As the year comes to a close, we invite everyone across Greater Manchester doing awesome grassroots work in their communities (or interested) to gather - to reflect on the work we’ve all been up to this year, discuss what next year holds in stall, and hang out together as we look forward to a massively deserved rest over the festive period.

We’ll be holding our very first community assembly - woo! - encouraging everyone to share what they’ve been up to, what we all need to further our work, and what a Greater Manchester wide solidarity network should look like moving forward together into the new year, continuing to build meaningful community resilience and collective power in our city.

We’ll also be showing a short film about one movement across the Atlantic that we’ve been particularly inspired by recently - Co-Operation Jackson in Jackson, Mississippi, USA.

There’ll also be a pay-as-you-feel roast dinner (the highlight really, let’s face it! :D) courtesy of the mighty Food Justice Network and a good ol’ ramshackle of kitchen volunteers! Please bring CASH if you can ‘cause y’know, the banks….

All food will be vegan, and consist of locally-grown organic produce and re-purposed supermarket surplus, turning capitalist waste into community power.

There’ll be fun activities for children too, as part of our commitment to inclusivity, accessibility and diversity. Parents of youngsters should never be left out, and neither should the kids - this is their city and their world too, and they are the adults of the future.

Live music TBA very soon - keep an eye out on our Facebook and Instagram pages.

Register for free, and let us know if you’re eating with us so we know how many to cook for.

Solidarity!

Co-Operation Manchester.