Today is Earth Day and we are using the day to launch our renewed commitment as a business to the environment. As a social enterprise, we believe our sector should be a the forefront of making the world a better place and we are keen to share our ambitions with other likeminded organisations. Last year,…

Twelve months on from the first lockdown, The Starting Point team are trialling Monday Me-day starting tomorrow. This means, we are actively encouraged to reschedule face to face and online meetings to another day. We care about each other’s wellbeing and are promoting one day to picture, plan or prepare. We have also thought about…

Starting Point is a Stockport based social enterprise established to support people to lead happier and healthier lives through informal adult learning. http://www.startpoint.org.uk Contact us on info@startpoint.org.uk Our current offer has been influenced because of the current pandemic and lockdown, because of this the majority of our support is online through Zoom or Google Meet….

We are currently recruiting part time census advisors to join our digital team for a temporary 9 week contract. More information can be found below. To apply please email employmentsupport@stockporthomes.org with your current CV and a brief covering letter and note that our interview date for these roles is on Thursday 28th January and will be…

This year we have produced both a short and long review. The short view is the graphic displayed below. In the long review we have asked team members to share their thoughts on the year at Starting Point. You can read it here:

Have you ever seen this text of doom? Some of you won’t have experienced such a thing, but others will have shared that feeling of scrambling to find out what the date is and how many more days you have until your new allowance is granted. It’s bad enough when you just want to WhatsApp…

This month, Communiversity has been really busy: we have delivered over 170 craft bags adding to the whole total of 790 bags since the project began.  We have hosted an average of 15 learners in each class, had 3 guest tutors and had 6 requests for engagement in further learning along with 2 new volunteer delivery…

““I think every man should go on this Men Matters to build resilience and to gain confidence it has also helped me to refresh my skills and  have time to reflect and learn I really feel revitalised”. Find out more in our monthly newsletter out now.

The community response around the country since Thursday’s MP vote in the commons has been unbelievable; nowhere more so than in our community. When Taylor’s chip shop decided late on Thursday to offer 100 meals to young people they were inundated with offers of support. Standing with Marcus Rashford, Friday saw even more businesses take…

Communiversity is a National Lottery Community Fund programme which started in April 2019 to help people lead happier and healthier lives through sharing skills and making connections. Throughout lockdown we have moved our Communiversity provision online and we call it lockdown learning. We currently have over 40 people joining in each week and love seeing…