Stockport’s Beechwood Cancer Care Centre is looking for new volunteers to help support the charity in 2016 and beyond. A new volunteer in 2016 is Jean Fairhurst who decided, after taking early retirement from 37 years in education, that she wanted a new challenge. Jean has had friends and … [Read more...]
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Council and Westbrook support mental illness
Stockport Council, in partnership with Westbrook, have launched a new service providing support to people with mental illness as they prepare for employment. The new service will work with individuals to help them learn new skills and develop their employability through a wide range of … [Read more...]
Man’s girl puts best foot forward
Emma Husband, P.A. to MAN Diesel & Turbo UK Ltd‘s (MDT-UK) Managing Director Andrew Bellamy, is planning to put her best foot (and paw?) forward in order to raise money for charity. Along with her border terrier cross Timo, a rescue dog, Emma will be completing a 60-mile trek in May between … [Read more...]
Award for managing director of Resin Surfaces
Pictured : RSL MD Ivy Wroe with Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Sajid Javid, and RSL Chairman Rupert Goodman (left) The awards are instituted by FIRST – the multidisciplinary International Affairs organisation – and honour international business leaders who have excelled in … [Read more...]
Manchester Airport run will raise cash for cancer charity
Manchester Airport and British Airways are teaming to give people the chance to run 6km race around the runways and raise cash for CLIC Sargent Manchester Airport and British Airways are teaming up again to give people the chance to run a 6km race around its busy runways and raise cash for … [Read more...]
Apprentices join the A6 to Manchester Airport relief road team
Six talented apprentices have been selected to join the A6 to Manchester Airport Relief Road team and launch their professional careers in construction. Chosen following a tough selection process that tested candidate’s knowledge and skills for the sector, each of the apprentices has now joined … [Read more...]
Calendar girls and boys at Life Leisure
The calendar has been put together by Life Leisure staff from head office and all of the Life Leisure centres across town, with several members also taking part to raise money for the David Hopkins Foundation. The team takes centre stage as the stars of the calendar, providing a different theme … [Read more...]
Manchester Airports Group aiming to raise £1m for charity
Manchester Airports Group (MAG) has chosen CLIC Sargent, the UK's leading cancer charity for children and young people, as its charity of the year Manchester Airport is hoping to raise £1m for charity next year, Manchester Airports Group (MAG) has chosen CLIC Sargent, the UK's leading cancer … [Read more...]
Together Trust’s school breaks down barriers to learning
Together Trust has opened a new alternative education provision at School House to support young Key Stage 3 pupils aged 11 to 14 who have barriers to learning and have been or are on the cusp of being excluded from mainstream schools. School House in Droyslden, run by Cheadle based the Together … [Read more...]
Do the string test to see how healthy you are
A piece of string may be all you need to gauge whether you are at an increased risk of developing certain illnesses such as high blood pressure, cancer and diabetes. Stockport Council's new health campaign, Stockport String, is a fun way to measure your waist to height ratio using only a piece of … [Read more...]
Proud of Stockport Awards
Stockport’s outstanding and extraordinary citizens have been honoured at the ‘Proud of Stockport’ awards and local film production company Belly Flop TV has released films of all the winners. The awards were set up by the Council to encourage a stronger sense of pride and community spirit in the … [Read more...]
Cardiac Science donate Defib to rugby club
Leading Stockport-based defibrillator manufacturers have donated a state-of-the- art device to Burnage Rugby Club in Heaton Mersey. The new Powerheart AED (automated external defibrillator) from Cardiac Science, who are neighbours of the club, will be sited at the club’s Varley Park ground to … [Read more...]