All we hear in the press is the negative news about what happened to young care leavers - This is a positive story. The Manchester Christmas Dinner is a free Christmas dinner for Care Leavers between Read more [...]
All details of how the team organised The Christmas Dinner 2013 for care leavers are within this blog. Sally and The Tope Project who did a Christmas Dinner in London in 2012 inspired me to instigate Read more [...]
Beautiful interview this morning at a secret location about The Christmas Dinner for Allan Beswick on BBC Radio Manchester at 8.30am thanks to Michelle and the radio car. Read more [...]
It's 5am Christmas Eve. I'm staying in the Northern Quarter in Manchester for The Chrsitmas Dinner. Throughout today I’ll share different aspects, different elements, to The Christmas Dinner. Read more [...]
This is a beautiful video of a care system which more often than not seems to be ashamed of itself. And a system ashamed of itself will never produce young people who are not ashamed to be using it. Read more [...]
This Christmas Dinner in Manchester is inspired by The Tope Project who did it first in London last year. Louise Wallwein writes on the crowdfunder site "The Christmas Dinner is a pop up organisation Read more [...]
I check with The Christmas Dinner referral team to see how many care leavers are confirmed. Twenty five. There's space for 45. I’m told an anxious young man has telephoned saying he needed travel Read more [...]