Legacy
Winter can be a doubly isolating time of year. So for the second consecutive year, from October to March, Manchester Cares were out and about helping older neighbours to stay warm, healthy, active and connected. Read all the stories about the different the campaign made.
Jean and Becky, were introduced through our Love Your Neighbour programme and five months into their friendship, we joined them for a catch up!
Helena took on the Greater Manchester Marathon on Sunday 7th April - all to raise support for her friends and neighbours at Manchester Cares, find out why!
We caught up with Joyce to find out more about why she loves Manchester, and why she loves our community.
Meet our newest member of #TeamManchesterCares! He's running the Manchester Marathon in over 2 weeks, find out why he decided to sign up JUST 4 WEEKS BEFORE THE START DATE.
We're thrilled to present Manchester Cares' first ever Annual Report. It's packed with details on what we do and why we do it, and stories and beautiful photos of older and younger neighbours sharing time, laughter and new experiences across our great city – from Ancoats to Ardwick, Chorlton to the city centre.
"There's a man in here in a Cowboy Hat/I wonder If he's a real Cowboy". Our resident wordsmith, Charles (67), shares a poem about our latest Dance Club, which forms part of our Social Clubs programme. Give it a read, and just try and resist volunteering at the next one!
Norman and David met through our Love Your Neighbour programme and recently they shared their first outing to Old Trafford. We caught up with them to see how they found the day.
Find out who came out on top of our Friends Quiz in a night of friendship and community
We asked Alice to share her experiences of volunteering and what she liked about attending our wellbeing event - The New Year Get Together.