Impact Report 2025-26 Now Live

Our 2025/26 Impact Report celebrates the people, partnerships, and projects leading positive change across Ancoats & Beswick and Clayton & Openshaw.
Read it here!
North Manchester Trauma Learning Exchange

Join Step Up MCR at the North Manchester Trauma Learning Exchange to discover how trauma-informed and trauma-responsive practice can strengthen communities across North Manchester.
October 26 Events Calendar

The air is getting colder, the leaves are getting redder, and All Hallows’ Eve is just around the corner, which can only mean one thing…October is in full swing!
Get cosy, get energised, or get crafty this Autumn, with plenty of events and activities for all ages and groups happening across the neighbourhood.
16 Years of Place-Based Giving

Over 16 years, 27 Place-Based Giving schemes have raised more than £92 million and created new ways for communities, funders and local partners to shape change together.
Funders Together’s new report shares the learning.
August 26 Events Calendar

What’s on this August? View our Events Calendar. Projects and events for all ages and groups in your area.
Welcoming a New Chair

We’re pleased to announce a new chapter for Step Up MCR.
July 26 Events Calendar

What’s on this July? View our Events Calendar. Projects and events for all ages and groups in your area.
SS26 Community Newspaper

Our SS26 Community Newspaper is now live! Read on our site, or download for later.
Pride in Place – Voices of the Vale!

What happens when you take a pop-up talk show on wheels into Clayton Park and hand a microphone over to locals to have their say?
Giving Back, Made Easy!

In April, Step Up MCR teamed up with Informed Solutions and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) for a Giving Back Day along the Medlock Valley.