We are delighted to announce the latest member of the Short Breaks team – our lovely, shiny new minibus! The new minibus will replace the previous one, which was based at Beech Avenue because its capacity was too small for Hallfield to use. The new vehicle gives us the opportunity to take all of our… Read more »
Still maintaining that ‘New Year, New You’ attitude? Why not push yourself that extra 6.2 miles and take on the Great Manchester Run in aid of Independent Options! The run, to be held on Sunday 28th May, will see participants race to complete the 10 kilometre from Portland Street around Manchester, before crossing the finishing line on Deansgate…. Read more »
Are you a keen knitter? Could you knit all night? We are in need of small knitted chicks to help us with our Easter fundraising! The chicks are designed to hold a chocolate Creme Egg, but don’t worry about supplying the chocolate, we will do that! For more information, call us on 0161 456 6502… Read more »
We’re on the hunt for an enthusiastic and creative Fundraising Officer to join our team! An exciting opportunity has arisen in our Fundraising Department, as we’re looking to expand our team to enable us to help enable others. Through the expansion of our team we will be able to continue to succeed in creating a… Read more »
This year marks Independent Options’ 40th Anniversary, and to celebrate, we’re running a charity multiplier challenge! You’ll be given a starting pot of £40 cash, and your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to multiply it in to as much money as you can! You can do this in teams, and from the… Read more »
This year marks the 40th anniversary of Independent Options, and we’re cooking up lots of fun ideas and ways to celebrate this momentous occasion. The first, which some of you eagle-eyed folk may have spotted on social media, is our commemorative logo! Our special, limited edition logo will be used throughout 2017, and not only… Read more »
We rounded off a fabulous year of fundraising at Sainsbury’s Hazel Grove store with a bag packing weekend! A team of volunteers, all sporting fabulous festive hats and jumpers, helped customers to bag their shopping, as well as selling Christmas key rings and toys. Independent Options is Sainsbury’s Hazel Grove stores charity of the year,… Read more »
Bringing some yuletide spirit to a pub crawl, Rob Tidy and a group of friends gathered together to do some carol singing around the bars of Cheadle Hulme! The locals must have been feeling generous as the group raised a fantastic £123.45! A huge thank you to Rob for getting his singing gang together to… Read more »
Thanks to all your votes, we’re delighted to announce that we’re through to the final round of the Aviva Community Fund! We’re in the running to win £5,000 which will enable us to start dance classes for children with additional needs. We would like to provide specialist dance classes for children with learning disabilities, and the… Read more »
We were delighted to attend Hazel Grove Together’s Winter Wonderland event at Torkington Park this weekend, where we had a very festive and tinsel-laden stall. We had some adorable Christmas teddies on offer, along with key rings, badges and Letters from Santa, and raised a fantastic £430.86 on the day. It was wonderful to see to… Read more »