Ahead of Remembrance Sunday 2022, Compassion in Action spoke to two of Wigan Borough’s valued veterans, who attend our weekly brunch, about what ‘remembrance’ means to them. Robert Smith, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) Having been in the Army, I’ve got that personal connection with Remembrance Day. My father was taken prisoner in Belgium […]
A Queen’s award-winning charity is donating food to older residents of Elmridge Court in Lowton, who are feeling the effects of the cost of living crisis. Leigh-based Compassion in Action (CIA) is working with Anchor, England’s largest not-for-profit provider of care and housing for people in later life, to provide a weekly shop at one […]
A Queen’s award-winning charity based in Leigh has launched a brand-new initiative to help tackle local food and fuel poverty. Compassion in Action (CIA) has announced the opening of two ‘Heat Retreats’ in the Wigan Borough. Adults of all ages can keep warm, enjoy a free snack and seek cost of living support at CIA’s […]
The Lady Smith DL has been officially welcomed to the Board at Compassion in Action (CIA). The appointment was formally announced at the charity’s Annual Board Review Meeting (ABRM), which took place on 9 July at our headquarters, Patrick House. Paying tribute to Lord Peter, who sadly passed away in August 2021, our CEO Pam […]
Compassion in Action (CIA) is set to be featured in the only official book published for the Platinum Jubilee Pageant. CIA is among a select number of ‘outstanding organisations from across the country and the Commonwealth’ to appear in Her Majesty The Queen: The Official Platinum Jubilee Pageant Commemorative Album. The coffee table-style book will […]
More than 300 Easter eggs were donated to Compassion in Action’s (CIA) annual appeal – thanks to the generosity of the Leigh community. With substantial support from Leigh Centurions RLFC and SuperLeigh, the 2022 appeal also had the backing of Spinning Gate Shopping Centre, Nationwide Building Society, Costa Coffee and NatWest, as well as Leigh […]
Cllr Sue Greensmith was guest of honour at a Ladies’ Luncheon held at Compassion in Action’s headquarters to celebrate this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD). The former Mayor of Wigan Borough, who served her term in 2018 to 2019, spoke to an audience of 25 Leigh residents about her journey in local government. Sue was […]
COMPASSION in Action (CIA) – and its official partners Leigh Centurions RFLC and SuperLeigh – are inviting egg donations for their annual Easter Appeal, which is now in its thirteenth year. Vulnerable families who have been referred to the charity by local agencies will receive an egg for each child during a delivery effort that […]
LEIGH Centurions’ recent signing Edwin Ipape has been welcomed as a special guest at Compassion in Action’s headquarters by CEO Pam Gilligan. The 23-year-old Papua New Guinea international, who plays as a hooker for the club, visited Patrick House on 2 March. He presented Pam and the CIA team with a signed shirt, as well […]
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) is once again stepping up to help Greater Manchester respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and make sure as many people as possible are offered their COVID vaccinations this year. Working together with Greater Manchester Health and Social Care (GMHSC) Partnership the Service has launched a dedicated phoneline to […]
