Somewhere to go
Familiar schools, community rooms and neighbourhood spaces kept open, active and welcoming beyond the school day.
Talk to ACE Stockport-born · community-built · established 2019
Movement.Belonging.Possibility.
ACE grew from Bridgehall and Adswood to give people somewhere to go, something to do and someone to talk to. Its work spans affordable activity for the whole community and SEND learning shaped by parents.
Hand up.Not handout.
£162k+historic public support acknowledged in 2022
2023 to 2025official Stockport Local Pilot SLA partner
65source-indexed evidence records now controlled
3simple promises: go, do and talk
Delivery status
History, current position and future plans are kept separate.
This site documents work ACE has delivered and the learning it produced. Programmes and support routes for the next phase are proposals until dates, capacity, safeguards and funding are confirmed.
See the dated work recordA delivery and system journey involving
These organisations appear in ACE’s historic delivery and system record. Roles relate to the periods described and do not imply a current endorsement.
What our cheerleaders say
Don’t take
our word for it.
Teachers, coaches, partners, young people and independent publishers have described what they saw in ACE. Every voice below leads back to its public source and is dated as historic where appropriate.
Hear every voice and open every sourceSchool“Transforming our community.”
Coach“Brought this community together.”
Supporter“Incredibly proud to support the great work that A.C.E. does.”
SEND“Leading the way in creating and developing this style of provision.”
The community promise
More than activity.
Something to do
Football, netball, youth clubs, gymnastics, cheerleading, yoga, singing, musical theatre, play, food and family events without pricing local people out.
Someone to talk to
Relationships across ages made activity a doorway into friendship, confidence, safety, advice and the ordinary support neighbours give one another.
Give a hand up
Explore what future support could unlock.
ACE is testing proposed sponsorship routes for a child’s bursary place, a 12-week SEND Superstars cohort and an anchor-patron model. No programme or payment is live until delivery and governance checks are complete.
Discuss a support routeThe original ACE model
We didn’t start with a programme. We started with a place.
Bridgehall and Adswood had people, energy, skills and spaces. ACE’s job was to connect them.
From 2019, affordable activity brought children, adults and families into familiar venues. Local people volunteered, trained and led. A low-cost membership model aimed to keep opportunity open while building income beyond grants.
Explore the ABCD method
Parent-led test & learnOne important chapter · ACE Inclusive
A community pilot became part of Stockport’s movement system.
ACE developed a SEND offer with families, Bridgehall Primary and specialist insight from Seashell. The public record describes trust with more than 60 SEND pupils, a 15-child Saturday pilot and a four-stage method for learning, inclusion and provider support.
2022
Invited into the Sport England-funded, GM Moving-led Stockport Local Pilot.
2023 to 2025
Official SLA partner, contributing community SEND learning alongside the wider system.
The work, properly represented
Not one project. A connected body of work.
Universal activity, SEND inclusion, holiday delivery, respite, volunteering, information infrastructure and influence across the place all form part of one evolving model.
01Universal & intergenerational movementDelivered · ready to rebuild02ACE Inclusive & SEND test-and-learnDelivered · system learning03SEND SuperstarsDelivered · continuation04HAF & SEND holiday provisionRecurring delivery05Short BreaksFunded · redesigning continuation07SEnclusionBuilt · sustainability phaseRead the delivered history and future concepts
Evidence before adjectives
ACE now knows exactly what it can prove.
Our internal command centre holds 65 source-indexed records and 23 evidence controls. Awards, family evidence, public records, partner statements and self-reported claims are kept separate.
£19,365Short Breaks · 2023
£14,000Short Breaks · 2024
£6,446Short Breaks · 2025/26
Open the public evidence ledger