Donation to our Next Step project

Donation to our Next Step project

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…

Awards Season!

Awards Season!

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…

The Race Hate Crime Awareness Event – 9th February 2018

The Race Hate Crime Awareness Event – 9th February 2018

We applied and got a small grant from Manchester City Council to put on an Awareness Event during Hate Crime Awareness week (5th-11th Feb 2018). We had 38 people attend the event, the aim of which was to raise awareness, increase reporting and celebrate diversity. We also had 3 volunteers supporting us on the day…

PQASSO Level 1 Quality Standard Achievement

After many months and years hard work, NCA was very proud to receive the PQASSO level 1 quality mark in July 2017. What is PQASSO? PQASSO (Practical Quality Assurance System for Small Organisations) is a quality assurance system designed to help small charities run their organisations more effectively and efficiently. It sets out what organisations need to have…

Partnership work for GET ONLINE week

Partnership work for GET ONLINE week

Our Next Step project partnered up with Great Places for ‘Get Online’ week. Residents at Sarah Lodge in Bolton (an Independence and Wellbeing scheme for young parents) were able to take advantage of all the FREE online courses the Next Step project offers. Because all the courses are online, the residents were able to complete them…