Secure Future for Woodhouse Park Family Centre

We are launching a campaign to buy, refurbish and eventually remodel our home, Woodhouse Park Family Centre, so that we can meet ever increasing demand and achieve our ultimate aim of being the first port of call for families in Wythenshawe.

We have been supporting our community for almost 30 years, during which time, we have provided help to over 6,000 families. Founded for local people by local people, our ambition has always been to make a positive difference in our

community.

In these difficult times there is huge demand for all our services and our community tells us that we have never been more needed. It is vital for us, therefore, to be able to have a space that allows us to expand our existing services and develop new ones ensuring we can meet the very real and increasing needs of our local families. 

Woodhouse Park Family Centre offers an environment where we can provide access to services and care to any of the families and children of Wythenshawe who need us. We operate within one of the most deprived wards in the country with over 40 % of children living in poverty and an increasing number of families relying on foodbanks to survive.  Our vision is to improve the economic and emotional wellbeing of the Wythenshawe community and to increase people’s confidence and aspirations to help them make better lives for them and their families.

In order to remain in the area we need to buy our building – until recently we have been able to lease it for a nominal rent. We also want to refurbish it, both to help us deliver more and better services, and to cover some of our costs through room hire.

With austerity impacting more and more families, 41.8 % of children in Manchester are living in poverty, and government

funding being cut year on year, coupled with the lingering impact of COVID, the need for our services is greater than ever.

So we have one Big ambition - to raise the money to secure our building and make the changes that will mean we can help thousands more families.

Our building is one of our strengths in terms of its location –right in the heart of the community – and its feel – we receive frequent comments from users and visitors of how welcoming and homely the Centre feels. However, its layout massively restricts our capacity to expand services or deliver new ones.

It also an old building in need of significant structural refurbishment and repair.

Please help if you can. Every donation makes a difference