128 (Barrow-in-Furness) Squadron RAF Air Cadets
Area: Barrow
Purpose/aim of your organisation:
To promote among young people an interest in aviation and uniformed service.
List of activities and/or services provided by your organisation:
Academic learning Practical learning Drill, uniform care, first aid, leadership, flying, gliding, shooting, adventure training, Duke of Edinburgh, modeling.
Specialism:
Contact Details
Phone: 07791833051
Address:
Army Reserve Centre
Holker Street
Barrow-in-furness LA14 5RA
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4EDEN
Area: Eden
Purpose/aim of your organisation:
To enable children, young people and adults, who have learning disabilities, autism/neurodiversity and to live their best life in their local community.
List of activities and/or services provided by your organisation:
Supported Living
Independent living
Children's services and activities
Adults opportunities
Skills4EDEN, Cafe4EDEN, Bake4EDEN, Fixit4EDEN
Specialism: Health & Wellbeing
Contact Details
Phone: 01768 892014
Address:
Ullswater House
Duke Street
Penrith CA11 7TJ
http://www.4eden.co.uk
https://www.facebook.com/Hello4EDEN/
https://twitter.com/4EDENcumbria
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5th/8th Kendal Scout Group
Area: South Lakes
Purpose/aim of your organisation:
Scouts gives young people skills for life. We actively engage and support them in their personal development, empowering them to make a positive contribution to society.
In partnership with adults, young people take part in fun indoor and outdoor activities. They learn by doing, by sharing in spiritual reflection and by taking responsibility. They make choices, try new and challenging activities, and live their Scout Promise. All of this is underpinned by our Scout values.
List of activities and/or services provided by your organisation:
Indoor learning, like map reading, cooking skills, knot work, mechanics, air activities, circus skills, learning fire safety, home safety, flood awareness, communications, internet safety, first aid, how we impact the community
Outdoor activities include, camping, hiking, bushcraft skills, cooking, water activities (sailing raft building stand up paddleboarding kayaking canoeing)having fun, campfires, caving, athletics, cycling
Specialism: Children & Young People
Contact Details
Phone: 01539724807
Address:
35 Shap Road
Kendal, Cumbria LA9 6DP
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1384662901782014
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A Stitch Different CIC
Area: Allerdale, Barrow, Carlisle, Copeland, Eden, South Lakes
Purpose/aim of your organisation:
A Stitch Different Community Interest Company is comprised of Cumbria parents/carers of young people with Autism and related conditions.
There isn’t much we haven’t encountered on our journey.
We are passionate that families have access to credible information and products that can make a real difference to the lives of those living with sensory or sleep issues.
With lived experience and have undertaken many years of training in sensory, sleep, communication & challenging behaviour.
This gives us the expertise to support other families with clinically proven strategies and advice. We always ask questions!!
We’re not being nosey we want to be able to offer the most appropriate products/advice.
List of activities and/or services provided by your organisation:
Specialism: People disabled by barriers in society
Contact Details
Phone:
Address:
4 Litchmead Grove
BARROW IN FURNESS LA13 9JH
https://www.facebook.com/astitchdifferent/
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AbilityNet (Cumbria)
Area: Allerdale, Barrow, Carlisle, Copeland, Eden, South Lakes
Purpose/aim of your organisation:
We believe the power of digital technology should be available to everyone, regardless of ability or age. Our free online resources and a network of over 450 community-based volunteers help individuals with any disability /long-term health condition, to use all kinds of digital technology. Our vision is a digital world accessible to all.
Our teams of experts help organisations of all types and sizes to become more inclusive and to build accessible digital products and services.
List of activities and/or services provided by your organisation:
Free support to disabled people / individuals with enduring health conditions their family and friends, their employers and other people who care for them.
Network of volunteers visit disabled people in their home to help with their everyday technology needs
Free factsheets, blogs, webinars and videos show the many ways that technology can help people with disabilities.
Workplace assessors to carefully identify the mix of technologies and adaptations that will enable a disabled person to be more productive at work.
Specialism: People disabled by barriers in society
Contact Details
Phone: 0800 048 7642
Address:
11/15 William Road
LONDON EC1A 7JN
https://abilitynet.org.uk
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Access 4 U
Area: Allerdale, Barrow, Carlisle, Copeland, Eden, South Lakes
Purpose/aim of your organisation:
Promote full inclusion of disabled people in society.
List of activities and/or services provided by your organisation:
Access Auditing, Disability Awareness / Equality Training, Policy Advice.
Specialism: Equality & Diversity
Contact Details
Phone: 07799821608
Address:
41 Eamont Close
Walney
Barrow in Furness LA14 3TE
http://www.access4u.org.uk
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Acorn Bank Watermill Trust
Area: Eden
Purpose/aim of your organisation:
1. To preserve for the public benefit Acorn Bank Watermill, a Grade II* listed 19th Century watermill, located on the National Trust's Acorn Bank Estate at Temple Sowerby, Penrith, Cumbria CA10 1SP as a building of architectural and historical interest.
2. To advance the education of the public by establishing Acorn Bank Watermill as a heritage centre which:
• offers the public an opportunity to see a working water powered corn mill and associated machinery that mills wheat and produces merchantable flour thereby demonstrating the art of flour milling and the critically endangered craft of millwrighting using, as far as possible, traditional methods; and
• enhances public knowledge and understanding of the watermill's role both in the context of the nation's wider agricultural and industrial heritage and its role in local cultural and social history, including its relationship with gypsum mining in Cumbria.
List of activities and/or services provided by your organisation:
Watermill is open to visitors at weekends and Bank Holidays.
Conversation in action.
Tours available.
Host school visits.
Activities for children, including quiz, art and using hand quern to grind flour.
Specialism: Other
Contact Details
Phone: 07909119622
Address:
Banker Lodge
Main Street
Penrith CA10 1XN
https://www.acornbankwatermill.org.uk/index.html
https://www.facebook.com/acornbankwatermill/
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Action for Children
Area: South Lakes
Purpose/aim of your organisation:
We are commissioned by Westmorland and Furness Council to deliver a 0-19 Child and Family Support Service across South Lakeland. We are based in 7 Children's Centres but also deliver work in schools, community venues and family homes. We work with children, young people and families and offer both universal and targeted support. This includes:
- Advice and Information drop in sessions on a range of topics e.g. healthy eating, supporting children with additional needs, staying safe online
- Play and learning sessions for pre-school children and their parents
- Targeted group sessions to develop resilience, support parenting or improve emotional wellbeing
- One to one support to meet the specific needs of children, young people and families
- Signposting to partner agencies or specialist support
Action for Children works across the UK. From before they are born until they are into their twenties, we help disadvantaged children across the UK. We help them through fostering or adoption – and by intervening early to stop neglect and abuse. We make life better for disabled children. We influence policy and advocate for change. Our 7,000 staff and volunteers operate over 600 services, improving the lives of 370,000 children, teenagers, parents and carers every year. We succeed by doing what’s right, doing what’s needed, and doing what works for children.
List of activities and/or services provided by your organisation:
We do this through universal and targeted support, working with families in groups and 1-1 sessions, in a variety of places including our children’s centres, schools, online and in homes. We are here to support families through all aspects of their lives, including for example healthy eating, supporting children with additional needs, staying safe online, play and learning, resilience, parenting, and emotional wellbeing.
Specialism: Children & Young People
Contact Details
Phone: 01539734456
Address:
Kendal West Children's Centre
Kendal Green
Kendal LA9 5PP
http://www.actionforchildren.org.uk
http://www.facebook.com/SouthLakelandFamilySupport
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Action Tutoring
Area: Copeland
Purpose/aim of your organisation:
Action Tutoring was born from a simple yet powerful idea: to make the benefits of tutoring accessible to pupils who couldn’t otherwise afford it. Every child deserves the chance to succeed, regardless of their background. Action Tutoring is a charity dedicated to closing the attainment gap and creating a more equitable future for young people.
We're building a diverse community of volunteer tutors who are passionate about educational equity. We are constantly seeking dedicated volunteers from all walks of life to tutor and support pupils facing socio-economic disadvantage in maths and English.
List of activities and/or services provided by your organisation:
Action Tutoring partners with schools to provide cost-effective, evidence-based tutoring that supports pupils facing disadvantage to unlock their full potential. Our trained volunteers deliver targeted support in English or maths, primary or secondary, in person or online for one hour a week, helping schools meet their academic goals.
Specialism: Children & Young People
Contact Details
Phone: 03001020094
Address:
Fivefields
8-10 Grosvenor Gardens
Victoria SW1W 0DH
https://actiontutoring.org.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/ActionTutoring
https://web-cdn.bsky.app/profile/actiontutoring.org.uk
https://www.instagram.com/actiontutoringuk/ |
Action with Communities in Cumbria
Area: Allerdale, Barrow, Carlisle, Copeland, Eden, South Lakes
Purpose/aim of your organisation:
ACT is the rural and community development charity for Cumbria. We champion community and rural issues and support communities
List of activities and/or services provided by your organisation:
Plan for the future
Develop projects
Work with others
Influence and change policy
Specialism: Rurality
Contact Details
Phone: 01768425666
Address:
Office Q, Skirsgill Business Park
Penrith CA11 0DT
https://www.cumbriaaction.org.uk/
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