North West charity, the Together Trust, is supporting this year’s Foster Care Fortnight (16th - 29th May), the UK’s biggest foster care awareness campaign. Led by The Fostering Network, the two week campaign showcases the commitment, passion and dedication of foster carers. The Together … [Read more...]
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Gorvins solicitor takes on epic trek for cancer charity
A solicitor is taking on an epic walking challenge in memory of a colleague who died from cancer. David Walton, a partner at Gorvins Solicitors in Stockport, is aiming to walk 214 Wainwright peaks in the Lake District inside a year. David, 43, is raising money for Cancer Research UK in memory … [Read more...]
Young people pitch ideas at Dragons’ Den-style event
Young people from the Together Trust recently pitched their ideas on how to improve the charity’s facilities in a Dragons’ Den style event. The event saw contestants who are supported by the charity pitch their ideas to a panel of judges, in the hope of winning £30,000 of voluntary income to help … [Read more...]
NK Theatre – a company of Superstars
NK Theatre Arts latest performance of Jesus Christ Superstar showed how many shining superstars make up the Stockport based community theatre company. Running over 4 nights last week, each performance was packed full of emotion, energy and a staggering amount of talent. The original rock … [Read more...]
Women’s business group Network SK backs Roberts Bakery’s breast cancer campaign
Stockport businesswomen have given their support to a campaign organised by family bread brand Roberts Bakery to help prevent breast cancer for future generations. Twenty members of Network SK heard from breast cancer survivor and member of the Roberts family Lindsay Occleston, 54. The … [Read more...]
Beechwood chief executive Allen Whittaker dies after short cancer battle
THE chief executive of a Stockport cancer care centre has lost his own battle with the disease. Allen Whittaker, CEO of Beechwood Cancer Care, was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer just a few months ago and was admitted to Manchester Royal Infirmary for surgery in the last couple of weeks but … [Read more...]
Together backing celebrity football match in schoolboy’s memory
Cheadle finance provider Together are sponsoring a celebrity football match in memory of a schoolboy who died from an asthma attack. The game to honour the life of Isaac Maley, who lived in Bowdon, will be held at Altrincham FC on Sunday, April 24. Isaac’s father Andrew, who played for … [Read more...]
Smart Works shortlisted in 2016 E3 Business Awards Charity of the Year
Stockport based charity Smart Works Greater Manchester has been shortlisted as a finalist in the 2016 E3 Business Awards. Winners will be announced at the awards evening to be held at the Macron Stadium in Bolton on Friday 3rd June. The Smart Works scheme, which aims to help unemployed women … [Read more...]
Seashell Trust praised for work with volunteers
Seashell Trust has been reaccredited as an Investor In Volunteers. The Cheadle Hulme charity was first given the accolade in 2011. It promotes a high professional management standard for those working with volunteers. Achieving it demonstrates a commitment to good practice and confirms … [Read more...]
Clarke Nicklin joins NK Theatre Arts’ 1000 Club
Chartered accountants Clarke Nicklin are the latest business to join NK Theatre Arts' 1000 Club. NK Theatre Arts is a registered charity based at The Forum Theatre in Romiley and one of the region’s leading all-inclusive theatre companies for children, young people and adults. They provide … [Read more...]
Tributes paid to actress and Beechwood patron Morag Siller
Tributes have been paid to actress Morag Siller, also a patron at Beechwood Cancer Care Centre in Stockport, after losing her own battle with the disease. Morag, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011, died at the age of just 46 at The Christie hospital in Withington, South … [Read more...]
Stockport Business Awards look for charity partner
Organisers of the Stockport Business Awards are looking for the this year's charity partner. Previous charities to benefit are Seashell Trust, Weekend Day Centre for Dementia Care, Together Trust and St Ann’s Hospice. Andrew Baggott, from organisers Clarke Nicklin, said: “We had a record … [Read more...]