Petrus Community

Petrus Community Registered charity, providing supported housing and related services to homeless people throughout th Thank you!

The Petrus Community has been providing supported housing and related services to homeless people since 1972. We're a registered charity and company limited by guarantee. We provide residential and day support services for people in housing need throughout the Borough of Rochdale, including Rochdale South and Middleton. Petrus believes people should have access to safe, secure, quality housing. We

exist to support a wide range of people in housing need and develop their skills, independence and choice. We have a strong commitment to actively involving the people who use our services in shaping how we work. www.petrus.org.uk

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That's a wrap on Beyond the Pitch! ⚽Congratulations to today's winners Booth Centre. But we know today is about more tha...
19/06/2026

That's a wrap on Beyond the Pitch! ⚽

Congratulations to today's winners Booth Centre. But we know today is about more than winning (and no it's not just the taking part!)

Thank you to the teams at Greater Manchester FA and H.M.Pasties Foundation for using football to bring people together. To Rochdale AFC Community Trust and Avro Football Club for helping us with regular coaching, you've helped people experiencing or at risk of homelessness to get outside, get active and get together.

To everyone involved - THANK YOU! 🩵⚽

Reporting live from Beyond the Pitch! ⚽We're underway at Manchester FA's 7v7 tournament for people who are experiencing ...
19/06/2026

Reporting live from Beyond the Pitch! ⚽

We're underway at Manchester FA's 7v7 tournament for people who are experiencing or at risk of becoming homeless.

We've got our service users in three teams from Rochdale and Oldham. We’ve been practicing in our weekly kickabouts, with support from Rochdale AFC Community Trust and Avro FC.

On the sidelines, we've got Haircuts 4 Homeless Manchester & Liverpool so everyone is looking sharp for their debut!

We've got more matches lined up this afternoon with Booth Centre, Wellspring, The Brick, Greater Together Manchester. We'll let you know how we get on!

Rochdale AFC Community Trust Avro Football Club

Help us keep the Petrus Hub stocked and strong this summer 💙Open six days a week, the Petrus Hub is a lifeline for peopl...
19/06/2026

Help us keep the Petrus Hub stocked and strong this summer 💙

Open six days a week, the Petrus Hub is a lifeline for people facing homelessness and hardship, offering hot meals, essentials, and a safe space to regroup and rebuild.

We rely on your kind donations to keep our shelves stocked and our support flowing. With very little funding for food, your donations help us bridge the gap before crisis hits.

Next time you’re shopping, please consider donating:
☕ Tea, coffee & biscuits
🥫 Tinned goods (veg, fruit, soup, beans, meat)
🍝 Rice & pasta
🧦 Underwear & socks
🩸 Period products
🚿 Toiletries
🧼 Laundry detergent & softener
☀️Suncream, sun hats and bottled water

📍 Drop-off:
Petrus Hub, 73 Great George Street, Rochdale, OL16 1QG (Mon–Fri, 10am–4pm)

📢 Just £5 a month could provide a vulnerable person with daily meals for a week.

Help keep people warm, fed and supported by donating, here: https://ow.ly/19p150Z4fQR

Thank you 💙

Today, service users from Rochdale and Oldham will be taking part in Beyond the Pitch! ⚽Beyond the Pitch, organised by t...
19/06/2026

Today, service users from Rochdale and Oldham will be taking part in Beyond the Pitch! ⚽

Beyond the Pitch, organised by the Manchester FA, is a 7v7 tournament for people who are experiencing or at risk of becoming homeless.

We’re proud to have 3 teams taking part, made up of service users from Rochdale and Oldham!

We’ve been having weekly kickabouts for a while now, with support from Rochdale AFC Community Trust and Avro Football Club and it’s been having such an incredible impact on our service users.

Feeling stronger and healthier 💪
Building connections and friendships 🙌
Boosting confidence and wellbeing 💙

Wish us luck in the tournament! 🏆

Kitchen Twinning: Turn your mealtimes into moments that matter!What if every bite you took helped someone else fill thei...
18/06/2026

Kitchen Twinning: Turn your mealtimes into moments that matter!

What if every bite you took helped someone else fill their plate? With Petrus’ Kitchen Twinning programme, doing good is as easy as eating lunch.

By twinning your kitchen with ours at the Petrus Hub, you’ll help us serve up hot meals, emergency food parcels, and food vouchers to people who need them most 🙌

As a Kitchen Twin, you’ll commit to making a monthly, or annual donation toward the running of our Hub Kitchen, creating a bond that helps us ensure that people who are experiencing homelessness, or find themselves going hungry to pay bills, can access nutritious meals and stock their cupboards 💙

Imagine how good your food will taste when you know that every meal you enjoy is helping us serve up good food for those in need!

🙌£5 a month could provide a week of meals for a vulnerable person at our Hub
🙌£10 a month could provide an emergency food parcel

Contact our team to become a Kitchen Twin today:
💌[email protected]

The wild weather isn’t stopping us from having an amazing time at Sefton Park! 🌦️✨We’re thrilled to be sharing a beautif...
17/06/2026

The wild weather isn’t stopping us from having an amazing time at Sefton Park! 🌦️✨

We’re thrilled to be sharing a beautiful community show garden inspired by local wise woman Ellen Wallace, a midwife and medical botanist who cared for the people of Rochdale in the 1800s.

Through our partnership with Touchstones, our volunteers and service users discovered Ellen’s remarkable story. Together, we’ve been helping redesign the Touchstones Museum garden, drawing on their collections and the rich local history that surrounds us.

To honour Ellen’s legacy, the team selected meaningful plants such as Yarrow, Bee Balm, and Lungwort. Though often seen as weeds today, these plants were once powerful remedies used to ease pain, support breathing, and heal wounds, a reminder of the deep roots of community care.

This theme of compassion resonates strongly with the Petrus team, who work closely with HART nurses to provide free health support to our service users at The Hub in Rochdale. It’s a story of people looking after people, past and present. 💚

Join us at the Sefton Park Palm House Anniversary Event:
📅 10–21 June (except Saturdays)
📍 Sefton Park Palm House, East Lawn
🎫 Free entry — everyone welcome!

Touchstones Rochdale | Palm House Sefton Park | Greater Manchester Environment Trust | HH Smith & Sons Co Ltd | Gillespies

Did you watch the first match of the World Cup Last night? ⚽We’ve been feeling the World Cup spirit this week thanks to ...
12/06/2026

Did you watch the first match of the World Cup Last night? ⚽

We’ve been feeling the World Cup spirit this week thanks to our brilliant friends and colleagues across The Regenda Group!

Teams from across the Group wore their favourite football shirts to work and donated £2 each, raising almost £170 to support people experiencing homelessness.

This generosity helps us continue providing safe spaces, personalised support and opportunities for people to rebuild their confidence and move forward with hope.

We'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who got involved and donated! It’s moments like these that remind us how powerful community can be in helping people change their lives.

If you fancy running a footie top fundraiser of your own, please contact our team by emailing [email protected]

Or if you'd like to donate to support the team you can do so here > https://petruscommunity.enthuse.com/cf/get-kitted-out-for-petrus

Regenda Homes | Redwing - Property Agency

Yesterday we joined charities, community organisations, schools, partners and wider supporters of Sefton Park Palm House...
11/06/2026

Yesterday we joined charities, community organisations, schools, partners and wider supporters of Sefton Park Palm House to celebrate the official opening of our community show gardens!

There are 10 gardens for the public to explore, showcasing the power gardening has to bring people together and boost health and wellbeing.

Our garden is a celebration of local wise-woman, Ellen Wallace. Born in 1836, Ellen was a midwife and medical botanist, caring for people in Rochdale by prescribing home-grown herbal medicines and ointments.

To remember Ellen and the work she did the team have chosen plants such as Yarrow, Bee Balm and Lungwort. A lot of these plants are regarded today as weeds, but for centuries were used by people like Ellen to treat pain, help with breathing problems and heal wounds.

Come and enjoy the event!
📅 10th – 21st June
📍 Sefton Park Palm House, East Lawn
🎫 Free to attend

Thank you to the funders and partners who have made this possible:
Touchstones Rochdale | Greater Manchester Environment Trust | HH Smith & Sons Co Ltd | Palm House Sefton Park | Gillespies

We're getting things ready at Sefton Park Palm House!We're one of ten community organisations bringing a garden to the v...
09/06/2026

We're getting things ready at Sefton Park Palm House!

We're one of ten community organisations bringing a garden to the venue to celebrate their 25th anniversary 🎉

At home in Rochdale, we've been working closely with Touchstones Museum to redesign their garden space, drawing inspiration from their collections and local history.

We're bringing this all the way to Liverpool to share what we've learned, the stories that inspired our garden and how we use gardening to support good mental health and wellbeing 💚🌿

Hope to see you there!
📅 10th – 21st June (excluding Saturdays)
📍 Sefton Park Palm House, East Lawn
🎫 Free to attend

Palm House Sefton Park | Touchstones Rochdale

Petrus is on the road again, but instead of the RHS Tatton Park Flower Show, this year we’re heading to Liverpool! We’ve...
04/06/2026

Petrus is on the road again, but instead of the RHS Tatton Park Flower Show, this year we’re heading to Liverpool!

We’ve been working with Touchstones Museum to redesign their garden space, drawing inspiration from their collections and local history.

But before this takes root outside the museum, we have the brilliant opportunity to share it at Sefton Park Palm House’s anniversary event.

Come down and see us in June, learn about the stories that inspired our garden and how Petrus uses gardening to support good mental health and wellbeing 💚🌿

Sefton Park Palm House Anniversary Event:
📅 10th – 21st June
📍 Sefton Park Palm House, East Lawn
🎫 Free to attend

Palm House Sefton Park | Touchstones Rochdale

Address

73 Great George Street
Rochdale
OL161QG

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 4pm

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+441706345844

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