The Power of Resilience CIC

01/05/2026

Lovely to have young people so willing to help with the pantries- thanks to Iulia and Kyra

30/04/2026

More wonderful embroidered aprons with our logo completed by a wonderful supporter of our work on aprons donated by Tibard Uniforms!

These will be so well used over the coming months!

The logos will also be added to our homeschool children's chef whites!

You know who you are and we couldn't be more grateful for your ongoing support!

29/04/2026

Another creative afternoon using embellishments donated to Hannah Rosborough from Green Creations to make wonderful artwork.

Such beautiful art created and a chilled atmosphere in the group today!

28/04/2026

We're ready to serve! Food all cooked and ready to go!

28/04/2026

Home made cheesecake today 😍😁

28/04/2026

Tuna, rice and peppers followed by cheesecake! Come down and join us from 3pm!

28/04/2026

🌿 Chadwick Dam: 50 Little Makers, One Big Moment 🍎✨

What a day at Chadwick Dam.

Fifty children gathered by the water, each creating their own chilled fruit shot — choosing between tangy rhubarb or sweet stewed apple, layering ginger‑spiced or digestive crumble, and finishing with a spoon of thick Greek yoghurt. Simple ingredients, big confidence.

Some tried new flavours. Some explored textures they usually avoid. Some beamed with pride because they made something themselves. Some said they'd go home and try the recipe!

Laughter carried across the dam. Small hands worked with purpose. Community came alive in every layer.

Today's rhubarb was grown by Samantha Willis at RidgeHill Big Local Hub and Andreea Marinescu at Mottram Allotments! Thank you both for growing this delicious rhubarb that we then cooked in the community kitchen!

Fifty children.
Fifty flavours.
Fifty moments of “I can do this.”

This is resilience — and today, it tasted like rhubarb and apple crumble.

27/04/2026

Our Creative Nature Wellbeing group was awesome tonight ✨

Discarded brooches and old jewellery became stunning collages bursting with colour, detail and personality. Every piece showed such imagination and care.

And a special shout‑out to one inventive member who even created a beautiful hanging feature for our wellbeing garden.

So proud of this creative, courageous group 🌿

27/04/2026

Join us at 9.30am tomorrow where we'll be making mini apple and rhubarb crumble shots!

Save the dates and join us at Chadwick Dam. We will all be happy to see you there.

24/04/2026

Know a neglected spot in Stalybridge — a pathway, an enclosed area, a forgotten green space — that needs some love?

We’re looking for communities who want to work with us to transform local spaces. We’ll bring volunteers, gardening, cooking, fun and creativity. You bring your neighbours, your energy, and your heart for your area.

Interested in creating something beautiful together? Let’s talk.

23/04/2026

🔥 One Year On — And God Has Done More Than We Ever Dreamed

Twelve months ago Julie Mallinson flew with her wife to Hong Kong and visited Jackie Pullinger’s ministry… a lifelong dream fulfilled. God wrecked her (in the best way). She came home knowing He was saying: “Trust Me. Go full‑time with The Power of Resilience.”

Days later, her freelance work at Think Employment Limited ended.
A closed door — but heaven had already opened a bigger one.

Since then?
Growth. Multiplication. Provision. Community. Miracles.
Children thriving. Families finding hope. Mental‑health support exploding. Surplus food turning into dignity, not leftovers. A community garden being planted...

Then came another pantry, then another... thanks to the amazing support from Elaine Sagar and Sunflower Childcare Group.

And then the wildest plot twist…
A community kitchen built next to her house.
Not in the plan. Not on the vision board.
But absolutely in God’s heart for Stalybridge.
Businesses rallied. Volunteers appeared. People were fed, supported, loved.

Now we have fabulous news to share... Thanks to an incredible grant from the The University of Manchester with the support from learners and staff from Works4U we are aiming to open a fourth pantry in conjunction with Broadoak & Smallshaw Community Centre!

What started as a whisper in Hong Kong has become a movement in Tameside.
Faith carried it. Community built it. God breathed on it.

And honestly…
We believe He's just getting started...

We can't wait to see what the next 12 months will hold...

Want to be part of His journey? We are looking for volunteers. Christians who want to support our work and people who just believe that community deserve to be loved, cared for and treated with dignity.

Get in touch.. We'd love to hear from you!

We need volunteer collectors for all 4 pantries in Hyde, Stalybridge and Ashton, community cooks for our drop in at our kitchen in Stalybridge and volunteer gardeners for our community garden in Ridge Hill based at RidgeHill Big Local Hub. Plus day volunteers for one off projects!

23/04/2026

The community wellbeing garden felt like it was telling its own story today, bathed in warm, generous sunshine that made every colour brighter and every task feel like part of something bigger.

As we stepped into our homeschooling session, the children moved with a quiet confidence that only comes from a year of learning side by side with the soil. In science, we explored plant life cycles as we planted peas, broad beans and cherry tomatoes (propogated by our wonderful volunteer Andreea Marinescu) and a flourishing raspberry bush (nurtured by Julie Mallinson) noticing how each seed, seedling and plant carries its own promise.

Our environmental studies unfolded as we watered the newly planted rhubarb and hydrangea (thanks Di) and topped up the bird‑watering stations, talking about habitats and the small ways we help nature thrive. Design and technology came alive as we worked mushroom compost into the relocated strawberries and settled them proudly into their wheelbarrow home — a little engineering challenge with a lot of creativity.

And woven through every moment was teamwork and interpersonal skills: sharing tools, taking turns, encouraging each other, solving little problems together, and celebrating each small success as a group.

By the end of the session, it was impossible not to pause and take in just how far this garden — and these young gardeners — have come in a single year. A whole landscape of growth, resilience and joy unfolding right in front of us.