Charities In Cumbria

Village hall providing accommodation for local functions

The hall is busy each weekday and most evenings with many and varied activities which are well publicised on noticeboards within the village.These include games afternoon inc indoor bowls,bingo,art classes including one for portraiture,Quilting,patchwork,beading and embroidery,coffee mornings. and scouts.Weekends are usually let for private functions and/or concerts

Bags to school, snowman drive, raffles, sale of calenders, quiz, cake stalls, bingo night, sponsored events, disco, summer fun evening, coffee mornings, catalogue sales, donations, entry to competitions, commision from sales, tuck shop.

Provides 9 lectures each year on a wide range of cultural and artistic subjects. All lectures are open to visitors. Also arranges study days on specific subjects and visits to sites of cultural and artistic interest. Supports education of younger persons and the elderly on subjects connected with art.

Coffee mornings, Summer fete, Sports night, Auction of promises, Family disco, jumble sales and similar events.

Carlisle & District U3A organises, promotes and provides lifelong learning opportunities for its members, and is for anyone, immaterial of age, who is no longer in full-time employment. The U3A operates within about a 15 mile radius of Carlisle. The U3A is an unincorporated member of the Third Age Trust.

We deliver a summer holiday project, Summer Weeks, which provides an in-depth transformative experience using creative arts and outdoor skills/activities for children aged 5-13yrs in a 5 day program (including a sleep over on the Thursday night) in the Penrith area. We provide volunteer opportunities for young people aged 14-25. We also run a weekly youth group in Alston for 11-19 year olds.

To hold the Assembly Hall, the Sedgwick Room and the associated facilities for the purposes of a Village Hall for the benefit of the inhabitants of Dent and the neighbourhood thereof, without distinction of age, sex or political or religious or other opinions and in particular for use for meetings, lectures and classes and for other forms of recreation and occupation.

TO MANAGE AND MAINTAIN EMBLETON AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY HALL

To provide facilities for Askam Town Silver Band to practise and perform and provide space for other organisations

To provide premises for meetings, groups, functions, fundraising events

The promotion, improvement, development and maintenance of public education in and appreciation of the art & science of choral music in all its aspects by the presentation of public choral concerts, recordings, broadcasts or through other media and means. The society shall particularly encourage and promote participation in its activities by younger, musically talented persons.

Provide and maintain on a ÔÇÿnot for profitÔÇÖ basis a financially sustainable community centre in the village. The village hall will be provided for use without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, nationality, race or political, religious or other opinions. Including use of the hall for meetings, lectures and classes or other forms of recreation and leisure time occupation.

Looking after village hall and playground.

To provide and maintain (in line with our constitution)the Village Hall for the inhabitants of Greysouthen and its neighbourhood in order to provide social, community and fundraising events and activities that will enhance community cohesion

To support children and young adults with Down's Syndrome and their families living in West Cumbria,

To help raise funds for Belle Vue School through various types of fund raising.

Opportunity to Train and Play Rugby Union

General maintenance and management of community hall

Our main ongoing activity is our Bus Project to help people living on Hallgarth Estate, who are unable to access public transport due to disability or vulnerability, with a weekly shopping service. We also run a Lunch Club for low income families during school holidays and support a local group for the elderly.

Fund raising by fairs, fetes etc

The advancement for the public benefit of the study of wild birds and the preservation of their habitats in Cumbria.

LOCAL FOOTBALL CLUB, PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR THE COMMUNTIY TO ACCESS SPORTING ACTIVITIES,? To promote sport in the community, social welfare facilities for recreaction and leisure time occupation, for the purpose of relaxation and with the object of improving the conditions of the life for the members. PROVIDE TRAINING OPPORTUNTIES FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS

The aims of Cleator Moor Youth and Community Centre is to provide a community facility for recreation and leisure time providing social welfare for the area. In partiular, but not exclusively for children and young people in the Cleator Moor area. We aim for these activities to develop their mental, physical and personal capacities so that they mature as individuals and members of society.

The Council promotes the activities of the three operating trusts