Stockport Progress And Recovery Centre (SPARC)

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About our patron:
Paul Lake is a former professional footballer who played for Manchester City FC and England under-21s between 1986 and 1992.

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SPARC is a mental health charity providing therapy, support and social networks for adults 18+ who experience mental health difficulties. A local boy and a lifelong City fan, he was acclaimed as one of the most promising young talents to have ever worn the sky blue shirt. His glittering career, however, was tragically cut short following a serious injury from which he never recovered. After a decade spent working as a sports
physiotherapist, Paul rejoined his old club in April 2010, taking on the role of Ambassador for Manchester City in the Community. In 2013 he was recruited by the Premier League as a Club Support Manager and now works with Academy players and staff at Everton FC, Leeds United FC and Manchester City FC. Paul’s acclaimed autobiography, I’m Not Really Here, was published by Century in 2011.

22/10/2026

Art with Marc at SPARC Social today.
This is just one aspect of social inclusion and mental wellbeing support for SPARC members.

21/10/2026

Did you know that SPARC has its own Counselling Service?

The SPARC Counselling Team offer a range of support including 1-1 counselling and workshops both online and face to face.

The current workshops you could access are;

'Exploring Relationships Workshop' Monday at 1pm face to face
'Bereavement workshop' at 1pm on Tuesday online
'Creative writing for Mental Health' Fridays at 1pm online

You can also refer to our team for one to one counselling by emailing the Counselling Coordinator - David Richards on [email protected].

For more information see the attached posters or contact Lynn on 07704992934.

20/10/2026

Unfortunately todays Nurture Group is cancelled due to staff sickness and awful weather!!!
Apologies to all our members.

15/10/2026

We had a busy day today at SPARC Social. Arts, crafts, brews and beautiful conversations 😍

13/10/2026

New Place!! New Time!!
From Tuesday 3rd November our Nurture Group will be moving to Stockport Quaker Meeting House, 2 Cooper Street, Stockport SK1 3DW.
The new meeting time will be 1pm till 3pm.
At the sessions we will continue to meet, share and support.
For more info please contact the SPARC office on 07704992934 or email [email protected]

13/10/2026

Lovely busy day full of fun and sunshine. We only have a couple of weeks left before we move indoors so we are tidying the plot ready for closing most of it down for the winter. Bizarrely the garlic and onion set that we planted recently have already starting growing!! This is a real illustration of the unusual seasons we've experienced this year.
We will post info about our Winter Nurture Group plans very soon. 💚💚💚

07/10/2026

Our Nurture group are slowly winding down for this growing season at the allotment. We've grown lots of produce, maintained friendships and welcomed new members. 3 more weeks to go and then the group will be hibernating indoors for the winter 🥰 Look out for information about venue and times of the winter sessions which will be coming soon.

06/10/2026

As promised, see attached, the final list of Raffle Prizes for the draw that will take place on Friday 9th October 2026.

Thank you to everyone who have supported this Raffle. It means so much to all of us at SPARC.

05/10/2026

This week is the last chance to be in it to win it!!! Our raffle which has been organised and supported by some of our wonderful members will be drawn this Friday at Sparc's Annual General Meeting. New prizes have now been added including tickets to see a Manchester City game. A full list of prizes will be posted tomorrow. Tickets can be purchased by contact Sparc on 07704992934 or emailing [email protected]. 🥰

The SPARC AGM is drawing closer and to have your chance to win in the raffle organised by SPARC Members you need to get your hand on the winning ticket!!!

Tickets cost £5.00 each or you can get 5 tickets for £20.00.

All proceeds go towards the running of SPARC Social Groups.

The draw will take place after the SPARC AGM which is taking place at Disability Stockport on Friday 9th October at 1pm.

To purchase tickets then please contact SPARC on 0161 480 7248, 07704992934 or email [email protected]

03/10/2026

It was a busy and fun session at the Sparc Social on Thursday. Lots of creativity and planning for our AGM which takes place next week and there was even discussions about future 'Christmas' activities!!!!

Address

C/O Disability Stockport
Stockport
SK11EG

Telephone

+441614299744

Website

http://sparc4me.org.uk/

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