'Feet First in Furness' get on track coastal railway walks

Join a group of people enjoying trips out to walks, accessible from Barrow Station and timed to start around 10.30am.

Wednesday 14 December 2011 - Cark circular taking in Sandgate and Cowpren Point.

Wednesday 11 January 2012 – Dalton Station to Furness Abbey circular walk.

Wednesday 8 February 2012 - Askam Station to Dunnerholme.

For further information contact Richard Scott, Cumbria CVS Barrow on 825630 or email: richardsc@cumbriacvs.org.uk

Cumbria CVS Volunteer Workshop

Wednesday 14 December 2011 from 10am to 11.30am.

Free refreshments provided.

Do you want to improve your skills and get a job in administration, youth work, health & social care, retail, driving, teaching, nursing, environmental work? Whatever job you are looking for why not gain some experience first by volunteering? Try volunteering to expand and enhance your CV and improve your job prospects. It is a fantastic opportunity to meet new people, improve your skills, try a new challenge and it also helps to improve your confidence.

In Barrow our Volunteer Centre at Lesser Kings Hall Hartington Street is now holding monthly 'Introduction to Volunteers'. The sessions cover the wide range of volunteering opportunities, organisations that are needing volunteers, the benefits of volunteering and state benefits, training opportunities, courses and NVQ's available to volunteers. This is a fantastic opportunity to find out what is available to you. No skills or qualifications are necessary.

To book your place Tel: 01229 825630 or e-mail: lisam@cumbriacvs.org.uk

Cumbria CVS Volunteer Workshop

Wednesday 16 November 2011 from 10am to 11.30am.  Free refreshments provided.

Do you want to improve your skills and get a job in administration, youth work, health & social care, retail, driving, teaching, nursing, environmental work? Whatever job you are looking for why not gain some experience first by volunteering? Try volunteering to expand and enhance your CV and improve your job prospects. It is a fantastic opportunity to meet new people, improve your skills, try a new challenge and it also helps to improve your confidence.

In Barrow our Volunteer Centre at Lesser Kings Hall, Hartington Street is now holding monthly 'Introduction to Volunteers'. The sessions cover the wide range of volunteering opportunities, organisations that are needing volunteers, the benefits of volunteering and state benefits, training opportunities, courses and NVQ's available to volunteers. This is a fantastic opportunity to find out what is available to you. No skills or qualifications are necessary.

To book your place Tel: 01229 825630 or e-mail: lisam@cumbriacvs.org.uk 

Heartstart - Tuesday 13 December

Cumbria CVS Volunteer Workshop - 17 August

Wednesday 17 August 2011 from 10-11.30am. Free refreshments provided.

Do you want to improve your skills and get a job in administration, youth work, health & social care, retail, driving, teaching, nursing, environmental work? Whatever job you are looking for why not gain some experience first by volunteering? Try volunteering to expand and enhance your CV and improve your job prospects. It is a fantastic opportunity to meet new people, improve your skills, try a new challenge and it also helps to improve your confidence.

In Barrow our Volunteer Centre at Lesser Kings Hall Hartington Street is now holding monthly 'Introduction to Volunteers'. The sessions cover the wide range of volunteering opportunities, organisations that are needing volunteers, the benefits of volunteering and state benefits, training opportunities, courses and NVQ's available to volunteers. This is a fantastic opportunity to find out what is available to you. No skills or qualifications are necessary.

To book your place Tel: 01229 825630 or e-mail: lisam@cumbriacvs.org.uk

Cumbria CVS Volunteer Workshop

Wednesday 13 July 2011 from 10am to 11.30am. Free refreshments provided.

Do you want to improve your skills and get a job in administration, youth work, health & social care, retail, driving, teaching, nursing, environmental work? Whatever job you are looking for why not gain some experience first by volunteering? Try volunteering to expand and enhance your CV and improve your job prospects. It is a fantastic opportunity to meet new people, improve your skills, try a new challenge and it also helps to improve your confidence.

In Barrow our Volunteer Centre at Lesser Kings Hall Hartington Street is now holding monthly 'Introduction to Volunteers'. The sessions cover the wide range of volunteering opportunities, organisations that are needing volunteers, the benefits of volunteering and state benefits, training opportunities, courses and NVQ's available to volunteers. This is a fantastic opportunity to find out what is available to you. No skills or qualifications are necessary.

To book your place Tel: 01229 825630 or e-mail: lisam@cumbriacvs.org.uk

Confidence Building course at CVS

Thursday 16 June 2011 at Cumbria CVS, Lesser Kings Hall, Hartington Street, Barrow, LA14 5SR from 9am – 1pm. Trainer: Jennie Sutton (Enabling Success)

By the end of this session you will have:

• defined confidence and self-esteem

• measured your own confidence and self esteem level

• discussed benefits of being more confident and having a higher opinion of yourself

• understood the consequence of negative thoughts and how to overcome them

• identified barriers to being confident

• devised a way to measure confidence levels

This course is for volunteers only and is free. Please note refreshments will be provided (but not lunch).

To book your place call 01768 800350 or email moniquer@cumbriacvs.org.uk  

'Doorstep Walks' in and around Barrow - FREE pack

'Doorstep Walks' is a county-wide initiative through Active Cumbria. It is NHS-funded, providing a high-quality folder of eight varied walks in a pack for independent walkers. To pick up your FREE 'Doorstep Walk Pack', please call in at CVS, Lesser Kings Hall, 57 Hartington Street, Barrow or contact Richard on 01229 825630 for further details.

Cumbria CVS Local Forum - Tuesday 14 June

Tuesday 14 June 2011 12.30pm – 2pm at The Dock Museum, North Road, Barrow.

This is an invitation to all Third Sector groups active in South Lakes and Barrow. The Local Forum is important to anyone interested in finding out about local issues and working with other groups and organisations to find local solutions.

The Forum is a useful link with your Local Strategic Partnership and with Cumbria CVS. It will help keep you informed and ensure that your views are properly represented. It is your opportunity to let Cumbria CVS know how you feel about our services, and make suggestions of ways they could be working with you.

By Third Sector they mean voluntary and community, sport, faith, environmental and social enterprise groups and organisations.

Agenda Items:

Welcome

Jonathan Lee – Community Pages Northwest Evening Mail

Steve Robson – Inspiring Communities Pilot (Outcomes)

Pam Greenwood – Age UK Training Barrow

Local Involvement Network News (Cumbria LINk)

Information sharing and networking from attendees.

For further information or to confirm attendance, contact: Lisa Millard on 01229 825630 or email: lisam@cumbriacvs.org.uk

Love Learning – Saturday 14 May 2011 – the forum, Barrow

FREE EVENT - An occasion to celebrate learning and invite everyone in the town to experience the variety and quality of learning on offer in Barrow.

The benefits for learning providers involved in the event might include;

- Awareness raising

- Opportunity to showcase activities

- Provide tasters to ‘hook in’ new learners

- Contact with potentially difficult to reach groups

Exhibitor places will be free and allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis. Interactive displays and presentations will be particularly welcome.

Learning Providers wishing to exhibit at this event should contact: Jeff Morgan, CLAF - Project Co-ordinator at ajeff.morgan@btinternet.com or ring 07762 256887

Cumbria CVS Volunteer Workshop - 13 April

Wednesday 13 April 2011 from 10am to 11.30am. Free refreshments provided.

Do you want to improve your skills and get a job in administration, youth work, health & social care, retail, driving, teaching, nursing, environmental work? Whatever job you are looking for why not gain some experience first by volunteering? Try volunteering to expand and enhance your CV and improve your job prospects. It is a fantastic opportunity to meet new people, improve your skills, try a new challenge and it also helps to improve your confidence.

In Barrow our Volunteer Centre at Lesser Kings Hall Hartington Street is now holding monthly 'Introduction to Volunteers'. The sessions cover the wide range of volunteering opportunities, organisations that are needing volunteers, the benefits of volunteering and state benefits, training opportunities, courses and NVQ's available to volunteers. This is a fantastic opportunity to find out what is available to you. No skills or qualifications are necessary.

To book your place Tel: 01229 825630 or e-mail: lisam@cumbriacvs.org.uk

Community Learning Action Forum (CLAF

The next open Meeting will take place on Friday 25th March 2011 from 12.00–1.30pm. Cumbria CVS – Lesser Kings Hall, 57-59 Hartington Street, Barrow

Agenda

12.00pm - 12.20pm Arrival and lunch

12.20pm - 12.35pm Welcome and Update - Jeff Morgan

12.35pm - 12.55pm MultiCulturalLearning- Maha Ismail

12.55pm - 1.15pm LearningEvent - Progress Update

1.15pm - 1.30pm Next Steps - Open Forum

1.30pm Conclusion and Next Meeting(?)

If you have not already done so please confirm your intention to attend with Jeff Morgan Project Co-ordinator Community Learning Action Forum Email: ajeff.morgan@btinternet.com Mobile: 07762 256887.

The programme of activities originally planned for CLAF will be largely completed at the end of March 2011. The level of interest shown in the Forum over the last nine months has been encouraging and a dialogue is underway to find ways and means of sustaining its presence. Future Forum meetings will, however, be dependant on the outcome of these discussions.

We look forward, nevertheless, to seeing you next Friday (25th) for what promises to be an interesting and enjoyable get together. By all means pass on this mailing to anyone else you think might be interested.

Woodland Walks in Furness

Barrow Borough Council has funded a short programme of monthly woodland walks in the Furness area. There will be six excursions to woodland sites a short journey out from Barrow.

23 March 2011– Grange – Hampsfell

27 April 2011 – Grizedale Forest

25 May 2011 – Bardsea Sea Wood and Birkrigg

22 June 2011 – Dalton – Millwood

27 July 2011 – Kirkby Park Wood Grizebeck

Please contact Richard Scott, Feet First in Furness, Cumbria CVS Barrow Office on 01229 825630 to book a place. Walks to begin at 2pm, but departure from Barrow will vary. With thanks to www.VisitWoods.org.uk the Woodland Trust’s Project website.

Volunteer Workshop - CVS

Cumbria CVS Barrow: Wednesday 16 March 2011

10am - 11.30am at Cumbria CVS Barrow, Lesser Kings Hall, Hartington Street, Barrow LA14 5SR

To book, call 01229 825630 email barrow@cumbriacvs.org.uk

'Confidence Building' course at CVS - FREE for volunteers

Community Learning Action Forum (CLAF)

The fourth Community Learning Action Forum (CLAF) - Open Meeting will take place on Friday 18th February 2011, 12.00–1.30pm at Cumbria CVS – Lesser Kings Hall, 57-59 Hartington Street, Barrow in Furness, LA14 5SR.

For further details or to book a place please contact Jeff Morgan, Project Co-ordinator - Email: ajeff.morgan@btinternet.com Mobile: 07762 256887

We hope you can join us for these formative Forum events.

CLAF is a vital part of the Inspiring Communities initiative. It will help find ways for members of the community to work together on creating a shared understanding of the meaning and value of lifelong learning. CLAF is co-ordinated by Cumbria CVS from their Hartington Street office in Barrow in Furness.

Some of the activities that CLAF is already supporting include Community Learning Champions, Approaching Learning with Confidence and Learning Circles.

Communication skills training

Community Learning Action Forum (CLAF)

The fourth Community Learning Action Forum (CLAF) - Open Meeting will take place on Friday 18th February 2011, 12.00–1.30pm at Cumbria CVS – Lesser Kings Hall, 57-59 Hartington Street, Barrow in Furness, LA14 5SR.

For further details or to book a place please contact Jeff Morgan, Project Co-ordinator - Email: ajeff.morgan@btinternet.com Mobile: 07762 256887

We hope you can join us for these formative Forum events.

CLAF is a vital part of the Inspiring Communities initiative. It will help find ways for members of the community to work together on creating a shared understanding of the meaning and value of lifelong learning. CLAF is co-ordinated by Cumbria CVS from their Hartington Street office in Barrow in Furness.

Some of the activities that CLAF is already supporting include Community Learning Champions, Approaching Learning with Confidence and Learning Circles.

Gain a Certificate in English - FREE

Do you need a qualification in English?

Do you need to help adults or children with their homework?

Do you need to brush-up on your English skills for work?

Come along and gain these skills.

This FREE course will cover various aspects of English, such as: spelling, punctuation, reading and different types of text, useful for the workplace as well as helping others - including adults & children.

VARIOUS ABILITIES WELCOME - Individual needs based; covering up to and including level 2.

*You will need to have lived in this country or the EU for at least the last 3 years and be 19 years of age or over. This course is for people who are volunteers or working.

Starting every Thursday 13 January 2011 until 19 May 2011 (excluding college holidays) from 9.45am-11.45am.

At Cumbria CVS, Lesser Kings Hall, 57-59 Hartington Street, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.

For bookings contact Julie Sharkey or Lisa Millard on (01229) 825630.

CVS Volunteer Workshop