Village Larder
Area: Allerdale
Purpose/aim of your organisation:
To enable distribution of food that would otherwise be wasted
To provide a warm social place for members of our community
To fund small scale projects for the benefit of our community
List of activities and/or services provided by your organisation:
Distribution of food supplied by Fareshare on 1st and 3rd Friday of each month. We operate from Great Clifton Village Hall, Great Clifton. We now also have a pop up cafe which runs for 2 hours ahead of the Village Larder food distribution session. We are entirely staffed by volunteers.
Specialism: Health & Wellbeing
Contact Details
Phone: 07729601507
Address:
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Vision of Adventure
Area: South Lakes
Purpose/aim of your organisation:
Our Vision
a world where everyone has equal access to adventure.
Our Mission
to enable visually impaired adults to have the same opportunities to take part in adventurous outdoor activities as sighted people.
Our Values
Integrity
To act with honesty and integrity.
Respect
To have mutual respect and tolerance of others.
Openness
To be frank and straightforward with all we meet.
Environment
To respect the environment we live and play in.
Support
To create a positive and supportive environment where everyone’s contribution is valued and everyone’s opinion is considered.
Celebrate
To recognise and applaud everyone’s achievements. (……And celebrate by eating lots of cake!)
List of activities and/or services provided by your organisation:
Specialism: Sports & Physical Activity
Contact Details
Phone: 07827340379
Address:
Stricklandgate House
292 Stricklandgate
KENDAL LA9 4PU
https://visionofadventure.org
https://www.facebook.com/visionofadventure
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Vision Support Barrow & District
Area: Barrow, South Lakes
Purpose/aim of your organisation:
supporting members of local community who live with visual impairments
List of activities and/or services provided by your organisation:
Specialism: People disabled by barriers in society
Contact Details
Phone:
Address:
https://vsbd.org.uk/
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VONNE
Area: Carlisle
Purpose/aim of your organisation:
VONNE is the regional support body for the North East Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector, representing our 1,400+ member organisations through our involvement in many regional and national networks.
We’re passionate about strengthening and supporting the VCSE sector in the region with work that we do. Our incredible staff understand the sector and listen to the needs of our members to build strong, thematic projects and partnerships that inspire, educate and engage. These partnerships enable us to build connections with organisations in meaningful ways, ensuring the sector is stronger and better working together.
List of activities and/or services provided by your organisation:
Specialism:
Contact Details
Phone: 01912332000
Address:
71 Howard Street
Higham Place
North Shields, Tyne & Wear NE30 1AF
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Vulture Club
Area: Copeland
Purpose/aim of your organisation:
Vulture Club is a health and well-being centre, based in Whitehaven, Cumbria, which aims to create a safe, relaxed, confidential community for members to meet, have fun and, through taking part in the use of creative arts, help individuals to develop and grow.
We have a historical success in supporting members with substance and emotional / trauma recovery, once described by a statutory agency - Whitehavens best kept secret, we have run a successful 5 day a week distractionary activity schedule for 3 years, following a restructure we are now a voluntary community hub and a safe place for people in recovery
List of activities and/or services provided by your organisation:
We are hoping to offer creative writing, arts and crafts and a book club. We will also have a day dedicated to sound and music both accoustic and amplified, support in song writing and performance.
We had previously built a core membership that performed live poetry, accoustic and alernative music sets, we aim to replicate this achievement and aim higher
Specialism: People disabled by barriers in society
Contact Details
Phone: 07881647449
Address:
Unit 11, Tangier Buildings
George Street
whitehaven CA29 7EY
http://www.vultureclub.co.uk
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Walney Central Nursery
Area: Barrow
Purpose/aim of your organisation:
To support the Early Education of the children of Walney Island
List of activities and/or services provided by your organisation:
We are a Nursery so provide Nursery care and Education for children 0 - 5 years 50 weeks of the year from 8.00 - 4.30 each day.
Specialism: Children & Young People
Contact Details
Phone: 01229470051
Address:
Walney Centre Nursery Old Police Station
Central Drive
Barrow-in-Furness LA14 3HY
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Walney Community Trust
Area: Barrow
Purpose/aim of your organisation:
To help and support members of the community and young people.
List of activities and/or services provided by your organisation:
Youth clubs
Warm hubs
exercise groups
community meals
food bank vouchers
Specialism: Children & Young People
Contact Details
Phone: 07592915086
Address:
Amphrite Street
Walney Barrow in Furness
Barrow-in-Furness LA143AR
https://www.walneycommunitytrust.org/
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Warrior Down LERO
Area: Barrow
Purpose/aim of your organisation:
Warrior Down exists to build recovery, strengthen communities and save lives. It is a lived experience recovery organisation created for people who are too often left behind by traditional systems: people experiencing addiction, poor mental health, homelessness, offending behaviour, trauma, poverty, family breakdown and multiple disadvantage. Warrior Down’s purpose is not simply to deliver services. Its purpose is to reach people who have lost hope, rebuild trust through relationships, and help them create lives that are stable, meaningful and worth protecting.
List of activities and/or services provided by your organisation:
We will deliver this through an integrated end-to-end model:
• Single Point of Contact (SPOC) & Recovery Hubs as a ‘no wrong door’ front door for rapid access, triage and warm handovers
• Assertive outreach and hospital/community in-reach to engage those furthest from services, including rural/coastal communities and temporary accommodation settings
• Integrated Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioners (MHWPs) embedded across hubs, outreach and supported housing to address co-occurring needs
• Step-up/step-down Recovery Housing Continuum (stabilisation, detox, abstinent recovery and floating support) to prevent eviction, repeat homelessness and crisis escalation
• Peer workforce, social enterprise and community recovery infrastructure to build recovery capital, reduce stigma and generate measurable social value
• Digital platform with digital inclusion safeguards to extend access and continuity without excluding people experiencing digital poverty
Specialism: Other
Contact Details
Phone: 07727890583
Address:
Bram Longstaff
Farm Street, Barrow
Barrow in Furness LA14 2RX
http://www.warriordown.co.uk
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Watchtree Nature Reserve
Area:
Purpose/aim of your organisation:
“Watchtree Nature Reserve a Wildlife Haven and Community Asset for All.”
The limited company title – ‘Watchtree Nature Reserve Ltd.’ encompasses all that we do, which includes the reserve itself, Watchtree Wheelers, our Educational Services, the Café and our many associated events such as trail runs and health walks.
List of activities and/or services provided by your organisation:
Specialism:
Contact Details
Phone:
Address:
Nr Wiggonby
Great Orton
CARLISLE CA5 6NL
https://watchtree.co.uk/
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Ways to Wellness
Area: Carlisle
Purpose/aim of your organisation:
To deliver social prescribing for people whose daily lives are affected by certain long-term health conditions. Also, to act as an innovation hub, bringing people together to develop ideas about how to tackle health inequalities across the North East and North Cumbria.
List of activities and/or services provided by your organisation:
(Long-Term Conditions Service): Social prescribing services for people aged 18-74 with certain long-term conditions service, who attend participating GP practices in Newcastle upon Tyne.
(PROSPeR Project): Support for people on the waiting list for orthopaedic surgery (e.g. hip and knee), both before and after their surgery, to help improve their health and wellbeing for their operation and beyond.
(SPACE Pilot): Support for the families of children with neurodisabilities who receive care from the Great North Children’s Hospital. We offer non-medical support to complement the work of clinicians.
Specialism: Health & Wellbeing
Contact Details
Phone: 0191 816 3540
Address:
2nd Floor, Forth Banks House
Skinnerburn Road
Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 3RH
https://waystowellness.org.uk
https://www.facebook.com/waystowellnessUK
https://twitter.com/ways2wellnessUK
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