The Manchester overspill estate where trains won't go and the 'miracle' hidden inside it

It's a town of almost 8,000 people. But there's no train station, it's a 35 minute bus ride to the nearest theatre or cinema and even the pubs have closed down.

The Trafford suburb of Partington, a one-time overspill estate on the far western edge of Greater Manchester, has long suffered from a lack of facilities many other places take for granted.

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But a charity on the outskirts of town is trying to change that by overseeing the rebirth of a building once dubbed 'Britain's biggest youth club'. Built using a £5m government grant, when it first opened in 2011 the Fuse centre was a huge deal for Partington.

The state-of-the-art building came with a 250 capacity theatre, dance and recording studios, sports hall, café and computer suite. But the Fuse's first incarnation was short-lived. After just 18 months funding problems meant the youth club closed down.

Into the gap stepped Debra Green OBE, director and founder of Redeeming Our Communities, a charity that works with grassroots groups to improve local communities. She was offered the building rent-free on a 22-year lease on the understanding ROC would provide some of the facilities and activities Partington badly needed.

And, ever since then, ROC's been working to put the centre back on the map. "It was a bit of miracle story really," said Debra. "As soon as I walked in I knew it was meant to be.

"But it was really daunting at first. We suddenly inherited a building of this size and we didn't necessarily know what to do with it straight away.

"The government didn't transfer ownership of this building to the charity out of the kindness of their heart. In return we have to