Last week we hosted a clothing swap event at Start Point Coffee Shop. Working in collaboration with Katie from the local Facebook group, Thrift – Bredbury, Romiley and Woodley, our community came together to share good quality clothing, shoes and accessories with each other. Our local Facebook thrift page has become a go to page…
Inclusive Digital Inclusion
13 years ago, I realised I needed to be surrounded by people and build a community around me. I have up a lucrative and mind-numbing career in IT to be in the company of others. For this reason, you’d have thought that I would be the first to be hammering down the door to get…
A Day In Digital
What was so special about Tuesday 7th March? The Digital team had a particularly exciting day, and we wanted to tell you all about it, it was a day all about sharing learning, in several different places! We started off at the Digital City Festival, attending the ‘Collaborating to get GM residents online’ event at Talk…
How Pay what you can & lottery funding gives us a hand up, not a hand out
50 Shades of Clay by Rachael Pritchard, Wellbeing Learning Officer This month, we hosted one of our regular evening events, this time with a twist! The event was cheekily titled ’50 Shades of Clay’ and our host Jeni encouraged the group of 20 attendees to have fun making a clay pot (with a variety of…
The Words, The Wicked and The Working Pay Machines
You can use your experiences, good or bad, to become a great community champion. Nicola, who developed the community champions training course, shares a recent health experience to explain how. I have been experiencing pain in my right leg; I am sure you are now wondering what this has to do with Stockport Community Champion…
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…
Filtering Coffee, Not People 