Welcome to St John’s Centre
St John’s Centre has been at the heart of Old Trafford since 1982. We help local people to reach their potential through education, recreation and practical support and to nurture good relationships within our diverse and vibrant community.
We do this by providing adult learning courses, volunteering opportunities, wellbeing activities and events to bring together our community. We also offer space for community groups, as well as for parties and other private events.
Our Community Hub provides help with food, energy costs and household items, and signposting to other sources of support. Read more about us and our approach here.
Helping Old Trafford
St John’s Centre hosts one of Trafford Council’s Community Hubs. We can help Trafford residents with food, fuel and household essentials and refer people to more specialist support.
We also have a beautiful old hall that’s available to hire at weekends for children’s parties and other events.
Local Colour – Walk, Garden and Craft
Local Colour is our new project for over 65s, in partnership with Common Cloth and OT Creative Space. In weekly sessions from March – June 2026, the group will: Plan age-friendly walks in local green spaces and learn to identify useful plants; Grow plants for...
Community Pancake Brunch
Join us to celebrate Pancake Day! £1 per family - everyone welcome. For more information, please contact the Centre.
St John’s Sunshine Small Grants 2026
If you've got an idea for improving Old Trafford, you could receive a £250 grant to help make it into reality. St John's Sunshine are the local co-op which owns the solar panels on our church roof. As well as providing free, green electricity to the Centre, they...
