Who we support in the community
We support a number of charities that are operating in the Greater Manchester area on a day to day basis. Take a look below to see the amazing work they are doing in the local community.

Apex Supporting Humanitarian Aid in Ukraine
We had a call from the Biddulph Rotary Club requesting a donation of boxes for shipping supplies of sleeping bags, survival blankets, sanitary towels, nappies, first aid kits & other essential items over to districts bordering Ukraine. On Tuesday 8th March, Donna & Paul from our Congleton branch delivered 200 boxes to Glebe Farm to assist Biddulph Rotary Club with their mission. These boxes will be filled with supplies by volunteers, packed up and shipped over to various makeshift refugee camps.

Our Food Bank Pledge
At Apex we have been thinking about what we can do as a local business to help the people in our community and we have decided to make a pledge to use a portion of our profits support families who are local to us.
For every new let we get across all 8 of our sites, we will be putting £1 into a pot. At the end of the month, everything we have saved up will be used to buy supplies that food banks are in desperate need of. This will then be delivered to the nominated food bank for that month and can be administered to the people that need it.
When you choose to store at Apex Self Storage, you are directly helping a local family in need!
Forget Me Not Buddies
Forget-Me-Not Buddies (Tameside) is a Tameside based group set up in 2013 by Carers of people living with a diagnosis of Dementia within the Borough and surrounding areas. It has grown from strength to strength and was granted CIO status on 3rd May 2019.
Forget-Me-Not Buddies specifically offers subsidised social activities and interaction for persons living with Dementia and their Carers – it offers support from people who have ‘walked the full path’ of the Dementia journey, from diagnosis to beyond demise of the diagnosed. Carers are welcome to continue attending Buddies even when the diagnosed can no longer do so, in fact some of our volunteers began as Carers attending with their loved ones. Attendees see Buddies as a ‘close family’ who share the highs and the lows whilst continuing to enjoy life as much as possible whilst on their journey.
Greater Manchester Food Poverty Alliance
Apex Self Storage is proud to support the Greater Manchester Food Poverty Alliance who are doing amazing work to eradicate food poverty in Greater Manchester and the surrounding areas.
“We convene and network organisations from public, private and VCSE sectors, and people with lived experience of poverty, to foster collaboration and innovation and to maximise the impact of efforts to address the underlying causes of poverty across Greater Manchester. We equip stakeholders with the knowledge they need to tackle poverty. We carry out research and advocate for changes in policy at a local and city-regional level and sometimes at a national level to address the structural and systematic causes of poverty.”
Moss Side Fire Station Boxing Club
Moss Side Fire Station Boxing Club was set up in 2008 by 3 operational firefighters who wanted to engage with the local community to raise aspirations and give them positive futures. Nigel Travis has continued to give his time to drive the club forward and enable the gym to continue as it does.
They are a boxing club run by local fire fighters and GMCFRS volunteers who give their own personal time and skills to help the community of the Moss Side and surrounding areas. Their commitment is to: “help develop the personal attributes of the young individuals within the community we serve to reflect the qualities and attributes we value as fire fighters. We aim to act as role models and mentors to help mould our members to be role models to the wider community.”
Cracking Good Food
Cracking Good Food CIC teach people and community groups to cook healthy, affordable, seasonal, and sustainable food from scratch. 80% of their work is with hard to reach communities across Greater Manchester and further afield.
They are a social enterprise and income is generated from their online digital events, two cookery schools which offer half and full day cooking classes in Bread making, Nepalese, Japanese, Italian, Indian cuisines and more, plus a programme of urban foraging expeditions in Cheshire, Lancashire, and Yorkshire. This enables them to continue delivering 1500 meals in response to COVID-19 and to support community outreach work enabling them to work alongside low income families, homeless communities, refuges, foodbank recipients and vulnerable communities across the city.
‘APEX’ STAFF AIM FOR SNOWDON APEX FOR BOMB VICTIMS
17th September 2017 will see Apex staff reach a new height by climbing Mount Snowdon to raise funds for victims and families affected by the Manchester Arena Bomb.
As a Manchester based company, many of us live directly in and around the local area – this was close to home for each and every one of us and we want to help those affected.
Apex will be placing the Manchester Bee flag at the top of Snowdon in memory of those who sadly lost their lives.
GREAT MANCHESTER HALF MARATHON
Our colleague Marie at our Apex Cheadle branch is fundraising for an amazing cause by running the Great Manchester Half Marathon on Sunday 28th May at 9.00am. Please feel free to donate towards the wonderful cause below, or you can even come along to cheer her on.
APEX SELF STORAGE LADIES TEAM ENTER RACE FOR LIFE
A team of ladies from Apex Self Storage entered the Race For Life event in Heaton Park in Manchester in July 2016. The eleven man (or should I say Lady team) consisted of Julie Bhamjee and Lisa Dawber from Apex Ardwick, Marie Cheatle and Terri Young (both from Apex Cheadle), Catherine Beswick (Apex Glossop), Joanne Summerfield (Apex Sport City), Kirsty Rigby and Carol Bosley (both from Apex Congleton), Becky Oliver and Michelle Croxall (both from Apex Hulme) and Carrol Ashton from Apex Head Office, even four week old Isabella took part. Race for life is organised by a women’s cancer charity and takes place in venues across the UK. Each girl is sponsored individually which raises a good deal of money for the cancer awareness charity.
CHARITY BOX CHALLENGE
Staff from Apex Radcliffe and Apex Hulme took on a charity box challenge to raise money for local charities. Donna Farr (Radcliffe) challenged Michelle Quinn (Hulme) to go out into the local neighbourhood dressed in a wardrobe box to see who could collect the most signatures and selfies. Apex Self Storage donated money to two local charities, The Frost Foundation and the Hideaway Youth Project for each signature and each selfie obtained.
A fun day was had by both girls and the two charities benefitted from the proceeds. Michelle managed to get the most signatures, with over 1000 people signing.

APEX SELF STORAGE MANAGER WINS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD
Kirsty Rigby, manager of Apex Self Storage in Congleton managed to beat off competition from over 2000 self storage centres across the UK and Europe, to win a 2016 European Self Storage association Manager of the year award.
The award was presented to Kirsty at the European Self Storage annual awards ceremony in Barcelona in October, by television presenter Mike Durden Smith, Rennie Schafer (SSA UK Chairman and Alisdair from the sponsors Radical Systems, all shown in the photograph.
The award is special to Kirsty and Apex Self Storage as it shows the commitment that we put in to the business to ensure that we serve our customers to the highest degree.
APEX SELF STORAGE FEED THE HOMELESS
In January 2017, seven members of staff from Apex Self Storage joined the Booth Centre, which is a charity for the homeless in Manchester. The seven all helped to prepare food, cook, serve and clean down afterwards. The eight members who took part were – Becky Oliver (Hulme), Steve Jones (Ardwick), Michelle Quinn(Ardwick), Marie Cheatle (Cheadle), Gail Hoolighan (Radcliffe), Carol Bosley (Congleton), Gary Cheetham (Warrington). Each one spoke of being humbled to be part of such an event and have all stated that they would like to do it again.
CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY
Christmas 2016 saw all of the staff in Apex including the General Manager participating in the annual Christmas Jumper Day and collecting funds for the Save The Children charity. This is the third time we have taken part in this worthwhile cause and even had a fancy dress day a couple of years ago to collect for the same charity.
10K OBSTACLE COURSE RUN
Something to look out for in October, Sally Parkin from Apex Warrington and the group leaders from the 33rd Warrington West Scout Group will be taking part in the Manchester 10k Obstacle Course Run to raise money for the scout group. Apex Self Storage have sponsored their shirts so give them a wave and a cheer when you see them.
Contact
APEX Self Storage Head Office
130/140 Princess Road
Hulme, Manchester
M16 7BY
Tel: 0161 711 0724