It had previously supported the community-led Ancoats Dispensary Trust with a Stage 1 grant, but made its decision on the larger Stage 2 grant after the ADT was unable to raise the necessary match funding.

In the midst of what seemed to be a huge building site, juxtaposed against a mishmash of polished new builds and redbrick relics of a heavy industrial past, Ancoats lies at the northern end of Manchester’s city centre.

Singletons will no longer be able to scarper from a dodgy first date – because they’ll be locked in a room.

It’s long been thought that the trendiest spot in town is the Northern Quarter.

A Victorian philanthropist’s dream of improving the lives of Manchester’s poor is the inspiration for a new creative project designed to help the city’s young people’s mental health and wellbeing.

Campaigner and ex-Pirate Party leader Loz Kaye has said that the amount of syringes being found on Manchester’s streets has reached crisis proportions.

Seven Salford beer brewing brothers are asking people to donate to a new crowdfunding campaign, before they open a new craft beer bar in up-and-coming Ancoats to rival the success of Brewdog with a twist.

Early morning’s seldom seen magic will be on show for all wide awake eyes in Manchester this weekend, with an exhibition that’s a chronicle for the future.

MM speak to Jim Morgan, the owner of new Ancoats pizza joint Rudy’s Neapolitan Pizza about his two-a-day pizza diet and the joys of owning his own restaurant.

The culmination of the charity’s Leadership Faculty will be marked by an exhibition at Virgin Money Lounge.

A new film based on Naomi Klein’s bestselling book on climate change will be premiered in Manchester on Saturday 26 September.