Our dear friend and colleague, Nick, recently celebrated a significant milestone: 20 years and Mary & Joseph House. Residents and staff came together to express their gratitude, sharing heartfelt stories of his memorable antics throughout the years in a touching tribute. Here’s to many more joyful years, Nick!
It is with deep sorrow and a heavy heart that we announce the passing of John Hubert Cox MBE who died peacefully at home on 21st December 2025 at the age of 95, John had a life well lived and was cherished by everyone, we will miss him dearly.
John turned 95 in August and on 8th September we celebrated his birthday with him in the home. John spent his afternoon with the residents and staff, sharing stories and enjoying a 2 course lunch. He requested his favourite desert which is a Knickerbocker Glory!
On the 9th August 2025, 8 members of staff from Mary & Joseph House ran the 5k run in Tatton Park to raise money towards Motor Neurone Disease. This was in memory of Jimmy, who worked at the home. All together, we managed to raise £2,144 for the MND Association, something we are very proud of. Jimmy was a much loved member of the Mary & Joseph House Team and is dearly missed. Jimmy1960 – 2024
Mary and Joseph House are delighted to offer our congratulations to John Hubert Cox – Chair of The Joseph Cox Charity 1977 to present. He has been awarded MBE in the Kings New Years Honours list 2023 for services to homeless people. Pictured below John with his family and our Home Manager, Julie, outside Windsor Castle after collecting the award. A few days after John visited M&J to celebrate this huge achievement with our resident’s and staff. John gave a lovely speech commemorating our residents and staff and both Nick and our resident advisor Dennis gave speeches to congratulate John!
Mary and Joseph House are delighted to offer our congratulations to John Hubert Cox – Chair of The Joseph Cox Charity 1977 to presentwho was awarded MBE in the Kings New Years Honours list 2023 for services to homeless people
We commemorated the 60th anniversary of the Joseph Cox Charity with a weekend of celebrations for everyone to enjoy! We began our weekend celebrations on Saturday with a mass from Bishop John Arnold and Father Eammon. In preparation for the weekend we had two marquees erected in our communal gardens! Pictured below, the amazing buffet made in house by our amazing catering team. During we had harpist, Elfair Davis playing beautifully throughout. We had some amazing speeches from John Cox, Joanne, Sharon, Julie and our resident advisor Dennis who finished with a three cheers for John! We kicked off our celebrations on the Sunday with a fantastic performance from the Steel Drums Band, who performed many classic hits! Our fairground games and petting zoo went down a treat with the families of residents and staff who came down to celebrate with us. All throughout Sunday we had a caricaturist on hand to capture many of our guests with some stunning drawings, Pictured both Alan and Dennis proudly showing of their creations! A huge thank you to all families and friends of Mary and Joseph house and The Joseph Cox Charity for supporting us and celebrating a momentous sixty years and we hope to see you all at the house again in the foreseeable future!
Mary and Joseph House are proud to be hosting a weekend of celebration to mark 60 years of The Joseph Cox Charity The founder Mr Joseph Patrick Cox started the charity in 1963 to care for the needy and less fortunate and provide them with a home, Joseph sadly passed away in 1977 Josephs son John Hubert Cox followed in his father’s footsteps as chairman of the trustees, keeping true to the ethos of the charity and continuing to expand its work whilst supporting and making donations to a number of other charities holding a similar ethos and outlook The celebration will also recognise the long-term service of the trustees and the Management Committee, who work tirelessly alongside John to ensure that the charity can continue its good work for many years to come The charity’s current chair is Johanne O`Rourke who joined the committee in 1984 and became chair in 1994 taking over from Alan Bancroft when he retired
Mary & Joseph House were delighted to welcome Councillor Donna Ludford, The Mayor of the City of Manchester to our home. Accompanied by her husband, the Mayor’s Consort, Councillor Sean McHale, we had a great day and hope these pictures reflect some of the highlights. It was an especially poignant day for Mr John Cox, whose father founded the Joseph Cox Charity. Look closely in the background and you’ll see a photo of John’s father, Joseph Cox, meeting the Mayor almost 60 years ago! Members of the The Joseph Cox Charity Committee, who support our home, were also with us to share in this special day.
