Warm Walthew House

Aim

We want to provide a warm, welcoming space for our local community in Stockport throughout the cold winter months.

Who are we?

Walthew House provides a wide range of services and activities for people in Stockport living with sight or hearing loss.  Our local charity has been providing emotional and practical support to people with sensory loss for more than 140 years, and receives no statutory income.  The majority of our services are volunteer-led.

Many of the people who regularly enjoy the services in our centre in Shaw Heath are aged 70+. The building is a warm, safe, and welcoming space. 

Community impact

As well as providing accessible, tailored support for people with sensory loss, our centre is also regularly used by the wider community.  Groups who attend include a local church congregation, WI group, Stockport Radio Society, and the Stockport Talking Newspaper.

We have also opened our building up as a designated Warm Space for the residents of Stockport, providing a warm space to sit and a free hot drink.

Ensuring we keep our building warm and inviting means that our local community can continue to use the facilities.

Why are we crowdfunding?

We need to raise money to help our charity through the cold winter months and to offset the rising costs of energy prices and the impact of the current cost-of-living crisis.

We are hoping the crowdfunding campaign will reach a new online audience so that we target harder to reach groups in the local community who have a sensory loss and are in need of support. 

How we’ll spend the money raised

The money raised would allow us to provide hot drinks free of charge through the cold winter months (including the costs of hot water, tea, coffee, sugar, and milk). 

It would go towards the cost of keeping the Walthew House building warm, ensuring the centre is a comfortable environment for all users, and that there are no issues with access to heating/hot water.

This project successfully funded on 5th January 2023