Hundreds of children in Stockport are heading back to school with full tummies and hearts thanks to the Life Leisure Healthy Activities and Food programme. The Stockport leisure provider ran special summer camps at Brinnington Park, Avondale, Dialstone and Stockport Sports Village, as part of the … [Read more...]
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Stockport County choose Covid-19 vaccine as second line of defence this season
Players and the manager of Stockport County have joined in calls for people in the borough to have their Covid-19 vaccinations after attending a pop-up vaccination clinic. Ahead of the new season, after training the Hatters visited one of the borough’s vaccination pop-up sites at Heaton Mersey … [Read more...]
Clarke Nicklin Financial Planning announce Poynton JFC sponsorship
Cheadle-based Clarke Nicklin Financial Planning have announced that the firm has become the official sponsors for the Under 9s team at Poynton JFC. Clarke Nicklin Financial Planning’s sponsorship will allow the juniors side to buy new kits for players, as well as funding training facilities, the … [Read more...]
Stockport County match commentary returns to Strawberry Radio
Live commentary of Stockport County games will return to Strawberry Radio from Saturday August 21st. Strawberry will carry full match commentary of all games, home and away during the the 2021/22 season, making every game available for free for Hatters supporters in the UK and around the world. … [Read more...]
Andy Burnham celebrates Olympics success for Greater Manchester athletes
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has congratulated athletes from, or who have trained in, the city-region following the closing of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. In a statement, he said: “All Team GB athletes who competed in Tokyo achieved something historic. They battled through the … [Read more...]
Take your place at the first ever Stockport Urban 5k
Stockport Council will host the first ever Urban 5k running race in the town centre to raise money for the British Heart Foundation and Beacon Counselling. The race will be run in memory of Council colleagues from the Street Lighting team, Will Garner and Dave O'Brien. The closed road circuit … [Read more...]
Life Leisure launches new app with booking functionality
Stockport's Life Leisure has opened up more exercise classes, swim lessons and gym slots in line with lifting of government COVID restrictions and has launched a new app to make booking sessions easier. While online booking for all activities was originally introduced out of necessity due to … [Read more...]
Platform81 works with Premier League side to boost memberships
Ahead of the new Premier League season and with clubs preparing to welcome fans back into stadia, Platform81 have completed a project with Wolverhampton Wanderers to help boost their Memberships. The Stockport based digital and creative agency's 'Join the Pack' campaign saw a 50% increase in new … [Read more...]
Stockport motorsport store announces drivers for Silverstone Classic
Stockport based Ric Wood Motorsport has announced its driver line up for Silverstone Classic on 1st August in the Group A Calsonic Nissan Skyline. Freddie Hunt, son of F1 world champion, James Hunt, will team up with car owner, Ric Wood, for this internationally supported race. Freddie tested … [Read more...]
Team from Merseyway scale England’s highest peak for Macmillan Cancer Support
A team of Merseyway and CBRE staff took on a gruelling hike to the top of Scafell Pike, England's highest mountain, to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. Despite the UK's weekend heatwave, the 10-person team braved scorching conditions and made their way up the Lake District mountain, … [Read more...]
Seashell Sportive returns for 2021
The Seashell Sportive, an annual charity cycling event to raise money for Seashell Trust, is returning for 2021, and the charity is calling on supporters to challenge themselves and get in the saddle and ride one of its routes to raise money for the organisation. Seashell is a national charity … [Read more...]
Supportability raise £16,000 at their charity golf day at Heaton Moor Golf Club
Stockport based charity Supportability are absolutely delighted to announce that they have raised c.£16,000 at their annual Charity Golf Day. The event, which took place on 9th July, is the charity's biggest fundraiser of the year and helps to fund Supportability's work supporting local children … [Read more...]
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