‘What’s New at Walthew’

Welcome to the May issue of ‘What’s New at Walthew.’ Read about what has been happening here at Walthew House

Annual Review 2023

We are pleased to share our Annual Review, which details our performance and achievements over the last year. This publication

Easter Raffle 2023

Thank you to everyone who purchased a ticket for this year's Easter Raffle, which was drawn here on Tuesday 4th

Soapbox race supports Walthew

We are very fortunate that our friends at Team Nexperia (situated on Pepper Road, Hazel Grove) are busy building a

Walthew House Cup 2023

We held our popular annual blind bowling event on Wednesday 22nd March, at Tenpin Parrs Wood. 17 teams took part

‘What’s New at Walthew’

Read about what has been happening here at Walthew House over the last month and what we have coming up.

Friends of Walthew House

We are extending an invitation to our wider community to become a Friend of Walthew House. Our charity is funded

Training for Wigan Athletic

We were delighted to be approached by Wigan Athletic Football Club to deliver a deaf awareness training session, including basic

‘What’s New at Walthew’

Each month we will be sharing stories about what has been happening here at Walthew House and detailing what we

John Walthew book published

'The Rags to Riches Story of the Founder of Stockport's Blind Institute' We are very excited to share the news

Lord-Lieutenant visit

We were honoured to welcome The Lord-Lieutenant of Greater Manchester, Diane Hawkins, to Walthew House last week, for her first

What D/deaf People Want

Back in April 2022, Walthew House, Manchester Deaf Centre and Bolton Deaf Society consulted with our communities on 'What Deaf

Newsletter October 2022

Welcome to our October 2022 newsletter - you can read the contents below, or download a copy here. Welcome to

Mayoral visit to Walthew

We were delighted to welcome the Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Stockport to Walthew House yesterday, so that they could

Learn to sign

We are very excited to announce that we are running a 10-week British Sign Language (BSL) course here at Walthew

Blind Driving Challenge Event

We took a group of our visually impaired service users up to the Three Sisters race circuit in Wigan last

Tribute to Her Majesty

Everyone at Walthew House is saddened by the news of the death of Her Majesty The Queen yesterday. Colour photograph

County fans support Walthew

A huge thank you to both home and away fans who attended the opening game of the 2022/23 football season

Fun at Stockport Pride

Staff and volunteers from Walthew House were invited to take part in this year's Stockport Pride event on Sunday 31st

Cash for Kids support

Cash for Kids is a grant-giving charity, helping children that need it most by supporting local organisations that aim to

Proms raises the roof!

Our visually impaired services users were treated to a programme of musical entertainment today at our first Walthew Proms event!

Adult Hearing Services update

Adult Hearing Services provision in Stockport has been moved from Stepping Hill Hospital to a number of different locations across

Newsletter May 2022

Welcome to our May 2022 newsletter - you can read the contents below, or download a copy here. Having been

‘Interviews’ with John Walthew

The 16th June 2022 marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of our charity’s founder, John Walthew, who was Mayor

Cheers to Stockport Beer

Walthew House were chosen as the local charity to benefit from fundsraised at the Stockport Beer and Cider Festival that

Volunteer News April 2022

It’s been over a year since the last Volunteer Newsletter, but I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce myself