There is still one month left for Stockport residents to comment on proposals to move library services to a new 21st Century facility in the town centre. Stockport Council has been awarded £14.5 million Future High Streets Funding by the government to spend on Stockroom, redeveloping empty retail … [Read more...]
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Council opens consultation on future of library services following public backing for Stockroom proposals
Stockport Council has launched a consultation on the future of library services in the town centre after an engagement process on plans for Stockroom, a £14.5 million learning and discovery hub in Merseyway, secured strong public backing. The council is calling on residents to share their views … [Read more...]
Anti-bullying award for Stockport Academy
An anti-bullying programme at Stockport Academy in Cheadle Heath has been recognised nationally for the fifth year, after winning another Bullying Intervention Group (BIG) Award. The school is the only secondary school in Stockport to have been recognised by the BIG Awards, and impressed judges … [Read more...]
Stockport business owners encouraged to access Help to Grow management training
Small and medium-sized business owners in Stockport are being encouraged to sign up to free management training from Manchester Metropolitan University's Business School as part of the government's Help to Grow scheme. The Help to Grow: Management programme combines a practical curriculum with … [Read more...]
Council congratulates Stockport students on 2020/21 academic results
Stockport Council has congratulated Stockport’s students on academic performance this week despite another year of disruption. The last academic year (2020/21) has been extremely challenging for all pupils, parents, carers and staff across the borough. Faced with an unprecedented variety of … [Read more...]
Training academy launches to provide skills to retrofit Greater Manchester buildings for a low-carbon future
Greater Manchester has launched a new training academy to provide over a thousand residents with retrofitting skills to ensure the city-region's homes and buildings are fit for a low-carbon future as part of a commitment to becoming carbon-neutral by 2038. European Social Funding of £1.1 million … [Read more...]
Digital skills provider awarded £1.2 million to support 450 people in North West into tech careers
Skills City, a training provider that supports alternative routes into employment in the tech sector, has been awarded £1.2 million from the Department for Education (DfE) to support 450 people in the North West through Skills Bootcamps. Based at MediaCityUK and developed by HOST, Skills City … [Read more...]
Plans submitted for next phase of Stockport College redevelopment
A planning application has been submitted to Stockport Council for the latest phase of redevelopment on Stockport College's Wellington Road South campus. The second phase of the £24 million redevelopment of the college site will see the existing Theatre and Multipurpose Hall building on … [Read more...]
Council pledges to safeguard Central Library access
Stockport Council has pledged to guarantee public access to the town centre's historic Central Library, irrespective of whether library services move to a newly proposed learning hub in Merseyway. An engagement process to deliver a £14.5 million learning and discovery space, provisionally named … [Read more...]
Dawn Creative top of the class with new website for Buckinghamshire school
Cheadle based digital and branding agency, Dawn Creative, has delivered a new website for a Buckinghamshire school. The agency has delivered a new website and parent portal for Wycombe High School, an all-girls grammar school in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The school reached out to a … [Read more...]
Construction begins on new sports facilities at Marple Hall School
Marple Hall School has begun construction on its new first-class sports facilities, for the benefit of students as well as the wider community who will have access in the evenings and at weekends. The project funded by Stockport Council and the school Governing Body includes the installation of a … [Read more...]
Covid-19 pandemic leads to boom in virtual work experience
Young people across the UK have continued to gain access to workplace and careers-related learning through a boom in virtual work experience opportunities throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. Young people have been disproportionately affected by the Covid-19 restrictions, suffering major disruption … [Read more...]
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