One of our Mustard Tree supporters; ’Hannah Atkins‘ is launching her new Album ‘Beyond Your Skin’ on the 15th February at Band On The Wall in Manchester. Hannah has been involved in the work of Mustard Tree since arriving in Manchester as a student in 2000 & helping on our soup run. Hannah now regularly sings for our events & is a part of The Sanctuary event held at The Mustard Tree each month.

At her album launch, Hannah will be performing her album material with a full band including a string quartet with extra guest musicians such as Judith Ude on a harp! If you can only make one of her gigs this year – make it THIS ONE! The event is being run in partnership with a few social justice charities including Mustard Tree, and the show will feature real stories of the people behind the song lyrics – including that of our very own Graham Hudson! Tickets are £7 in advance or £8 on the door, available from www.hannahatkins.com and Band On The Wall box office.

Downloadable flyer here

HannahAtkins.com

You may have gathered that we are about to open a small site in Eccles.  The aim of the new site is to serve those of our clients in the west of Greater Manchester who struggle to access Ancoats regularly and to work alongside the many excellent existing agencies in the area.  We are having a small launch event next Monday at 11am.  Anyone is welcome to attend, we will be joined by the Mayor of Salford and should have a merry time.

The official invitation with full details is available if you click here.

We’d love to see you.

Thanks

We are happy to post the following vacancy which coincides with the opening of our new mini-branch in Eccles:

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The Mustard Tree will be operating the following hours over Christmas and into the new year:

Dec 23rd close at 12:00 noon (with soup run at 18:30)

Dec 26th – Jan 2nd closed (except for soup runs on 30th Dec 18:30 and 1st Jan 17:00)

All normal services will commence on 3rd January.

Many thanks

At the Mustard Tree we are strong believers in the impact that creativity can have on the recovery and rebuilding process.  During the week we  host a range of creative workshops and groups including: drama, art, mosaics, Acting on Impulse, knitting, sewing, ladies creativity, guitar and craft.

Much of this is coordinated and supported by our artist in residence, Graham Hudson (see a bit of his story in the video below).  Graham is an artist and has a workshop space at Mustard Tree, he has recently been working on portrait work which we thought were worth sharing, two are posted here.

If you’d like to see his works in person, Graham is very happy to show visitors around in between classes, just contact Graham on artistgraham@gmail.com.  Much of his work is also for sale.

FC United are again hosting the Big Coat Day at their Boxing Day match against Ashton United. Each year FC United and their supporters do a fantastic job collecting winter coats for those in need across the city. The Mustard Tree are one of the charities to benefit from this great effort and we receive hundreds of warm coats to pass on to our clients. If you’d like to contribute or to go along to the match you can find more details here

Watch the video below to hear Johnny Vegas’ thoughts on Big Coat Day:

We have been hugely benefitted by the support of Julian Gratton and RedC Marketing this year. Earlier this year Julian decided to spend a night on the streets to raise monay and awareness, RedC have now created some inspirational Christmas Cards to raise money for The Mustard Tree. The cards feature members of the Mustard Tree community along with their story of recovering and rebuilding. They are available to purchase (5 cards for £3) and view online here or from us at 110 Oldham road or at Hey Little Cupcake in Spinningfields.

Thanks to Julian and RedC and to Paul Moffat the photographer who gave his time and skills generously.