January & February has been non stop for our residents in the woodwork room and gardens! In January our residents woodchipped our woodland walk, giving it a new lease of life!  Gary and Daz sanded down the tables in the art room, which has made an incredible difference for the residents in our art room! In February our residents put the finishing touches to our composting bins, levelling out the base and creating an accessible path. And finally, in the woodwork room our residents began working on some Easter decorations ready for decorating!

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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                                    

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In February we celebrated Chinese new year, with a selection of games, workshops and activities! We began our celebrations with a paper lantern decorating workshop, our resident had a choice of marbling their lanterns, painting a design or collage.      We have an annual chopstick challenge which our residents take very serious. There was great effort from everyone involved but that didn’t stop our reigning champion, Alan, from winning again!

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In the Month of December we held our very Christmas Markets to raise money for Coffee 4 Craig, a local homeless Charity. Friends and families of the residents and staff were invited into the home to celebrate and try to raise as much as possible. In preparation our residents began creating a selection of festive items to sell alongside a tombola of donated items by staff. Our stalls included handmade festive decorations, from our residents, handmade wax melts, Christmas cards and our yearly calendar. M&J annual Christmas Panto This year for our Christmas Panto we chose, the classic, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens! All residents, staff and family and friends were invited into the home to watch our show.

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On the 29th December, the Manchester City Treble Trophy Tour took a pitstop and visited Mary and Joseph house! We invited the families of residents and staff along to celebrate with us and commemorate the huge honour it is to have had this opportunity! We couldn’t resist a good photo opportunity, many of our residents, staff, families and friends took the chance to remember the moment! A big thank you to everyone that showed up to support and celebrate Manchester City’s historic Treble Trophy win!

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To commemorate this years remembrance day our residents have been working on two different displays for the home. Firstly we worked on an outside poppy display made our of painted pebbles, which our residents all got stuck in to paint a few! For our second display we worked collaboratively on a group painting of a poppy scene out of recycled egg cups from the kitchen! We worked together to place all our stones in a poppy formation before we began our reading to commemorate remembrance day. Alan and Elizabeth both spoke some kind words before we had our minute silence in the garden. A huge thank you to all staff and residents who got involved!

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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!

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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

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In celebration of King Charles’s Coronation we held a patriotic themed Garden party to celebrate, including an afternoon tea style lunch buffet made by our fantastic catering team, Pictured below Vladimir and Cyril proudly showing the amazing selection! The buffet included more traditional afternoon tea items such as pork pies and  sandwiches but   also savoury croissants and spring rolls! After our lunch we got together to take pictures with King Charles that Alan kindly made in preparation, Pictured below Alan looking the part in his union jack hat and blazer posing with his creation!

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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.

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