Merseyside Expanding Horizons

30/04/2026

24/04/2026

🎥It was great to welcome Annabel Tiffin and the BBC North West tonight team to the Big Onion today. Talking with businesses and customers about the upcoming local elections and issues that are important to them.

The Big Onion

23/03/2026

16/03/2026

Next week, we wrap up with the Our Place, Our Time project, funded by Livv Housing.

Thanks to , we have been able to design a winter-month led initiative with good reason to help support the community by getting out of the house, reducing isolation, meeting new people and trying out different activities in a relaxed, low-pressure environment.

Overtime, we have loved learning about local people’s backgrounds and feelings towards Prescot in itself.

Throughout our findings, one thing was clear: our high street is longing for one thing...good value retail! 🛍️

That’s why we’re excited to welcome our friends from Alder Hey Charity Shop next week with their exclusive mini pop-up alongside us! From shoes and clothes to household items, there will be something for everyone.

So pop in for a browse, stay for the cuppa, spread the word and be part of something great.

We’re only just getting started ♥️

08/03/2026

Today we celebrate International Women’s Day and the incredible women who make our communities stronger every single day. 💜

At MEH and The Big Onion, we are proud to work alongside so many inspiring women — our staff, entrepreneurs, customers, participants, and partner organisations — who bring creativity, resilience, leadership and kindness into everything they do.

From young women just starting their journeys to those with decades of experience to share, the diversity of ages, backgrounds and perspectives across our community is what makes it so powerful. Every conversation, collaboration and act of support helps build a more inclusive and equitable future.

Today we say thank you to the women who lead, who lift others up, who challenge barriers, and who inspire change in big and small ways every day.

Your strength, ideas and solidarity are at the heart of what we do. 🌍✨

26/02/2026

Excellent session underway at our Prescot The Big Onion with Claire from Tropic doing a skin care class. Great conversation and more than a couple of laughs! Most importantly - plenty of community connections and helping in some way to combat loneliness - what the 'Our Place, Our Time' project is all about.

10/02/2026

It's been an absolute joy watching our incredible young adults shine during the first weeks of our LAUNCHPAD Trailblazer workshops.
Designed to boost confidence, up-skill and provide employment opportunities, these workshops are already making a huge difference. Thank you to the fantastically inspirational Ben Towel for today's session - the feedback from participants has been amazing.
We are all so excited about what's coming next ..............