Category Archive: Volunteer Stories

Oct 06 2012

Volunteer returns to Law School

Celebrating a 100 hours of volunteering Adam is one of the Lighthouse volunteers and during the summer break he managed to clock up over 100 hours of volunteering supporting visitors to the Lighthouse. Adam has now gone back to studying and has started Law School in Manchester. Before volunteering at the Lighthouse Adam also offered …

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Oct 02 2012

Our very own ‘Games Maker’ – Tony

It was a summer of sport an Olympic challenges that was set to inspire a generation. The invitation to take part in supporting the London 2012 Olympic games didn’t go unnoticed by one of our regular volunteers – Tony Delamere, who took up the challenge and offered his services to the event. Tony enjoyed supporting …

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Sep 19 2012

Lighthouse influence goes international

Our popular receptionist and administrator Taz has recently taken leave of her role here at the Lighthouse Project after deciding that she wanted to emigrate to Toronto in Canada. Taz was a popular and well liked member of the Lighthouse team and she will be sadly missed; one of her parting comments was “as soon …

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Jul 06 2012

A Massive thank you for our new garden

Team R99 from the Prince’s Trust have recently helped us to realise a dream of having an outdoor garden that has taken two years to come to pass. The land at the back of the Warwick Mill gets the best sunlight as opposed to the dark frontage that many people see, however before we were …

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May 25 2012

Nominate your local unsung Hero

Unsung local heros – Pride of Rochdale Borough Awards In the Rochdale borough there are many unsung heroes – individuals, groups, teams and organisations – whose work improves people’s lives and who together make the borough a better place for all of us. The Pride of Rochdale Borough Awards are all about making sure people get …

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Nov 12 2010

Over 400 hours of volunteering

Four volunteers who have been working hard at the Lighthouse this last month have clocked up over 400 hours of volunteering in just over 4 weeks. Lee Chaloner, Michael Manktelow, Anthony Jennings and Robert Hatch each received a Certificate to recognise their contribution of over 100 hours of volunteering for the Lightouse Project from Centre …

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