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Offering a hand up, not a handout

Create is an award-winning social enterprise. We run an innovative work based mentoring programme and create jobs and hope for those who need them most.

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What we do

Learn more about how our work based mentoring and food businesses support people into work and transform lives.

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Our team

Our team bring years of experience and are the driving force behind our ethos and unique approach to business.

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Work with us

We work with businesses, individuals and other social enterprises to form partnerships that make a difference.

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Our Academy

Through our work based mentoring programme, we support people with new skills, aspiration and employment.

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Latest news

Future hopes and Futureheads

15th May 2012

I don’t think there’s many places like Create in the country. Where people can come from all sorts of different backgrounds – homeless, unemployed, struggling domestically – and get completely retrained in three months and end up in the world of work pretty soon afterwards.

Create Manchester

20th April 2012

The award winning social enterprise Create was proud to open the doors of its newly refurbished café in the Manchester Cathedral Visitor Centre on April 18th 2012.

NYC and V20

13th February 2012

Today sees the launch of V-20, to promote voluntary sector’s role in delivery of employment services.

Success stories

Dawit

"I am so happy, so very happy. How can I explain how happy this course makes me? I have learned so many things here."

Annika

"Before the Academy, my only work experience was childcare. Now I have retail and catering experience, it improves my chances of getting a job."

Colin

"I am smiling and laughing again - not because someone has told a joke - but because I’m happy. I am finding myself again, the real me, how I used to be."