Notice of Annual General Meeting for the Storehouse Project Registered Charity 1177004 taking place on Monday 18th September 2023, 7.30pm prompt at Family Church Billinge, WN5 7DTRead More »
CLARIFICATION Our followers in Wigan Borough may have noticed an inaccuracy in a leaflet produced as part of the council’s Here for You cost-of-living campaign. While the Storehouse Project provides free furniture items for people who are referred into our service, we do not help…Read More »
[video width="960" height="540" m4v="https://www.storehouseproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Christmas-Hamper-20-Lr-New-11.m4v"][/video] We are so excited that so many of you are joining with us this Christmas and packing a hamper from home. We hope you will love getting involved and more importantly, YOU are making such a difference to a family this…Read More »
We are delighted to announce that the Storehouse Project is one of the local causes you can support through your Coop membership. To help us raise vital funds, we’ll be relying on Co-op shoppers. Every time you buy Co-op own-brand products you get a 5%…Read More »
Coronavirus Community Support Fund, distributed by the National Lottery Community Fund has helped us to continue with our Follow up and Feedback project for those that are over 75 years old or who are vulnerable. Our lovely staff and volunteers are on hand to chat…Read More »
A huge thanks to our friends at Bethel Independent Methodist Newtown, who have started a regular food bank collection for the Storehouse. Their amazing donation each week helps to keep our food bank well stocked and allows us to provide food parcels for those who…Read More »
In December our Christmas Hamper Appeal took place. Thanks to the generosity of the local community and local business we packed 235 hampers which were distributed to those in need in our local area. The support we received from local organisations and groups was amazing!…Read More »
In October we attended a charity ball organised by the fabulous staff at Borron and Shaw estate agents in Orrell. Borron and Shaw are so committed to their local community that every year they choose two charities to support. we were privileged to be one…Read More »
Our wash bag appeal continues to run with many people donating filled wash bags which have been distributed all across the community. We continue to distribute sanitary products to schools and colleges in our local area. We are working with other organisations to help…Read More »
Thanks to the lovely lady who organised Brunch last weekend to raise money for the storehouse, thanks also to all the volunteers on the day and those who took the time to bake for us. All this amazing effort raised a whopping £513!…Read More »
https://www.modernslaveryhelpline.org/ As a christian charity we stand against all abuse, sadly in the U.K today human trafficking is far more common than we imagine. The storehouse have helped and will continue to help people who have thankfully been rescued from being exploited in this terrible…Read More »
The wash-bag appeal is something that is important as there is an urgent need for the simple necessity's to assist people's well being as they face burdensome situations. All completed wash bags will be distributed to people that need help in our community; as we…Read More »
We had a fantastic few days at the Storehouse at our recent Go-Chef course. Thanks to some funding we were able to purchase a number of Go-Chef multi-functional cookers. These little beauties are a perfect solution for some of our clients who do not have…Read More »
A big thanks to our friends at Griffin House for their amazing fundraising efforts last week. George, our monkey mascot spent the week with the Staff at Griffin House whilst they arranged loads of activities and competitions to help raise money for us. Staff also…Read More »
A huge thank you to Angela Hall who recently ran the Manchester Marathon to raise money for the Storehouse. Angela took on the 26.2 mile challenge and managed to raise over £80. From all of us at the Storehouse, thank you so much.Read More »
Huge thanks to our friends at Leesa for this special delivery of mattresses! 58 mattress delivered to our door with the help of our courier friend. All 58 will be given to people who really need them. Thank you so much Leesa.Read More »
Did you know? We regularly take bulk items to other organisations in Wigan here is what they say. "I would like to take this opportunity to pass on our gratitude for all the fabulous produce the Storehouse project donates to us at the women's refuge.…Read More »
We recently visited a gentleman who had been sleeping on a rolled up bit of carpet he had found in the tip. We gave him a single bed so he could enjoy his first good sleep in months!Read More »
A big thank you to all the staff from Hughes Brothers and ATG who took part in the Wigan 10k to raise money for the Storehouse. Our monkey mascot George was there on the day to offer support and grab a cheeky selfie with Andy…Read More »
