News for: Sport & Leisure

Stockport County Football Club has announced the appointment of Gavin Bailey as the club's new Chief Operating Officer. Gavin Bailey (pictured) brings a wealth of experience operating large property and hospitality businesses to the club. His most recent position saw him manage the growth and … [Read more...]

With Christmas around the corner, Stockport County players have joined the club's Community Trust staff to spread festive cheer and joy across the borough. Kyle Wootton, Ben Hinchliffe, Jay Mingi and Macauley Southam-Hales paid a surprise to the Treehouse Centre at Stepping Hill Hospital, … [Read more...]

Stockport County Community Trust is delivering a new training and skills programme for unemployed adults who aspire to work in football. Funded by the UK Government through Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Adult Learning Within Reach (WEA), the Get Into Football programme aims to help … [Read more...]

Throughout October and November, Johnny Shepherd, a keen walker and one of the people that Stockport charity Supportability supports, walked 136 miles to raise money to buy a new games console for their Day Centre.   So far, they have raised over £300 but are still accepting donations so they can … [Read more...]

Staff at Stockport's Life Leisure health and wellbeing hubs have raised almost £3,000 in honour of a colleague. Mike Tongue, who is a much-loved football manager at Life Leisure in Stockport, has been receiving treatment for the rare autoimmune condition ANCA Vasculitis. His colleagues at Life … [Read more...]

Manchester Airport’s Community Trust Fund has agreed funding for 18 charities and not-for-profit groups across Greater Manchester and Cheshire at its latest meeting. The Fund, which was set up in 1997 and has since made more than £4 million of pledges, will donate more than £38,000 in total to … [Read more...]

Stockport Council has completed improvements at nine of the borough's parks and outdoor spaces since April 2024. Some of Stockport’s best-loved parks have been given a boost with new play equipment installed at a range of sites over the past six months. Oak Meadow in Cheadle Hulme is one of those … [Read more...]

Stockport County Community Trust has completed another programme of its free school holiday provision. Funded by Great Places Housing Group, the project provided free healthy food and activity to young people in the borough in receipt of free school meals, with 30 children attending activities at … [Read more...]