It’s going to be Red Nose Day at a Stockport vaccination clinic on Saturday, 20th March. Clinical staff and 23 volunteers at Heald Green Village Hall are raising awareness and funds for Comic Relief. The team will be decorating their face masks and wearing red t-shirts in aid of the biennial … [Read more...]
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Stockport community projects among latest beneficiaries of Airport Community Trust fund
Manchester Airport's Community Trust fund has released a further £30,000 to support community projects, including a number of organisations in Stockport. In its latest round of funding, a total of £31,898.96 was pledged to 18 organisations in communities near the airport. Projects benefiting from … [Read more...]
Businesses invited to abseil down council building to raise money for mental health charity
Businesses in Stockport are being invited to abseil down Stockport Council's Stopford House building to raise money for local mental health charity, Beacon Counselling. The charity was selected by Cllr Dean Fitzpatrick to be the Mayor's Charity during his tenure in the role, and is asking … [Read more...]
Charities get lockdown boost on Belle Vue buses
Local transport company, Belle Vue, has offered a boost to charities and community organisations in Greater Manchester by providing £25,000 of free advertising space on its buses. The Christie charity, Pure Innovations, NK Theatre Arts and Stockport Volleyball Club are all being promoted on Belle … [Read more...]
Smart Works and Stockport NHS confirmed as business awards charity partners
Founders and organisers, Clarke Nicklin Chartered Accountants, have announced Smart Works and Stockport NHS Charity as the Stockport Business Awards' charity partners for the 2021 event. The event will support two charities for the first time to mark the 10th anniversary of the Stockport Business … [Read more...]
Quiz Up or Abseil for Mental Health in Stockport!
Mayor of Stockport Cllr Dean Fitzpatrick (pictured) is calling on the borough's businesses to support two fundraising events in aid of a local mental health charity. Stockport businesses can enter the Stockport Business Quiz 2021 in aid of raising essential funds for The Mayor of Stockport’s … [Read more...]
Charity project takes flight for Manchester Airport worker
A Project Manager at Manchester Airport, Sam Buah, hopes his new book will inspire readers to believe that they ‘have the potential to be great’, as he imparts lessons learned on a remarkable life journey that took him from his hometown in Ghana to the UK’s third largest airport, via a job as a … [Read more...]
Community projects awarded over £300,000 from Stockport Local Fund
Community projects in the borough have been awarded £307,000 by the council's Stockport Local Fund since the start of 2021. The fund has supported 68 local projects to support the most vulnerable people in Stockport during the Covid-19 pandemic. Community projects to have received support … [Read more...]
Greater Manchester leaders back ‘Right to Food’ campaign
Greater Manchester has become the first UK city-region to back calls for the access to food to become a legal right. The Right to Food campaign, launched by the Fans Supporting Foodbanks group founded by Liverpool and Everton supporters, seeks to make access to food a legal right in the UK, and … [Read more...]
Moving-on community grants for GM non-profits opens for 2021 application rounds
The ESF Community Grant Programme, which works to fund non-profit employability support for those facing barriers in the workplace, has opened its latest round of funding, Moving-on, for applications. The Workers' Educational Association (WEA) has secured a further £2.2 million of funding towards … [Read more...]
Seashell Trust and Oli the Choc become Official Guinness World Record Holders
Seashell Trust, in partnership with Oliver Dunn, chocolatier, aka Oli the Choc, has been awarded an Official Guinness World Record for “Most users in a lollipop-making video hangout”. On Saturday 5 December 2020 Seashell teamed up with master chocolatier, Oliver, for the online chocolate lollipop … [Read more...]
Technology recycling charity joins Stockport DigiKnow Alliance
The DigiKnow Alliance, a group of organisations working to tackle digital exclusion in Stockport, have welcomed a technology recycling charity to the group. Community Computers, an initiative by Stockport charity Renewal Northwest, recycles donated IT equipment, providing low-cost refurbished … [Read more...]
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