Pure delight at top honour for charity
THE charity Pure Innovation, which provides support to people with disabilities and disadvantaged groups, helping them into work and access community and leisure activities, has been recognised for its good work.
The charity, based in Stockport, was “highly commended” in the Best Not-for-profit Organisation at the Stockport Business Awards on September 30., and was also recognised at the Greater Manchester Business Awards, where they were a finalist in the Community and Social Responsibility category.
Pure Innovation is demonstrating how unleashing the “purple pound” (the spending power of disabled households) is benefiting disabled people, their communities, and businesses in the region. Disabled people have been among the hardest-hit during the Covid pandemic, and Pure Innovations are highlighting how we can build back better from the pandemic with the community working together and harnessing everyone’s skills and abilities.
During the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the charity continued to support its clients, community groups and businesses.
This included delivering 150 free school meals, supporting 318 clients with medicine and food parcels, donating 2,000 loaves of bread, and serving free coffee to key workers.
The team at Pure also delivered 50 Christmas dinners, organised 119 socially distanced walks, delivered 150 winter warmer packs and made 539 welfare calls.
They also organised personal education programmes for 23 learners, travel trained 28 students and secured 58 jobs for people across Greater Manchester.
The Stockport Business Awards, celebrating its tenth anniversary, highlighted why the town is one of the best places to do business in the whole of Greater Manchester.
Louise Parrott Bates, Chief Executive Officer at Pure Innovations, said: “We were proud to receive this nomination as the Stockport Business Awards celebrate their tenth anniversary, local businesses and communities operate best when they work together and that’s been demonstrated no more so than during the pandemic over the last 18 months.
“I’m also celebrating my 30th anniversary working at Pure this year.
“The growth I’ve seen in that time has been experienced in nearly every corner of our charity. We’ve diversified in our geographical locations, expanding our service area to include multiple facilities across Stockport as well as in Greater Manchester.
“This includes six and counting cafes, coffee shops and bakeries. In addition to physical locations, our growth has included the diversifying of the services and programmes we offer to our communities and our clients.”
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