Spelling Bee 2016

Spelling Bee 2016 - November 2016 GIFT participated in a Spelling Bee Competition with three other supplementary schools. Each child was given a set of words to learn in class and also at home. The first round of the competition took place on Saturday 19th November...

Patsy Mckie Mothers Against Violence

Patsy Mckie, Mothers Against Violence: I was born in 1947 in St Kitts, West Indies; the real name for St Kitts is really St Christopher. I set sail for the UK in July 1965. My dad was already here, both parents had came but Mum came back to the West Indies after a...

Chavez Finlayson

I was born on 29.6.96, I lived at the back of Ducie High School until I was 2 yearrs old and then moved to Fallowfield. The area was relatively a quiet area, people say bad things about it, although it wasn’t as notorious as Moss Side. Things began to calm down. I...

Welcome to our relaunched services at Brow House

Welcome to our relaunched services at Brow House

Welcome to our relaunched services at Brow House. We will be providing the following services: Sessional/Tutorial workshops The Learning Support and Mentoring project aims to work towards the social inclusion of young people through the provision of education and...

Summer Basketball

Summer Basketball

Summer Basketball Project Identity Card Project Name: Summer Basketball =Project Time Span: July to October 2016 Project Funded by: The Project goal Our goal was to create a community where young people could come and play basketball throughout the month of August....

GIFT Academy Celebration and Achievements

GIFT Academy Celebration and Achievements

GIFT Academy Celebration and Achievements - July 2016 We celebrated our end of academic year achievements for the supplementary school which was attended by over 50 students, parents and teachers during the academic year.   d

Business Enterprise and Employability Training

Business Enterprise and Employability Training

Business Enterprise and Employability Training - January 2016 - April 2016 We ran a range of workshops throughout the year to provide opportunities for budding entrepreneurs to reflect on options, opportunities and realities of self-employment in order to better make...

Into University Trip – January 2016

Into University Trip – January 2016

The Into University Trip Event involved our young people attended an interactive day organised by MEaP (Making Education a Priority) and IntoUniversity at the Manchester Metropolitan University to learn about student life and potential academic routes to success....

Young Stars

Young Stars

Congratulations to our GIFT’s young stars as excellent Spelling Bee winners that took place at the Aquarius Community Centre in Hulme on Saturday. Well done to all the young people from STEP and Aquarius who took part.

Classroom to Boardroom Part 2 – 18 Feb 2015

Classroom to Boardroom Part 2 – 18 Feb 2015

Route2Success and GIFT Present Classroom to Boardroom Part 2 18 Feb 2015 Are you aged 11-18 Free @ half term? Come & discover your GIFT at Route2Success on 18.02.15 @ Aquarius M15 6AX -FREE WITH FOOD-12.30pm-3.30pm. A day designed to support you in developing the...

James Gregory Fathers Against Violence

James Gregory Fathers Against Violence: " My son Giuseppe was murdered. He wasn’t the intended target. I didn’t expect my son to be taken away. He was born on my 21st birthday. Giuseppe was a ‘Bright future in a place of despair’. I needed something to take that grief...

Zaid Fiddler Young Roots at GIFT

I was born in St Mary’s in 1996. I live in Moss Side and grew up here all my life. Growing up here was up and down. When I was younger I would play in Moss Side Adventure and ‘catch joke’. After that it would be a bit more mundane. It taught me a lot of life lessons....

TalentMatch Project

TalentMatch Project

TalentMatch Project Identity Card Project Name: TalentMatch In Partnership with GMCVO Project Duration: Apr 2014 to Jun 2018 Project Funded by: The Big Lottery Project Category: Employability TalentMatch Project Overview Supporting Young people ages 18-24 who are...

Youth Ambassador Scheme – Project

Youth Ambassador Scheme – Project

Youth Ambassador Project Identity Card Project Name: Youth Ambassador Project Duration: March 2006 Project Funded by National Lottery Community Fund Awards For All Youth Ambassador Scheme Overview GIFT used the funding of the Youth Ambassador scheme to provide support...