About Trinity House
Our Mission
At Trinity House our mission is to provide a centre for the community to benefit children, young people, parents and carers by means of education, training, personal development and recreation.
Our Vision & Values
- We will provide an up-to-date community facility that is attractive, accessible, welcoming and appealing for all service users.
- Members of the community contribute to the development and running of Trinity House.
- A thriving, welcoming Community Centre where all are made to feel valued and safe whilst giving the opportunity to learn, develop and engage in positive activities.
- We will be fully-funded, sustainable and ongoing.
- We want everyone that lives in the area to be aware, and take advantage, of what is on offer at Trinity House.
- Trinity House is a place where increasing both self-respect and respect for others is actively promoted.
- Our services meet the needs of the community and are delivered in a friendly and efficient manner.
- We work with other voluntary and statutory organisations to improve our services and provide additional services to meet the many and diverse needs of the community.
Meeting Community Needs
Our community is situated in south central inner city Manchester and includes Rusholme, Fallowfield and Moss Side Wards,Wards that are among the 10% most deprived in Britain. Trinity House CRC is a local charity benefiting local people who have to cope with all the problems that are associated with economic deprivation: poor housing; gangs, drugs; anti-social behaviour, violence, crime, low esteem, truancy, school exclusion, low achievement at school and subsequently in obtaining employment. Our area has been a magnet for immigrants since the industrial revolution, immigrants from Ireland and the West Indies were followed in the 1950’s and 1960’s by immigrants from the Indian Sub-Continent, mainly Bangladesh and Pakistan. In more recent years immigrants have arrived from Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa in particular from Somalia. Included among this number are refugees and asylum seekers mostly from Africa and the Middle East to many of whom English is a second language. This rich mix of cultures makes our area one of the most cosmopolitan and vibrant in Manchester. However due to social depravation this mix of cultures also has its down side of ethnic tensions particularly among young men.
At Trinity House we aim to benefit children, young people, families and carers and we are proud of the cultural and ethnic diversity to be found within our centre. Those participating in our projects come from more than fifteen ethnic groups including; Bengali, African, Caribbean, Dual Heritage, Eastern European, Irish, Somali, Pakistani, Black British and White British and of these there is no predominant group.
Identifying Needs
In 2009 we collaborated with the Rusholme and Fallowfield Community Forum, a local charity which is based at Trinity House, in their production of the “South Central Manchester Youth Needs Survey Report 2009” This 58 page Report is based on 733 (301 male, 388 female and 44 undeclared) completed questionnaires and covers 14 ethnic categories, which are contained in 5 ethnic groups. The age range is 11 to 19 years of age.
The findings of this Report are of real value in assisting us to identify the needs of families and young people in our area and to help us develop plans to meet these needs.
To view the Report, please download below
Current Policies
To take a look at our current policies, please click the download link below
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