We are excited to announce that Supportability has become a proud Supporter of the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter, first of its kind in the UK, which aims to improve employment standards across Greater Manchester. Being a supporter of the Charter, it demonstrates our commitment to making a difference to our employees’ lives by elevating […]
News from Supportability
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A quacking great addition to Cheddle Lodge
At the beginning of April, residents and staff at Cheddle Lodge were delighted to welcome five duck eggs. A few days later, the eggs hatched into our beautiful little ducklings – Daisy, Donald, Daffy, Candy and Teddington. Why keep ducks in a care home? Well, there’s a method in all the quackness (sorry, couldn’t resist). […]
Doing our bit for the Manchester Arena Attack Anniversary
For the 8th anniversary of the Manchester Arena Attack, the ‘One Love’ project will be creating a huge collage mural of bees made from artwork created by people across the world. It will be displayed on 22nd May 2025 at Manchester Victoria memorial and will also be archived digitally. We are going to submit some […]
Johnny raises over £300 for Supportability
One of the people we support, Johnny, loves to walk and walks every day. Throughout October and November 2024, Johnny walked over 100 miles to raise money for the charity. He raised over £300 so we can buy a new games console for our Day Centre, which will allow the people we support to have […]
New bathroom hoists flying into our Day Centre
The Manchester Airport Community Trust Fund has awarded us a grant of £3000 to buy track hoists for the bathrooms in our Day Centre. This is a very competitive award so we’re really pleased. Track hoists enable people to move safely from place to place who are unable to weight bare, for example from wheelchair […]
A Summer of Transformation thanks to Volunteers
Organisations have made a difference to the lives of the people we support through corporate volunteering. People who work at Astra Zeneca, Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership and Vitality UK used their volunteer days to create sensory gardens at our Day Centre in Heaton Moor, and at our residential care home in Cheadle. Sensory […]
Do you have a Supportability story to share?
We have been supporting people with a range of disabilities since 1953, but our story has never been fully documented or researched before. Now, thanks to The National Lottery Heritage Fund, we have the opportunity to explore our history via ‘Celebrating Supportability at 70’, but we can’t do that without you. Perhaps you have a […]
£22,944 raised at our annual Golf Day
We would like to thank all our sponsors, teams and supporters who raised £22,944 for our 31st Annual Golf Day at Heaton Moor Golf Club on Friday 5th July. It’s the highest amount we have ever received for a fundraising event. This year’s Golf Day was sponsored by Westshield and cosponsored by Cardinal and Ceilings […]
Residential Manager Shortlisted for Rising Star Award
Candice Scambler, Registered Manager at Cheddle Lodge, our residential care home in Cheadle, has been shortlisted for the Rising Star Award at the 2024 Greater Manchester Health and Care Champion Awards. This year’s Greater Manchester Health and Care Champion Awards are due to take place in July and were first held in 2018. They […]
We’ve been awarded a National Lottery grant to digitise 70 Years of our History
In March 2024 we were awarded a grant of £93,696 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for an exciting heritage project, ‘Celebrating Supportability at 70’. We’ve been supporting people in the local community with a range of disabilities since 1953, but our full story has not been formally researched, documented or shared before. Made possible […]
