Ed Sprake at Inspire

We’ve featured Ed Sprake, local photographer, on this site before, both for his photographs of Levenshulme and exhibitions outside of M19 but he’s never had an exhibition here…until now!

Ed will be exhibiting a selection of his work at Inspire from Saturday 6th August until Friday 30th September during the centre’s usual opening times.

Ed Srpake is based in Levenshulme and currently has photographs on display in Terminal 1 of Manchester Airport and as part of the Revolution Gallery at MOSI and has one of his photographs as the background image for FlatOut Records label boss and musician, Peo de Pitte. He recently had his first exhibition at the Portico Library and Gallery in Manchester.

You can find Ed on the web and a selection of his photography is on Flickr.

Roller Derby Fundraiser

Don’t get too excited yet – details are still thin on the ground – but Manchester Roller Derby, based at Levenshulme’s Arcadia Sports Centre, are holding a fundraiser in September, in the form of a jumble sale and family fun day.

As part of the activities they’re going to be holding both a raffle & a silent auction and have asked us to put out a plea on their behalf for donations. Anything that you can give would be gratefully received and the funds raised will go towards getting the team to Aberdeen to play the Granite City Roller Girls and the team will also be donating a portion to Sue Ryder Care - a charity that provides compassionate care to people with end of life and long term needs.

If you have anything to donate or any fundraising ideas please contact the team’s Polly Killer.

Sams Little Voices - Toddler Group

Now, the listing for Sam’s Little Voices on the Inspire website starts with the words “everyone wants to give their child the best start in life and how better to do it than in an informal and relaxed environment with an Early Years professional who has over a decade’s worth of experience?”. While I’m not doubting the validity of that statement, it would be remiss of me to point out that I am frequentrly informed by my child-owning friends that toddler groups are (and I quote) “the best” because (and again) “you get to share the pain and see that all the other kids are just as much of a nightmare as yours”. Now, not being in possession of any children myself I couldn’t possibly comment either way but, well, I thought I’d put that out there for you because that sounds to me like as much of a ringing endorsement as you’re going to get from someone who hasn’t slept for more than half an hour in two years.

ANYWAY! Sams Litte Voices are parent and toddler classes hosted at Inspire every Wednesday at 10.30am. The classes include rhythm, rhyme, hand and eye co-ordination, traditional rhymes passed down from generation to generation, new rhymes full of action, sensory play, bubbles, quiet time and time to socialize.

For more information visit the Sam’s Little Voices website.