Zion volunteers ease winter food price pain

It was a lifeline, slashing shopping bills while prices continued to rise and enabling people to put ...

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Eddie fulfills promise to read aged 81

Living Well Rochdale’s volunteer-led Therapeutic Thursday Group has opened new horizons for 81-year-old Eddie.

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Jukebox Journey at Kath Locke

Volunteers with the Kath Locke Heritage Project are helping create an exhibition to tell the history of Hulme and Moss Side. It'll showcase the community's activism, love and legacy over 50 years.

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Creative funding supports Manchester Mums

I cannot thank RISE enough for helping us provide activities and resources so we can make a difference in the lives of the mothers whil...

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‘Beat The Crisis’ Podcasts for Tough Times

Citizens Advice Salford has put together a brilliant series of ‘Beat The Crisis’ podcasts so that as many people as possible know what their rights and entitlements are, and most importantly, where to get support.

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Sugar Group celebrates the golden years

The Sugar Group was one of the first groups born at the Kath Locke Centre when it opened and Big Life began. Decades on it’s still going strong, celebrating its 25th anniversary in style.

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Volunteers show the way forward at Volunteer Celebration 2024

At the Big Life Volunteers Celebration 2024 on 4 June we applauded the remarkable achievements of the many volunteers who support our services, our staff and community projects. 

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Investing in Volunteers takes pride of place

The Investing in Volunteers Award has taken its place as the latest addition to the Big Life trophy cabinet. The bid to get the award renewed for the third time on the trot, began in 2019 and marks over fifteen years of award success in supporting volunteers.

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Building connections: Paul’s Be Well journey

Struggling with debt and unable to find work, Paul built stronger local connections through Be Well to help ride out the storm.

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Need some space to step forward?

At Big Life, we’ve got great office spaces at affordable rents for charities, not for profit organisations, private businesses, community and other social impact groups.

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Reigniting the fire with Be Well

When B first came to see Richard at Be Well he'd been out of work for 5 months, had no food in the house and was racking up rent arrears. With Richard's help, B kicked these obstacles into touch and rebooted his ambitions.

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Big Life welcome Wesley

Wesley Community Furniture who provide low-cost furniture and household items has become the newest member of The Big Life group’s family of services.

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Living Well’s agility helps stem covid tide

When Rochdale hit the headlines for some of the highest levels of covid in the country, Michelle Duffy Living Well’s Service Manager cleared her diary so Living Well could play its part in helping tackle a new wave of covid transmission.

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Life giving question: Fatima’s Big Life journey

I’ve never experienced a workplace like this for giving so much support to staff.

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Taking control one step at a time: Shannon’s Be Well journey

“Now I’m just trying to take one step at a time with each day. Without Be Well, in all honestly, I would most probably have ended up se...

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