Nominate someone for a Star Award!

Nominations are now open for the 2025 Star Awards and this year’s celebration is extra special as it marks 20 years of Stockport Homes!

Do you know a customer, community group or local resident who’s gone above and beyond to support others, create change or inspire their neighbourhood? Now’s the time to give them the recognition they truly deserve. This year's categories are: 

⭐ Celebrating Diversity and Inclusion
⭐ Support in the Community
⭐ Personal Achievement
⭐ Inspirational Volunteer
⭐ Community Group of the Year
⭐ Outstanding Commitment
⭐ Young Person Peer Leader

Find out more about each category and make your nomination below. 

Elizabeth's journey to employment

The SKylight employment team recently supported Elizabeth, who is profoundly deaf and relies on lip reading to communicate, because she faced significant barriers to employment after being made redundant and out of work for two years.

Despite her strong work ethic and a history of success in data inputting roles, she struggled to secure employment, affecting her confidence and self-esteem.

Elizabeth's officer provided tailored employment support, assisting with job searches, applications, and activities to rebuild her confidence. They referred her to a range of services including interview coaching and styling, and Skills for Life courses such as BSL, Sewing, and Artificial Intelligence.

Thanks to this support, Elizabeth has secured a part-time administrative role with a wine tasting school, where she is now thriving and enjoying her work!

Do you have a positive story? Let us know using the form below and we'll include it in our next newsletter. 

A little goes a long way - customers support Your Local Pantry at Morrisons

We recently visited Bredbury Morrisons where customers kindly added a couple of extra tins to their trolleys to support Your Local Pantry. The response was incredible - from canned tomatoes to huge bags of pasta, every single item donated helps us stock community-run pantries across Stockport, giving families the chance to access affordable food.

The community keeps on growing at Webb Lane Allotments 

Colleagues Adele and Elizabeth Jolley recently helped out with the 'Big Dig' at Webb Lane Allotments to free up more space for the AIPP Project (Ageing in Place Pathfinder). The AIPP improves quality of life for the over-50s community in Brinnington, and the new polytunnel at the allotment has already been used to grow produce by Banks Hall Infants school. There are now even more community groups coming on board to use this amazing facility... watch this space to see how the allotment grows!

Find out what's going on in your area with our Connecting Communities events!

To mark 20 years of Stockport Homes, we’re giving back to our fantastic customers through a series of community events this September. If you live in the following areas, come along to enjoy some free activities for all the family as well as some refreshments!

Tuesday 2nd September, 2pm-5pm | Connected by Nature at Victoria Park 
Thursday 4th September, 2pm-5pm | Get Together, Get Moving in Unity Park, Reddish
Wednesday 10th September, 2pm-5pm | Connected by Culture at Westmorland Drive, Brinnington

Thinking of downsizing? Check out our Rightsizing service 

Are you a Stockport Homes customer who is under-occupying a 3 or 4 bed property? Do you want to downsize to a 1-bed property to better suit your changing needs? 

If so, our Rightsizing service can help! 

Since April 2023, we've supported 46 customers to move to properties more suited to their needs.

For more information or an informal chat, please contact the team on: 0161 217 6016 (option 2) or email rightsizing@stockporthomes.org.

Resident aged 18-35? We want to hear from you!

If you want to help shape how housing services work for people your age, have your voice heard, and meet new people, we would love to hear from you.

To get involved, fill in our short survey to be in with the chance of winning one of three £20 Uber Eats vouchers and help us understand what young people really want and need. 

The app that grows with your family

The One Stockport Family Hubs app supports you from pregnancy through to raising young adults. Access expert advice, local information, and trusted support right at your fingertips. Receive personalised notifications based on your children’s ages from your local Family Hubs team. It’s totally FREE, available in 75 languages and works on both iOS and Android. Get started today by visiting www.stockport.gov.uk/familyhubs.

Going the extra mile for customers: "There's few people like that around anymore"

While on site, Three Sixty operative Steve found that an elderly resident had taken a bad fall. He immediately stepped in to help and called for an ambulance before staying with the tenant and caring for them for over three hours until the ambulance arrived.

We received a call from a fellow resident who took the time to phone in and praise Steve’s actions. They described him as “absolutely wonderful” and said, “There’s few people like that around anymore."