Adeel is 20, he was on a Work Placement from The Manchester College from 20th April – 8th July in the Next Step project. He has continued to volunteer on the project after his placement has finished. “I am an enthusiastic person who enjoys acquiring further knowledge buy carrying out different activities and try my…
Kei, 24 is a registered teacher and volunteered in the Homework Club November 2021 – March 2022, she then joined our staff team at NCA as a study support worker in Homework Club! “I am new to Manchester and I was looking for work so volunteering at the Homework Club meant I was doing something…
Maria, 17 volunteered in Next Step from July – September 2021 “I am Maria and I currently go to college with the hopes of studying Dentistry in University soon. I am a local to the area which makes volunteering 10x more rewarding as I get to give back to the community. I found out about…
We now have a new logo and branding look thanks to local design agency Tile Creative During lockdown Tile Creative had some spare capacity and wanted to help the community. One of our lovely Trustees, Jordon, made a link with them and we quickly accepted their offer to rebrand. Tile Creative set to work finding…
We were approached in August 2018 by Janet Moses (read her story below) who owns a cake baking company in Longsight; she wanted to offer her time to do a beginners baking course at the Community Centre. We thought this was a great idea because we had previously had requests from the local community to…
We at Northmoor Community Association were one of three small charities in Greater Manchester who were selected as 2019 Weston Charity Awards winners; the other two charities were The Greater Manchester Youth Network and The Manchester Men’s Room. We will each receive a core grant of £6,500 from the Garfield Weston Foundation and a year’s…
I was born in Pakistan and moved to the UK 6 years ago and now live in Longsight. I am currently studying in The Manchester College doing computer science as well as working part time. Doing a work placement is part of my course and since December 2018 I have been volunteering 3 hours a…
Wood Street Mission donates FREE books for children We have partnered up with Wood Street Mission to help give children access to books and hopefully develop a love of reading. Wood Street Mission provided a dedicated bookshelf full of books for children aged 0-5. It is proudly located in Northmoor Community Laundrette which is open…
We received £1000 donation in recognition of our good work in the Next Step project. Scopism Limited, an IT management company, were put in touch with us by Good Things Foundation who is one of the funders of the Next Step project. Scopism hosts Service North, the world’s only Service Integration and Management (SIAM) conference. This…
34 people from the local area attended our second Hate Crime Awareness event on 10th September 2018 which was made possible by finding from Manchester City Council and their Lets End Hate Crime campaign. Guest speaker Dr Yasmin Zalzala opened the event; she has a wealth of knowledge on the subject and led an interactive discussion. She…
PAINTING! On 2nd and 3rd July we had the Laundrette painted and it looks so fresh and even more inviting than before! We need to say a massive THANK YOU to Novus for doing the painting as part of their Social Corporate Investment. Novus offer a complete spectrum of integrated and single-service solutions nationwide, providing…
Today’s winners…. Our chair and founding member of Northmoor Community Association (NCA), David Callicott, won the Community Champion award at the Community Star awards on 9th June. Every year, housing provider Great Places Housing Group gives out Community Stars Awards to recognise the unsung heroes of our communities who help the people and places around…
