Global student organisation that develops leaders and provides work experience and cultural awareness through the exchange of students and graduates.

Artsnet is for people employed in or interested in arts and culture to engage with the wider strategic issues which affect your work, play and quality of life in the City of Manchester. The network is part of the Community Network for Manchester (CN4M) which is the voice of the community and voluntary sector and links to the Manchester Partnership.

The Black Music Development Network (BMDN) develops young urban based black music practitioners, using their website as an information notice board for members, and providing training and development opportunities in Manchester and the North West of England.

THE CIRCUIT SERIES DRINK DINE DEBATE In a world where people are afraid to speak their mind, The Circuit Series is a live forum for Manchester’s ‘thinkers’ to get together; Drink, Dine and Debate. Every Second Tuesday of the Month at The Circle Club.

Based in the Northern Quarter of Manchester City Centre, we are an arts development organisation working in partnership with voluntary sector communities, agencies and artists to encourage, develop, create, produce and promote cultural programmes of work. As an artist-led organisation, our main priority is to create access to cultural production for people that are excluded or on the fringe of mainstream cultural resources. CAN is essentially an organisation which is about action - working with people to turn ideas into reality.

D&AD is an educational charity that represents the global creative community and supports creative practitioners. D&AD North was launched in March 2006. Through the Northern network – D&AD’s first outside of London – D&AD aims to provide professionals and students involved in design, advertising and creative communications with direct access to a global network of creative excellence. Ultimately, D&AD works to ensure that the creative community in the North of England receives the support, recognition and profile it deserves. The Northern programme reflects and appeals to the broad spectrum of creative disciplines represented by D&AD, and is designed to involve creative practitioners as well as students who aspire to work in the creative sector. A number of significant events have been held, including D&AD President’s Lectures, Professional Development ‘Workout’ sessions, Workshop courses and Awards screenings. Perhaps the highlight of the Northern programme is the annual exhibition at Urbis in Manchester – a major exhibition of the best advertising and design in the world featuring nominated and awarded work from the D&AD Global Awards.

Located in the heart of the city, a few minutes walk from Piccadilly train station, eOffice’s second business centre has been a huge succes, following in the footsteps of the original concept that was set up in Soho five years ago. Whether you’re a small, dynamic or creative startup company looking for inspiring office space, or a well established organisation looking for first-class conference and meeting rooms, eOffice can cater for all, at a price that is both competitive and flexible for you. We take great pride in being contemporary and unique with our design, but don’t just take our word for it, ask the experts at the British Council of Offices; not only did eOffice win BCO National Innovation Award 2007, our Manchester centre won the Best Regional Small Projects category, one of the most prestigious awards any office space/meeting room provider can have bestowed on them. Not bad for a centre thats been open for less than 18 months… but thats just the start of things to come as far as we’re concerned. We’ll be continuing to develop our partnerships with other like-minded entrepreneurs and business people as we work together to find the perfect solution for our …

GeekUp is a community of web designers, web developers, and other tech-minded folk from the UK. It’s a grassroots knowledge sharing and networking social for folks involved or interested in the web and technology industry. Monthly events take place in Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston and Sheffield.

Not content with putting on just another film night, Girls on Film showcase work by women artists of all kinds—filmmakers, musicians, DJs, visual artists, photographers, painters, dancers, performance artists, actors, poets, whatever you can think of that is made by women or promotes women, from around the UK and beyond!

Manchester Craft and Design Centre is a unique organisation comprising of 18 independent retail/studio spaces, a rolling programme of exhibitions and events from leading national and international makers of original contemporary craft and design and Cafe Aromat Located in Manchester city centre’s Northern Quarter, Manchester Craft and Design Centre is at the hub of a growing innovative and artistic community. It is one of the few places in the UK open to the public where contemporary craft is individually produced and sold on the premises. Formerly the Smithfield Victorian fish market and crowned with a huge glass roof, the Centre now houses two floors of studios ranging from jewellery, ceramics and textiles to furniture and clothing design.