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ISSUE 29 - Spring 2021
Brunswick Village is here!
Brunswick Village, the all-new There is also a roof-top garden area with
Extra care development is now stunning views over the Manchester
complete and residents will start skyline, for residents to enjoy and maybe
to move in from next month. grow a plant or two to put their own
The one and two-bedroom apartments stamp on it.
for the over 55’s, feature a fully fitted Brunswick Village is located at
kitchen, flooring throughout, audio/ 50 Brunswick Street, M13 9PE.
video intercom entry system, easy access
bathrooms, with fabulous views and most And great news…there are still
have a balcony. apartments available, so why not apply
now to reserve your place.
The ground floor has on-site facilities
such as a bistro, Day Care centre, hair For more information or an application
salon, electric scooter storage area, form, visit the S4B website. You can also
laundry room and community areas. give us a call 0300 555 0128 or email
(Subject to Government guidelines on COVID19 restrictions). info@s4bmanchester.co.uk.
Covid-19 vaccinations started
REGISTER locally in January at the Vallance
TO VOTE 4 Health Centre on Brunswick
to get on the electoral Street. Your GP will contact you
register, or to change your when it’s your turn.
details.
RENT Sadie Renner, aged 66, a tenant from Elizabeth Yarwood
INCREASE -
You need to be on the electoral register to Court is pictured here receiving her Vaccine.
vote in elections or referendums.
She said: “I was a bit hesitant, but it didn’t hurt and I’ve
2021
The deadline for registering to vote
in the 6 May elections is 11.59pm on had no symptoms”.
19 April 2021.
The Buzz Manchester website has lots of useful information
To register (in England) you must be one of From April 2021, rent prices and can answer any questions or concerns you may have.
the following: will increase by 1.5%.
Visit buzzmanchester.co.uk/learnabouthealth/covid19
16 or over The rent increase is vital for us to
a British citizen continue to manage and maintain Or contact local health worker Carlos Tait on 07305 828 029.
homes in Brunswick and support the
an Irish or EU citizen living in the UK neighbourhood.
a Commonwealth citizen who has The new charge offers the best value for
permission to enter or stay in the UK, money possible and accurately reflects the
or who does not need permission
You only need to register once - not for
services which customers benefit from.
We have made it clear what services
IS HERE FOR YOU
every election. You’ll need to register again customers are being charged for and how
if you’ve changed your name, address or much they cost. The Budget announced on Wednesday 3 March, set out the Government plan
nationality. for the first steps in economic recovery.
If you pay by direct debit you will receive
Register online a letter advising of the increase in direct Lots of the temporary measures put in place If you are struggling to make your rent
www.gov.uk/register-to-vote. debit payments. during the pandemic are now extended until payments, it’s vital you let us know as soon as
It usually takes about 5 minutes. For more information, please get in touch. at least the summer, including the furlough you can so we can work with you to set up
scheme and universal credit uplift. an arrangement.
It is clear that tough times are ahead for The worst thing you can do is to stop making
many of our customers and we will be there payments and not speak to us.
HANDS FACE SPACE FRESH AIR to help them through it all.
If you would like to speak to someone about
S4B will work with any customer struggling your money or your rent payments, our
to pay rent to make this manageable in the Income & Financial Inclusion team is here to
2m KEEP YOUR long term. help. Please contact us.
DISTANCE VENTILATE KEEP A LOG
We offer one-to-one advice and support If you have any questions please do get in
on topics including access to benefits and touch with us on 0300 555 0128,
KEEP WASHING ! STAY ALERT STAY SAFE managing household budgets. Email info@s4bmanchester.co.uk or visit
YOUR HANDS the website www.s4bmanchester.co.uk.
02 03
CELEBRATING Chorlton-on-Medlock
Allotment Society (COMAS)
THE HISTORY OF have donated raised beds to
GARTSIDE GARDENS be placed at the end of the new
Boulevard and by Elizabeth
It’s 200-years since Rusholme Road Yarwood Court on Kincardine
Cemetery was established in 1821 Road, to help keep
on a four-and-a-half-acre plot of the lanes pedestrianised with
land then called Cock Meadow. safety in mind for the public.
They will also look lovely!
By 1880 it was no longer a viable
business however, it struggled on
until 1921 before finally closing.
Today we have the wonderful park,
a beautiful space for all to enjoy. Play
areas, green space, sports pitches and of At the allotment,
oject is well
course the peace tree standing proudly the electricity pr
next to the bee carving - a space to sit MAS hope to
and reflect. underway, and CO te soon, Orchard Comm
da
have a switch on have been provi
unity Food Bed
s
Gartside Gardens Today It’s unlikely the fun-day will take place so watch th spac
is e. ded by COMAS
to encourage fo
ing mains od to be grown
again this year due to the pandemic, but The project will br tment and eaten loca
lly.
The site then became Gartside allo
fingers crossed we can look forward to it
electricity to the The planting b
Gardens public park in 1954, named again next year. Even without the event ng additional
portacabin meani using recycled
eds were made
after John Henry Gartside who, on his we can hope for a lovely summer so we holders such
benefits for plot building sites ar
boards from
death, bequeathed £33,000 towards can all get out and enjoy the park in the r making a
Manchester’s public parks. fresh air. as lighting and fo all that The soil was pro
ound the area.
ter
nice cup of tea af grant from the
vided using a
As part of the Brunswick PFI regeneration So why not get down there, you could hard work! Co-operative
project, an archaeological investigation Bank DirectPlu
even take a picnic to make a day of it! COMAS also plan fruit (raspberri
s Fund, and the
was carried out by Oxford Archaeology ity
in 2014 to determine if any buried to hold commun and rhubarb) re
es, strawberries
ing
remains would be disturbed by events so the light the gardens beh
covered from
lu ab le.
development works. Don
Plea will be inva ind Elizabeth
Don ’t be se... Yarwood Court
.
’t for a litt
g er bu It is hoped that
It was found any remains would not for uet, it’s a g! ah
be disturbed but also that most of the Plea
se re
s a ll publ
to en ic sp be possible this arvest might
sp joy. ace year.
graveyard had been removed, estimated Use eachect the p
othe a
to be in the 1950s. th
your e bins p r. rk and
litter rovid
hom ed or
e wit
Contact Friends of Gartside Gardens to Tha
nk y h yo take For more information, dates of the event or if you are interested
ou. u.
get involved in the park activities. in joining COMAS, visit www.comallsoc.co.uk, send an email to
Email: fogggs@outlook.com. info@comallsoc.co.uk or telephone 07587 672 937.
04 05
TO RENT
Apartments to rent for the over 55’s...
Plan of a typical one bed apartment
STUDY / LIVING
HOBBY ROOM AREA
BEDROOM 1
KN O C K O UT PAN EL
FO R FUTURE HO IST
ENTRANCE
F/F
KITCHEN
STORAGE
BATHROOM
3 x 10 litre
LST radiator
recycling
SHOWER
w
APPLY
NOW! Plan of a typical two bed apartment
About Brunswick Village
BALCONY
BEDROOM 1
Brunswick Village has a
LIVING
There are 60, one and two-bedroom BEDROOM 2
AREA
self-contained apartments at Brunswick “I am going
dedicated team based on-site, Village which have:
to have a new
designed to cater for a variety
•
KN O C K O UT PAN EL
FO R FUTURE HO IST
Fully fitted high specification kitchens
• lease of life and
3 x 10 litre
of needs for older people.
recycling
ENTRANCE
BATHROOM
ounge with balcony (in most
L KITCHEN
beautiful new
LST radiator
w
apartments)
STORAGE
And although there will be a support
•
SHOWER
F/F
WALL-MOUNTED
DROP-LEAF TABLE
team available, not everyone living at hoice of views of the city centre,
C For actual dimensions or more friends”
the scheme needs to have any specific gardens and allotments, the Brunswick information visit our webiste.
health needs. neighbourhood and more
You may need very little or no support • Audio/video intercom access
but safe in the knowledge the care
• Pull cord alarms
•
team will be on hand to help you if your
personal needs ever change without Easy access bathrooms
having to move home.
• Flooring fitted throughout
You will have everything you need all under one roof, never having to leave for
anything if you do not wish to.
For further information visit the S4B website or contact the S4B on 0300 555 0128.
06 07
Moisture IMPORTANT!
Produced in
Brunswick
Church
Positive Steps
with you every step of the way
your Home.
Everyday activities add extra moisture
BRUNSWICK CHURCH
to the air inside our homes. Even our
breathing adds some moisture (remember
REFURBISHMENT UPDATE
breathing on cold windows and mirrors to
fog them up?).
To give you some idea as to how much
extra water this could be in a day, here are
a few examples, imagine the pints as milk
Resident property
bottles. alterations
If you want to make any alterations
2 people at home for 16 hours
to your property, you can only do so
= 3 pints with prior permission of S4B.
A bath or shower Please get in touch if you would like
= 2 pints to make any alterations to your home,
such as:
Refurbishment Project Church Community Drying clothes indoors Laminate flooring
Wi-fi controlled heating such as
Brunswick Church is pleased to Garden Consultation = 9 pints
Nest or Hive
announce that, with the help of grants As part of refurb the Church wants to Cooking and use of a kettle External decorations or structures
funders including Sport England, they create a garden in the area between in garden
will be able to start building work the worship room and the Rectory, = 6 pints
on phase one of their refurbishment where the two lovely trees are, and Email your request to:
project in the next few months. opposite Brunswick Village, the all- Washing dishes info@s4bmanchester.co.uk.
The aim of the project is to improve the new Extra Care development. = 2 pints
Any consent will be provided in
building, particularly the hall, for its role writing to residents.
A consultation is taking place to find
in serving the local community through out what people would like to see in Bottled gas heater (8 hours use)
Positive Steps, Brunswick Beestro, M13 this garden and how they would like to
Youth Project and more. see it used.
= 4 pints
Know your Councillors
They are now less than 10% away from the Visit the website and fill in the online Total Moisture added in one day Tina Hewitson - Tel: 0161 237 1805.
total needed to complete the project. If you voting form - = 26 pints or 14.8 litres. cllr.t.hewitson@manchester.gov.uk
would like to donate, no matter how small, www.brunswickchurch.org.uk/
to help them reach their goal please get in refurb-garden. The simplest way to help reduce Bernard Priest - Tel: 0161 740 8407.
touch with the church. condensation in your home is good cllr.b.priest@manchester.gov.uk
ventilation, so open a window whenever
possible to keep the air circulating Amna Abdullatif - Tel: 07971 384 539.
Visit www.brunswickchurch.org..uk or email info@brunswickchurch.org.uk. cllr.amna.abdullatif@manchester.gov.uk
especially while cooking for example.
08 09
Bin collection
day in
Brunswick is Famous woman of Brunswick
every Friday.
ELLEN CICELY
Help keep Brunswick tidy WILKINSON
Take your wheelie bin out for S4B caretakers work to keep all the
8 October 1891 - 6 February 1947
collection when it’s due, and bring communal spaces clean and tidy so There are blue plaques at the site By 1915 Ellen was the first national
it in again afterwards to avoid please show you care by placing all of Ellen’s birthplace in Balsam women’s organizer for the Amalgamated
being a hazard and to prevent it items in the bin chute or recycling. Close, Brunswick M13 9UL and Union of Co-operative Employees (later
from being taken. USDAW).
Don’t place hot items in the bin chute, at the Quadrangle in Manchester
It costs £25 to replace your bin if it is e.g. smoking materials, hot embers or University (M13 9PL) where a After briefly serving on Manchester City
taken so please store it safely. hot oil - Wait until it has cooled. building is also named in her Council, Ellen was Labour MP first for
#loveyourcaretaker honour. Middlesbrough East and subsequently
Say NO to fly-tipping for Jarrow.
#proudofbrunswick Ellen, a Stateswoman and Cabinet
Don’t overfill your wheelie bins or Minister, was born at 41 Coral Street the She led the famous march in 1936 to
leave loose rubbish around them. site now known as Balsam Close and was London and became a prolific writer and
Recycle, recycle, recycle! a pupil at Ardwick Higher Elementary journalist. During the Second World War,
If you have a communal bin chute: Details of what can and cannot be Grade School on Hyde Road (M12 6BA), Ellen served as a junior minister.
Make sure everything goes down the recycled can be found on the website before attending Manchester University.
or please get in touch for a copy of In 1945 she became Minister of
bin chute and don’t leave any items She graduated in 1913 and became Education, succeeding in raising the
on the floor. our leaflet.
involved in the suffrage movement. school leaving age from 14 to 15.
Keep your garden tidy We’ll meet again, we do know where
A reminder that if you have a garden, it is your and we do know when...
responsibility to keep it clean, tidy and well Residents at Elizabeth Yarwood Court will soon be moving
maintained, with grass cut as required. to the new development, Brunswick Village, just after Easter.
To help you, S4B offer a FREE garden tool hire service. To mark the occasion, an Afternoon Tea and Song event
(add) If you cannot manage your own garden, S4B was organised by scheme manager, Donna Shaw.
offer a concessionary gardening service for elderly A beautiful selection of popular classics was sung by
or disabled customers with no family support. entertainer, Kim Carroll, all in aid of the Alzheimer’s society.
T: 0300 555 0128 or call into the Even the sun made an appearance so residents could enjoy
S4B housing office to find out more. their goodie boxes or sandwiches, savouries and cakes all
To apply please contact S4B Housing office to made by Donna.
complete the application form for 2021. A truly fitting event to mark the end of an era.
10 11
Easter Bank Holiday 2021
Closed High-rise blocks and
Good Friday - 2nd April maisonettes
Easter Monday - 5th April Issues at high-rise or maisonettes -
For any emergency repairs during this time, 24-hour emergency service.
please call 0300 555 0128 (24 hours). Tel Bridgewater Security on 07921 215 361.
For any ASB or Domestic Violence
Emergency repairs
Emergencies, please call 999/101 in the
Please continue to use the 24-hour contact
first instance.
number: Tel: 0300 555 0128 (select option 2).
To report any issues on the demolition
sites, new build homes construction sites, Smell gas?
or unauthorised person(s) on a building If you smell gas or think there may be a
site during the Easter period, gas leak (anytime). Contact National Grid
please tel: 0300 555 0128 24-hour line immediately on 0800 111 999.
(select option 1).
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