Family friendly

Pop Up Adventure Play – coming to Manchester Monastery!

Pop Up Adventure Play are taking over the courtyard with their cardboard wonderland for Happy Sundaze on 6th May – we talk to Suzanna about this wonderful charity and the importance of play.

Top family stuff this December in Manchester:

From a smashing family New Year’s Eve party, to a live gig, animal lanterns and Christmas markets – we’ve got December covered!

Spotlight on: Claire from Totbag UK

What’s your name and where do you come from? I am Claire and I’m one of the founders of totbag – I am from Liverpool and still live here with my husband and 3 children. Amelia 7, Sebastian 4 and Alana 18 months. The other 2 totbag girls both live in Cheshire and have 7Continue reading “Spotlight on: Claire from Totbag UK”

OKS Spotlight on Oliver – AKA Yan Tan Tethera – AKA Prof Jigget

An absolute gem of a blog about one of our very favourites – Oliver talks about storytelling, depression and Terry Pratchett.

Plus he lets us in on THE BEST kitchen disco playlist ever

OKS Top 5 – reasons to Shake. It. Off

We want you to turn the volume up, feel the beat and show the kids how it’s done. Here are our top 5 reasons for why your family should shake it off together!

Spotlight on: Stockley Farm

Gary Numan, The Deaf Institute and visits to Waterworld – staff at Stockley spill the beans on their loves as we find out more about Stockfest 2018 – it’s going to be epic!

Spotlight on – Made on the Sofa

From home baking with her boys to Spice Girls reunion tours and everything in between. Rachel talks about her love for Castlefield, birthday cake and Chumbawamba ……

Spotlight on Nikki from Neon Tiger

What do Slow Hand by the Pointer Sisters, UV face-paint and slow cooking have in common? Nikki!

DQST – The Review!

Ahead of our wonderful winter pop-up at Z-arts this December, we got the low-down from Rachel who went to see Drag Queen Story Time in Bristol with her lovely daughter Grace and husband Jack – Hi I’m Rachel, I’m a stay at home mum to Grace who is 18 months old. Last year we movedContinue reading “DQST – The Review!”