Grumpy Manchester
Visitors to Grumpy House have described it as an Aladdin’s Cave; they talk of it being a treasure trove of materials and equipment, a place of inspiration.
An estimated 300,000 children and young people benefit from the services at Grumpy House.
Supported By
News & Events
- Grumpy Plays for England
- Chinese New Year : Celebrating Cultural Diversity at The Grange Park Resource Centre, New East Manchester, February 2008.
Grange Park Art Group learns new skills to work alongside with Grumpy to make decorations for the Chinese New Year community event for New East Manchester.
Young people from the Wai Ying Youth Group hand made nine Chinese Lanterns to cover the lamps for the Grange Park Resource Centre walkway. These beautiful lanterns were created and made from Grumpy recycled materials and scraps.
Chinese Lanterns Workshop for Everyone
Opening Times
- Shop Hours: Monday 10 am to 7 pm Tuesday to Friday 10 am to 4 pm
Office Hours: Monday to Friday 10 am to 5 pm
About Us
Grumpy is a registered Children’s Charity with a trading subsidiary, House of Grumpy Ltd, established to improve the quality and range of play opportunities available to children and young people.
Membership
Membership & Additional Card Forms (pdf 97k)
Services
Educational Supplies / Art & Craft
Recycled Scrap
Waste Warehouse
Generally known as scrapstores, there are many similar facilities operated by voluntary organisations throughout the UK – Grumpy’s scrapstore is branded as Waste Warehouse to distinguish it from the broad range of additional core services for which the organisation is widely known. The Waste Warehouse is Grumpy’s principal charitable service. Hundreds of thousands of children and young people throughout the UK enjoy countless hours of creative fun and learning through the application of waste materials acquired from Grumpy.
If you know of a business that would like to put its waste materials to creative use for the benefit of children and young people, contact: 
Frank Royle on 0161 223 9730. If you’re not sure whether the waste is suitable for children’s play, contact us and we’ll be happy to advise. Grumpy usually collects the materials, but we can just as easily receive delivery.
Hire Equipment
Grumpy Manchester has a large range of equipment available 
for members to hire. Please ring for details.
- Inflatables
- Play canopies [parachutes]
- Earthballs
- Funballs
- Circus Skills Packs
- Badge Making Machines
- Pedal-go’s
- Santa suits
- Megaphones
- Unicycles
- Tug-It-Ropes
- Spinning Dish
