Keep an eye out for our new Enrichment Podcast! During the end of 2024 we have been busy creating a podcast working with the fabulous MIC Media. This podcast is part of the Enrichment Partnership Pilot programme and it is all about enrichment for young people in schools and enriching opportunities in the community. We have created this podcast for staff in schools, teachers and enrichment providers to learn more about how they may develop enrichment opportunities for young p

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

Seven years ago today PIE became a registered company - a proud Social Enterprise looking to support young people to become future ready. Delivery started in January 2018 with pilot Future Ready programmes at Chorlton High, then followed by work at Harrop Fold, Manchester Communication Academy and The East Manchester Academy. We were proud to receive the 'Do It' Award and funding from UnLtd to start our journey which helped to fund initial resources for programmes and core se

We have lots of exciting programmes running in school at the moment, so an Autumn term update is definitely needed! Our funding from CAN has allowed us to complete The Climate Project in both Cheadle Hulme High School and Stockport School. Both groups have been full of ideas and full of enthusiasm from our very first session so it’s clear that their climate action campaigns will be successful! Cheadle Hulme High School have chosen to focus on reducing waste in their school co

November is here, and that means our Christmas initiatives are in full swing! We are excited to announce the launch of our Christmas campaign aimed at raising funds to support families who would otherwise face a bleak Christmas morning. If you'd like to contribute, you can make a donation through this link or just click the PIE Christmas Hat! We’re kicking things off on Saturday, November 30th, with our annual Christmas movie morning at the Regent Cinema in Marple. This even

Early last Tuesday morning we had a very excited group of 16 young people and their accompanying adults ready at Stockport train station for a day trip to London! For some this was their first time visiting the capital and they were buzzing for what the day ahead would hold, whilst also feeling slightly apprehensive! Since joining PIE last year, Munji has been desperate to take a group to see the joys of London after living there for a while herself so she was tasked with the

Each year, we take on some students to support our work, and so they can complete work-placements that will in turn, support their...

The team at PIE started this week with a bang! In a rare moment, we managed to co-ordinate our diaries and get together - in one room! - for a team meeting & training day with our friend Nicola from Starting Point Community Learning Partnership. Here's a few highlights of the day: Ice Breaker We started by discussing what we would do if we had 'one extra hour' in our day. We thought it was a good question, and we all gave different answers - all fairly reflective of our perso

New Programme alert! We have an exciting new programme starting this week called Make Good & Listen. PIE and Make Good (our friend Jen Samani) 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. The Department of Education are funding GMCA as a Pathfinder to design and deliver Greater Manchester's Regional Care Cooperative. Grants have been given to support Greater Manchester

Our September meeting at L!STEN was a jampacked one, with Stockport Youth Council joining us to see what goes on in our meetings! We first welcomed Michael Cullen (Chief Executive) and Tim Bowman (Director of Education and Skills) from Stockport Council to tell the group a little bit about what they do and their thoughts on our last set of data on Diversity and Inclusion. The group then had a chance for small group discussions with each of them, to ask some of the questions t

Anyone who works in education knows that September is the real ‘new’ year! So it’s time for a reflection on our last academic year and what we’ve got lined up this year. New programmes Following our super successful pilot of This Matters in Leeds, we delivered this programme over at Unity Academy in Blackpool. It was great to see how well the cohort responded to the sessions, considering the demographics are vastly different to our group in Leeds! Pilot programmes Our new pro

Last Thursday we hosted the first ever Enrichment Partnership Pilot Networking Lunch in Tameside which was held at the Office and Tech Space in Dukinfield. We held this event to launch the EPP project we have been working on in Tameside since February this year and to give local schools, organisations and businesses a chance to network and create relationships which will then improve enrichment opportunities and experiences for the young people of Tameside. We had a great t

Over the past few months we have been busy looking at securing funding and contracts for upcoming projects. We have so many existing projects continuing, as well as some exciting new projects starting, and we wanted to tell you a little bit about what we are going to be up to! AutoTrader UK - We have recently confirmed a new partnership with AutoTrader UK for PIE to deliver outreach and careers events across the North West with the support of AutoTrader volunteers. We can't

Our community programmes. this summer, have been a hive of activity, so we wanted to show you all the organisations we've been working with! Here's some clickable links! Forum Theatre Marple Regent Cinema Projekts MCR Skatepark Jen Samani Starz Dance Academy Living Nature Collective Stockport County Community Foundation Start Point Cafe Inspiring Animal Therapy RD Football Coaching Vernon Building Society Easy Peel Stockport Library Services Arc Centre Proud Trust Willmott Di

What is the L!STEN Wellbeing Event? The L!STEN Wellbeing Event is in its second year, so I guess it could be classed as an annual event at this point! The idea was initially conceived by our L!STEN Steering Group in response to the Bee Well Survey, which showed young people’s views on all things wellbeing. This year they decided a free event, the day before GCSE Results Day, is just what young people in Stockport needed! Why is it important? On the day, it was clear to see th

Our HAF Provision is nearly finished for the Summer! We have been VERY busy, as you will see, but Gemma & the team (Munji, Ciara, Helen, Mia & Rex) have put together an overview of the whole thing below. Enjoy! This year's HAF has been incredible. I’m so proud of the team we have at PIE. This summer we worked closely with local businesses inviting them in to run sessions; it’s so important for our children to experience different activities. We’re so lucky to have the relatio

It's a year since we moved into our Office at the Flourish Community Hub, upstairs at Heaton Chapel Train Station! Last July we moved in after four years of being a part of the Federation Coworking community, firstly based in the Federation building and then in the home of Cooperatives UK. But as our team grew, it was time to look for a new office space that fitted our needs! So we found our new home, as a team. Until then, we had zero storage for our many resources, so the s