Holly Pritchard

A landlady of a pub in Greater Manchester has said she is struggling to keep up with rising costs as she tries to keep her dementia afternoons running. Sharon Mattin is the landlady of The Union Arms in Tyldesley, and holds regular fun afternoons for people living with dementia to come and spend some time in good company.

A personal trainer at a gym in Greater Manchester has been supporting members of the community who are living with a disability by offering them free inclusive gym sessions. If you head to Blackley in North Manchester, you’ll find J7 Health Centre, a community fitness gym run by Javeno McLean. We went down to speak to Javeno and his clients about what makes this place so special and different from going to your ordinary gym or workout studio.

Trafford Park was once home to a huge bakery where workers would ‘get up to no good’ but still ‘get the job done’, until one day it closed for good. Here’s their tales from the Trafford Park Bakery days. It once stood on Ashburton Road West in the industrial maze that is Trafford Park, until it was torn down in 2008.