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Stockport NHS colleagues working through the Covid-19 pandemic have had their stories shared through an art exhibition of portraits painted by local artists. The exhibition at Stockport War Memorial Art Gallery features work from artists from Stockport and surrounding areas have captured the … [Read more...]

Stockport Council has signed up to a new Citizens Advice Protocol for helping people in the borough who are struggling to pay their Council Tax. The Citizens Advice Council Tax Protocol is a good practice guide to collecting Council Tax and promotes close working between councils, debt advice … [Read more...]

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...]