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...]
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Stockport Council shares cancer awareness messages with local businesses
Stockport Council’s Public Health team are working with local employers and community groups across the borough to raise awareness of how people can reduce their risk of cancer and how to try to spot cancer early. The team have already visited coffee mornings, libraries, mosques and job centres … [Read more...]
New confidence walks launch to help more Stockport residents build up their activity levels
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...]
Stockport business leader takes on Arctic trek for charity
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...]
Stockport County to host fundraising gala dinner for the borough’s armed forces
Stockport County Football Club and Stockport Armed Forces Community Organisation (SAFCO) will host a gala dinner to raise funds for the borough's armed forces and veterans community. Guests at the event on 16th February will enjoy a three course dinner, live music via a compere/singer, live … [Read more...]
Manchester Airport staff donate £10,000 worth of presents for neighbouring communities
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 fostering team joins UK wide recruitment campaign
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 NHS shares advice for accessing healthcare this winter
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is urging the public to remember to choose the treatment which is right for them and keep Stepping Hill Hospital’s emergency department (A&E) services for those patients who most need them. People in vulnerable groups are also being asked to get their … [Read more...]
Platform81 sponsors Friendly Bench at Edgeley Park
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 sought to sponsor Stockport Race and Culture Awards
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...]
Together gets behind Mission Christmas Manchester campaign
Cheadle-based lender Together is supporting Cash for Kids’, Mission Christmas campaign to make sure every child in Manchester receives a gift this Christmas. The campaign, which helps the thousands of children who are living in poverty, sees Together make a financial donation to the programme as … [Read more...]
National award for Greater Manchester fostering scheme
Greater Manchester Combined Authority's (GMCA) 'Room Makers' fostering initiative has won the Children in Care Award at the Children and Young People Now Awards. The scheme provides funding and support for foster carers in all 10 boroughs of the city-region to renovate spare rooms in order to … [Read more...]
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