Celebrating 100th Birthday – Eva Greenwood
We celebrated Eva’s 100th birthday with flowers, cake, food, and good company.
4 June 2024
Volunteer Stories
Volunteer Spotlight – Jillian Thorpe
I love Costa Coffee in Middleton Shopping Centre because I love meeting people there for an encouraging chat…
1 March 2024
Volunteer Spotlight – Margaret White
What is your biggest inspiration?
My mum. Always thinking of others before herself and everything done with a sense of humour.
13 February 2024
2023 Volunteer Celebration
As a group our volunteers contribute in excess of 12,000 hours of free support, which if we had to pay for it would cost us well over £160,000.
23 October 2023
Celebrating our Volunteers – Walking Group
Our wonderful walking group volunteers who every week, come rain or shine, lead our visitors on a number of different local walks
6 June 2023
Celebrating our Volunteers – Pantry Team
The Pantry is currently one of our busiest areas of family support, and we have seen its membership grow by over 30% during the last six months
5 June 2023
Celebrating our Volunteers – Foodbank Team
In the last year our volunteers have helped us sort through 31 tonnes of donated food (which is no mean feat)
2 June 2023
Celebrating our Volunteers – Reception Team
Our Reception volunteers have helped facilitate 24,500 visits alone in the past 12 months. They do an amazing job.
1 June 2023
Celebrating our Volunteers Achievements
The Lighthouse Project’s held its inaugural Volunteer Award Ceremony last week at the Norton Grange and our patron Steve Coogan made a surprise visit to present all the attendees with a volunteer achievement certificate. Steve’s appearance was a closely guarded secret, and it was part of an array of treats
15 September 2017
My time here has been invaluable – Liz H
When I first started volunteering at The Lighthouse Project, I had been out of work for 5 years. I felt I wanted to get back into work but was nervous and lacking in confidence. I thought that volunteering was a good way of developing my skills, getting experience of the working
27 November 2015
Food safety achievement – Pat & Pam
“You are never too old to learn new skills” is a principle that volunteer Pat Hepworth holds to as she and several other Lighthouse Project volunteers participated in a Level 2 Food Safety in Catering course run through the Inspire Community College. Pam Semp, our Centre Manager, also took the
7 September 2015
Merville – Lovely environment very friendly
The Lighthouse Project is a lovely environment, staff and team are very friendly and caring. I settled in very well when I did my health and social care work experience placement. All the service users are treated with respect and are provided with care and support that meets up to
23 January 2015