Hollywood actor helps local charity
HOLLYWOOD film actor James McAvoy has given a major boost to a Stockportbased children’s charity by recording a national radio fundraising appeal. The star of cinema blockbusters s...
Raising the FLAG for social care
A NEW independent information and advice service, which will help people find out about all the adult health and social care services in Stockport has just been launched. FLAG (For...
Runners hand over charity cash
A BUNCH of intrepid runners from Stockport Harriers braved the winter weather to raise money for the Seashell Trust in Cheadle. Stockport Harriers, which organises the annual Stock...
Women unite in Race for Life team
STOCKPORT women are being urged to enter Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life and share amazing moments as they become part of the biggest female-only team in the UK. Stockport Sport...
Carers not claiming full support
HALF of Stockport’s carers aren’t claiming the benefits they are entitled to, according figures obtained by Hazel Grove MP Andrew Stunell. Information released to Mr Stunell in res...
Stars line up to support charity
AN ASSORTMENT of well known faces are supporting to Marie Curie Cancer Care’s Great Daffodil Appeal this year by encouraging Stockport residents to turn their time into nursing car...
Having a ball to remember mum Gill
A CHEADLE Hulme man and his friends and family are well on their way to achieving their £75,000 target for St Ann’s Hospice after raising nearly £27,000 at a glittering ball. Paul ...
Dance event raised £2,355
MORE than 23 people from Stockport took part in Marie Curie Cancer’s fundraising event ‘A Chance to Dance’ – raising more than £2,355 for the cause. The cash will go to help provid...
Withington pupils take to the air for Christie’s
NOT content with raising more than £6,000 for the area’s world renowned cancer hospital with their WiGs4Life fun run through south Manchester, pupils at Withington Girls’ School ha...
Brinnington aims to kick the habit
A NEW community stop smoking service set up at Brinnington Children’s Centre is helping local people get the help they need to ‘lose the fags’. Visitors to the Centre will now be a...
Doctor rides to a much healthier mind and body
STOCKPORT doctor Vicci Owen-Smith certainly practices what she preaches. Come rain or shine – though she draws the line at snow – Vicci cycles from her home in Withington to HNS St...
Calling all Stockport Schools
ST ANN’S Hospice has a long history of working with schools in Stockport, engaging young people in fundraising and citizenship activities and teaching young people about the valuab...
Safety first in schools
SAFETY in the workplace is to once again to be part of the school curriculum. Secondary schools from across the borough are being invited to take part in health and safety roadshow...
Seashell Trust praised for ‘Excellent’ Care
GRIFFIN Lodge at the Seashell Trust in Heald Green has been awarded a rating of ‘excellent’ for the third consecutive year in a row by the Care Quality Commission. The Seashell Tru...
Yellow day is Pure delight for hospices
STOCKPORT based Pure Innovations Ltd, a notfor- profit social enterprise turned yellow recently to support their new Charity of the Year Help the Hospices. Each of Pure’s offices t...
