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Making the Ask, Making the Move Conference and training event

Making the Ask, Making the Move Conference and training event

SYFAB, in collaboration with South Yorkshire Community Foundation, as part of the Sheffield Gives programme, is excited to...

SYFAB, in collaboration with South Yorkshire Community Foundation, as part of the Sheffield Gives programme, is excited to announce the Making the Ask, Making the Move - conference and training event....

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Yorkshire Venture Philanthropy Programme

Yorkshire Venture Philanthropy Programme

The Yorkshire Venture Philanthropy programme has been designed to stimulate and support the growth of social enterprise in the...

Social Enterprise - It’s just Good Business The programme has been created by the Community Foundations in Leeds, Calderdale and South Yorkshire, in partnership with ERDF and Key Fund. We are huge fans of...

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Berneslai Homes and Barnsley In Bloom launch this years garden competiton

Berneslai Homes and Barnsley In Bloom launch this years garden competiton

Berneslai Homes, supported by Barnsley In Bloom, have launched this years garden competition.

The annual garden competition is run by Berneslai Homes and is open to all tenants and residents of Barnsley. The different categories within the garden competition include: a general section consisting of...

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Stepping Stones project

Stepping Stones project

Barnsley Beacon Support Services is a charity, which has been supporting friends, relatives and carers of anyone with a substance or alcohol problem for over 12 years. Over the years many carers have...

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You, your community and Barnsley Council

You, your community and Barnsley Council

You may have already heard about some of the changes that are starting to take place in the way that Barnsley Council works with you in your local area. The main purpose for BMBC in making these changes is...

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Draft One Barnsley Anti-Poverty Strategy for Barnsley (2013-16) now open for consultation

Draft One Barnsley Anti-Poverty Strategy for Barnsley (2013-16) now open for consultation

The draft One Barnsley Anti-Poverty Strategy for Barnsley (2013-2016), which is now being circulated for a consultation period of 12 weeks, together with a blank consultation response proforma for your use....

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Goldthorpe volunteers make a difference

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...

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Community news from Voluntary Action Barnsley

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.

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New Lodge Community Work Club

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...

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Libraries survey launched

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...

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Cycle Penistone - training and volunteer opportunities

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...

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Barnsley Citizens Advice Bureau Service Update

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...

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Community Events Services for Community Groups in South Yorkshire

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...

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Barnsley girl fundraising to go to Mozambique

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...

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Volunteers and residents fix Kingstone footpath

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...

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New criminal records system will be free for volunteers

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...

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The Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation (CISWO)

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...

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