The Pig of Happiness!

Good morning...a very lovely morning it is too :-)

It's been a busy couple of weeks and lots has changed here at the Women's centre...

We have a new member of staff (not the one from my last blog post!), Rachael, who is delivering our Vision Programme for Women, three student social workers (Sam, Sarah and Kayleigh) and a new Development Worker (picture and info to follow) who will start in two weeks.

I'm just about to write a report this morning for the Sir John Fisher Foundation who very kindly gave us some money last November to support our Growing Together project.  The project was about sharing and enjoying together the process of growing our own fruit and vegetables and planting flowers for us all to share.  The group went seed bombing (no photos as all undercover!!), started vegetables off growing on our window sills, took them home and planted them out, and got involved in the allotment and our planter at the Green Heart Den Community Garden.  A really great project that is now going from strength to strength (with all the usual hiccups!) thanks to the wonderful support and faith of the Sir John Fisher Foundation.

Some of our first harvest...



 

 

I did start writing this first thing this morning but I can see I am going to be typing 'good afternoon' before I finish!!  So...so I don't need to also write 'good night', I will say good bye for now and end by telling you, all is well here at the Women's Centre.  The are many wonderful women visiting us each today and sharing their stories and experiences. 

 

I have just spoken to Sam, one of our very wonderful student placements, who rang to follow up on a lady she has been working with (despite the fact she is not supposed to be here and is not working today)...and I am waiting for Charlotte, another very lovely lady who has been working with some of our volunteers and who has set up another great opportunity for our volunteers....

...there is the second session of our Vision Programme going on this morning and a very nice lady from Barrow Borough Council has just called over to tell us about how to register to vote...

...Kayleigh, another student placement, is busy working with a lady in the reception area and another volunteer is bust preparing our Rosa Parks Room for a meeting...

This is why I love our Centre quite so much and am amazed every day at how many wonderful women there are here!

 

What can I say except, I love the Pig of Happiness!

 

 

 

 

We are looking to appoint a Development Worker to join our team...could it be you?

Good morning all

It is a little while since we have posted on our blog but we thought the time was right to start keeping everyone a little more up to date with what's been happening here at the Women's Centre on Duke Street in Barrow.

First things first...

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic woman to join our team as a Development Worker.  The post is for 16 hours per week with the possibility of the contract being up to 3 years dependent on us achieving our outcomes in the first year.  If you are interested and think you have the skills, drive and attitude please click on the link below to view the details of the post and details of how to apply.

Job description and application details for Development Worker post


Things have been wonderfully busy and each day we seem to be ticking plenty of things off our lists of things to do!  All being well we should start posting on here once again.  This will be great for us as everyone is great a giving us feedback...things that we need to do more of...things we should stop...and lots of ideas for improvement. 

I'm looking forward to hearing from all those interested in the Development Worker post and also to speaking to everyone on here again soon.

Bye for now, Rebecca :-)

New contact details

Good afternoon all

It has been a little while since we've posted on here as we have been busy getting ourselves up and running!

I think we are now ready to share our new web address with the world an hopefully we can start posting regularly to keep everyone up to date with what's happening.

We have some new contact details...just in case anyone still has the old ones!  They are as follows:

Phone: 01229 311102 (odd number I know but I assure you it works and we also have an answer machine)

E-mail: reception@womenscommunitymatters.org for general enquiries

rebecca@womenscommunitymatters.org for confidential enquiries

Website: www.womenscommunitymatters.org - we always welcome feedback so please let us know what you think :-)

In person: Suite 1, 22a Duke Street, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria LA14 1HH

Our door is the one on the right.  Buzz the bell and we'll let you in!

For anyone who doesn't know where we are...we are in the old Abbey FM studios above the Market Hall.  The door to get in is next to the Market entrance on Duke Street under the glass roof/canopy.

This picture shows you the close up of the door.






Well, it's goodbye for now and we're looking to have some more information again soon from some of the volunteers who staff the Centre :-)

Interested in volunteering with us?

We hope you can make our Volunteer day on Wednesday 25th September.  Details below and please get in touch if you can come along....wcpbarrow@barrowbc.gov.uk or 01229 876475. 

Hope to see you there, Rebecca :-)

Could you help out at the new Women's Centre in Barrow?

You told us what you think....see the Consultation Report

Good afternoon all

Firstly, thank you to everyone who took the time to fill in our questionnaire and let us know their thoughts, ideas and considerations....I hope you feel they are reflected in  this report.  If you don't then please get in touch!

The report can be viewed below, or if you would like to download a copy please click on the following link:

Consultation Report Summary.

Any problems then please give me a ring and I will post/e-mail a copy to you.  Telephone: 01229 876475

Happy reading!

See you soon, Rebecca x

Foodie Fest comes to Barrow!

Foodie Fest is a new food festival for 2013 and is set within Barrow-in-Furness Town Centre.

Join us in the Festival Chef’s Arena Marquee for delectable shows from leading U.K.’s best line up of celebrity Chefs for 2013. This is your chance to get up close to your favourite chefs. Two chefs, for nearly 2 hours, one ticket price. Tasty!

Tickets are available in person from the forum box office, Barrow-in-Furness, over the phone 01229 820000 or on-line www.theforumbarrow.co.uk.   Tickets start from £10.50 per show with a limited number of premium front row seats at £19.50. 

For more information about the chefs and information about other free Foodie Fest activities happening in Barrow that weekend, please visit http://www.foodiefest.co.uk/.