ROC Garden has had a very exciting, and a very busy Summer season indeed! Our team of volunteers and staff have grown in number, and also our warehousing facilities too! Recently we have taken on a larger warehouse space to help us form a stronger base in Blackpool. This space in Cocker Street Trading estate … Continue reading ROC GARDENS SUMMER

On Thursday evening soon after 6pm, Jake Davison (22) shot his 51-year-old mother Maxine Davison at her house in Biddick Drive. He then went into the street and shot dead Sophie Martyn (3) and her father Lee Martyn (43). He then killed Stephen Washington (59) in a nearby park and shot Kate Shepherd (66) on … Continue reading KEYHAM – A CITY MOURNS

ROC launched in Weston Super Mare in February 2020 just prior to lockdown! Despite restrictions the action group has over 40 members and the work is going from strength to strength. So much so that ROC were chosen as one of the Mayor’s charities. Cllr James Clayton was elected as Mayor this year and he … Continue reading ROC Weston-super-Mare

On Wednesday July 14th around 40 people from agencies and groups across Ellesmere Port gathered for a networking lunch at Trinity Methodist. The lunch was hosted by the ROC action group. Rev Jackie Bellfield who leads ROC in Ellesmere Port welcomed everyone. There was a time to mingle and hear from local organisations including; Laura Harris … Continue reading ELLESMERE PORT UPDATE

Trinity Methodist Church and ROC Woking have just welcomed Intergenerational Music Making (IMM) to the first session of a six week course. IMM seeks to bring the generations together to make music. There is science behind the fun. Levels of serotonin (the happy hormone) rise as participants take pleasure in the shared activity. Children’s behaviour … Continue reading WHEN WORDS FAIL, MUSIC SPEAKS

Reducing social isolation through neighbourly gardening In Blackpool, a normally bustling seaside resort, we have seen and heard of many people in our community who could be hugely helped by the simplest things - by having a social conversation with someone, an exchange of a kind word, or a knock on the door just to … Continue reading ROC GARDEN CONNECTIONS

The ROC n Rolls Cafe and community centre in Holts, Oldham came about following a ROC Conversation in 2017. At the community event people spoke about the lack of community meeting spaces. ROC received funding to renovate and open a local shop as a Cafe and employ a coordinator. The community chose the name ROC … Continue reading ROC CAFE UPDATE

Our community dance programme is back up and running. Sarah gives a video update on whats been going on in the dance studio before, during and after lockdown.