Sharing our practice – managing Plan B as an SME
We know that as an SME, and a social enterprise at that, resources can be tight. For this reason, we have committed to sharing our processes and resources when adapting how we work in light of the new Plan B. We are not stating that what we plan to do is perfect but we hope…
A picture says a thousand words
Last week, we celebrated the life of Alan Turing whilst raising money for a George House Trust. As we celebrated Get Online Week, it felt important to honour the man who did so much to celebrate computer science. But our picture, proudly at the door when you enter, isn’t just there to celebrate one man’s…
The Starting Point Charter
In September, our team spent time away in Giggleswick reflecting on the last 18 months and developing our plan for the future. Thanks to our work with Ansuz Action we have developed a charter for our work going forward. But first, some pictures of our time there… Our Charter: Starting Point is committed to sharing…
‘My One Photo of Stockport’ Competition celebrating Get Online Week 2021 #OneStockport
Join us this Get Online Week as we launch our second One Stockport / One Photo of Stockport competition. Complete with fab prizes to be won. You can get involved in a number of ways: Enter the photo competition with a chance to win. Enter Here To enter you will need a Google Account. They…
Please vote for us
We are really honoured to be finalists for the Digital Leaders Craig Macdonald Memorial Prize and we would be really grateful for your vote. Craig Macdonald was a technology professional dedicated to public service who passed away suddenly in early 2020. In honour of Craig’s memory, Tech Investor Rob Wilmot is partnering with Digital Leaders…
Going to Greenwich
Here at Starting Point, we have always known the barriers that people face when they aren’t online. From accessing banking when the local branch has closed and you don’t know how to use a banking app to simply knowing what colour of bin to put out on what day, there is so much information online….
Making Chicken Tacos – It’s Mexican Week
This week we were supposed to spend our days learning to cook some really tasty food, funded and arranged by Stockport Homes. Sadly because of COVID, this has been scuppered. Those due to attend the sessions have been offered recipe packs and below are the instructions, including short videos to cook along with. If you…
Free stuff to do in the North West this summer
For those of you struggling with what to do with the kids in the holidays here is a list of free days out! Chocolate ice cream & crabbing in Conway with the luxury of a car was a £5 day out! A positive of our current situation is that we can experience good stuff near…
The fibre of communities
It seems strange to talk about lifelines in a time of a global health crisis but sadly sometimes it takes such a monumental event to realise where the actual lifelines, and indeed the wounds, are in our communities. In the days shortly after lockdown, when people’s attention moved from buying toilet paper to buying desks…
Filtering Coffee, Not People 