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Big Life Group

Manchester, Hulme, United Kingdom

Community developmentHealthMental healthEmployment & Skills
CharityRegional reach
Profile last updated: May 3, 2026

About

Big Life Group is a charity based in Manchester, United Kingdom working on community development, health, mental health +4 more.

The Big Life Group is a non-profit group based in Manchester, England, working to fight inequality and change lives. It comprises a social business (Big Life Company), two charities (including Big Life Services and Big Issue North Trust) and a multi-academy trust (Big Life Schools). The group works with people facing multiple disadvantages, offering support across health, mental health, work, relationships and other areas of life, tailored to what each person wants to achieve. Its services span Greater Manchester and other areas of the North of England, including Rochdale, Tameside, Trafford, Stockport, Sheffield and Leeds, and include NHS-funded talking therapies, community centres, employment support and education. Its work began in early-1990s Hulme and Moss Side, Manchester, where local residents developed their own community services.

Location

Manchester, United Kingdom

Organisation type

Charity

Focus areas

community developmenthealth and wellbeingmental healthemploymenteducationinequality

Languages

EN

Causes & programmes

Causes

Community developmentHealthMental healthEmployment & SkillsEducationChildren & YouthHousing & Homelessness

Works for

People in povertyFamiliesChildrenYouthCommunities

How they work

Direct servicesCommunity programmesVolunteer programmes

Programmes

Living Well

Health

Health and wellbeing services, including a Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Project in Rochdale aimed at people less likely to use traditional health services.

Talking Therapies

Mental health

NHS-funded talking therapies services delivered across several Greater Manchester and Cheshire areas.

Big Issue North

Employment & Skills

Big Issue North Trust gives people a means to earn an income, in particular through selling The Big Issue magazine.

Wesley Community Furniture

Community furniture service run by the group.

Funding & support

Funded by

Government funding

Ways to support

Volunteer

Credentials & affiliations

Partnerships

NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale, NHS Stockport, NHS Manchester, NHS Trafford, NHS East Cheshire

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