News from Supportability

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We’ve been awarded a National Lottery grant to digitise 70 Years of our History

We’re excited to announce that we’ve been awarded a grant of £93,696 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for an exciting heritage project, ‘Celebrating Supportability at 70’. We’ve been supporting people in the local community with a range of disabilities since 1953, but our full story has not been formally researched, documented or shared before. […]


£17,360 raised at our charity golf day

We’re delighted to announce that we raised a fantastic £17,360 at our 30th Anniversary Charity Golf Day!! Funds like this go a long way to enabling the people we support to live a fulfilled and independent life, whilst giving their carers the opportunity to have a break from their caring responsibilities and ensuring everyone’s health […]


Westshield agree 3-year deal as new main golf day sponsor

We’re delighted to announce that Stockport based construction group Westshield have  agreed a 3-year deal as our new main sponsor for our annual golf day fundraiser. Westshield is a North West construction group established in 1977 based in Stockport carrying out works in the following sectors: Civil Engineering Waste & Water Engineering House Building & […]


Statement from Mary Stanley, Deputy CEO

I wanted to thank everyone so much for their support and donations for my recent boxing match. Everyone was so incredibly generous, and we are so grateful. Unfortunately, the target of £6,600 was not reached.  As the donations that were made were restricted to the interactive table, we would like to repurpose the funds and […]


£13,000 raised at our charity golf day!

We’re pleased to announce that we raised nearly £13,000 at our charity golf day last month.  This was our 29th year of our annual fundraiser held at the beautiful Heaton Moor Golf Club. We were extremely lucky with the fantastic weather and everyone had an amazing day. The teams were all in great spirits and […]


Join our Charity Golf Day 23rd September

We’re delighted to announce that our fantastic charity golf day is returning this year.  Come and join us at the beautiful Heaton Moor Golf Club, on Friday 23rd September for a fabulous day, all for a great cause. Team places are available from just £200 and you and your teammates will have fun competing at […]


Morrisons Foundation award £14,505 grant for Cheddle Lodge

We’re absolutely delighted to announce that the Morrisons Foundation has awarded us with a very generous £14,505 grant. We applied for the grant to fund the essential replacement ceiling track hoist system for Cheddle Lodge our Residential Care Home.  This is a much-needed piece of new equipment, which will enable us to move our residents […]


Vernon Building Society Award us £450

We are delighted to announce that we were awarded a donation by the Vernon Building Society from their Community Award fund. The donations are awarded based on a public vote so and we’re very thankful to all those who took the time to vote for us and of course to the Vernon Building Society for […]


Trustees Week 1st – 5th November

This week marks #TrusteesWeek, which celebrates the wonderful work trustees do voluntarily for charities. We wanted to mark the occasion and say a heart-felt THANK YOU to each and every one of our trustees for giving their time freely to provide guidance, support and expertise, which enables us to offer our essential care and support to […]


World Cerebral Palsy Day

Today is #WorldCerebralPalsyDay, which brings together a movement of people with Cerebral Palsy and their families, and the organisations that support them, in more than 75 countries. At Supportability, we’re proud of our heritage in supporting people with Cerebral Palsy.  In the 1950’s, a group of parents of children with Cerebral Palsy living in Stockport […]