WFM Broadcast 4 15 minute Solution Focused Practice discussions with Steve Freeman & Owen Charnley Steve says: I share with Owen a passion for Solution Focused Practice as discussed in the four short programmes being aired by WFM. The approach began as Solution Focused Brief Therapy and was developed by Steve de Shazer, Insoo Kim Berg and the team at a family centre in Milwaukee. The approach... 

  Have you heard about the changes to the housing benefit system?  Do you live in a Parkway Green or Willow Park property or other housing association home and have some or all of your rent paid by the council or housing benefit? There are changes coming in next April that mean if you are under 61 and claiming housing benefit then this could affect you! This is part of the government’s Welfare... 

The Energy Switch Campaign….. is proving extremely successful, with almost 12,500 signing up for this collaborative energy scheme, which is based on a previous campaign run by Oldham. You can monitor (and sign up yourself!) here: http://gmfairenergy.com. Background We know that rising energy prices are an increasing concern for residents. We also know that many people would get a better... 

Orpheus Descending by Tennessee Williams Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester until 24 November There’s a shop and there’s a procession of gossips and misfits and a sense of small town boredom and people just killing time. And into the store walks a man with a snakeskin jacket and a guitar. He’s just killing time too, wondering if he’s too old to stay on the road. In Orpheus Descending,... 

Men – we need as many moustache growers as possible! Take part in “Movember” Unleash your inner Magnum (the man, not the ice cream!) or your inner spitfire pilot (wing commander moustache? Go for it!) Building on the success of last year South Manchester Healthy Living Network is working with Wythenshawe FM to promote this campaign. Listen out for ads, news features and interviews throughout... 

From Monday 22 October, residents, businesses and road users will be able to give their views on the proposals for the A6 to Manchester Airport Relief Road. Part of the wider South East Manchester Multi-Modal Strategy (SEMMMS), the A6 to Manchester Airport Relief Road is a proposed dual carriageway, approximately 10km long linking the A6 at Hazel Grove to the eastern end of the existing A555 at Woodford... 

 ST ANTHONY’S CHURCH, DUNKERY ROAD, WOODHOUSE PARK 12 NOON   FRIDAY 12 OCTOBER  –  ALL WELCOME Local people are being invited to celebrate the life of Lord Alfred Morris at a memorial service which will be held at St Anthony’s Church inDunkery Road,WoodhouseParkat 12 Noon on Friday 12 October. Everyone is welcome to attend to pay their respects to a man who was Wythenshawe MP for 33... 

In a year when all the focus is on London with the Jubilee, Olympics and Paralympics, a photographic competition to capture the community and spirit of Greater Manchester and put it back on the map is being launched by Informa plc.* The Manchester division of the international publisher is launching a quest to find photos to represent a 24 hour period in the city, forming a collage of the people and...