The Friends For Life Group

03/06/2026

🚗🌻 BIG DAY OUT! 🌻🚗
Chatsworth House
Wednesday 24th June 2026 🔹 Meet at 12.30 pm

We've got a Big Day Out this month. On the 24th June, we'll be going to Chatsworth House, His Grace the Duke of Devonshire's stately home and gardens.

As well as its stately home, it is also famous for its gardens and the Emperor Fountain, which is up to 90m tall!

For our Big Day Out, you need to meet us at Chatsworth House for 12.30 pm. This is so we can look around the house at 1.00 pm.

You can set your SatNav to DE45 1PP. You can also get a bus to Chatsworth House from Bakewell.

To book your place, please contact Kim or Jayne by email or by phone on 07579 850507 or 07579 852194.

Chatsworth House:
Chatsworth House, Edensor, Bakewell DE45 1PP

🚗 SatNav Postcode: DE45 1PP.
🚌 Buses: the RED, 170, and 218 bus routes from Bakewell stop outside Chatsworth House.

22/05/2026

What a fantastic night at
Lost in the music Burnley mechanics

14/05/2026

On Tuesday The Friends For Life Group and River Beal Café and Community Hub hosted at 'cook and eat'. We made quiches for everyone to take home for their tea. Everyone choose their own filling. We had a fun afternoon and the quiches looked scrumptious.

13/05/2026

Join us for our Community Summer Fair at River Beal Cafe & Community Hub! 🎉🌞

📅 Saturday 13th June�
⏰ 11:00am – 2:30pm�
📍 River Beal Cafe & Community Hub�, 14 Ladybarn Lane, Milnrow, OL16 4GQ

Bring the whole family along for a fun-filled day with:�
🔥 BBQ�
🎯 Summer games�
🦙 Alpacas�
💛 And lots more!

This is a FREE community event and everyone is welcome, we’d love to see you there! ☀️

11/05/2026

🌟 STARTING THIS WEEK 🌟
The Future Directions Inclusive Drama Group

Starting this Wednesday is our new Future Directions CIC and The Friends For Life Group Inclusive Drama Group.
If you fancy being on stage, this is the place to start. Our all abilities group is a great way to learn new things, meet friends old and new, and have a great time.

Our first session, on the 13th May is followed by another session on the 27th May, with more sessions every two weeks afterwards.

We'll be meeting at St. Mary's Halls in Reddish, Stockport. Sessions are on from 1.00 pm to 3.00 pm.

You can get to St. Mary's Halls by entering SK5 7AX into your SatNav. By bus, you can get Bee Network's 203 route from Stockport, Gorton, and Manchester.
For more information, please contact Lindsay by email on [email protected].

📌 St. Mary's Halls, St. Mary's Drive, Reddish, Stockport SK5 7AX
🕐 1.00 to 3.00 pm
🚌 Bee Network 203 buses from Manchester, Gorton and Stockport (every 10 minutes)

28/04/2026

The Friends For Life Group have been telling the boards of directors at Future Directions CIC about the great work from the past year. Also celebrating their great work over the past year was the The SPICE Group, Paul, Kevin and Stuart.

17/04/2026

🌟 STARTING NEXT MONTH 🌟
The Future Directions Inclusive Drama Group

Starting on the 13th May is our new Future Directions CIC Inclusive Drama Group.

If you fancy being on stage, this is the place to start with The Friends For Life Group's latest event. Our all abilities group is a great way to learn new things, meet friends old and new, and have a great time.

Our first session, on the 13th May is followed by another session on the 27th May, with more sessions every two weeks afterwards.
We'll be meeting at St. Mary's Halls in Reddish, Stockport. Sessions are on from 1.00 pm to 3.00 pm.

You can get to St. Mary's Halls by entering SK5 7AX into your SatNav. By bus, you can get the Bee Network's 203 route from Stockport, Gorton, and Manchester.

For more information, please contact Lindsay by email on [email protected].

📌 St. Mary's Halls, St. Mary's Drive, Reddish, Stockport SK5 7AX
🕐 1.00 to 3.00 pm
🚌 Bee Network 203 buses from Manchester, Gorton and Stockport (every 10 minutes)

16/04/2026

If you are supported by Future Directions CIC or another health and social care provider, and live in Greater Manchester, All Hours All Voices is leading a campaign to start Companion Passes.

This means holders of a TfGM/Bee Network issued Concessionary pass (Concessionary or Concessionary Plus) could bring a support worker with their Companion Pass.

If Companion Passes go ahead, this means you can go to more places in Greater Manchester by bus for free.

It means you may see more friends or go to great The Friends For Life Group events by bus.

We would like you fill in the form, or get a support worker to help you. 🚌

🚌 HAVE YOUR SAY ON COMPANION PASSES 🚌

All Hours All Voices wants to see Companion Passes for Greater Manchester bus users.

If you have a Concessionary Pass, and supported by a health and social care provider like Future Directions CIC, your carer has to pay bus fare. This means you might go to fewer social events unless your carer has a car.

You might want to go to a new place but feel anxious about travelling on your own. You might need to leave at a different time to usual - like early mornings or late nights - and need to take your carer.

A Companion Pass could mean cheaper bus trips in Greater Manchester for you and your carer. Fewer taxis, more ways to do something new from Ashton-in-Makerfield to Milnrow and Wythenshawe.

If you live in Greater Manchester, all you need to do is fill in All Hours All Voices' form (see the link below). Your carer can help you to fill in your form.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScawRoVIEpo9mPCE3z0xA0KrzLf-FxX-IxxphLO0UK1jlkRKA/viewform

14/04/2026

What a great afternoon at River Beal Café and Community Hub with the Green Superheroes 🌻 🌼🌻🌼🌻

10/04/2026

River Beal Olympics

River Beal Olympics, supported by Future Directions CIC ⭐️🏟️

Sponsored by Dave Bamford, River Beal Cafe and Friends for Life 🏅👏

A fun, inclusive disability-friendly olympics where everyone, of all abilities, can take part, feel welcomed and enjoy a spirit of friendly competition together. 💙

Sports include: basketball, football, corn hole, tug of war, egg and spoon race, relay race and staff race. ⚽️🏀🥚

There will also be a BBQ on the day with refreshments and ice creams that can be purchased from the Cafe. 🍗🍦🍊

Teams must be registered and need to be registered by Friday 15th May, your team could be from your house, or from your area or a group of your friends.

There will also be a Drop-In Banner Making session on Thursday 26th May, 1pm-4pm, where teams can come along to River Beal cafe to create a team banner for spectators to hold at the Olympics! 🎨👩‍🎨

Following the River Beal Olympics, there will be a Presentation Day on Thursday 11th June, 1pm-3pm to celebrate the teams. 🏆☀️

⭐️River Beal Olympics
⭐️Saturday 30th May
⭐️11am-2pm
⭐️River Beal Cafe and Community Hub

⭐️Deadline to register teams: Friday 15th May

⭐️Banner Making Session
⭐️Thursday 26th May
⭐️1pm-4pm
⭐️River Beal Cafe and Community Hub

⭐️Presentation Day
⭐️Thursday 11th June
⭐️1pm-3pm
⭐️River Beal Cafe and Community Hub

For more information or to register your team contact the Friends For Life Team: Kim on 07579 850 507 or [email protected] or Jayne on 07579 852 194 or [email protected] or alternatively you can contact the Cafe on 07579 849924