen in a short space of time it seems. It’s only been a month since we were last in touch, since when all our lives have been dramatically impacted by the Coronavirus outbreak. We hope you are all looking after yourselves, […]
Major Breakthrough
Major breakthrough as Co-op offer community bid more time to firm up proposal We are pleased to announce that The Co-operative Group has offered Cholrton CLT, working with a development partner, more time to deliver the proposed community-based redevelopment of the Funeralcare building in Chorlton. The Co-op have accepted the CLT’s published offer of £2.2m […]
We Did it!
We did it! First target smashed (on to the next) In just eight days you managed to help us reach our target of £250k. We can’t thank our supporters enough. But the good news doesn’t stop there, the Co-op have given us another ten days to press on with our fundraising, so we have extended the timetable and […]
Chorlton’s Get Together
On 25th September 2022 the Vision team hosted a “Living Room” on a traffic-free Wilbraham Road as part of the Chorlton Get Together. Chorlton’s Get Together We provided lots of Lego and art materials for little ones, while we had some interesting chats with their parents, carers and older siblings. How do we make Chorlton a […]