27th August bowling session has been cancelled!

Due to a Senior Citizen League Pairs Final being held at Salthouse Bowling Club on 27th August the open bowling session has been cancelled. The session scheduled for 3rd September will go ahead as planned.

Thought for the Week

"Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet."  Jeremy Bentham

Beach clean at Roanhead

Central and Hindpool Junior Wardens attended a beach cleaning event at Roanhead recently. The photo (left) shows the Junior Wardens receiving their pre-beach clean briefing from the National Trust warden for the site. Fortunately the sun stayed out and made for a great day for all those who attended.

The Junior Wardens had a great time in a beautiful and peaceful enviroment and followed the beach clean with some pond dipping along the shore and around the nearby dunes.

The team collected several bags of rubbish from the beach and made their contribution to keeping the beautiful area clean. You can find out more about Roanhead and Sandscale Haws through visiting the National Trust website by clicking on the link here.

Central and Hindpool Youth Dance Group

Central and Hindpool Youth Dance Group at the Nan Tait Centre (Barracudas building), Abbey Road use the entrance on Bath Street. Weekly dance classes for girls aged 11-14yrs who love dancing.

Learn a variety of dance styles from Streetdance, Jazz, Contemporary, Bollywood and Caribbean add in your own moves 'n' grooves.

You'll have the chance to perform in DARE Dance shows in December & March. Wednesdays 6-8.00pm - starting September. Book with DARE DANCE on 01229 833228

Inspiring Communities - look what you can do in Barrow!

Some great images collected from the first half year of our Inspiring Communities programme - more to come - be inspired, get involved!

DJ Extravaganza at Barrow Park

Sunday 29th August - Unity/Movement & Atic DJ Extravaganza at the Bandstand, Barrow Park 12-6pm

Celebration Flower Show

Barrow Horticultural Society Celebration Flower Show 4th September 2010 Barrow Park Leisure Centre 1.30pm-4.30pm

FREE Craft Workshop – Dock Museum

FREE Craft Workshop – Dock Museum

Craft Workshop – Dock Museum Wednesday 1st & Thursday 2nd SEPTEMBER.

Local artist Tina Allonby will run a free craft workshop.

10.30am - 12noon & 1pm - 2.30pm

Free Admission. Suitable for children aged 11 - 16 years

FREE crown green bowling sessions for 6-18 year olds

FREE crown green bowling sessions for 6-18 year olds. Courtesy of the good people at Salthouse Bowling Club and us here at Central and Hindpool Neighbourhood Management ... join in and have some fun.

Thought for the Week

“I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will” Antonio Gramsci

FREE Craft Event at Barrow Library

FREE Craft Event at Barrow Library - Children can get crafty at an event on Sunday 21st August.

Youngsters can make their own hanging mobile between 2pm and 3pm.

The event at Barrow Library, Ramsden Square, Abbey Road is free.

National Trust Fun Day

Children are being encouraged to look after the environment as part of a National Trust Fun Day.

Youngsters at Sandscale Haws will take part in a nature trail to spot any items which they do not think belong there. The walk will take place from 2pm to 4pm on August 26, starting from Sandscale Haws car park, Hawthwaite Lane, Barrow. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Bank Holiday Fun Day - Dock Museum

Bank Holiday Fun Day - Monday 30th August.

Local entertainer Mike Hancock will perform his hilarious show to the crowds. Try the free children's quiz with a prize!

Performances throughout the day - Free Admission - Suitable for all ages.

Exam results service from Connexions.

On Saturday 21st August between 12-3pm there will be an 'Exam Result Service' on ogger at Connexions Dalton Rd office, Barrow. 'A' level results are out on Thurs 19 Aug and GCSE results on Tuesday 24th August. If you would like to speak to someone about what to do next please call in and talk to the Connexions team who will be happy to advise and guide you through available opportunities.

Make the most of the help on offer and get yourself the future you deserve!

DJ Extravaganza at the Bandstand, Barrow Park

Sunday 29th August - Unity/Movement & Atic DJ Extravaganza at the Bandstand, Barrow Park 12-6pm

Creepy Crawlies Animal Workshop

Wednesday 25th & Thursday 26th August

Our most popular workshop returns to The Dock Museum. Learn about animals with the opportunity to handle them - if you dare!

TIMES: 11am - 11.45am

12noon - 12.45pm
1.45pm - 2.30pm

2.45pm - 3.30pm

Tickets £2.00 available from The Dock Museum. Suitable for all ages. Children aged 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

Let's Go Wild @ Walney!

Let's Go Wild @ Walney! - (24 - 26 August)

North Walney National Nature Reserve

Crafts, nature trails and have-a-go activities.

Dates: 24 August, 25 August and 26 August

Time: 10am - 12noon and 1pm - 3pm

Booking essential. For more information call the NNR team on 0300 060 4361.  Free for 8-14 yr olds.

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Junior Wardens - canoeing fun!

Central and Hindpool Junior Wardens enjoyed a canoeing session courtesy of volunteers at Duddon Canoe Club yesterday.

7 young people from the project attended and after some instructions about what to do they were confident enough to take to the water.

The sessions was one of the Summer programme provided for the Junior Warden scheme by Central and Hindpool Neighbourhood Wardens.

Other sessions have included a visit to Furness Abbey, cleaning up and gardening for Cumbria CVS at their new premises on Hartington St, a trip to the cinema and gardening at the Green Heart Den.

Future sessions to come will include more canoeing and a beach clean at Roanhead. If you are aged between 9-11 years old and either live in the town centre or Hindpool or attend St James', St George's, Sacred Heart or Greengate Junior Schools then you are eligible to join.

For a Junior Wardens  application form you can either email neighbourhoodmgt@barrowbc.gov.uk or ring 01229 876546 or call into the Neighbourhood Management office office at 242/244 Dalton Rd, Barrow.

Wildlife Workshops in Barrow Park

Wildlife Workshops in Barrow Park.








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Puppet Workshop 17-18 August

Puppet Workshop 17-18 August, Local artist Gary Bridgens brings his puppet workshops to the Museum. Explore different forms of puppetry and animation, manipulate simple hand puppets, a chance to work inside a real puppet booth. Times: 11-12noon 1-2pm 2.30-3.30pm Free Admission. Suitable for all ages. Children 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets available from the Dock Museum.

Summer at the Dock Museum – general opening – FREE admission

Opening times: 10am-5pm. Last admission to the museum is 4.15pm
Tel: 01229 876400
Email: dockmuseum@barrowbc.gov.uk
Web: http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/

Cumbria Wildlife Trust

South Walney Nature Reserve Thurs, 19 Aug, 10:30-12:30pm

Join this gentle stroll to see the points of interest at this coastal nature reserve, hear about current projects and to review the breeding season of the gulls and eiders. Organised by Duddon Valley Local Support Group.

 

Children over the ......age of 5 yrs are welcome and have free entry. An optional donation can be made on the day (the nature reserve has an entry charge of £2 for non-members)

 

Please bring suitable outdoor clothing. Distance 1 mile Grade Easy Location: Meet at nature reserve car park, GR: SD 225 620 www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk

Dalton Horticultural Show

Dalton Horticultural Society Annual Flower and Vegetable Show
August 21st Drill Hall Community Centre, Nelson Street 1.15pm to 4.30pm

Thought for the Week

"Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others. " Plato

Rocket Challenge Workshop - Barrow Library

Do you know how a rocket works?

Do you want to build your own and fly it?

Come and have fun at the Rocket Workshop run by Cumbria STEM Centre Ltd. You will be able to learn something about how rockets fly and then build and test your own to see how well YOUR rocket flies .

Barrow Library, Tuesday 24 August 10.30am-12noon, for ages 7-11.

Ring 01229 407375 for more info.

Circus Workshop

Friday 13 August, 13:00 – 15:30pm

Come and learn circus skills and put on a performance for family & friends. Create the performance from 1pm and perform in front of family and friends at 3:15pm. £3.50. Ring Forum 28's box office on 01229 820000 to book as places are limited.

Kick Start Your Creative Career

Free 7 Day Workshop for Working in the Creative Sector - Running September 2010.

An intensive, bespoke course designed to help aspiring and emerging creatives take their next steps towards work in the Creative Industries. Specialist advice and contacts to make that first step into a creative job can be the hardest thing to access after university or time out of the workplace.

This course has been devised to suit the needs of local people, with trainers and activities geared to giving two teams of 15 trainees a head start in the creative sector.

Over the 7 days you will learn:

- How the different creative and media industry sectors function

- How to generate creative ideas & make them work

- A raft of new media skills through practical crash courses in broadcast camera, Photoshop & Final Cut Pro editing

- Understanding where your talents lie & what employers want

- How to plan your career so you can be creative and make a living

- How to create a CV and portfolio that targets employers

Entry Level (Mon 20th– Fri 24th Sept & Sat 2nd-Sun 3rd Oct)

Suitable for people with little experience, unemployed or returners to work .

Advanced Level (Mon 13th– Fri 17th Sept & Sat 25th-Sun 26th Sept)

Suitable for graduates, people with some experience or a relevant qualification.

All sessions will take place at Signal Films office in Barrow-in-Furness.

You must be resident in Cumbria and aged 16 or over.

For a simple application form or more information on either opportunity please contact Kate on kate@signalfilms.co.uk or 01229 839983, or pop into Signal Films’ office for an informal chat.

This project has been made possible by the kind support of :

Learning Skills Council, Cumbria Community Foundation, Barrow Regeneration, Barrow Borough Council, Barrow Local Committee Neighbourhood Grants Panel & Northern Rock & Furness Enterprise.

Digital Art Photography Workshops

MID SEPT – OCT 2010 in Barrow - Digital Art Photography Workshops

Led by professional digital photography artist Jenny Wicks (www.jennywicksphotography.co.uk) the workshops will be a great opportunity to learn up to date techniques and to produce your own work for an exhibition locally and online.

- Learn new digital photography techniques or refresh your skills

- Get inspired by contemporary ideas around digital art photography practice

- Learn from a professional photography artist and meet other photographers

- Be mentored through the production of your own photographic artwork

- Have your finished work seen in an exhibition

All levels of experience are welcome to attend one or all of the following workshops:

· Digital Art Photography Taster Day (1 Weekend day)

· Digital Art Photography Workshops (4 days over weekend & evenings)
· Masterclass and exhibition (Evening Session)

Participants must be aged 16 or over.

For a simple application form or more information on either opportunity please contact Kate on kate@signalfilms.co.uk or 01229 839983, or pop into Signal Films’ office for an informal chat.

This project has been made possible by the kind support of : The Arts Council, Barrow Regeneration, Barrow Borough Council & Cumbria County Council Neighbourhood Forum

Let's Go Wild @ Walney! - (10 - 12 August)

North Walney Nationl Nature Reserve

Crafts, nature trails & have-a-go activities.

Dates: 10 August, 11 August and 12 August

Time: 10am - 12noon and 1pm - 3pm each day

Booking essential. For more information call the NNR team on 0300 060 4361. Free for 8-14 yr olds

What’s on at Barrow Park

Sunday 15th August - Dalton Town Band 2-4pm at the Bandstand and Model Boat Regatta 11-4pm on the lake

TASC Family Fun Day

TASC Family Fun Day - Saturday 14th August 12-3pm @ Ramsden Infant School, Thwaite Street. ‘Beat the Goalie’, Hook a Duck, Bouncy castle, table top sale and much more.

Barrow Sports Council - FREE holiday sports

FREE Canoeing at Duddon Canoe Club, Tuesdays 10 / 17 / 24 August 2-4pm. Please book in advance through Dan Myles 01229 845929 dmyles@barrowbc.gov.uk

FREE Dance Mat sessions, Monday to Friday starting 26 July for 5 weeks to Friday 27 August, 2-3pm. Registration at 2pm see leader at Park Leisure Centre reception.

FREE holiday sports for (tennis/cricket/football/rounders/table tennis/volleyball and orienteering) 5 weeks at Furness Academy South Site playing fields. Mon 26 July – Fri 30 July. Mon 2 Aug – Fri 6 Aug. Mon 9 Aug – Fri 13 Aug. Mon 16 Aug – Fri 20 Aug and Mon 23 Aug – Fri 27 Aug. Sessions run from 2-4pm.

FREE holiday sports at Hindpool Park – Wednesdays 11 / 18 / 25 August and Fridays 13 / 20 / 27 August. 11am-12noon.

For further information contact Dan Myles 01229 845929 dmyles@barrowbc.gov.uk=

Puppet Workshop - 17th and 18th August 2010

Local artist Gary Bridgens brings his puppet workshops to the Museum.

Explore the different forms of puppetry and animation, manipulate simple hand puppets with a chance to work inside a real puppet booth.

Workshop times: 11am-12noon
1pm-2pm
2.30pm-3.30pm

Free Admission. Suitable for all ages. Children aged 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets available from the Dock Museum

Summer at the Dock Museum – general opening – FREE admission
Opening times: 10am-5pm. Last admission to the museum is 4.15pm

Tel: 01229 876400

Email: dockmuseum@barrowbc.gov.uk
Web: http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/

Street Soccer at Greengate - now on

Street Soccer is back at Greengate Junior School

The sessions will run every Wednesday 6:30-8pm for 9-12 year olds and every Thursday 6:30-8pm for 13- 16 year olds.

 Its fun and it's free!!! No kit needed, just turn up and play!!!

Contact Craig at Barrow AFC Community Initiative on 07816163346 for more details.

Thought for the Week

"The power of imagination makes us infinite."John Muir

For the second year our Junior Warden programme are working towards their John Muir Award - see here for more http://www.jmt.org/jmaward-home.asp

Why thought for the week … ?

Recently someone asked us why we post our ‘thought for the week’ every week on this blog, and that’s a good question. Ostensibly this blog is about sharing information and news about what’s going on in Barrow, and more specifically the town centre and Hindpool areas of Barrow. But we don’t just share these news stories and information about what’s on because we have to or need to, we share them because we care about the place we all live and because we believe in certain values.

It is these reasons that get to the heart of why we post a thought for the week on our blog. Regular readers of our blog will know we list interesting and fun events, news releases from public services and other generally useful information. We chose what we publish for a reason, we chose them to indicate something about our values and the kind of neighbourhood, community and town we want to live in.

The same applies to our selection of a thought of the week, we chose them as signposts to the kind of place and society we want to live in, to indicate the kind of thoughts and feelings we think are important in creating and sustaining that kind of place and society. French Renaissance writer, Michel de Montaigne said “When I quote others I do so in order to express my own ideas more clearly.” This is why and how we choose our thoughts for the week – to express our own ideas more clearly through the thoughts and words of others … we also choose them because, as a French proverb suggests “The maxims of men disclose their hearts.”

We hope you like our choices and we are always happy to hear your comments, thoughts and feelings about them – plus, if you’ve got any good ones of your own feel free to let us know.

What’s on at Barrow Park

Sunday 8th August - Steelworks Band 2-4pm at the Bandstand

Let's Go Wild @ Walney! - (10 - 12 August)

Let's Go Wild @ Walney! - (10 - 12 August)

North Walney NNR - Crafts, nature trails and have-a-go activities.

Dates: 10 August, 11 August and 12 August
Time: 10am - 12noon and 1pm - 3pm each day

Booking essential. For more information call the NNR team on 0300 060 4361. Free for 8-14 yr olds.

Charity Cricket Match

Charity Cricket Match -The Mayor of Barrow, Councillor Rory McClure will be holding a Charity Cricket Match between Barrow AFC and Barrow Raiders on Sunday 8th August at 2pm, Hawcoat Park Sports & Social Club.

Tickets are £2 each and are available from Barrow RLFC Shop, Barrow AFC shop, Hawcoat Park and Town Hall Central Reception.

TASC Family Fun Day

TASC Family Fun Day - Saturday 14th August 12-3pm @ Ramsden Infant School, Thwaite Street. ‘Beat the Goalie’, Hook a Duck, Bouncy castle, table top sale and much more.

Zircus Come to Town

Zircus Come to Town – FREE Street entertainment in Barrow town centre

 

1-7 August National Clown Week … lots more fun throughout this week. www.barrowtourism.co.uk

Mono Print Workshop

Wednesday 11th & Thursday 12th August

Local artist Tina Allonby will run a craft workshop; learn the art of mono printing using two different techniques.

TIMES: 11am - 12pm

            1pm - 2pm

        2.30pm - 3.30pm

Free Admission. Suitable for children aged 5 - 15 years. Children aged 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets available from The Dock Museum.

Summer at the Dock Museum

The Dock Museum – general opening – FREE admission

Opening times: 10am-5pm. Last admission to the museum is 4.15pm

Tel: 01229 876400

Email: dockmuseum@barrowbc.gov.uk

Web: http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/