VOLITION ANNUAL REPORT 2022

Volition always helps those that it comes into contact with and 2022 has been no different. At the beginning of the year the City was still very much in the grips of Covid. Greater Manchester job centres were closed to claimants and many of our partners were closed too with most company’s employees working from […]

The Hidden Manchester Bee Hives

VOLITION ANNUAL REPORT 2021

We started 2021 still in the grip of the global pandemic with Covid-19. Provision started up in April with our first intake, however, with the constant up and down with the pandemic, recruiting volunteers to attend open days was very problematic. The data contained within this annual report is based on a reduced intake during […]

View from a Volunteer

Long-term unemployment is no joke whatever the reason is for it, perhaps illness, caring for others or coping with bereavement. Knowing where and how to find work seems difficult. Where do you start? I know from my own experiences how lost and isolated I felt. I found out about Volition six months before I picked […]

Beehives on Cathedral Rooftop Help Mancunians With Sore Throats This Winter

Manchester Cathedral partners with Just Bee Honey to create all natural throat syrup Throat soothing & immune boosting syrup contains Cathedral Honey, Bee Propolis, Vitamins and Botanicals Product leverages new University of Oxford research: “Honey better treatment for coughs and colds than antibiotics“ Manchester Cathedral’s beekeepers and Manchester honey brand, Just Bee, have partnered to […]

Volition information Session

Volition at Manchester Cathedral has its next information session for participants on Friday 10th December 2021. The information session gives people the chance to see the faces behind the doors and get a flavour of what we offer. This is an innovative, proactive programme which supports all who join with a view to improving lives, […]

Partnership and Sustainability Coordinator

£25, 300One year fixed term contractFull time Closing date Friday 29th October 2021 General Volition Community is a registered charity, based at the Cathedrals of Manchester and Salford, that seeks to prepare the long-term unemployed for a return to paid employment, including through structured volunteering around beekeeping, gardening, cooking and visitor welcome. The programme supports each […]

Volition at Manchester Cathedral has its next open day for candidates on Friday 3rd September 2021.

This is an innovative, proactive programme which supports all who join with a view to improving lives, building skills, and successfully gaining sustainable employment. This ten-week programme will facilitate entry to employment through a joint approach of training, volunteering and supported job search. Open Day Date: Friday 3rd September 2021Time: 10:00-12.00Location: Cathedral Visitor’s Centre, 10 […]

Art is all about Creating at the Get Crafty Art Club

Over the past few months Volition members have had the opportunity to come together each week to learn new techniques and try their hand at different crafts.  Angie, the artist in residence has taught; printing, coffee tinting, wax scribing, 3D modelling, paper folding and much more.  Just a few of these techniques have been brought […]

REDS & K 1000 Photography Exhibition at Manchester Central Library

Andrew Redmond (Reds) is a volunteer with Volition at Manchester Cathedral.  He’s a frequent Welcomer at the Cathedral and also volunteers at the Cenotaph.   During the last couple of years, he has worked with Volition’s Artist in Residence Karin Albinsson, on a photography project. ‘Reds’ told Karin of the 1000 photos he had taken and […]