BUSINESS GRANTSThere is a new grant which will be open on the Stockport Council website at 5.00pm on Monday 18th. This has more discretion involved and is intended for those businesses who have been unable to get a grant so far for various reasons. Meanwhile so far Stockport has issued 4,720 business grants totalling £54.36m […]

Recycling Centres – The two that are open will now take more than just black bags. You can take:• Garden waste (excluding soil)• Cardboard• Wood• Small bulky items as general waste FundraisingA new fundraising website has been launched to support Stockport Voluntary groups. Under the banner “Keep Stockport Caring” this will distribute money raised around […]

Some more information for people on mental health and emotional wellbeingThe council and health bodies launched three new emotional wellbeing and mental health services a few weeks ago. These expand the support available to residents and complement other local services at what is a particularly stressful time: • Access to the Big White Wall for […]

Some data from Stockport Council and more help:For the week 20-26 April616 business grants were issued taking total support to £46.3m463 emergency food parcels were delivered all within 24 hours of referral54,508 emergency items of PPE were delivered to Social Workers and Care Workers114 schools were open for children of key workers and vulnerable childrenIn […]

I’ve posted before the contacts where you can get help with computer (“digital”) skills. This has recently been improved, and the “digiknow” scheme that preceded the pandemic is now offering new ways to help residents to get online.Telephone support is now available for anyone who has access to a smartphone, tablet or computer, but needs help […]

I know some people are still having problems with bins. The advice is still as it was. With their current reduced capacity, the crews will continue to collect any rounds they are unable to do on subsequent days so residents are advised to leave their bins out for collection on the next possible working day […]

Latest Update :The Government have issued guidance to parents (and schools) about schooling at home. This includes guidance on whether children will be best placed at a school or in a home setting, guidance for parents faced with how to school children at home and so on. This page below gets access to a whole […]

Some additional updates:SCHOOL ADMISSIONS..are still being handled as normal. The council have processed all applications and parents should now know what place they have been offered for their children. The vast majority of the 3595 applications will have been offered their first or second preference. TRANSPORT FOR KEY WORKERSSustrans have created a system for key […]

We’ve been running a series of posts about what help is around. Here is another aspect, which can be passed on to anyone in need. Stockport Council and Stockport NHS Clinical Commissioning Group have this week launched three new emotional health and wellbeing services. The new services will expand the range of support available to […]

Good news!  Stockport council are arranging a one-off green bin collection if all goes according to plan.  This will depend on your normal collection day. “The collections will be over the next three weeks, if your usual collection day is a: Monday, please put your green bin out on Monday 13 April Tuesday, please put your […]