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    Everyone deserves to lead a happy life – together, we make that possible

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    At the Together Trust, we deliver individual care, support and education services across the North West.

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A collage of three photos capturing moments from the students’ hike: a pond, a lake, a castle, and students walking in the distance.

Enriching outdoor experiences for students at Inscape House Vocational College

10 April 2025 - 10:30am

Every Monday, students enrolled in the Sports and Creative Media programs at Inscape House Vocational College engage in enriching weekly walks as part of their preparation for the Duke of Edinburgh Award and their Creative Media coursework.

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Secret Santa with a twist

18 November 2024 - 11:45am

Candles, novelty socks, bath kits – how much difference can your team really make with Secret Santas? 

For the past two years, the HR team at Together Trust has traded their traditional team Secret Santa for a generous donation of vouchers to our services – helping make Christmas a little brighter for people across the Northwest.

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Providing vital research into the care sector: Amber's volunteering story

11 October 2024 - 3:30pm

Amber is one of the Together Trust's amazing volunteers who has been working as an Assistant Researcher for the Together Trust since March 2023.

In this blog, she shares with us her experience so far and what she's gained from the role.

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“You get to invest time, love and experience in a young person and give them hope for the future": Meet some of the people fostering with the Together Trust

12 December 2023 - 10:45am

Every fostering household is different, just like every child in need of foster care is different. We're actively welcoming applications from people from all walks of life, ages, and backgrounds to match with a foster child in urgent need of a home. 

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Putting time into the Together Trust as a Volunteer Research Assistant

15 November 2023 - 10:00am

Kerri, our voluntary research assistant, shares how volunteering has expanded her experience in researching and built up transferable knowledge and skills, as well as doing her bit for society.

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Pen pals over 7000 kilometres apart: Celebrating Inscape House’s latest project with New Horizon

25 September 2023 - 8:45am

In January 2023, Together Trust launched an exciting collaborative project with New Horizon Special School, Ghana’s first SEN school.

Earlier this year, one of the ways Inscape House School (part of the Together Trust) got involved in this exciting project was the preparing and sending of a 40ft container of resources from our school in Cheadle, Stockport, all the way to Accra in Ghana. 

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Lee's story: "it’s a great feeling to help someone and set them up for their life ahead"

21 February 2023 - 1:00pm

We speak to a couple who have fostered children with the Together Trust for the last two years to hear about their experience of fostering as a same-sex couple.

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Paul, Inscape House School alumn: “I’ve not let my disability stop me from doing what I want to do with my life”

15 February 2023 - 10:00am

Paul, one of our former students at Inscape House School returned to school to talk to the current pupils about his journey after graduating.  

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Alice wearing a blue dress standing in front of a light up sign alongside her 2 teachers wearing black dresses. They are all smiling wide.

Alice and her favourite teachers bring home Highly Commended for Best Not-for-Profit Award

14 October 2022 - 2:15pm

The young people we support are at the heart of everything we do. So we sent Alice and her favourite teachers to the Stockport Business Awards, where we were nominated for best Not For Profit! 

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Leo receiving his prize at the Portico Library Sadie Massey Awards in Manchester Central Library.

Inscape House School student wins creative writing award

27 July 2022 - 8:00am

A student’s creativity and storytelling skills were among those honoured in this year’s Portico Library Sadie Massey Awards at a ceremony in Manchester Central Library earlier this month.

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Increasing skills and knowledge by volunteering at the Together Trust

31 May 2022 - 4:45pm

Tahira Poswal works at one of our schools, Inscape House, as a reading support volunteer working on a 1 to 1 basis with students. Tahira helps the students with reading and numeracy and has been filling this role now for a few months.

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My Personal Walking Challenge – Walking the Trafalgar Way

29 April 2022 - 1:00pm

With the national walking month coming in May, we caught up with Daniel who is taking on a mammoth walking challenge to raise money for the Together Trust's services.

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Inscape House School welcomes author and his loveable companion

17 December 2021 - 2:45pm

Last week, we welcomed Robert Martin and his friendly companion Dusty at Inscape School for an engaging book reading of his new children's book, Joe and Dusty. 

Students were invited to learn more about the book, ask questions to the author and meet Dusty, his Bull Terrier and star of his book.

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A big thank you to Bridge College and the Together Trust

21 June 2021 - 10:15am

As we celebrate our 20th year as Investors in people, Darren wanted to share his story and say, "thank you" to Bridge College and Together Trust for supporting him in recently qualifying as a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA).

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Marie's story: I faced pressure to move

15 April 2021 - 2:00pm

Marie spoke to us about her time in unregulated accommodation before moving to the Together Trust and her experience of moving to independence.  

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Johnny's story: the staff are like my family

13 April 2021 - 5:30pm

Johnny was in our care 15 years ago. We spoke to him about his relationships with staff and how they have made an impact on his life. 

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Tara: Surviving the care system

16 February 2021 - 4:30pm

Tara* is in our care and has written a piece about her experiences and what she has learnt in the hope it will help other young people in care. 

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I want to see more support for young care experienced mothers

12 February 2021 - 4:00pm

Stacey was in our care 11 years ago. We’ve been speaking to her about her experiences after leaving care at 16 and what support she wants to see for young care experienced mothers.

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What I want to see from the Children's Social Care Review

5 February 2021 - 3:00pm

Jakeb has been talking to us about what he wants to see from the Independent Children’s Social Care Review. Over the coming weeks we’ll be sharing Jakeb’s reflections on his care experience and his ambitions for the review.

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Inscape Art Department has plenty to celebrate!

17 July 2020 - 1:15pm

There have been multiple reasons to celebrate for art students at Inscape House School with recognition for their fantastic work coming in various shapes and sizes. While the current healthcare pandemic has put a hold on the majority of school and college work across the country, a number of students from Inscape have been able to complete their projects and start planning for what their future holds.

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