We welcome and support, so you achieve…

We offer lots of support

through our 'Community Toolbox'

click the boxes below for more information

Pantry & Foodbank

Our two food projects support families in crisis, or who struggle to cover household costs & bills each month

Money & Debts

Lighthouse Money Advice is our free to use money & debt service offering help and support to tackle personal debt

Advice & Support

We can't promise to resolve all problems but can help you find solutions to things you may need help with

Use the internet

Use our free internet access to print, email and browse, or learn how to use computers & the internet.

Update your CV

We can help you create or update a CV. Looking for work we can guide you on uploading your details to job hunting sites

Looking for work

Use our resources & tips on how to improve your job hunting skills. Ask about our job hunting support

Social groups

We run lots of social & lnterest groups, something for everyone. Come along and make new friends, or learn new skills

Print and Scan

Need to print or scan documents, a delivery label, or holiday boarding pass? Use our Print and Scan service.

Room Hire

We have a variety of different sized rooms which you can hire for meetings, group, or gatherings

Lighthouse DIAL

Loan one of our an assisted or self-propelled wheelchairs, available for just a few days to a few weeks.

Fundraising

Help to support our work in creative ways by organising a fundraising event or activity any way you choose

Volunteering

We can make use of your skills and experience to support what we do, find out more, get in touch

1 minute overvieiw of the Lighthouse

The Amazing Lighthouse Walking Group

Lighthouse Outreach

Heat Map

Showing you a snapshot of the reach of the Lighthouse Project, into our community, based on visitor postcodes

Hunger, Hope & Food Poverty Appeal film

Some of our memberships and partnerships...

Some of our funders...

Whatever journey you're on, we can help along the way...

GET in touch, call in, or get involved TODAY!​

Monthly Tea Disco - Get yourself moving to the beat

Following on from the launch of our first Tea Disco, these are the dates for the next 3 disco’s.
Put them in your diary, tell your friends, and make sure you don’t miss out moving to the beat.

Coming Dates & Countdown

1st July

Days
Hours
A great time was had by all!!

5th Aug

Days
Hours
A great time was had by all!!

2nd Sept

Days
Hours
A great time was had by all!!

This is a great opportunity to reminisce, socialise, be active, and enjoy the sounds of the disco era!

Keep your eyes peeled for new content and club dates

Middleton Work Club has been set up to offer support and guidance to those looking for work, and wanting to improve their skills.

The club will cover a variety of topics and include peer support, access to experienced tutors, training, and guest speakers.

E: workclub@lighthouseproject.org.uk to add your name to our waiting list, or to receive more information about the club.

Free Digital Skills Support

Let us show you how to improve your computer skills
- beginners welcome

20 weeks of free digital skills training

  • Intro to electronics & computing

    An introduction to electronics, physical computing, programming and innovation with Raspberry Pi single board computers and Arduino Microcontrollers.

  • Intro to website development & startups

    An introduction to website development and creating lean online business startups

  • Intro to Open Source & Free stuff

    An introduction to Open Source, free stuff, online learning and finding and using applications to develop in demand rare and valuable skills.

  • Hackathon -probelm solving in teams

    Hackathon - Where we agree on a real world issue that needs addressing, solving, and work in teams, or team, using Agile practices to implement the best solution.

Some of the help we've provided

Visitor footfall
+ 360000

This is the number of visits to the Lighthouse Project since we opened in June 2010 to Feb 2026.

Currently circa 36,000 visitor attendances per year from 3100+ different people.

Meals provided
140000 +

In 2025 our Foodbank supplied a 1000 emergency food parcels during 2025 to just under 2,200 adults and children from over 600 families. 

Collectively the Pantry and Foodbank provided over 150,000 meals to over 3,000 people from 950 families struggling with food poverty or food insecurity.

Food items weekly
1400 +

This is the amount of food we have to source weekly to keep the Lighthouse Pantry stocked and running to support 100+ families.

In 2025 we supported over 4800 member visits from over 350 families with an additional 470 adults and children, giving out 4900 ‘baskets’ of food valued at £25-30 each.

people helped
350 +

Tackling over £1million+ of personal debt through the Lighthouse Money Advice team. With over £300,000 of debt reductions or debt management, and over £430,000 of increased benefits or expenditure reduction in 2025.