Community model meets system interest
Council and Greater Manchester conversations connected ACE’s neighbourhood model with social prescribing, physical activity, deprivation and prevention priorities.
Talk to ACE Partners, funders and systems
ACE works between the lines.
Between community and commissioning. Movement and health. Universal opportunity and specialist support. ACE’s value has often come from connecting people and agendas that would otherwise sit apart.
Organisations appearing in ACE’s documented history
These organisations appear in ACE’s historic delivery and system record. Roles relate to the periods described and do not imply a current endorsement.
Backed in public
Support that helped keep the doors open.
These are dated, historic relationships. They are not claims of current sponsorship. Each tile links to the record behind it.
BRSK£10,000 patron contribution announced in 2022View source Stockport CountyHistoric public supporter testimonialView source Sport England + GM MovingStockport Local Pilot relationship, 2023 to 2025View source SeashellSpecialist input into ACE’s SEND test-and-learnView source Stockport CouncilHistoric programme, HAF and Short Breaks supportView source GM Violence Reduction UnitSupported the UniteHER event at BridgehallView source
Testimonials
What schools, coaches and partners said.
“A.C.E. is transforming our community, providing accessible, inclusive and affordable after-school provision for pupils, parents, carers and staff.”
“A.C.E. has brought this community together. My favourite thing is to find a kid that doesn’t think they are as good as they actually are.”
“We are incredibly proud to support the great work that A.C.E. does.”
“A.C.E. are leading the way in creating and developing this style of provision.”
A dated relationship record
Context, not a wall of borrowed logos.
ACE names historic relationships to show how the work developed. It does not use an old connection to imply a current contract, endorsement or commitment.
Specialist SEND learning
Bridgehall families, Seashell insight and ACE delivery shaped the early Inclusive test-and-learn.
Stockport Local Pilot SLA
ACE held an official partner role in the Stockport Local Pilot, funded by Sport England and led by GM Moving. It took community SEND learning into the wider place system.
Place Partnership contribution
ACE contributed evidence from lived experience and partners to Stockport Moving Together, with an additional operational allocation recorded for 2024/25.
What ACE needs now
Bring the missing piece.
Schools, landlords and asset owners
Reliable, accessible, all-weather places for neighbourhood and inclusive activity.
Specialists and providers
Personal care, communication, safeguarding and progression expertise matched to referral need.
Families, schools and community networks
Co-design, trusted routes in and honest feedback about who still cannot access provision.
Funders and commissioners
Continuation funding, test-and-learn capital and contracts that value community infrastructure.
Health, movement and public systems
A route for neighbourhood learning to shape prevention, participation and place policy.
The ACE proposition
Small enough to listen. Connected enough to influence.
ACE can start with a local question, test the response alongside families and providers, and turn the learning into a clearer pathway, commissioning proposition or repeatable model.
We are especially interested in partners who value what already exists in a community and are willing to share decisions, not merely refer people into a fixed service.
Work with ACE
Bring us the outcome, not a fixed activity.
Tell us who should benefit, what needs to change and what your organisation can bring. We will explore the right route together.
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