News for: CSR

John Lewis Cheadle and Art Battle Manchester have announced the launch of ‘My Happy Place’, an art competition for young creatives to showcase their talents and compete for some top prizes. The competition is taking place as Stockport celebrates a year as Greater Manchester Town of Culture. In … [Read more...]

Stockport's Vernon Building Society is celebrating 100 years of service with the launch of a new £100,000 Charitable Foundation. The Stockport mutual was founded on March 27th, 1924, and is the only one of the town's 12 building societies to have withstood the challenges of the subsequent … [Read more...]

The council and its partners, Life Leisure and Age UK Stockport, are launching three new Confidence Walks sessions to help people in Stockport with long-term health conditions build back their activity levels. Building on the success of Brinnington and Avondale leisure centre classes, which see … [Read more...]

Chris Baguley, Group Channel Development Director at Cheadle-based specialist lender, Together, is set to begin a trek across the Arctic in support of North-west charity The Joshua Tree. At the end of January, Chris will be taking part in the 70km trek, facing temperatures of between -20C and … [Read more...]

Colleagues at Manchester Airport have donated more than £10,000 of gifts to homeless people, care home residents and children from disadvantaged backgrounds following an appeal. The airport has pledged that no vulnerable person in its neighbouring communities should wake up on Christmas morning … [Read more...]

Stockport Council has joined up along with four other Greater Manchester councils and a further 20 nationally to launch an online Christmas recruitment campaign to meet the urgent need for foster carers in the region. Ofsted's annual Fostering in England statistics brings to light the pressures … [Read more...]

Stockport marketing agency, Platform81, has sponsored a 'Friendly Bench' at Stockport County FC's Edgeley Park grounds to help combat loneliness and foster connections in the community. The Friendly Bench (pictured, photo courtesy of Stockport County FC) offers a space where people can sit and … [Read more...]

Businesses that are keen to support impact initiatives striving for race equality are being invited to sponsor the Stockport Race and Culture Awards. The Stockport Race and Culture Awards is an annual event organised by Stockport Race Equality Partnership CIC and brings together Stockport’s … [Read more...]