Across Cheshire East we all have a responsibility to support each other for the good of our communities. We use an Asset Based approach to bring together and build upon our assets (organisations, places/buildings, knowledge and enthusiasm) in our communities. Cheshire East Council will support and engage with communities including the voluntary, community and faith sector and the many active volunteer-based partnerships, for more details you can view the council’s Connected Communities strategy.
We work collectively at a local level to make Cheshire East the best place it can be for its residents. Below are just some of the ways this is happening and information on the teams involved:
Social Franchise
We have partnered with a range of churches, community centres and other settings to create our Connected Communities Social Franchise and host a range of activities and support services closer to where people live.
Each setting delivers services tailored for their community, from coffee mornings, computer classes and line dancing, to learning a language, sharing a problem and support for stroke sufferers – there’s something for everyone!
We’ve provided support to the settings listed below to enhance their digital offer, and if you’re looking to start your own group then the Centres listed below may also be able to provide free room hire – contact them to find out more.
For more information email socialfranchise@cheshireeast.gov.uk
Nantwich
Nantwich centres and venues
Type | Address |
Centre
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Nantwich Methodist Church, CW5 5RP
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Centre
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Nantwich Civic Hall, CW5 5DG
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Centre
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Audlem Public Hall, CW3 0AH
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Venue
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Hankelow Methodist Church, CW3 0JN
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Crewe
Crewe centres and venues
Type | Address |
Centre
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YMCA Gresty Road, CW2 6EL
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Centre
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St Andrew's Church Hall, CW2 6JL
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Centre
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Caritas Community Centre, CW1 2JX
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Venue
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YMCA Sherborne, CW1 4LA
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Venue
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Motherwell Community Hub, CW2 8RG
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Venue
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St Peter's Church, CW1 2AG
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Venue
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Shavington Village Hall, CW2 5DP
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Sandbach, Middlewich and Alsager
Sandbach, Middlewich and Alsager centres and venues
Type | Address |
Centre
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Middlewich Methodist Church, CW10 0EF
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Venue
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Willowmere Supported Living, CW10 9HW
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Congleton and Holmes Chapel
Congleton and Holmes Chapel centres and venues
Type | Address |
Centre
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Holmes Chapel Leisure Centre, CW4 7DZ
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Centre
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The Old Saw Mill, CW12 1HJ
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Centre
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St John's Community Centre, CW12 2ES
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Venue
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Mossley Village Hall, CW12 3HX
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Knutsford
Knutsford centres and venues
Type | Address |
Centre
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The Welcome, WA16 8PD
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Venue
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Knutsford Town Council Offices, WA16 6TA
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Chelford, Wilmslow and Alderley Edge
Chelford, Wilmslow and Alderley Edge centres and venues
Type | Address |
Centre
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Wilmslow United Reformed Church, SK9 1PR
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Venue
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Oakmere Supported Living, SK9 3NS
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Venue
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The Guild for Lifelong Learning, SK9 5HD
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Macclesfield
Macclesfield centres and venues
Type | Address |
Centre
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The Green in the Corner, SK10 2RJ
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Centre
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St John's Church, SK11 8RS
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Centre
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St Paul's Church, SK11 7AJ
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Centre
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St Barnabas Church, SK11 7RS
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Centre
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Church of the Resurrection, SK10 3HT
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Venue
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ArtSpace, SK11 7JB
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Venue
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Sutton St James Church, SK11 0DS
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Venue
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The Hope Centre, SK11 7NA
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Venue
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Gawsworth Village Hall, SK11 9QY
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Bollington, Disley and Poynton
Bollington, Disley and Poynton centres and venues
Type | Address |
Centre
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Poynton Civic Hall, SK12 1RB
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Centre
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Disley Community Centre, SK12 2BB
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Support for Ukrainian Crisis
We are providing a range of support Ukrainian families escaping the war in Ukraine, including the Ukrainian Family Scheme and Homes for Ukraine.
Community Grants
Cheshire East Council is developing opportunities for the VCSFE sector to apply for grant funding over the coming weeks to enable projects to start from 1 April 2023. Through utilising external sources of funding, grants will be available to organisations able to implement projects which support outcomes linked to the following themes:
- Rural Community Transport
- Health and Wellbeing
- Cost of Living Crisis
We will be holding engagements events prior to the application deadlines, to provide an opportunity to discuss projects, ask questions and give further details on fund objectives. Please see our Community Grants web page for full details on each fund, including objectives, maximum application amounts and deadlines.
Cheshire East Crowd
Cheshire East Council has recently launched our new crowdfunding platform, Cheshire East Crowd, with up to £10,000 available to support great community projects.
This exciting new initiative, in partnership with crowdfunding platform Spacehive, will enable local people, businesses, the council and other organisations to pledge alongside each other to crowdfunding campaigns that bring your ideas to life.
For more information please see our Cheshire East Crowd webpage, email communitygrants2@cheshireeast.gov.uk or visit Spacehive's website.
Neighbourhood Partnerships
We set up and facilitate Neighbourhood Partnerships to bring together a range of partners including the Voluntary, Community and Faith (VCF) sector, Police, children’s centres, schools, Youth Services, Youth Offending Team, local elected members and businesses.
The purpose is to understand local priorities based on local intelligence. We work as a partnership to create local projects that impact on those local priorities. Agencies and local residents work collaboratively to create and tailor projects to suit that community.
We have a number of Neighbourhood Partnerships across Cheshire East. Each of them serve an area across the borough where we have identified a need to reduce health inequality.
Contact your Community Development Officer to join an existing Neighbourhood Partnership or to set one up in your community.
Care Communities
Care Communities bring together Health and Social Care professionals to understand local priorities. They provide a range of integrated Health and Social Care services within a community and in primary care settings to best suit local residents and impact on local priorities.
We have eight Care Communities across Cheshire East, governed by local clinical leads. Each of our Care Communities serves a population ranging between 30,000 and 50,000 people. You may hear us use their acronyms a lot, so the handy table below shows which areas are covered by each community!
Care communities and the areas they cover
Care community | Area covered |
Nantwich and Rural
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Nantwich, Bunbury, Church Minshull, Wrenbury, Wybunbury, Audlem, Bickerton, Bridgemere, Hough
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Crewe
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Crewe, Wistaston, Shavington
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SMASH
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Sandbach, Middlewich, Alsager, Scholar Green, Haslington, Brereton
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CHOC
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Congleton, Holmes Chapel, Buglawton, Goostrey, Cranage
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Knutsford
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Knutsford, Mobberley, High Legh
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CHAW
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Chelford, Handforth, Alderley Edge, Wilmslow
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Macclesfield
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Macclesfield, Gawsworth, Langley, Wildboarclough, Rainow
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BDP
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Bollington, Disley, Poynton
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Our team
Our team operates in four distinct workstreams;
- Community Development – to support local communities and develop new projects with local organisations
- Grants and Infrastructure – to ensure that groups have the funding and resources required to support our communities
- Community Connectors – to support vulnerable residents, including those who may need the help of a volunteer
- Community Liaison – to support hard-to-reach families, refugees and asylum seekers, veterans and others
You can use the key contacts below to get in touch
Cheshire East Social Action Partnership
Delivered by Pulse Regeneration, the Cheshire East Social Action Partnership aims to develop a strong local social impact culture through effective social action, underpinned by a thriving Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) Sector.
The VCFSE sector in Cheshire East is close to communities; understands local needs; provides local services, resources and facilities; and has a vital role to play in reducing pressure on demand for statutory services such as social care and health services.
The Cheshire East Social Action Partnership supports the Communities team in four key ways;
- Increased capacity and sustainability of the VCFSE sector
- Builds better connections between individuals and the VCFSE sector
- Supports partnership working between organisations and across sectors
- Work with businesses to foster collaborative working, helping them meet their social value, CSR and employee volunteering commitments
More information on the Cheshire East Social Action Partnership website.