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The Spirit of Manchester Awards is a series of awards which MACC has been running since 2013. The Awards celebrate and highlight all the excellent work being carried out in Manchester’s voluntary, community and social enterprise sector. This year Home-Start Manchester was nominated for ‘Volunteer Involving Organisation of the Year’ and we won! We are… Continue reading Spirit of Manchester Awards 2018

At the beginning of this year Home-Start Manchester South and Home-Start Manchester North merged to become… Home-Start Manchester! Manchester was one of the only areas in the country served by 1 local authority but with 2 separate Home-Start schemes. Both schemes’ Trustees and Scheme Managers met for some time to evaluate the pros and cons… Continue reading Home-Start Manchester – One Scheme for One City…

Here is a blog post written by Len Grant for Another Music, Len came to one of our training sessions on safeguarding and has wrote this piece about his experience at the training. Another Music is a series of stories about the amazing community work supported by Fourteen and Forever Manchester and happening right now… Continue reading Blog post for Another Music…

Are you interested in volunteering but not sure where to start? Why not try our…  Our first sessions will be running on 24th and 31st of January!  The session will run from 9.30am -12.00pm and will be held at Turkey Lane & Monsall Neighbourhood Centre, 1 Jocelyn St, Manchester M40 8PR To book a place please email info@homestartmcr.org.uk OR call 0161 721 4493

Burns night is a celebration of the life and poetry of the poet Robert Burns, the author of many Scottish poems. Join us for a traditional Scottish night, with lots of food and dancing! The evening is in aid of Home-Start Manchester and MedEquip4Kids and being held at Hotel Football Old Trafford on the 26th January 2019. Tickets are £45… Continue reading Burns Night! Charity Event for Home-Start Manchester and MedEquip4Kids

The Leader of the House of Commons, Andrea Leadsom MP visits Manchester to discover more about the exemplary Early Years services the city offers to young parents and families.  As part of the visit, the MP, (who is leading a ministerial working group which will seek to identify gaps in available provision and make recommendations on how coordination… Continue reading The Leader of the House of Commons, Andrea Leadsom MP visits Home-Start Manchester

We are holding a Fashion Show to raise money for Home-Start Manchester! This year’s event will be at Pike Fold School, Manchester, M9 8QP on the 28th February 2019 at 7.00pm. It’s an opportunity to see and purchase greatly reduced clothes from High Street brands whilst supporting our amazing charity. Ticket price includes a drink… Continue reading Ladies Fashion Show and Pop-up Shop!

We are looking for 5 motivated individuals that we can support and help train in order to complete the Manchester 10k on the 19th May 2019. So if 2019 is going to be your year, get in touch with us by dropping us a message via the contact form below or call Hannah our Fundraising… Continue reading Run the Manchester 10k for Home-Start Manchester!!!

From September 2018 we will be developing a new project, providing individual well-being support to parents during the peri-natal period (conception to age 2), in partnership with Manchester’s Children and Parent Service (CAPS) and adult IAPT (psychological therapy). From early 2019 we will have a team of specially trained staff and volunteers ready to support… Continue reading Parent Infant Mental Health Project