The Building Better Opportunities Getting Cumbria to Work (BBO GCtW) are offering a heartfelt message to bring people to their new project focused on people find employment. Produced by Cumbria Council for Voluntary Service, the BBO GCtW project is focused helping people facing multiple and complex barriers in order to find them work. “Come and use us - we are still here to offer support during the national lockdown.” The scheme is aimed at people living in the Barrow and the South Lakes aged 18 and above, who are either unemployed or economically inactive. BBO GCtW project manager Natalia Wealleans-Turner said: “The COVID-19 pandemic has brought its own set of challenges for people.
Project to help people back into work
Natalia Wealleans-Turner, Project Manager of Building Better Opportunities Getting Cumbria to Work
A project to help people back in work is urging people to contact them for support even during lockdown.
The Building Better Opportunities Getting Cumbria to Work (BBO GCtW) project supports people in the Barrow and South Lakes area aged 18 and above, who are either unemployed or economically inactive.
It is aimed at helping people facing multiple and complex barriers to move towards employment.
People who have been helped include mums looking after pre-school children or people caring for loved-ones, people with physical and learning disabilities or mental health conditions and people recovering from problematic substance use.
THE ladies of Barrow Inner Wheel with a combined age of 225 are delighted to report that the Tour de Walney Marathon bike ride raised £1,200. Presidents Elaine Parker and Pam Dilks as well as Secretary/Club Correspondent Jane Smith were accompanied by spouses and friends on a round Walney 26 - mile ride in September 2020. This was their version of the Tour de Furness. As Elaine, Pam and Jane live in Biggar Village, they are familiar with the route, having ridden it many times! The ride was completed in two stages, with a socially-distanced lunch break in Elaine s and Pam s gardens halfway around.
A COMMUNITY hero who has transformed the lives of thousands of people is celebrating a major milestone today. Margaret Burrow, honorary CEO of Barrow District Disability Association (BDDA), has turned 80 years old - and The Mail is looking back at some of her lifetime achievements. A proud Barrovian, Mrs Burrow was raised on Barrow Island with her four sisters and four brothers and has lived in Barrow all her life. Over the years Margaret has helped thousands of local people overcome their restrictions or difficulties and her outstanding contribution to charity work was recognised in 2002 when she was awarded an MBE by Her Majesty the Queen.
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