Cheadle-based disability charity, Seashell Trust has received a £500 grant from Handforth financial planning firm, Equilibrium. The financial planners made the donation through the firm's Community Support Scheme, established in 2015 to regularly support charities and community groups in Cheshire … [Read more...]
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Smart Works Greater Manchester launches fundraising to help women back to work
The women’s charity, Smart Works Greater Manchester, has launched a fundraising campaign in celebration of its fifth anniversary to help thousands of women across Manchester get back into work. In a short video being released on its anniversary on Friday 5th June, the charity revealed that in the … [Read more...]
Sector3 begins recruiting for board of trustees
Sector3, the organisation supporting Stockport's voluntary, charity and social enterprise sector, is calling for applications to join its board of trustees. Sector3's aim is to bring together Stockport’s voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise sectors by creating a culture that … [Read more...]
Pure Innovations praise work of mental health and wellbeing teams during lockdown
Stockport charity, Pure Innovations, have praised the work of its mental health and wellbeing teams during the coronavirus pandemic. Much of the charity's teams' work centres on breaking social isolation, however they were faced with the challenge of social distancing. In recent weeks Pure … [Read more...]
Stockport fitness group launches challenge for Cancer Research UK
Stockport residents are being asked to get their trainers on and raise money for Cancer Research UK as part of a special challenge launched by local health and fitness group, Life Leisure. Starting on 1st June, Life Leisure’s 10 Day Challenge invites participants to jog, walk, run or ride 10 km … [Read more...]
Stockport charity seeks help to win Movement for Good award
Stockport charity, Supportability, is asking for nominations to win £1000 as part of specialist insurer Ecclesiastical's Movement for Good awards. Anyone can nominate the charity online, via the Movement for Good website using Supportability's charity number 1009768 and full name Stockport, East … [Read more...]
Marple shop owner raises over £4000 for local charity with lockdown haircut
Sarah Laker, owner of shop Stationery Supplies, in Marple, has raised over £4000 for nearby charity, Mellor Country House, by agreeing to have her head shaved. The Marple shop owner had originally aimed to raise £250 for the charity, however Sarah raised her fundraising target to £3,500, enough … [Read more...]
Stockport College student goes beyond disability to help those in need
A blind nursing student at Stockport College has shown there is no limit to helping others during a time of crisis. When the lockdown began, Access to Nursing and Midwifery student, Sarah Strutt (pictured) began searching for ways she could assist her local community despite having additional … [Read more...]
Life Leisure coach takes on Everest challenge for mental health charity
A strength and conditioning coach at Life Leisure has ‘climbed’ Mount Everest during the lockdown to raise awareness and funds for a mental health charity. Adam Heywood (pictured), who is from Droylsden and a senior fitness coach at Life Leisure in Stockport, came up with the ‘Everest for the … [Read more...]
Charity midnight walk reimagined as virtual fundraising event
Stockport charity, St Ann's Hospice, has reimagined its annual Manchester Midnight Walk as a virtual fundraising event in response to the impact of the coronavirus. The bee-themed moonlit walk in aid of St Ann's Hospice's patients was threatened with cancellation due to the ban on public … [Read more...]
Daily bread delivery provides lifeline for Stockport’s most vulnerable
A daily delivery of bread from Stockport-based Allied Bakeries is making a big difference to some of the borough's most vulnerable residents during the coronavirus outbreak. Allied Bakeries has donated over 200 loaves of bread every day for a number of weeks to those affected by food poverty as a … [Read more...]
Virtual pub quiz backs Supportability in weekly event
Stockport charity, Supportability, have been announced as the chosen charity for this week's Big Fat Virtual Quiz, a weekly online pub quiz. The online pub quiz is run by The Big Fat Quiz Company, which has been streaming the virtual event live on their Facebook page during social distancing … [Read more...]
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