Working together for a safer, cleaner and stronger neighbourhood.
Monday, 25 March 2013
Thursday, 21 March 2013
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
Thought for the Week
"On this first International Day of Happiness, let us reinforce our commitment to inclusive and sustainable human development and renew our pledge to help others. When we contribute to the common good, we ourselves are enriched. Compassion promotes happiness and will help build the future we want."
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for the International Day of Happiness, 20 March 2013
It's International Day of Happiness
"On this first International Day of Happiness, let us reinforce our commitment to inclusive and sustainable human development and renew our pledge to help others. When we contribute to the common good, we ourselves are enriched. Compassion promotes happiness and will help build the future we want."Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for the International Day of Happiness, 20 March 2013
The pursuit of happiness is a fundamental human goal
Speaking at the High Level Meeting on "Happiness and Well-Being: Defining a New Economic Paradigm" convened during the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly the Secretary General Ban Ki-moon stated that the world “needs a new economic paradigm that recognizes the parity between the three pillars of sustainable development. Social, economic and environmental well-being are indivisible. Together they define gross global happiness.” The meeting was convened at an initiative of Bhutan, a country which recognized the supremacy of national happiness over national income since the early 1970's and famously adopted the goal of Gross National Happiness over Gross National Product.
The General Assembly of the United Nations in its resolution 66/281
of 12 July 2012 proclaimed 20 March the International Day of Happiness recognizing the relevance of happiness and well-being as universal goals and aspirations in the lives of human beings around the world and the importance of their recognition in public policy objectives.
of 12 July 2012 proclaimed 20 March the International Day of Happiness recognizing the relevance of happiness and well-being as universal goals and aspirations in the lives of human beings around the world and the importance of their recognition in public policy objectives.
The United Nations invites Member States, international and regional organizations, as well as civil society, including non-governmental organizations and individuals, to observe the International Day of Happiness in an appropriate manner, including through education and public awareness-raising activities.
Tuesday, 19 March 2013
Monday, 18 March 2013
Friday, 15 March 2013
The Firefighters Charity Car Wash - Saturday 16 March
The Fire Fighters Charity Charity Car Wash
Barrow Fire Station
16th March 2013
10 - 5pm
Car washed for a donation
FREE Tea or Coffee whilst you wait
Wednesday, 13 March 2013
Making our money go further!
At the forum, Duke St, Friday 22 March 11-2.30pm
Come along and get FREE advice on everyday worries.
Say NO to high-cost credit and YES to expert advice from people with answers including;
- Inspira - John Woodcock MP
- CAB Age UK
- Jobseeker Plus - Housing advice
- Barrow Foodbank - Barrow Credit Union
- Furness Enterprise Adult Learning
And much more …
200 FREE goody bags – first come first served
Children’s clothes wanted!
If you have good quality children’s clothing you’d like to pass on to others now you no longer need them please email neighbourhoodmgt@barrowbcgov.uk and let us know.
Thought for the Week
"Poverty in not an accident. Like slavery and apartheid, it is man-made and can be removed by the actions of human beings.” Nelson Mandela
Monday, 11 March 2013
Police will be checking to see if you are belted up
A European campaign begins today (11 March 2013) which aims to ensure that people who are in vehicles are belting up and wearing their seat belts.
Police officers in Cumbria are supporting this annual campaign and will proactively seeking those who are putting their lives in danger by not wearing a seatbelt.
The campaign begins on Monday 11th March and will run until the 17th March. The aim will be to educate people about the importance of wearing a seat belt and ensuring that the correct child seats are used to make children as safe as possible.
During the campaign in 2012, there were 170 fixed penalty tickets issued, which carried a £60 fine and 29 vehicle occupants were verbally warned. Other offences were also detected, including eleven drivers using a mobile phone, thirteen drivers speeding, one vehicle seized for having no insurance and three drivers arrested on suspicion of drink driving.
Police officers will be going into schools throughout the week to highlight the importance of wearing a seat belt to the children. The aim in speaking to children is to highlight how not wearing a seat belt or by not wearing it correctly can put people’s lives in danger.
PC Lee Hill, who was the lead for Cumbria Constabulary on this campaign, said “It is important that we highlight the importance of wearing a seat belt, no matter what the age, recent statistics show that in a serious accident you are twice as likely to survive if you are wearing a seatbelt. However, a number of children are not being restrained correctly when in a car.
“By educating children at a young age about the importance of wearing a seat belt, we hope that it will become second nature just to automatically put it on when in a vehicle and this will continue throughout their life. Also we hope that adults will take notice and be responsible by wearing a seat belt, no matter if they are in the front or back of a vehicle.
“We will also be checking on child car seats, which can be expensive but it is a small cost to give a child the most protection when in a car. We will be handing out leaflets to people to provide more information on the correct child seat to use.
“We will be focusing on educating drivers, but those who drivers and passengers who fail to wear seatbelts in the front and back of vehicles are breaking the law and face on-the-spot fines of £60. If prosecuted, the maximum fine is £500.
“One thing that came out of last year’s campaign was the fact that many people were stopped for failing to wear seatbelts correctly and were tucking the chest strap under their arm. This is not using the seat belt as it was intended and will not protect them in the event of an accident. People will be stopped if they are seen wearing the belt in this way and appropriate action will be taken.”
For more information about wearing a seat belt, please visit the Government website at the link below: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Roadsafetyadvice/DG_4022064
Thursday, 7 March 2013
Thought for the Week
“Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary.” Blaise Pascal
Friday, 1 March 2013
International Women's Day in Barrow
invites You to join us to celebrate
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
on 8 March 2013 in Barrow
In Translation: Art Exhibition Launch - 11-12noon at the Forum, Duke St.
Fundraiser for Oxfam’s Women’s Projects - 2-5pm in the Multicultural Centre.
On International Women’s Day, Cumbria Multicultural Women’s Network will launch an exhibition of IN TRANSLATION - a follow on from our participation in the IN TRANSLATION national exhibition at Manchester Arts Gallery: Feb 2012–Feb 2013.
You are invited to join us at the Forum, 11-12noon to share this great achievement for us and to see the colourful screenprints of migratory birds, drawings and sculptures created by twelve members of CMWN in partnership with professional artists.
We continue the 8 March celebration in the Multicultural Centre 2-5pm by joining thousands of Oxfam Get Togethers around the UK to raise money on this International Women’s Day to transform the lives of women living in poverty around the world.
Please join us anytime between 2pm to 5pm for tea and homemade cakes from around the world and let’s support Oxfam to make life changing opportunities for women.
The Tea Party is supported by the Furness Multicultural Community Forum.
Hope you will attend and grateful if you would please forward this to any of your contacts who might like to join too.
For further details please contact: Donika 07962 104 231 or Jo Ann 07883 068 946.
