From the Friends of Hall Street Green: Hall Street Green is behind Cheadle church and the Friends of Hall Street Green have secured a grant of £42,476.60 from the Big Lottery’s Community Spaces programme. This means that we can: · Reroute and re-lay the path to provide a circuit which can be used for exercise [...]

From Stockport Council: Stockport Council has organised a funding event for community and voluntary organisations seeking extra money. Groups needing extra funding are being encouraged to come along to the funding event on Wednesday 2nd November, from 10.00am to 1.30pm at Stockport Baptist Church, Thomson Street, Stockport, SK3 9DR. There will be a wide range [...]

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Stockport Council and Gatley Carrs Conservation Group are putting together a funding bid for money to repair the boardwalk by the pond in Gatley Carrs. To support the bid we need letters from people who use Gatley Carrs and can say that having the boardwalk is a good thing! For example, I’ve written a letter [...]

There are two coffee mornings in Gatley to raise money for Macmillan (if you know of any others in Gatley, Cheadle or nearby, please let us know – we’re happy to publicise them). 30th September Friday morning, 30 September at The Curtain Agency on Church Road . 1st October Saturday morning, 10am, 1st October at [...]

We’ve been invited to Edgeley Library to support the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning in support of MacMillan Cancer Support. Please come along if you can, and let us know of other local places participating. Come to Edgeley Library for tea, coffee, cake and the chance to support Macmillan between 10am and noon on Friday 30th [...]

Leaders from 1st Gatley Scout Group will be taking the Yorkshire three peaks challenge on Saturday the 24th September, to raise money for the Scouts, Cubs and Beavers in Gatley. The challenge is to complete the 24.5 mile route, including 5,200 feet of ascent, in 12 hours. The route is a circular walk taking in [...]

This morning’s 10.30 service at Trinity Church, Cheadle saw a warm welcome for Stuart Ratcliffe, new Children and Youth Families Worker for the church. The appointment, which has been made possible by a generous bequest, will allow Stuart to work with minister Geoffrey Clarke and expand the work the church is able to do. Iain [...]

On Tuesday morning I spent a fascinating couple of hours finding out what it’s like to be in a mobility scooter in Stockport town centre. I was ably escorted on my tour by Stephanie, Vice-Chair of Shopmobility and by Shopmobility manager John Leatherbarrow. Shopmobility is the charity – part Council funded – that hires out [...]

We had a good time walking the historic bounds of Gatley (or at least as near as we could get to them) and raising over £400 for St Ann’s Hospice today. The route took us through Baxter Park, Hollyhedge Park and Gatley Carrs, then up Pendlebury Road, Saville Road, Leyland Avenue, Dunmore Road and South [...]