Chorlton U Decide Event

On Thursday evening I attended the second Chorlton U Decide Event at Chorlton Leisure centre.
Despite the foul weather, over a hundred local residents turned up to vote for which community projects should receive up to £1,000 of CASH grant money to improve and enrich life in Chorlton.

Fifteen different projects put forward their case and among those that were successful were, Oswald Road School gardening project, funding towards the cost of the Big Green Festival and an Arts Trail for the Chorlton Arts festival, help towards setting up a Farmers market on Chorlton Green, an IT project for senior citizens, more “Bee friendly” work at Ivy Green allotments, oral history projects for older residents and the Chorlton Chunky Knitters.

While the votes were counted, refreshments were served and we were entertained by a superb choir from Oswald Road Primary school and excellent musicians from St John’s Primary school.

I hope this successful event becomes another annual “must attend” in the Chorlton calendar.