Kath Locke Centre

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The Kath Locke Centre in Moss Side, Manchester is one of the community centres where Big Life begin. Today it continues to create opportunities for you to change your life by offering a place for a range of self-help groups, activities, community services and charities to help you live and feel well.

We also have a wide variety of volunteering opportunities at the centre, from leading groups to helping out around the building!

Access:

Call the centre or drop in for information on groups, activities and services

Age:

All ages

Opening times:

Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 6pm

Cost:

Many services are free. But if there are any charges, we will explain these in advance.

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Address:

Kath Locke Centre,
123 Moss Lane East
Manchester
M15 5DD

Phone Number:

0161 455 0211

Take a look at what’s going on

We can offer you range of advice, support and activities to help you live and feel well.

Check-in here to get more details and use ‘This Week’ to get the times and booking details.

Acupuncture Works Clinic

Manchester’s only Community Acupuncture clinic.

Some of the issues their trained acupuncturists treat are:

  • Muscular skeletal pain: low back, hip, shoulder, neck and knee pain
  • Mood disorders such as anxiety and depression
  • Fertility and gynaecological issues arising in pregnancy including nausea, headaches and anxiety
  • Menopausal changes

Initial consultations and treatment £30 to £45. Follow up appointments £15 to £25.

More information at Acupuncture Works

Clinic Monday to Thursday, 10am-6pm every week.

Bread And Butter

The Bread and Butter Thing provides affordable weekly groceries at a fraction of supermarket prices.

For £8.50, members receive around £35 worth of food, including fresh fruit and vegetables, chilled items, and cupboard staples. Food varies weekly and is sourced from surplus supplies from supermarkets, factories, and farms.

When: Thursdays, 1:30pm
Where: The Ascension Church, Stretford Road, Hulme, M15 5TQ (Big Life Hub)

How it works:

  • Free to join, no commitment
  • Order by replying “YES” to a weekly text
  • Collect and pay on the day (cash or card accepted)
  • Vegetarian options available
  • Healthy Start Vouchers accepted

Prices:

  • Individual: £5
  • Family: £8.50
  • Large Family: £17

Sign up:

Text 07860 063304 with your name, postcode, and “Big Life Hub”.

Can Survive UK: WOW Group

Can Survive UK’s Women Only Wednesdays (fornightly) is a support group for women affected by cancer. It offers practical and emotional support, therapies and advice.

More information at WOW – Women Only Wednesdays

Can Survive UK: MOT Group

Can Survive UK’s Men Only Thursdays (Fortnightly) is a support group for men who have been affected by cancer. It offers practical and emotional support, therapies and advice.

More information at MOT Cancer Support Group

Lock & Steel

Join Locke & Steel Community Steelband, led by Callum Ramsay and Byron Calame, experienced teachers and players. Open to all – from beginners to pros, young and old! Bringing the community together through music.

The Sugar Group

The Sugar Group supports anyone living with Type 2 Diabetes to live well.

We are a fun, friendly group that helps you manage diabetes by offering knowledge, gentle exercise and a break from the day-to-day worries and sense of isolation that diabetes can bring.

We also work closely with local health and educational professionals to raise awareness of the impact of the disease on people with an Afro-Caribbean background and to help improve the lives of people with the disease.

On Mondays

Women's Yoga

Over thousands of years, people of all ages have practiced yoga to help boost their physical and mental wellbeing.

It’s an especially good way to improve strength, flexibility and balance.

Led by a qualified, experienced yoga teacher, this women only session is for all ages and abilities. So whether you’re getting back to regular exercise or looking to take up exercise for the first time, this yoga session is a great place to start.

There is no fixed charge for a session, just donate what you can.

Tuesdays from 4.45pm – 6pm

Found something you’d like to do?

Find the time it’s happening here.

For booking details and costs, if there are any, just ask at the Kath Locke reception or give us a call.

Monday

10:00am – 6:00pm

Acupuncture Works

1:00pm – 3:30pm

The Sugar Group

 

Tuesday

10:00am – 6:00pm

Acupuncture Works

11:00am – 2:30pm

Bread & Butter service

4:45pm – 6pm

Women’s only yoga

Wednesday

10:00am – 6:00pm

Acupuncture Works

1:00pm – 3:00pm (Fortnightly)

Coffee Connect (Can Survive UK activity)

1:00pm – 3:30pm (Fortnightly)

Can Survive UK: WOW

6:00pm – 7:00pm

Lock and Steel (steel band class)

 

 

Thursday

10:00am – 6:00pm

Acupuncture Works

1:00pm – 3:00pm (Fortnightly)

Can Survive UK: MOT

Volunteer with Us

Can you spare some time to help keep our community strong?

We need you to help us to

  • Make a difference in your community
  • Support local families and people

We can offer you the chance to

  • Develop new skills
  • Work as part of a team
  • Improve your CV
  • Get extra training and references
  • Meet new people and give something back

When you volunteer with us you also become part of Big Life. That means you’ll have a volunteer coordinator, who’ll work with you to make sure you get the most possible out of your experience, whatever your reasons for volunteering.

Want to know more?

Just let us know you are interested in volunteering with us and we’ll get in touch to chat about the opportunities we currently have, that suit your needs.

What our volunteers say…

While volunteering I have met some amazingly motivating people. I have attended lots of training, my CV looks great now, my confidence is up. I don’t feel so isolated and at the same time I feel I have made a huge contribution to my community and the individuals who have accessed our service.

Office Space to Rent

Right at the heart of the thriving Moss Side community, with shops and leisure facilities on the doorstep, the Kath Locke Community Health and Resource Centre is minutes away from Manchester City Centre and has great access to key transport routes around Greater Manchester and beyond.

The Centre itself is a hub for a wide range of community health and wellbeing activities and boasts its own café.

We currently have a 2 to 3 person competitively priced office space covering 139.88 square feet available for charities, not for profit organisations, community and other social impact groups. This comes with:

  • Free reception
    • Monday, Wednesday Friday: 8.30am – 6.00pm
    • Tuesday and Thursday 8.30am – 6.00pm
    • Disabled access throughout
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Free access to rooms for meetings or 1 – 1’s
  • Kitchen facilities
  • Café on site
  • Free Car Park
  • Regular cleaning
  • Bike racks

Enquiries to:
Centre Manager, Val Sells Mobile: 0796 403 6298 or 0161 455 0211