Charities In Cumbria

The charity provides access to nursery education in a rural area. Trained and qualified early years practitioners work with children to support them in achieving the early learning goals for the seven areas of learning and development within the EYFS. Staffing ratios that are required by law are adhered to. The opportunities are tailored to meet children's personal learning and development needs.

Cumbria Sports Academy provides sports facilities that can be hired out by the general public and clubs. These include an athletics track and equipment catering for training and meetings. Grass pitches for football and rugby and an Astro Turf. We can also accommodate meetings and conference's for business and the general public.

The Trust owns the listed grade 2* Eskdale Mill at Boot in Eskdale, the last working water corn mill in the Lake District National Park. The Mill is open to the public at least 5 days a week from April to end of October, and at other times by contact with the Mill Manager, Ms Kate Hughes

The Retired Clergy and Dependants Fund provides for the relief of poverty by assisting retired Church of England clergy, licensed lay workers or deserted spouses of clergy who reside or served in the Diocese of Carlisle and their dependants. It makes grants to assist with the costs of moving when clergy retire and provides support throughout the year but in particular at Christmas.

We accept donations of preloved baby equipment, we then clean & maintain them, then through a referral system we donate to families in need/struggling. We raise funds to support us to be able to provide new toiletries, nappies, formula and maternity items , along side providing new mattresses with all cots, cotbeds, &moses baskets. We work with health professionals, education and social care

The main activities undertaken during the period i was the holding of weekly church meetings and events and occasional guest events.

Furness Music Centre is an independent organisation based in the Furness area of Cumbria. The aims of the Furness Music Centre are to provide opportunities for the people of the Furness Area, irrespective of age or ability, to play and sing together in various orchestras, choirs and other ensembles

Advance and promote the educational, research, heritage, local community and cultural preservation and development of the land, buildings or any other artefacts which are of any historic, agricultural, scientific, or industrial, archeological or general architectural interest Epiacum Roman Fort and its environs. This includes collaborating and connecting with other heritage and community projects

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To organise an annual event run by volunteers to bring together the rural community. To encourage agriculture and awareness that includes all ages and genders. To encourage local schools to get involved in the event. Also the disabled and elderly who have been involved with agriculture and can meet friends and neighbours they might not see often as we are in rural area.

Cumbria LGBT Pride support the LGBT plus community in Cumbria. Our mission is to increase LGBT plus visibility with an aim of raising awareness and improving community understanding. We achieve this by arranging and attending activities, social events, information sharing days, offering support, delivering training, and by holding an annual main Pride event.

To educate the public by establishing within the Barrow, Furness and Cartmel areas of Cumbria one or more operational or static museums of transport history and archaeology covering all aspects of road transport.

We run a village hall for the benefit of all without distinction of sex, sexual age, disability, nationality, race, political, or religious opinion providing facilities for recreation or other leisure activities.

To advance in life and relieve needs of young people, and the needs of people who are experiencing long term unemployment or who are recovering from physical or mental illness by the provision of farm based activities designed to advance education and develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals.

To engage and improve in underground, fell & mountain search & rescue and in animal rescue; to support safety procedures in associated activities and to assist police, ambulance and fire authorities in these and similar activities.

To relieve poverty and distress among freemasons and to support local Registered Charities

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We are a non profit making dance school welcoming boys and girls who compete throughout the north west and entertain locally.

Plumbland Pre-school operates for six hours every weekday morning and afternoon during term time. All parents attending the Pre-school are automatically committee members. Trustees are elected by current committee members.

We are a voluntary organisation dedicated to the training and use of mountain rescue search dogs to assist in the search for and rescue of missing persons, predominantly in a mountainous environment, but also in other areas where our skills may be of benefit.

TO PROVIDE MEETING PLACE FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY OFFERING FACILITIES FOR A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES, IE YOUTH CLUB, KEEP FIT CLASSES, SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS AND FUNDRAISING EVENTS.

The Charity supports the school to purchase goods and arrange activities which enhance the pupils education and learning environment.

Our service aims to promote the physical and social-emotional wellbeing of young people aged 5-25, through a range of programmes and projects linking them up with their communities. We use social circus as a platform to empower and engage young people while providing youth workers. We facilitate the ideas of young people by training them in project management and leadership.

1 We provide a Resource & information Centre open 9am-5pm Mon to Friday. 2 We provide an outreach visiting service and social clubs for blind or partially sighted.

The Marchesi Centre is a community resource used by many of its member living in the area aged 50plus. Not solely for the over 50s the centre is used by the whole community.Trips and events are organised and enjoyed by many members and their guests,Various activities include, art, exercise, yoga, talks, dancing to name but a few