Our L!STEN Steering Group received a very special honour last week, here's Evie Coley-Scott to tell us all about it: Last week we had the absolute privilege of a lifetime to travel to London to collect our British Citizenship Youth Award ! We had a very early wake up call to get the train to Euston. 2 hours and a 20 minute delay later, we arrived in London. A quick changeover to the tube had us get off at embankment and walk along the Hungerford Bridge, take some photos and

Last week, PIE was proud to co-host the first-ever NextGen Stockport event alongside Sector 3 Stockport and Grassroots Recruitment , supported by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) . The morning brought together more than 50 representatives from Stockport’s business, education and VCFSE sectors to explore how we can work together to deliver a pilot programme of meaningful work experience for every young person in the borough. From the first conversation to th

On Saturday, some of the Make Good & Listen group enjoyed a lovely outdoor walk with friends! We headed to White Peak Alpaca Farm in Knutsford for a special activity – Alpaca Walking. Before meeting the alpacas, we stopped off at the cosy pub next door for a quick snack and drink. Then it was time to meet our fluffy walking partners! We were introduced to the alpacas, had chance to take some very cute photos, and then set off on our walk. The group guided the alpacas around t

This week, Ciara & Danny are here giving us an update on the Step Up group and their summer activities... The Step Up group is really developing! From the initial session through to the team-building activities, it’s clear they’ve become a solid group and are getting to know each other better. This is fantastic, as it means they’ll recognise friendly faces and feel more confident when they start high school. Recently we had a great trip to Blackpool with our Step Up group! Th

Our new recruit Daniyal wrote all about last month's, third successful Wellbeing Festival! On Wednesday 27th August, we took over Stockroom for the L!STEN Wellbeing Festival and what a day it turned out to be. From the minute people came through the doors, the place just felt alive. After signing in, grabbing raffle tickets and pizza tokens, everyone headed straight into a space that was buzzing with energy. The pottery sessions outside were a huge hit. EasyPeel set up under

At PIE we work to support young people to become Future Ready - we do this through all of our programmes, sessions, events and workshops by giving young people the opportunity to develop the 5 PIE slices: Communication, Digital, Project Management, Community Links and Cultural Capital. As well as supporting young people through our different projects and programmes, we are also proud to offer a variety of work experience, placement and paid work opportunities for young people

Our HAF Summer Programme kicked off in style on 28th July, and what an action-packed two weeks it’s been! We’ve teamed up with fantastic local businesses to give our children a wide range of unforgettable experiences. They’ve enjoyed football with Reece from UK Sports , got creative with Alison in crafts, danced their hearts out with Beth from Dancing with Sally , and explored the great outdoors at Linnet Clough . We also had a magical trip to Marple Cinema to watch Lilo an

Our L!STEN group have had a productive summer so far, not only have they been busy preparing for the Wellbeing Event at the end of the holidays, but they've had a visit with their local Labour MP! Artemis has written a blog to fill us all in: Today, some members of the L!sten group had the pleasure of meeting with British politician and Labour MP, Mr. Navendu Mishra. The hour was spent at Stopford house where we were treated with respect and hospitality. We were given a comfo

Here at PIE we keep busy through the summer break with a whole range of activities! We've put together a little overview and a flyer for those of you who might be interested in attending our free family activities: HAF: We've got a great programme of activities lined up for HAF this holiday, ranging from dancing to pond-dipping, culminating in a big party! If you think you might be eligible for a place, please contact gem.piper@live.co.uk Walking Wavers: Our walking group has

The PIE Team and our friend Shelley Metcalfe have been working on a new report - our Community Impact Report reviews and showcases six years of work in our Stockport Community! You can read the full report here on this page, and on our webpage here !

Over the past couple of months, our Step Up Mentor group has been meeting at the PIE office for their Saturday sessions – and they’ve been busy! In the first few sessions, we explored what it really means to be a mentor. The group talked about the kind of role models they want to be, what’s expected of them in the Step Up Mentor programme, and how they can support younger students through the big transition to secondary school. One of their biggest challenges so far? Planning

The L!STEN Youth Alliance is a collaboration between PIE and Stockport Council. This work was commissioned in April 2023 and will run until March 2026. Over three years, we will look to ensure we are engaging with as many young people across Stockport as possible to ensure that voices are heard, youth issues are discussed, and that this information is appropriately fed back to members of the council to help inform future planning. At the end of each year we publish a report,

As we are coming to the end of this section of the programme, let's have a look back, with Ciara, at what this amazing group has done... From November, we have collaborated with the fabulous Jen from Make Good (CIC) to deliver fortnightly sessions for a group of care experienced young people. These sessions have created a space for the young people to discuss their experiences as a care experienced young person and relate to others with similar experiences. Throughout the 1

Last month we completed our most recent Wave of Change programme, so we thought we'd take a look at our years of delivering this programme! We first launched the Wave of Change in partnership with The Goodness Collective in March 2020. After a couple of initial in person sessions, we closed down along with the rest of the world, and quickly shifted our sessions online. This involved not only teaching the women taking part to use Zoom for sessions, but ourselves as well! We ra

The 11th of March saw our past and present Wavers gathering in Stockport to celebrate International Women’s Day. Inspired by our Creative Wavers and their talents; so many of our women have found employment, self employment and comfort through the tough times with crafting so what better way to celebrate how amazing women are by getting our craft on! We had the lovely Kimmy from Self Care Creatives running journalling & colouring activities. Next we had Affirmations with Sara

Last week Holiday Club was back for half term thanks to the Household Support Fund. On Monday we were at Stockport County with our friends from the Community Trust for our teen offer we played fifa, darts, pool and ate pizza. On Tuesday we took a group to Marple Cinema to watch Moana 2! We opened the event up to the local community it was great to welcome almost 100 faces to the cinema! Our final activity of the week was our craft day! We were joined by Jen who helped us make

This year we compiled an end of year report, which incorporated some of our statistics from the whole 7 years of our existence! It was a joy compiling this data, and reflecting on not only this year, but looking back to see how far we've come. Here's a few headlines from 2024: - We have worked with record breaking numbers of people both in community and schools. - We have continued to grow our team, welcoming Ciara. - We have worked with numerous young volunteers . - We hav

To round off our blogging year we wanted to share our highlights with you!

Last week, we had the joy of returning to All Saints Primary School in Marple for our annual Christmas bag packing! This marks our third year partnering with All Saints on this heart-warming project, funded by Stockport Council and the Household Support Grant. Together, t he amazing staff and enthusiastic children provided 40 food bags to support local families in need, as well as preparing some Movie Night bags ready for HAF provision this month. We couldn’t be prouder of

Our new Make Good & L!STEN programme is going great and we would love to tell you about what we have been doing! First, let's recap what this programme is... Make Good (our friend Jen Samani) and PIE have partnered up to deliver this programme from October to January and have received the GMCA Shaping Care Fund to deliver this programme in Stockport. We are working with a group of care experienced young people (young people in foster care, young people in residential care hom