Category: Events
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Girls Club Upcycled Fashion Show
A fashion show using discarded materials proved to be a great success for the audience in the senior games room last night. The project working with Ordsall Community Arts has been very popular with the group over the past few months. All the clothes have been created by the group, who collected the materials and…
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STRIDE – Boys Dance project at the club
We have been holding dance workshops as part of Dance Manchester’s STRIDE dance project. Professional dancers from Company Chameleon, have been working with our junior boxers and junior footballers The workshops have involving, exercise, movement and music. Thanks to Salix Homes for supporting these sessions at the club.
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Mike Joyce and Paul Lake talk music and football
We have a great event at the club on Friday 3rd February with Smiths drummer Mike Joyce and Man City star Paul Lake talking about Music and Football. It should be another fascinating evening in the concert hall following on from talks with Tim Burgess in July and Peter Hook in October. Mike is currently…
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Christmas at the club 2016
We held the final sessions for the clubs this week, with the lads club putting on their annual xmas party, including the traditional blind boxing competition. The girls club also held their party this week and we’d like to thank the BootsUk stores in Trafford and Salford for donating presents for these events. We would…
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Craig Gill Friend of Salford Lads Club dies age 44
One of the great friends of the club, Craig Gill of Inspiral Carpets has died aged 44. Craig Gill was part of the cities incredible musical heritage but he was also a genuine nice guy who promoted everybody else’s heritage too. I feel proud to be called a friend of Craig, I got to…
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SUMO, boxing and first aid make good citizens
200 seventeen year olds have been in the club for the past 2 days as part of Salford Foundation’s NCS programme. The National Citizen Service is very popular and this year the group have included new activities. SUMO (shut up and move on!) is aimed at developing confidence in young people, the introduction to boxing…
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Manc Icons Model our new T shirt
Our new fundraising t shirt features an orignal photo of Morrissey by Mike Joyce. Mike offered to help our fundraising and between us we have come up with this great new T shirt to raise funds for a second USA trip for young people at the club, and future activities for young people. The T…
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Visit by lads from East Kilbride
The club played host to group of lads from Duncanrig Secondary School from East Kilbride, Scotland. The club was packed and they joined our lads for games of five a side, boxing, table tennis, pool and a tour of the club. The evening was rounded off with hot dogs and chips.
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Morrissey is opening a pop-up store – at Salford Lads Club!
The Manchester Evening News reported our special pop-up shop. Morrissey merchandise will be on sale in his ‘Mpourium’ including limited T-shirts, vinyl, and his books for three days to coincide with the weekend that the singer is performing in Manchester. Morrissey’s gig will take place on Saturday August 20th at Manchester Arena and the shop…
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Girls Club Celebrate International Womens Day
The Girls Club teamed up with Ordsall Community Arts to create an event to celebrate International Womens Day 2016. The walkabout performance of drama and song took place in the concert hall, boxing ring and the main entrance hall. The evening was shared with parents and friends and ended with food made by the…