Christmas Returns to stanley grange

Christmas is always a special time at Stanley Grange but in 2020 our traditional family get togethers had to be cancelled and we missed each other so much. This year, […]

Happy Christmas from Howdens

Thank you to Stephen Barnes and the team at Howdens Joinery, Accrington for the the generous donation of £600. We were also invited to select a gift from the Howden’s […]

Thank you David!

Report by Trustee, Jenny Dagnall Saturday 6 November 2021 was a joyous day for members of SGCA when they met for their Annual General Meeting in the community hall at […]

Christmas 2021 charity cards

Three festive designs featuring the photography of Bruce Gordon have been launched to celebrate Christmas and raise funds for Stanley Grange.  Operations and Project Manager, Harriet Roberts explains: ‘The three […]

ASDA Foundation donation

On Monday 8 November, a trip in the mini-bus for some of us to do a bit of weekly shopping included picking up a big cheque from Jo at Clayton […]

Kevin & Choir win Uk talent Competition

This coming Wednesday (13 Oct), there’s a coach trip going from Stanley Grange to the Care Show at the NEC in Birmingham as part of winning Care Sector’s Got Talent (competition participating photos above). The expenses paid performance will enable as many as possible to join in the Stronger Together Choir. This is a fitting testimony to the challenges of running activities during lockdown and going above and beyond to keep people connected and positive in the most difficult of circumstances. 

The judges said: ‘We felt the winning entry beautifully captured the spirit of togetherness, a message that has been so important in recent times… ’

We are grateful to the National Lottery for enabling us to work with Future Directions to employ Kevin for five years to run a diverse range of activities. We will be including this successful partnership result in our evaluation report back at the end of the March next year.

Community action team

We are working with our partners at Future Directions on a volunteering scheme for SGCA after the restrictions caused by Covid.  We are creating a generic Community Action Team role […]

EG Foundation grant fuels building projects

We are delighted to announce the support of the EG Foundation towards a £403,000 campaign to upgrade two properties at Stanley Grange.  Chair, David Wilks and Fundraiser, John Harris recently […]