This weekend – The World Transformed, https://
Location: Hulme, Manchester
British politics are on the move. Since the last TWT event in 2023, we have lived through seismic shifts in Britain and abroad. The future is not inevitable, nor is it out of our hands. Sometimes history needs a push.
Spread across venues in Hulme, Manchester, TWT25 will provide a core programme of talks, workshops and training on key areas, from workplace militancy to Palestine and anti-imperialism, from tenant organising to resisting fascism. And you may have heard there’s a new left party in the works – we should probably talk about that, shouldn’t we?
TWT25 will kick off with an Opening Ceremony at the Niamos Radical Arts Centre on Thursday, and go all the way through to our closing event on Sunday night. At the heart of the programme this year will be daily assemblies, designed to hold genuinely constructive debates about what we should do and how we should do it.
But our movement isn’t just about economics or political strategy – it’s also about building a vibrant culture that can sustain and express our vision for a better future. That’s why the cultural programme will offer music, performances and exhibitions to inspire and provoke, and to delight and entertain.
Most of all, TWT is where new relationships of solidarity and organisation are forged. International and national delegations from Trade Unions, tenant groups and movement organisations combine with independent activists, local organisers and the politically curious. Across four days, we gather in one place to socialise, debate and party – in short, to build the culture and connections required for us to win.
Tickets (including how to access free tickets) https://www.tickettailor.com/
Bike rides and maintenance classes
Saturday 9th November 10-12pm Basic at Wythenshawe
6 hour Intermediate Sunday 26th October Sale
Intermediate Hyde Sunday 2nd November
Sunday 23rd November Intermediate Sale
Any of the Basic and Intermediate classes with the venue Manchester Bike Kitchen.
The Collective Dreaming Body
Date: 26th October
Time: 2-6pm
Location: St Margarets Centre, Whalley Range, M21 0TT
What is grey sky culture?
What is a somatic practice?
What is the collective dreaming body?
What is right relationship?
We want to hear what YOU think these things are and be in circle with you
See flyer for details:
A Supper that Unites – Supper4ALL
Date: Wednesday 22nd October
Time: 6-9pm
Location: Seesaw Café, 86 Princess St, Manchester M1 6NG
Join us for a special community event where stories, food, and joy come together. Co-hosted by FungALL (@fungall.cic) and Gwafuvegan(@gwafuvegan), this pilot community cooking event is all about connection, flavor, and making a difference.
Tickets are only £20 for a 3 course meal.
A unique, pay-it-forward dinner experience, where those who can contribute more help subsidize meals for low-income individuals—many of whom have never experienced fine dining. Hands-on experience for individuals on probation, helping them build skills and pathways to future employment. Sustainability & climate action at its core, with produce from FareShare Greater Manchester (tackling food waste) and mushrooms grown by FungALL (@fungall.cic) specifically for this event.
Let’s come together over a shared meal and work towards a more sustainable, inclusive future!
Creative workshop series: Build our Village, with Soteria London
Date: Tuesday 21st October (launch & lunch event)
Time: 1.30pm
Location: Lauderdale House N6
Soteria London launches a series of creative workshops ” Build our Village” designed and led by people with involuntary experience of the mental health system. They focus on building autonomy, solidarity and individual and collective strength.
Please email us at londonsoteria@gmail.com or register for a ticket on any or all Creative Workshops via this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/
Podcast – ILLUMINATING WORLDVIEWS on Emotional Competency S1:1
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/
Over the past months, For The Wild has journeyed to the Yukon in partnership with Illuminating Worldviews. Illuminating Worldviews is a space for examining the worldviews in which we find ourselves and to learn how they actively shape the material realities of our lives. This project, rooted and colored by the land of the Yukon invites questioning, examination, and future visioning centered in Indigenous ideology and the sentiment of journeying.
In this conversation, Ayana is joined by Dr. Lee Brown and Elder Mark Wedge to discuss emotional competency and how we can regulate ourselves amidst all that this world brings. What does it mean to have a colonized heart? Is it to separate ourselves from our emotions? Touching upon the role of feeling in our overall wellbeing, they highlight how emotional regulation and connection are essential to the work of decolonization. This episode is a resounding testament to the healing that comes from embodiment and fully felt experience.
Learn more at https://forthewild.world
Benefits Tips Social, by Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People
Date: 15th October & 19th November, online and in person
Time: 6pm
Location: The Proud Trust, 49-51 Sidney Street Manchester M1 7HB
Join us for our hybrid Benefits Tips Social – an evening of disability-related Benefits tips and peer support.
Resources & advice on how to make a successful PIP claim / mandatory reconsideration / appeal, and other disability-related welfare benefits
Solidarity! Work on your application form in a supportive environment
Creative workshops: Performance, art, entertainment, creativity, fun!
The first part of the evening goes through disability-related benefits tips that are relevant to those present. This is often PIP applications, mandatory reconsiderations and appeals, but can be Universal Credit, migration from older benefits, etc.After a break, the second part of the evening involves some kind of creative activity, to help us de-stress from discussing disability benefits so hopefully everyone leaves able to relax for the night, and to give us tools to use as needed to manage stress in future.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/
Evidence of welfare state violence: navigating tensions towards radical action
Suicide and Evidence Seminar Series
Date: 22nd October, online
Time: 3.00-4.00pm
The Deaths by Welfare project evidences the way the UK welfare system kills people, and how disabled people and bereaved families resist. The project navigates many tensions around evidence – which I’ll share in this session. These include questions around: what counts as evidence and who decides? What are we using evidence to do? Often we imagine that evidence of harm is a way to fight for government accountability. But what about when policies are harmful by design? And how do you evidence harm by design? We’ll explore tactics of evidence-making to explore the kind of impact we’re imagining – from tinkering at the edges of policy in ways that may ultimately reinforce the power and violence of the system, to asking what role evidence can play in shaping radical action, bearing witness, validating people’s experiences, and resourcing ourselves to move toward a collective strategy.
Its Madness North West: call for exhibition submissions
https://docs.google.com/forms/
Its Madness North West is a space for people in the North West of the UK to submit and share artwork that reflects mental illness, resilience, and protest.
It celebrates art that challenges perceptions of disability, rebels against stigma, and honours individuality.
The North West, with its history of industrial labour, urbanisation, and social inequality, is a fertile ground for expressing working-class experiences, struggles, and resilience. Cities like Manchester and Liverpool have long traditions of political activism, including LGBTQ+ and disability rights campaigns, making the region a natural context for art that explores marginalisation, mental illness, and defiance against systemic oppression.
Artists in the North West often draw directly from personal and communal experiences of mental illness, social marginalisation, or institutional neglect, giving the region’s creative output a particular resonance with themes of protest, resilience, and identity.
Although Art is a useful source of therapy, this isn’t the space to be therapised, some of the content of this site may be distressing. Trigger warnings will be available when possible.
Its Madness North West was founded by Oliver Chadwick (DJ Chadman), an autistic interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker whose work explores trauma and identity. With a strong commitment to community engagement, Oliver is passionate about the power of the arts as a tool for advocacy, resistance, and self-expression.
email: itsmadnessnorthwest@gmail.com with any questions or concerns about ITS MADNESS NORTH WEST.
Institute of Mental Health, Nottingham – an invitation from researchers to participate in the ‘Evaluating Positive Changes in Psychosis’ (EPOCH) study
Mental health clinicians – are you a mental health clinician with experience of working with people with psychosis? Could you attend a brief focus group and offer valuable feedback to researchers? View the EPOCH Clinician Focus Group participant information sheet. https://forms.office.com/
People with lived experience of psychosis – are you 18+ and living in England? Would you like to join a two-hour focus group and share your thoughts on a new digital intervention? You’ll be reimbursed for your time. View the EPOCH Lived Experience Focus Group participant information sheet. https://forms.office.com/
NHS peer support workers – do you have experience of working alongside people living with psychosis? Could you attend a one-day workshop to help develop training resources? You’ll be reimbursed for your time. https://forms.office.com/
Mad Pride, Mad Perspectives: Centre for Mad Culture UK launch night
Centre for Mad Culture UK
Date: 17th October
Time: 6.00–9.00pm
Location: in person, Mote 102 Gallery, Edinburgh
Join us for the official launch of Centre for Mad Culture UK—a bold new space celebrating mad knowledge, mad voices, and mad creativity.
This special evening at Mote 102 gallery will feature:
Artwork and talks by Azra Khan, Julia Macintosh, and Ian Macintosh
A mini mad cabaret with special guest Lizzy Packard
Community and conversation with refreshments provided
The Centre for Mad Culture UK exists to champion social justice, challenge sanism and psychophobia, and uplift the power of lived experience. Together, we celebrate the insights and brilliance of mad activism, creating a community rooted in empowerment and solidarity.
Come and be part of this vibrant launch night—where art, performance, and activism meet.
More information and registration.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/
