Partners
The Levenshulme Inspire Partnership Group was first formed in March 2005. Its partners are as follows:
Levenshulme United Reformed Church
The local congregation that has met in the building since 1875 and provided a ‘hub’ for community activity to the present day.
The North Western Synod of the United Reformed Church
The company and charity that deals with the legal, financial and property matters relating to the many United Reformed Churches across the North West region.
Great Places
The housing association which is part of the Great Places Group that is a primary investor, has successfully attracted Housing Corporation and Manchester City Council funding, and will hold legal title to the land and build 14 apartments within the scheme.
ALLFM
South Manchester’s successful community radio station which will relocate to a purpose-built station within the new centre.
YASP (Young Adult Support Project)
The local youth agency that will run the Inspire Café and other activities for young people in the centre. (YASP is part of the wider HARP social enterprise that works across Manchester running a wide range of services for people with mental health problems including another successful community café in Hulme and an outside catering social enterprise called Good Mood Food).
Bubble Enterprises
A business development company, based at Manchester Business School, that specialises in both commercial and social enterprise models of business support and growth and runs Bubble Enterprises, a community interest company providing support to social enterprises across Manchester.
Manchester City Council
The local authority has taken a keen interest and involvement in the project since its inception as part of its regeneration plans for the area and through its long-standing desire to improve access to community facilities in Levenshulme.
Alongside the Levenshulme Inspire Partnership Group, Inspire Community Enterprise Community Interest Company has been formed as a partnership between Levenshulme United Reformed Church and Partnership WTP / Bubble Enterprises, for the primary purpose of creating a legal vehicle through which the wider partnership can operate.
However, the primary stakeholders behind the whole project are the local community who have been the primary inspiration behind the whole scheme. In order to create a channel for centre users and local residents to have a say in how the centre is managed and run, an Inspire Forum will be formed, from which directors will be elected who will sit on the ICE Board and be part of the wider Partnership Group.
Inspiration Space
Inspiration Incubation & Training
Inspire Café & Youth Project
ALLFM @ Inspire
Inspire Church
Inspire Forum
Living @ Inspire
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