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Area - Any -AllerdaleBarrowCarlisleCopelandEdenSouth Lakes

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Egremont and Area Regeneration Partnership Area: Copeland Purpose/aim of your organisation: 1.1 VISION We are the driving force for visual arts and creativity in an area that faces challenges – challenges we address directly by nurturing talent, helping communities thrive, enriching lives, and caring for and celebrating Egremont’s unique heritage. 1.2 MISSION We will co-create and encourage creativity in all our local communities, connecting people to this place, to local culture and to heritage. We will provide easy access to experiences which inspire, upskill, uplift and educate, ensuring there is no creative or cultural barrier for anyone choosing to live, visit and work in Egremont and the wider region. List of activities and/or services provided by your organisation: Facilities: gallery, studios, performance space, coffee shop, locl makers' shop, wildlife garden Activities for local people and visitors: free entry to shop, gallery, coffee shop, weekly cinema, craft cafe, brush & brew, make space wellbeing sessions, open mics. 2 free emerging artist studios. Paid for workshops and studio rentals. Supporting, developing and commissioning local and regional artists and creatives at all stages. Specialism: Arts & Culture Contact Details Phone: 01946 824946 Address: Florence Arts Centre Florence Mine Egremont CA22 2NR https://www.florenceartscentre.com/ https://www.facebook.com/florenceartscentre https://www.instagram.com/florencearts/

Encounter Culture Area: Barrow Purpose/aim of your organisation: Encounter Culture is a grassroots arts organisation based in Barrow-in-Furness, championing the raw, the radical, and the underrepresented. We support and promote countercultural creativity — art that speaks from the edges, challenges the mainstream, and offers new ways of seeing and being. Whether it’s a DIY punk gig in a backroom, a spoken word night in a café, or a youth-led zine made on a photocopier, we believe this kind of work matters. It shapes communities. It tells the stories that often go unheard. List of activities and/or services provided by your organisation: Providing a safe place for the development of arts skills and exploration of personal development using all mediums of art Bringing artists musicians and digital artists together to create unique and immersive events Providing opportunities to learn how to create and sell unique art related items Opportunities to develop and produce themed art film and music events Specialism: Arts & Culture Contact Details Phone: 078087778045 Address: 2 Carlisle Street Barrow in Furness LA14 1QT http://www.encounterculture.co.uk

ENGin Program Area: Allerdale, Barrow, Carlisle, Copeland, Eden, South Lakes Purpose/aim of your organisation: ENGin is a nonprofit organization changing the world one conversation at a time. We connect English-speaking volunteers age 13+ with motivated young Ukrainians aged 9 to 35 for online speaking practice and cross-cultural exchange. Through simple weekly videochat conversations, our volunteers make a huge impact - helping young people break the language barrier, offering friendship and emotional support, and introducing them to a new culture. List of activities and/or services provided by your organisation: online speaking practice and cross-cultural exchange Specialism: Advice & Information Contact Details Phone: Address: 1 st nicholas street carlisle CA1 2EE https://www.enginprogram.org/ https://www.facebook.com/enginprogram/ https://www.instagram.com/enginprogram/

English Heritage Area: Barrow, Carlisle, South Lakes Purpose/aim of your organisation: We want to create inspiring visitor experiences that bring the story of England to life. We will also make sure our historic sites and artefacts are expertly cared for, so that they can be enjoyed by future generations. List of activities and/or services provided by your organisation: Volunteering Specialism: Arts & Culture Contact Details Phone: 07786378669 Address: Tanner Row, York 41-44 Sandhill York YO1 6WP https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/support-us/Volunteer/?_gl=1*vxoygs*_up*MQ..&gclid=ccaf7e651cf91eee48081bb1a3599a28&gclsrc=3p.ds

Eskdale Mill & Heritage Trust Area: Copeland Purpose/aim of your organisation: We are a heritage organisation, which isn't listed. Aims: A)THE PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, OF THE 16TH CENTURY ESKDALE WATER CORN MILL AT BOOT BEING OF PARTICULAR HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST. B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY, HERITAGE, GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY OF ESKDALE SO AS TO INCREASE THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE BUILT AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. List of activities and/or services provided by your organisation: - We open our facility to the public as a historic visitor attraction. - We hold community events and practical workshops. - We are heavily dependent on volunteers to support the day-to-day operations. Volunteering activities include: gardening & grounds maintenance practical conservation admin/social media customer service heritage talks and demonstrations waterwheel and machinery maintenace historic building & DIY maintenance Specialism: Arts & Culture Contact Details Phone: 01946723335 Address: Eskdale Mill Boot Holmrook CA19 1TG http://www.eskdalemill.co.uk https://twitter.com/EskdaleMill

Estuary Small Animal Rescue Area: South Lakes Purpose/aim of your organisation: We are a small animal rescue. We take in strays, and small animals who need a home, get them vet treatment and rehome them. List of activities and/or services provided by your organisation: Take in small animal strays Provide vet treatment Rehome small animals Specialism: Other Contact Details Phone: 07809 263488 Address: 3 Gasworks Cottages Meathop Road Grange Over Sands LA11 6QZ https://www.facebook.com/share/1PUtVUkHHR/ https://www.instagram.com/estuarysmallanimalrescue

Every Life Matters Area: Allerdale, Barrow, Carlisle, Copeland, Eden, South Lakes Purpose/aim of your organisation: Suicide prevention through training and campaigning and postvention support. List of activities and/or services provided by your organisation: Suicide prevention training and bereavement support. Specialism: Health & Wellbeing Contact Details Phone: 07908537541 Address: Bulls Head Main Street Penrith CA10 3NG https://www.every-life-matters.org.uk https://www.facebook.com/EveryLifeCumbria/ https://twitter.com/Every_Life_Cumb https://www.instagram.com/everylifecumbria/

Fairoak Housing Association Area: Allerdale, Barrow, South Lakes Purpose/aim of your organisation: Fairoak Housing Association is a specialist supported housing provider dedicated to providing high quality, safe and bespoke homes for adults with a learning disability and autistic people. More than just bricks and mortar, we are committed to ensuring that our tenants receive the support necessary to live as independent and fulfilling lives as possible. We want to ensure that adults with a learning disability and autistic people have a choice of where and how they live and play our part in creating an inclusive world where they have high expectations and aspirations to live their lives in a society where they are equally valued. List of activities and/or services provided by your organisation: Supported housing for adults with learning disabilities and autistic people Specialism: Housing Contact Details Phone: 01539720082 Address: FAIROAK HOUSING ASSOCIATIION 155 Highgate Kendal LA9 4EN https://www.fairoakhousing.co.uk https://www.facebook.com/FairoakHousing

Families Matter Area: South Lakes Purpose/aim of your organisation: Families Matter is a counselling and support service. We aim to promote emotional well being, improve mental health, and reduce the impact of poverty in the Furness and South Lakes area by providing a professional counselling service for children, young people and their families who find it difficult to pay because they are on statutory benefits, are low-waged or unwaged. List of activities and/or services provided by your organisation: Specialism: Children & Young People Contact Details Phone: Address: 36 The Gill Ulverston Ulverston LA12 7BP http://www.families-matter.com/

Family Hubs Area: Barrow, Eden, South Lakes Purpose/aim of your organisation: A family support service for all families 0-19(25 with send). Westmorland and Furness family hubs are places for families to access information, support and guidance on services and activities in their community. Family hubs provide spaces and places for children, young people and families to learn and thrive, helping them to be health, happy and safe. there may be a range of services and people who are based in family hubs and they work in partnership with families and the community to ensure there is access to the right support, information and advice, at the right time and in the right way. List of activities and/or services provided by your organisation: -Babygroups -Toddler groups -Play spaces -Sensory spaces -Well being walks -Resilience groups in schools -1-1's -Parenting -Perinatal support Specialism: Children & Young People Contact Details Phone: 07352742729 Address: Barrow library Ramsden square BARROW-IN-FURNESS LA14 1LL https://www.facebook.com/FamilyHubsBarrowInFurness