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Friday, 18 December 2015
Thought for the Week
“I said to my soul,
be still, and wait without hope
For hope would be
hope for the wrong thing; wait without love,
For love would be
love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith
But the faith and
the hope and the love are all in the waiting.
Wait without
thought, for you are not ready for thought:
So the darkness
shall be the light and the stillness the dancing.”
From
‘The Four Quartets – East Coker’ by T S Eliot
Thursday, 17 December 2015
Local collection point to support flood victims - Barrow
Local Collection
point for Cumbria Flood Victims on Barrow Market
There
is now a stall on Barrow Market (stall number 29) to collect for
Cumbria
Flood Victims.
Items
needed:-
·
Towels
·
Blankets
·
Duvet,
pillows and other bedding
·
Non
perishable food e.g. tinned soup, beans, packaged foods
·
Toiletries
(male and female) including female sanitary products
·
Pet
food and pet bedding
·
Miniature
hand sanitizers
·
Wellington
boots/waders
·
Waterproof
clothing
·
Protective
clothing (inc work gloves)
·
New
pants and socks
·
Crockery
and cutlery
·
Baby/young
child items (formula milk, baby food jars)
·
First
aid kits
·
Men’s,
women’s and children’s clothing and shoes
·
Bottled
water
·
Torches
The
contact email address is luckylady151515@gmail.com
Barrow
Market is now open every day, except Sunday 13 December up to and including Thursday24
December.
Cumbria Community
Foundation Appeal
An
appeal has been launched to raise funds to support the individuals and
communities throughout Cumbria devastated by the flooding and storms.
Find
out about ways to donate to the appeal here http://www.cumbriafoundation.org/
Women’s Community Matters job vacancy
Women’s Community Matters are looking for a new temporary
Project Worker to set up and begin to deliver the New Lives project.
The
successful applicant will work within the Women’s Community Matters team and
closely with Barrow Borough Council Housing Department.
New Lives is a project to
support women experiencing domestic violence and will provide temporary
emergency accommodation to women as well as providing emotional and practical
support.
The post is open to women only, for an
informal chat please ring 01229 311102.
To apply for this post please send your up to date CV along with a covering letter stating why you would like to work for Women’s Community Matters to:
Rebecca Rawlings, Centre Manager
Women’s Community Matters
Suite1, 22a Duke Street, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. LA14 1HH
01229 311102.
You may also send your application by e-mail to: rebecca@womenscommunitymatters.org
Please note: the closing date for receipt of all applications is Wednesday 30th December 2015 at 5pm.
Interviews will take place on 5th January 2016.
Friday, 11 December 2015
Thought for the Week
“Once poverty is gone, we'll need to build museums to display its
horrors to future generations. They'll wonder why poverty continued so long in
human society - how a few people could live in luxury while billions dwelt in
misery, deprivation and despair.” Muhammad
Yunus, Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business
and the Future of Capitalism
Friday, 4 December 2015
Cumbria Police Christmas crackdown on drink and drug driving
Cumbria Police along with the Cumbria Road Safety Partnership are seeking the public’s assistance in a bid to prevent a tragic Christmas.
Every year in December a national campaign is run to
encourage people not to drink and drive. However, every year people are still
being detected over the limit with either alcohol or drugs in their system
whilst driving.
In December 2014, 2907 breath tests were administered,
which resulted in 64 people either failing or refusing a test. This was a
decrease on the previous year where 97 people either failed or refused a
breathalyser test.
Of the 64 tests in 2014 which were either failed or
refused, 15 followed a road traffic collision. In 2013, 17 people failed or
refused a test following a road traffic collision.
Cumbria Police have worked with a local family to talk
about their experience involving a drink driver. In October 2013 a fatal one
vehicle road traffic collision occurred on the B5288, between Greystoke and
Motherby, near Penrith. A BMW, left the road and collided with a hedgerow and a
dry stone wall. The driver and two other passengers survived the collision, but
tragically 22 year old Dominic Matthew Loftus tragically died at the scene. The
driver of the car was a drink driver who was over the prescribed legal limit.
The parents of Dominic, Ian and Susan Loftus have spoken
to Cumbria Police about the impact this incident has had on their family’s
life. They have also spoken about the impact on their friends and local
community following this tragic event. In the video there is also a message for
anyone thinking of having a drink and getting behind the wheel this Christmas.
Please see the below an extended and a short video of Ian
and Susan Loftus describing their experience:
Chief Inspector Terry Bathgate from the Mobile Support
Unit, said,
“We echo the words of Ian and Susan Loftus that although
this is a Christmas drink drive campaign we want the public to be aware of the
consequences 365 days a year. We want to directly appeal to anyone thinking of
getting behind the wheel under the influence of drink or drugs to watch this
video and think twice about their actions.”
“Prevention is definitely best when it comes to reducing
the risk to people’s lives. We continue to appeal to members of the public to
contact the police when they suspect a person driving under the influence of
alcohol or drugs.
“Such calls will be treated as an emergency as lives
could be at stake and we hope that members of the public will be responsible
with this assistance.”
As well as intelligence-led checks patrols will be
carrying out regular spot checks on the county’s roads.
Chief Inspector Bathgate added
“Another area of concern that we would like to highlight
is the number of people who drive the morning after a night where they have
been drinking. What many can underestimate is the effect that this has the
following morning and some will get in a car thinking they will be fit to drive
when they are in fact, still over the alcohol limit.
“Our message is clear, don’t drive under the influence of
drink or drugs. It is easy to make alternative arrangements to get home. Don’t
ruin your own or other people’s Christmas by making a decision to drive whilst
under the influence, it’s not worth it.”
Below are links to Ian Loftus blog, and a video of their
son Reuben singing a song he wrote about his older brother at his funeral.