Manchester Community Central
These pages are to support local charities, community groups, voluntary organisations and social enterprises on issues relating to covid19 / coronavirus. Manchester Community Central will be sending out regular bulletins with information and updates as more is posted.
Phone
0333 321 3021Feed My City
Feed My City believe are a small group of volunteers who have come together to help feed people, who are need of a hot meal. This may include people in financial difficulty, in work poverty, homeless or anyone about to come homeless.
Phone
0300 365 3101
Website
www.feedmycity.orgDidsbury Good Neighbours
Didsbury Good Neighbours is a charity whose aim is to support senior members of the community through a volunteer befriending service and a programme of weekly activities.
Phone
07749 504298
Website
www.didsburygoodneighbours.org.uk
Email
nfo@didsburygoodneighbours.org.ukParrs Wood Environmental Centre
Our current activities include:
Gardening – basic skills and more specialised levels
Environmental awareness and education
Watching, recording and encouraging wildlife
Open days
Talks
Website
www.parrswoodenvironmentalcentre.org.ukHome Community Cafe
Home is an independent cafe for all the community. A place to meet, make friends, make stuff, eat cake and drink proper coffee. A place where you belong. We are a registered charity, run by volunteer Home-Makers, and we have an ethos that’s as wholesome as the delicious, freshly prepared food that we serve.
Website
www.homecommunitycafe.org
Email
bookings@homecommunitycafe.org
Address
Home Café
Emmanuel Church
6 Barlow Moor Road
Didsbury
Manchester, M20 6TRManchester Community Central
Manchester Community Central provides Manchester’s voluntary, community and social enterprise sector with an extensive range of resources, information and tools designed to meet current and future development needs.
Phone
0333 321 3021
Website
www.manchestercommunitycentral.orgFriends of Didsbury Park
Like minded people with a common interest in the wellbeing of the park.
Website
www.friendsofdidsburypark.comGreater Manchester Youth Network
Greater Manchester Youth Network is a youth organisation that provides opportunities for young people and supports youth organisations that work within Greater Manchester.
Phone
0161 274 3377Friends of Fletcher Moss Park and Parsonage Gardens
Regular activities include a Volunteering session every Tuesday morning in Parsonage Gardens, a second Volunteering session every Wednesday afternoon at Fletcher Moss Park, and a Health Walk every Monday afternoon from the Visitor Centre at The Croft, Fletcher Moss.
Website
www.fletchermossgardens.org.uk
Email
info@fletchermossgardens.co.ukWithington Assist
Assist is a small charity based in Withington that helps support older people living locally. With the help of over 40 volunteers we run a range of regular social activities, exercise classes and day trips as well as giving lifts, befriending, and advocacy.
Website
www.withingtonassist.org.ukMeetups in Manchester
Getting together with real people in real life makes powerful things happen. Side hustles become careers, ideas become movements, and chance encounters become lifelong connections. Meetup brings people together to create thriving communities.
Website
www.meetup.comManchester Community Response
Manchester Community Response is the Council’s number for support for vulnerable residents. This is also the number to refer to for help with prescription delivery currently being supported by Be Well service and Care Navigation Service. If you live alone, are struggling to make ends meet, are self-isolating or generally in need of advice or support please contact us between 08:30 to 17:30, Monday to Saturday.
Phone
0800 234 6123
Website
www.secure.manchester.gov.ukManchester Community Explorers
Community Explorers is a network that meets on a regular basis in north, central and south Manchester. It is a partnership between Manchester Health and Care Commissioning and Macc, and aims to bring together anyone with an interest in health and wellbeing from across voluntary and community sectors to influence, connect, share knowledge and build relationships.
Phone
0161 765 4004
Email
val.bayliss-brideaux@nhs.net
danielle@macc.org.uk