The River Manchester

Fabiola from Soroptimist International Manchester donating some bags of clothing. These are not just giving us clothing but helping us in our mission supporting survivors of domestic abuse. It helps us generate funds to support our projects ie counselling.

We're doing a paint party again! Please book to register.

Come join us Wed afternoons.

We are supporting a mum who needs a pram for her newborn. Can someone please donate their spare. Much appreciated.

Delicious Food. Lower Bills. Zero Stress.
Turn your Food Club ingredients into quick, healthy, and cheap meals your kids will actually eat!
Join us for a relaxed, friendly cooking workshop.
You will learn how to:
Cook Food Club staples in under 20 minutes.
Slash your electricity bills using modern kitchen gadgets.
Make crispy, healthy meals without expensive oils.
Everything is free: All food, ingredients, and recipes are provided.Hands-on: You do the cooking, we provide all the equipment on the day.

ITV’s four part drama Believe Me is available to watch on ITV1 began on Sunday 10 May at 9pm on ITV1, with further episodes expected on 11, 17 and 18 May.

The full series is also available to stream now on ITVX.

‘Believe Me’ tells the story of the legal battle by two survivors to hold the police and parole board to account.

It also tells the story of a third survivor, Carrie Symonds, who backed the two survivors in their successful challenge of the parole board decision to release him. Solicitor Harriet Wistrich, now CEO of Centre for Women’s Justice (CWJ) worked together with Phillippa Kaufmann KC to bring the two precedent breaking legal cases which have now created a legacy for such future legal cases aimed at holding police and other state bodies accountable.

ITV’s four-part drama Believe Me tells the true story of women r***d by taxi driver John Worboys and the determination it took to be heard, to stop further harm, and to secure accountability when serious failures followed their reports.

The first episode airs this Sunday (10 May) at 9pm on ITV1 (with further episodes expected on 11, 17 and 18 May).

Believe Me tells the true story of two survivors of Worboys, ‘Sarah’ and ‘Laila’[1] , who brought a legal action against the Metropolitan Police arising from multiple failures to conduct an effective investigation into their reports of drug assisted r**e. The story follows their journey from being ensnared by Worboys, waking up to discover they had been violated and then reporting the crime. It follows the everyday harrowing experience of reporting r**e and the procedures most victims have to undergo. It shows their awful treatment by the police whose scepticism blinded them to a dangerous predator left free to continue offending on an industrial scale.

The drama also follows the story of how the two women, confronted with an inexplicable Parole Board decision to release Worboys after a relatively short period of imprisonment, then brought a second unprecedented legal challenge to judicially review the decision to release him.

Watch Believe Me and share it with others who care about women’s safety and justice.

We are starting a new course next week on Safe People. Places are limited
If you wish to enrol, please contact [email protected]

We want to say a big thank you to our volunteers. Today there were 12 volunteers volunteering giving the charity shop a buzz. Somedays there are only 2 which shows how multi tasking and able they are when faced with so many jobs to do. Thank you for all you do in the following areas:
1. Food club:, sorting the food products, making sure food is rotated, checking dates and hygiene stds, preparing food parcels, driving to drop the parcels,
2. Van assistants: doing collections and deliveries,
3. Charity shop: helping and serving customers, sorting stock upstairs, updating window display and creating designs, ironing clothes
4. Peer support: helping see referrals, setting the room for training, supporting the training and mentoring
5. Maintenance: making sure shop and rooms are tidied, swept and mopped
6. Admin: designing leaflets, making videos, accounts support, web support
7. Pat testing: checking electricals
8. Various diy jobs!
9. ...the list is endless!

If you want to join us, please contact [email protected]. we look forward to hearing from you

We have a couple of turkey crowns in our fridge for the food club. Early bird catches the worm. See you tomo. We are open 11-3pm on Saturdays.