National Youth Work Week
Next week – Monday 4th to Sunday 10th November 2024 is National Youth Work Week. This is an annual campaign that celebrates all things youth work related, and the theme for 2024 is “A right to youth work for all…
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Adullam: Offering Help, Hope & Community since 2018
Since 2018 Adullam has offered help, hope, and community to people in and around Lancaster. Operating from premises at Hope Church, Queen Street, Adullam offers a wide variety of life-skills and wellbeing opportunities. From money management to job preparation, their…
Your Pots grants – everyone gets the chance to help choose
Are you involved with a community organisation with an idea for a project that could help create a regenerative economy in the Lancaster district – one where local enterprises, organisations and people live and work in a way that…
Recognizing Local Heroes: Nominate Your Community Champion with easyfundraising and Win £250 for Your Organisation
We are surrounded by heroes. People who go above and beyond, people who day in, day out make amazing contributions to our communities and bring positive, often life-changing difference, to people right across Lancaster district. If you work or volunteer…
Remembering the North Lancashire Counselling Service
For over 30 years North Lancashire Counselling Service (NLCS) has offered free, person-centred counselling to anyone who needed it. Supporting 45 people in 1995 they grew to a high of over 100 people being supported. This year, they were forced…
SSAFA Make a Difference for Veterans
This week we look at a new volunteering opportunity with the oldest armed forces support charity in the UK, SSAFA. Founded in 1885 as the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Families Association, SSAFA supports the armed forces community in a variety of…
Community growing projects: not just about getting your hands dirty!
One of the more popular volunteering activities is outdoor work, working with nature and the environment. You might broadly describe much of what falls under these categories as gardening, but gardening as with many other roles conjures a certain expectation,…
Discover the Buzz: Lune Valley Beekeepers’ Eco-Friendly Haven and Open Day Celebration
Tucked away in the unassuming grounds of Nazareth House, along Ashton Road, you will find the home of Lune Valley Beekeepers, another of our city’s hidden gems. Formed in 2016 by a small group of beekeepers who felt that the…
The Lancaster district: full of people who want to make a difference
We had a marvellous time last week at our Volunteer Recruitment Event in St Nic’s Arcade in Lancaster. We were joined by some amazing organisations, all of which do things to benefit local people, from supporting people’s mental wellbeing to…
National Volunteers Week & Volunteer Recruitment Event
Next week, from Monday 3rd June to Sunday 9th June, is National Volunteers Week, an annual celebration of volunteers and volunteering, and 2024 happens to also be the 40th anniversary of this special week of awareness. A lot has changed…
