Entries by Alan

M3 launches it’s Sponsor a Room campaign

JUST 50p would help M3 Project provide a vulnerable young person with a room for a night. M3 is based in Rawtenstall, but works with young people aged 16-25 throughout East Lancashire in Rossendale, Burnley, Pendle, Hyndburn and soon in the Ribble Valley. Project Manager Alan Dorrington said: “We recently gained charitable status and know […]

Christmas opening hours 2014

Our office base in Rawtenstall will be shut from the afternoon of 24th December to 1 January, reopening on Friday 2nd January. On 29, 30 December and 31 December, workers will be available on their mobile phones or by email. Our on call service for Householders and young people will cover Out of Hours and […]

How and why does homelessness affect young people?

In April 2014, worked with a group of students from Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School, researching a local social issue – homelessness amongst young people. Here is a fantastic video they made as part of their presentation, highlighting why and how homelessness affects young people. Thanks to Rebecca, Eliza, Olivia, Molly and Sophie.

Latest Annual Report

Our latest Annual Report covers our financial year Sept 2012 to October 2013 and contains an overview of our work during this time, as well some of the challenges for the future. Read it here:  Annual Report Financial Year Sept 2012 Oct 2013

Christmas Opening Hours 2013

Our office base in Rawtenstall will be shut from the afternoon of 24th December to 1 January, reopening on 2nd January. On 27,28 December and 30,31 December, workers will be available on their mobile phones or by email. Our on call service for Householders and young people will cover Out of Hours and the Bank […]

M3 is now a registered Charity!

M3 Project is delighted to announce that we are now a Registered Charity (No. 1154113) having successfully applied to the Charities Commission. This new charitable status will give us more scope to expand our service delivery, as well as develop a greater campaigning role within East Lancashire and beyond. It will also enable the project […]

M3 Celebrating 10 Years

It’s 10 years since M3 Project was set up and on 28th June we held a Celebration Party.  We asked our guests to tell us what M3 had meant to them and here are some of the comments we received: It used to mean home.  Now it means a helping hand and a group of […]

Thank you to Asda Rawtenstall

Through their Community Life programme, Asda Rawtenstall has kindly raised money for M3, with their token drop scheme. Over recent weeks, customers leaving the store nominated their choice from 3 local charities and M3 received the most nominations. Project Manager Alan Dorrington went to meet Laura Saxton from Asda to receive a £50 cheque. Many […]

Update from M3’s Dirty Products social enterprise

Following receipt of grant funding from the European Social Fund and the Skills Funding Agency, M3 Project’s new social enterprise for young people, Dirty Products, got underway in August 2012. An initial 3 day course involving 2 young people from M3 began looking at the different aspects of the planned work and the skills young […]

Christmas 2012 – opening times

The M3 office will shut at 2pm on Friday 21 December and will reopen on Thursday 27 December at 10am. We are open on Thursday 27, Friday 28 and Monday 31 December till 3pm before closing again for New Year. We reopen for 2013 on Wednesday 2 Jan. Our 24hr on-call service for Householders and Young […]