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Public Engagement Fellowship Winners

Over two weeks in December, more than 2000 people voted on 12 schemes put forward by MMU Academics and Staff.
Here are the six winners:

Week One’s winners

The Manchester Conference for Black Parents, Children and Young People

Peter Hick & Diane Watt

This project will build an alliance of parents, teachers and communities to take positive steps in addressing the lower qualifications and disproportionate exclusions experienced by children from some black and minority ethnic communities in Manchester.

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MMU Web Angels

Guy Lancaster

This project will provide a user-maintainable web presence to community groups in Crewe, Hulme and East Manchester that will enable them to market their activities and communicate with funders, volunteers, client and stakeholder groups.

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Moving Memories

Marion Hewitt

An inter-generational exploration of life in Hulme and Moss Side in the 1960 – 80s through contemporary BBC North West television features.

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Week Two’s winners

Manchester MetHODS:
Hulme Open Design Studio

Martyn Amos

A community programme of hands-on software development workshops themed around graphics, music and animation.

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Moss Side Stories

Linnie Blake

Moss Side Stories is a multimedia project that enables the pupils of The Manchester Academy to explore their own, often extraordinary, life stories in the form of autobiographical writing, video art and dramatic performance.

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Hulme Sweet Hulme

Lynn Setterington

This partnership is a celebration of the creativity of Hulme as home, the place and its people.

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