Stockport Express

Stars shone at variety show

- JONATHAN BILLINGS Project manager at The Wellspring homeless charity in Stockport

OUR Shining Starts of Stockport variety show took place at the Plaza last week and it was brilliant to have filled the theatre and be part of showcasing local talent in Stockport, thanks to everyone who starred in the show or came along to watch.

The Wellspring has a number of fundraisin­g events coming up.

On Friday, July 14, The Wellspring will be holding its first sleep out event, where we will be giving people an insight to both services at The Wellspring and the reality of rough sleeping in Stockport.

If you would like to take part in the sleep out please contact Lauren Gill on 0161477634­4 or email lauren@thewellspr­ing.co.uk – more informatio­n can also be found at www.thewellspr­ing.co.uk.

Wellspring staff have now started doing regular street outreach, visiting people who are sleeping rough and offering them support and services.

This is already proving to be successful and is engaging people in support.

The outreach sessions are part of the aims in our business plan.

Other aims in the plan involve restructur­ing our volunteeri­ng opportunit­ies. Volunteers are very much the lifeblood of the project, without volunteers working at The Wellspring, a service.

We are currently recruiting volunteers to work on our reception desk in a meet and greet role, offering people a warm welcome and making sure the project runs smoothly.

Volunteeri­ng at The Wellspring is very flexible with some volunteers working once a month, others twice a week.

It’s up to you how frequent you decide to volunteer.

For more informatio­n about volunteeri­ng at The Wellspring please visit www.thewellspr­ing.co.uk and make an online applicatio­n.

 ??  ?? ●●Jonathan Billings
●●Jonathan Billings

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