Greater Manchester Youth Network
@gmyn.bsky.social
🏠 GMYN is looking for a new home. Can you help us find one?
We’re looking for space within Manchester City Centre or the immediate surroundings (such as Hulme, Ardwick, Ancoats or Greengate.)
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We’re looking for space within Manchester City Centre or the immediate surroundings (such as Hulme, Ardwick, Ancoats or Greengate.)
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December 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🏠 GMYN is looking for a new home. Can you help us find one?
We’re looking for space within Manchester City Centre or the immediate surroundings (such as Hulme, Ardwick, Ancoats or Greengate.)
[1/3]
We’re looking for space within Manchester City Centre or the immediate surroundings (such as Hulme, Ardwick, Ancoats or Greengate.)
[1/3]
⏲️ In preparation for our Feast with Eat Well MCR and Where The Light Gets in, our young people attended a butchery workshop.
The young people got shown how butchers prepare meat and learned about food safety and hygiene. [1/3]
The young people got shown how butchers prepare meat and learned about food safety and hygiene. [1/3]
December 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
⏲️ In preparation for our Feast with Eat Well MCR and Where The Light Gets in, our young people attended a butchery workshop.
The young people got shown how butchers prepare meat and learned about food safety and hygiene. [1/3]
The young people got shown how butchers prepare meat and learned about food safety and hygiene. [1/3]
🍞 Our Beeing Together group had a bread making workshop with Companio bakery in preparation for our feast with Eat Well Manchester and Where the Light Gets In!
The young people got to learn how to grind wheat into flour, as well as knead and shape the dough into bread tins. [1/3]
The young people got to learn how to grind wheat into flour, as well as knead and shape the dough into bread tins. [1/3]
December 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🍞 Our Beeing Together group had a bread making workshop with Companio bakery in preparation for our feast with Eat Well Manchester and Where the Light Gets In!
The young people got to learn how to grind wheat into flour, as well as knead and shape the dough into bread tins. [1/3]
The young people got to learn how to grind wheat into flour, as well as knead and shape the dough into bread tins. [1/3]
We'd like to say a huge thank you to Mark, Justin and the whole team at Digital Next for their incredibly generous £5,000 donation. Their support will make a real and lasting difference to the lives of young people across Greater Manchester by creating vital opportunities for them to gain new skills
December 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
We'd like to say a huge thank you to Mark, Justin and the whole team at Digital Next for their incredibly generous £5,000 donation. Their support will make a real and lasting difference to the lives of young people across Greater Manchester by creating vital opportunities for them to gain new skills
It was great to have James from GMI Construction join us at our networking breakfast for employers helping young people into work! He gave a fantastic talk about how GMI Construction have supported young people to access to careers in the construction industry through paid work experience placements
December 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It was great to have James from GMI Construction join us at our networking breakfast for employers helping young people into work! He gave a fantastic talk about how GMI Construction have supported young people to access to careers in the construction industry through paid work experience placements
Our Big Give Christmas Campaign is now live! This week, we're aiming to raise £20,000 to help care-experienced, disabled and neurodivergent young people take their first steps in the world of work. Here's the best bit... every donation will be DOUBLED! Visit our campaign using the link in our bio
December 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Our Big Give Christmas Campaign is now live! This week, we're aiming to raise £20,000 to help care-experienced, disabled and neurodivergent young people take their first steps in the world of work. Here's the best bit... every donation will be DOUBLED! Visit our campaign using the link in our bio
Our fourth and final award for Care Leaver's Month is our Positive Impact Award, celebrating the incredible ways our young people help those around them 🌟🏆 We are so proud of what care leavers achieve today and every day, and we’ve loved highlighting their fantastic accomplishments this month
November 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Our fourth and final award for Care Leaver's Month is our Positive Impact Award, celebrating the incredible ways our young people help those around them 🌟🏆 We are so proud of what care leavers achieve today and every day, and we’ve loved highlighting their fantastic accomplishments this month
🚨Exciting announcement!
MCR Social’s Noise Lab have created their own band called Kabbage, who will be performing their first ever gig at Habitat Studios on Thursday 27th November! 🎸 (1/3)
MCR Social’s Noise Lab have created their own band called Kabbage, who will be performing their first ever gig at Habitat Studios on Thursday 27th November! 🎸 (1/3)
November 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🚨Exciting announcement!
MCR Social’s Noise Lab have created their own band called Kabbage, who will be performing their first ever gig at Habitat Studios on Thursday 27th November! 🎸 (1/3)
MCR Social’s Noise Lab have created their own band called Kabbage, who will be performing their first ever gig at Habitat Studios on Thursday 27th November! 🎸 (1/3)
Our Beeing Together group had an action-packed summer, featuring a wide range of activities, including…
🧺 Picnic and walk at Dunham Massey
🔨Construction day with VINCI in Bury
🚲 Canal bike ride with Venture Out
❄️ Snow Camp at Chill Factor
& more!
🧺 Picnic and walk at Dunham Massey
🔨Construction day with VINCI in Bury
🚲 Canal bike ride with Venture Out
❄️ Snow Camp at Chill Factor
& more!
November 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Our Beeing Together group had an action-packed summer, featuring a wide range of activities, including…
🧺 Picnic and walk at Dunham Massey
🔨Construction day with VINCI in Bury
🚲 Canal bike ride with Venture Out
❄️ Snow Camp at Chill Factor
& more!
🧺 Picnic and walk at Dunham Massey
🔨Construction day with VINCI in Bury
🚲 Canal bike ride with Venture Out
❄️ Snow Camp at Chill Factor
& more!
🛹 It has been great to see our Slide Social club back up and running since the start of October!
The club is part of our MCR Social programme, and is in collaboration with Projekts MCR. The sessions brings young people together and is a fun, safe and relaxed environment. (1/3)
The club is part of our MCR Social programme, and is in collaboration with Projekts MCR. The sessions brings young people together and is a fun, safe and relaxed environment. (1/3)
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🛹 It has been great to see our Slide Social club back up and running since the start of October!
The club is part of our MCR Social programme, and is in collaboration with Projekts MCR. The sessions brings young people together and is a fun, safe and relaxed environment. (1/3)
The club is part of our MCR Social programme, and is in collaboration with Projekts MCR. The sessions brings young people together and is a fun, safe and relaxed environment. (1/3)
For the third week of Care Leaver's Month, we're celebrating several resilient and determined young people who are making positive steps towards their long-term career goals! These young people have been chosen for their persistence and tenacity overcoming the barriers that many care leavers face 💙
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
For the third week of Care Leaver's Month, we're celebrating several resilient and determined young people who are making positive steps towards their long-term career goals! These young people have been chosen for their persistence and tenacity overcoming the barriers that many care leavers face 💙
To celebrate Care Leavers Month, GMYN is hosting a care leavers football tournament on Thursday 20th November at the Bolton Wanderers Arena! If you’d like to come along, please contact Chloe at [email protected]. Thank you to Bolton Wanderers FC and GMI Construction for making it possible!
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
To celebrate Care Leavers Month, GMYN is hosting a care leavers football tournament on Thursday 20th November at the Bolton Wanderers Arena! If you’d like to come along, please contact Chloe at [email protected]. Thank you to Bolton Wanderers FC and GMI Construction for making it possible!
🎙️ Did you catch our young people on BBC Radio Manchester?
Three young people spoke to reporter Kevin Fitzpatrick about how they’re enjoying our new work readiness pilot, Level Up, and why the programme is important for them.
Three young people spoke to reporter Kevin Fitzpatrick about how they’re enjoying our new work readiness pilot, Level Up, and why the programme is important for them.
November 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🎙️ Did you catch our young people on BBC Radio Manchester?
Three young people spoke to reporter Kevin Fitzpatrick about how they’re enjoying our new work readiness pilot, Level Up, and why the programme is important for them.
Three young people spoke to reporter Kevin Fitzpatrick about how they’re enjoying our new work readiness pilot, Level Up, and why the programme is important for them.
🚣 Our Bolton care-leavers took part in kayaking over the summer with Water Adventure Centre (WAC) in Ashton!
For some, it was their first time on the water and they enjoyed the freedom of paddling up and down the canals of Ashton!
🌊 Big thanks to the WAC in Ashton for facilitating the session!
For some, it was their first time on the water and they enjoyed the freedom of paddling up and down the canals of Ashton!
🌊 Big thanks to the WAC in Ashton for facilitating the session!
November 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🚣 Our Bolton care-leavers took part in kayaking over the summer with Water Adventure Centre (WAC) in Ashton!
For some, it was their first time on the water and they enjoyed the freedom of paddling up and down the canals of Ashton!
🌊 Big thanks to the WAC in Ashton for facilitating the session!
For some, it was their first time on the water and they enjoyed the freedom of paddling up and down the canals of Ashton!
🌊 Big thanks to the WAC in Ashton for facilitating the session!
For the second week of Care Leaver's Month, we're celebrating our particularly creative young people! We have three winners of the GMYN Creativity Award who have been chosen for their confidence to explore their creative side through art, photography, music, theatre and creative writing!
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
For the second week of Care Leaver's Month, we're celebrating our particularly creative young people! We have three winners of the GMYN Creativity Award who have been chosen for their confidence to explore their creative side through art, photography, music, theatre and creative writing!
Big thank you to Martin from RSA Insurance for joining us at our networking breakfast for employers helping young people into work! 🌟
Want to learn how your business can benefit from offering work placements? Please click the link in our bio and fill out our expression of interest form!
Want to learn how your business can benefit from offering work placements? Please click the link in our bio and fill out our expression of interest form!
November 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Big thank you to Martin from RSA Insurance for joining us at our networking breakfast for employers helping young people into work! 🌟
Want to learn how your business can benefit from offering work placements? Please click the link in our bio and fill out our expression of interest form!
Want to learn how your business can benefit from offering work placements? Please click the link in our bio and fill out our expression of interest form!
We’re delighted to announce GMYN has been selected as a cause for this year’s Co-op Local Community Fund! Now you can make a difference simply by being a Member and choosing GMYN as your chosen cause. Join today using our unique link:
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November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
We’re delighted to announce GMYN has been selected as a cause for this year’s Co-op Local Community Fund! Now you can make a difference simply by being a Member and choosing GMYN as your chosen cause. Join today using our unique link:
🔗 coopapp.onelink.me/ftOk/25jut2yr
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To mark Care Leavers Month, we’re proud to announce the winners of our Community and Volunteering Award. These young people have been doing exceptional work in their local communities through volunteering and social action projects ❤️🙌
November 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
To mark Care Leavers Month, we’re proud to announce the winners of our Community and Volunteering Award. These young people have been doing exceptional work in their local communities through volunteering and social action projects ❤️🙌
✨ This Care Leavers Month, we’re shining a light on our incredible care leavers! Over the summer, our Bolton care leavers took a trip to Blackpool. 🌊
For some it was their first time in Blackpool, but they all had a fun day paddling in sea and riding on the dodgems! 🎢
For some it was their first time in Blackpool, but they all had a fun day paddling in sea and riding on the dodgems! 🎢
November 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
✨ This Care Leavers Month, we’re shining a light on our incredible care leavers! Over the summer, our Bolton care leavers took a trip to Blackpool. 🌊
For some it was their first time in Blackpool, but they all had a fun day paddling in sea and riding on the dodgems! 🎢
For some it was their first time in Blackpool, but they all had a fun day paddling in sea and riding on the dodgems! 🎢
What a fantastic weekend we had at the Didsbury Beer Festival! A heartfelt thank-you to everyone who made it such a success. Your support means the world and will have a lasting impact on young people across Greater Manchester who need our help ❤️
November 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
What a fantastic weekend we had at the Didsbury Beer Festival! A heartfelt thank-you to everyone who made it such a success. Your support means the world and will have a lasting impact on young people across Greater Manchester who need our help ❤️
🎉 GMYN is proud to celebrate Care Leavers Month this November!
The theme for this year is “Rising as Me: Overcoming challenges, transforming, and finding your identity”. We’ll be spotlighting some incredible individuals from our care leaver programmes on our social channels once a week. 🌟
The theme for this year is “Rising as Me: Overcoming challenges, transforming, and finding your identity”. We’ll be spotlighting some incredible individuals from our care leaver programmes on our social channels once a week. 🌟
November 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🎉 GMYN is proud to celebrate Care Leavers Month this November!
The theme for this year is “Rising as Me: Overcoming challenges, transforming, and finding your identity”. We’ll be spotlighting some incredible individuals from our care leaver programmes on our social channels once a week. 🌟
The theme for this year is “Rising as Me: Overcoming challenges, transforming, and finding your identity”. We’ll be spotlighting some incredible individuals from our care leaver programmes on our social channels once a week. 🌟
🪵 Young people from our Bolton Care Leavers programme took part in a DIY session at Beechcroft Allotments! The session was part of our Multiply Programme, helping young people aged 17-19 improve their mathematics skills!
📸 Photography by Bethan Kelly
📸 Photography by Bethan Kelly
October 31, 2025 at 12:04 PM
🪵 Young people from our Bolton Care Leavers programme took part in a DIY session at Beechcroft Allotments! The session was part of our Multiply Programme, helping young people aged 17-19 improve their mathematics skills!
📸 Photography by Bethan Kelly
📸 Photography by Bethan Kelly
GMYN is thrilled to be returning as a charity partner at the Didsbury Beer Festival for the second year running! Swing by and guess the weight of our keg for your chance to win a full case of Sonoma Pale Ale, generously donated by Track Brewery. Tickets available now at didsburybeerfestival.org.uk.
October 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
GMYN is thrilled to be returning as a charity partner at the Didsbury Beer Festival for the second year running! Swing by and guess the weight of our keg for your chance to win a full case of Sonoma Pale Ale, generously donated by Track Brewery. Tickets available now at didsburybeerfestival.org.uk.
Last month, the Greater Manchester Neurodivergent VCSE Collective hosted an inspiring event, bringing together those who are working to improve support for neurodivergent young people.
Hannah, a young person from our Youth Voice Group, delivered a fantastic speech on her lived experience of ADHD. 🙌
Hannah, a young person from our Youth Voice Group, delivered a fantastic speech on her lived experience of ADHD. 🙌
October 29, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Last month, the Greater Manchester Neurodivergent VCSE Collective hosted an inspiring event, bringing together those who are working to improve support for neurodivergent young people.
Hannah, a young person from our Youth Voice Group, delivered a fantastic speech on her lived experience of ADHD. 🙌
Hannah, a young person from our Youth Voice Group, delivered a fantastic speech on her lived experience of ADHD. 🙌
⛱️ Back in August, our cared for young people from Oldham, Tameside and Manchester visited the seaside at Prestatyn beach in North Wales!
For many of the group it was their first time going to the beach, so they didn’t let the overcast conditions stop them from having a fun time!
For many of the group it was their first time going to the beach, so they didn’t let the overcast conditions stop them from having a fun time!
October 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
⛱️ Back in August, our cared for young people from Oldham, Tameside and Manchester visited the seaside at Prestatyn beach in North Wales!
For many of the group it was their first time going to the beach, so they didn’t let the overcast conditions stop them from having a fun time!
For many of the group it was their first time going to the beach, so they didn’t let the overcast conditions stop them from having a fun time!