ROC partners with McDonalds - A team from McDonalds head office attended the ROC Conversation in Widnes in February. We had some interesting discussions with them about the work they do in the community. They have had a long standing partnership with Keep Britain Tidy for example and their staff regularly get involved with litter … Continue reading New partnership with McDonalds

Down in Dawlish, South Devon, we had our ROC Conversation back in October 2017. That very same night I felt rather like the first frogman to land on the D-Day beaches a full hour before the first wave of infantry hit the beaches. I felt so exposed. What had we done? It felt like we’d … Continue reading SOMETHING’S STIRRING IN SOUTH DEVON

We have just finished delivering an 11 Week Course at Ashton on Mersey School in Sale, Trafford. We trained 15 Year 8 and Year 9 students to be Peer Mentors through 8 practical Workshops, including Art, Craft, Baking, Foodbank, Dance, Singing and Drama. We were given 15 challenging students who either struggled with undiagnosed Special … Continue reading ROC Champions Ashton on Mersey School

We are celebrating 5 years since we opened the Olive ROC Community Centre and cafe in Edgeley, Stockport. The community centre runs a whole range of activities and, as they say, it’s more than coffee. Every day you can get a warm welcome and some delicious refreshments but there are also a whole host of … Continue reading Happy Birthday to the Olive ROC Centre

PARTINGTON UPDATE What a month we’ve had! In April ROC Garden has begun the groundwork for starting a new ROC Garden Transformation project in Partington, Manchester. Already we have formed a core team of 4 local volunteers who will also receive support from some of our ROC Garden volunteers from Blackpool too. Working with Your … Continue reading ROC GARDEN TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMME

At every ROC Conversation, you can guarantee that ‘youth’ will be discussed in one form or another. If ‘they’ are not causing problems through anti-social behaviour then there is a lack of facilities for ‘them’ – or perhaps both.  Unfortunately though, young people rarely turn up in great numbers to a ROC Conversation. So they … Continue reading YOUTH ENGAGEMENT – YOUTH ROC CONVERSATION WILMSLOW

ROC was privileged to be at Spring Harvest for two weeks, Minehead and Skegness, this year!  For those who don’t know Spring Harvest it is a Christian festival which attracts many thousands and happens over the Easter period at Butlin’s and the Harrogate convention centre. We had ROC teams running our stand in the exhibition … Continue reading SPRING HARVEST 2019

Since our ROC Conversation in September 2018, it’s been an exciting time in Taunton. Piloting a night café for rough sleepers which has resulted in ROC TD leading on the provision of a severe weather shelter from the end of 2019, and beginning to develop a toolkit for facilitating initiatives and projects for use by … Continue reading ROC Taunton Deane