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A local community charity managed by local people whose mission statement is to improve the lives of all those living in Fallowfield. Our ethos is to advance education and skills and to provide opportunities, library provision and facilities in the interests of enhancing community wellbeing and for recreation and leisure time occupation with the aim of improving the quality of life for the residents. Fallowfield Library & Community Resource Centre (branded as ‘The Place at Platt Lane’ and known locally as ‘The Place’) offers a range of opportunities to support Wellbeing, Learning, Education, Skills, Employability and Culture in the Fallowfield ward of Manchester. The Place is a vibrant hub in the heart of the community which is the local venue of choice for all. The centre does not only offer Library services but a range of opportunities to support wellbeing. The centre activity is shaped by the wishes and needs of the local community and managed by a development manager with 17 years’ experience and a deputy who lives in and therefore knows the community and it's needs . The Place Outcomes/ Purpose Statement: is to Supply significant numbers of volunteering opportunities across a range of roles • Provide services that - Enhance Physical Wellbeing • Reduce Social Isolation, particularly amongst the elderly and/or vulnerable • Increase skills and employability • Improve Mental Health and Wellbeing • Reduce Poverty • Host or deliver activities of community benefit • Incubate innovative ideas and activities of community benefit • Support community user groups to be self­ sufficient where they are able • Increase community and individual resilience • Deliver Asset based community development • Use a Strength based approach • Empower the community • Build confidence • Be sustainable • Generate income • Integration of all parts of community • Make Fallowfield a better place in which to live We support people who are unemployed, low skilled, financially excluded or socially isolated as well as members of the community who want to take up hobbies, learn new skills and wish to meet other local people. Our oldest volunteer is 95 and she loves being able to get involved in the community activities we run everything from washing up after the weekly social cafe to dressing as an elf every Christmas for the children's Christmas party. Irene is typical of our volunteers who al give their time to ensure that we are and will continue to be a space that is managed by and run for the benefit of our community. General charitable purposes - Education/training - The advancement of health or saving of lives - Disability - The prevention or relief of poverty - Arts/culture/heritage - Economic/community development/employment - Recreation - Children/young people - Elderly/old people - People with disabilities - People of a particular ethnic or racial origin - Other charities or voluntary bodies - Provides buildings/facilities/open space

At Wythenshawe Food Bank we don’t think anyone in our community should have to face going hungry. That’s why we provide nutritionally balanced emergency food and support to local people who are referred to us in crisis. We are part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by Trussell, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK.

In 2013 it was noticed that there was a huge increase in the number of individuals and families accessing food banks in Stockport. We wanted to find a way to help before they reached the crisis point of needing emergency food parcels. This where we came up with the idea for Your Local Pantry. Penny Lane Pantry was launched in August 2013. with 150 memberships available. Members pay a small, weekly subscription fee of £2.50 and in return members can select at least 10 items from the pantry's shelves - often worth in excess of £15.00 at retail. The pantry stocks a wide range of goods including fresh fruit and vegetables, chilled and frozen, toiletries and all the usual store cupboard favourites. However, the pantry is more than just about food,. We offer local residents the opportunity to volunteer in the shop helping them to build confidence, gain new skills and attend training. 10 people have moved on to full time, paid employment thanks to the support the pantry offers. The pantry holds cookery courses and demonstrations encouraging people to try new things and cook their own recipes from scratch, using all the ingredients from the pantry. The pantry has proved so successful we know how 4 shops across Stockport, supporting over 600 members and staffed by 35 volunteers.