Give Manchester Social Centre a quid
Article published: Tuesday, January 10th 2012
Manchester Social Centre are trying to raise start-up cash to rent a building in the city, and we’d very much encourage you to donate.
For those who don’t know the history of Manchester Mule (which to be honest, will probably be most of you) the idea came out of the G8 anti-capitalist protests in Gleneagles in 2005. Those who went to Scotland that year from Manchester largely organised themselves out of The Basement Social Centre on Lever Street, and this is where the first incarnation of ‘The Mule’ developed and took shape.
The Basement sadly closed in 2007 after severe flood damage caused by a fire in the building upstairs. Since then Manchester has sorely missed having a radical social centre – a place we can meet, talk, eat, organise, fundraise and generally get to know each other in a safe space which is ours. And as you all know, this is more important than ever at the moment.
After a lot of work from a few dedicated people, especially over the last few months, it looks like we may have one again in the relatively near future, but they need a bit of extra cash get off the ground. Here’s a message from the MCR Social Centre crew:
Right… We have a plan! We want a social centre, you need a social centre and Manchester lacks a social centre…
Some of us have been involved with various squatted social centre projects which have been amazing for us and hopefully those who’ve visited. The problem is not having a permanent space means we can only get on it part time. The community, the friendships and the love we have found could continue into infinity if… we raise some money.
Here goes, we have some start up capital which we have raised, we have a lot of crew who are up for it, but we need a way of raising some money fast so we can get into a place as soon as.
If anyone can lend us a pound or two, it would be massively appreciated… Think of it as an investment. We will have our own place, where we can get a cheap brew, some good vegan food, a locally brewed beer, some decent bands, a radical library, a place to organise, exhibit and find each other. Anything could happen… seriously.
We promise that your money will be spent on renting a place in Manchester as soon as we have the cash. If you share our vision and would like to see a place like this, follow this link, we need to raise around a thousand pounds, 50p, a quid, anything would be grand.
Come get involved, donate and let’s make this happen, we have a deadline (which ain’t long away!) so if you are able to donate, please do it soon. It sounds like a faff but it’s going to be well worth it. Honestly.
FOLLOW THE LINK BELOW TO DONATE!
http://www.manchestersocialcentre.org/donate
Thanks! MCR Social Centre
Who knows if we’d even exist if it wasn’t for The Basement, and all the people who put so much work into that wonderful place. There’s a lot of support, check out the Facebook event, and if you want to get involved, there will be jobs that need a-doing going up on their website in the next few days.
They’re legit, we promise, so go on, give ‘em a quid and help make it happen!
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Happy to donate but would it not be worth setting up a justgiving page to gain gift aid? A tenners on its way anyway. Best of luck with this.
Comment by andy northcott on January 10, 2012 at 8:35 pm
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