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Goldthorpe volunteers make a difference
Local residents, members of the Goldthorpe Development Group and staff from Voluntary Action Barnsley, Together for Regeneration and the Dearne Valley Nature Improvement Area braved the weather today (Friday...
Community news from Voluntary Action Barnsley
Every month we produce a round-up of the community work that the team have completed. This month's edition focuses on Kingstone, Wombwell, Goldthorpe, Penistone and Barnsley.
South Yorkshire - Partnership opportunity with Jobcentre Plus
The Flexible Support Fund gives District Managers in Jobcentre Plus the facility to award grants to local partners/partnerships...
Details of the partnership opportunity Jobcentre Plus wishes to fund partnerships that enhance the Jobcentre Plus offer to claimants with health conditions across South Yorkshire District who have...
New Lodge Community Work Club
Do you live in the New Lodge area and are looking for work?
Come to the New Lodge Community Work Club, every Monday from 12.30pm - 3pm at New Lodge Community Centre. This club has been set up to support local residents to help them find work and training. The club...
Libraries survey launched
People in Barnsley are being asked for their views on the future priorities for the Library Service. Together we need to make...
The Future Libraries Strategy will see the council continuing to provide a comprehensive library service to all residents, while ensuring that it is more relevant, efficient and sustainable. Residents are...
Cycle Penistone - training and volunteer opportunities
Are you over 18 and unemployed? Are you looking for work, experience, training and want to meet new people? If so, Cycle Penistone can offer: - one to one coaching sessions - training 2 hours per...
Barnsley Citizens Advice Bureau Service Update
Dedicated services for D/deaf, deafened, hard of hearing clients, with BSL interpretation available, from 8 May 2013.
- Drop-in advice for D/deaf, deafened, hard of hearing people - Every Wednesday: 10am - 12 noon - CAB Offices, 1 Shambles Street, Barnsley (next to Central Library). Get help early! - Barnsley Citizens...
Community Events Services for Community Groups in South Yorkshire
We provide a wide variety of mobile arts and sports activities that are family friendly and youth-focussed. MOBILE ARTS ACTIVITIES With our teepees and events shelters we can provide a range of arts...
160,000 households join forces for cheaper energy bills
YORswitch Barnsley became part of the most successful Local Authority collective energy switching scheme ever when the collective went to auction with 160,000 registrations. The YORswitch scheme joined...
Barnsley girl fundraising to go to Mozambique
Following Voluntary Action Barnsley attending an event at Shafton School we are now working with Pippa to help her access...
17-year old Pippa Lane from Dodworth is embarking on a big challenge. She is hoping to go to Mozambique in 2014 and needs to raise about £4,000 to get there. Pippa, a former pupil of Kingstone School, is...
Volunteers and residents fix Kingstone footpath
Voluntary Action Barnsley has been working with a local resident from the Kingstone ward, BMBC Countryside Rangers and Footpath Officer to maintain a public footpath off Broadway near the football pitch that...
22 bags of litter collected in Wombwell
Voluntary Action Barnsley has been working with local residents in Wombwell to maintain and enhance the Park Hill Brick Ponds as a great area for wildlife and the people that live there. As part of this...
Draft Compact document open for consultation
The One Barnsley draft version of the Compact for Barnsley is now open for consultation. The document sets out an agreement about how the public agencies and the voluntary and community sector in Barnsley...
Rent and rate free property available for local charities in the Goldthorpe region
There is a large office available in the Fields End Office Village available to charities. Large Ground and First floor modern office accommodation in total 6,000 square feet of space. Secure fenced...
Evaluation highlights success and best practice of services for young runaways in South Yorkshire
Children and young people’s charity SAFE@LAST are celebrating after the findings of an independent evaluation highlight the...
The evaluation, ‘Reach’, reports the findings of a yearlong independent review of the Reach Model and in depth look at the services SAFE@LAST delivers in South Yorkshire. The report, which was commissioned...
Employment grant available in Barnsley
Barnsley Council and Rotherham and Barnsley Mind, the mental health charity based at Arcadia House on Market Street, have a...
The grant that has been funded by Barnsley Council and is available for anyone in Barnsley with a mental health issue, looking to gain paid employment. The grant will be awarded to people to pay for...
New criminal records system will be free for volunteers
Criminal records checks will continue to be free for volunteers, the government has confirmed. The Home Office has backed away from the prospect of charging volunteers a fee if they need to update their...
Barnsley stop smoking service backs shock smoking campaign
Barnsley NHS stop smoking service, run by South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, is supporting the launch of a...
Barnsley NHS stop smoking service, run by South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, is supporting the launch of a new hard-hitting health campaign which is encouraging people to quit smoking...
Pot to Plate Growing Volunteers
You can be part of shaping community growing in Barnsley by helping us inspire people to grow for fun, taste and wildlife either in pots to take home or by adopting community raised beds. We see the role...
The Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation (CISWO)
The CISWO Regional Office in Yorkshire, based in Pontefract, aim to offer free advice and practical assistance to anyone currently or formerly involved with the coal mining industry. CISWO can assist in all...