Event related news
Book your place on a free 6 week Domestic Abuse Awareness training course delivered by Women’s Aid. The course starts on Wednesday 11th January 2017 from 1pm until 3pm and is available to anyone who lives in North East Lincolnshire. For more information and to book your place, please contact Rachel on (01472) 324 902.
Read on to find out more about the weekday clubs and activities taking place with Grimsby and District Live at Home Scheme. Don’t miss out on your chance to get involved with their exciting new Friday Social/Luch Club for the over 60s each week from 11am – 1pm at Bishop King Centre. For more details about Grimsby and District Live at Home Scheme and how to get involved, please contact Ann-Marie, Anita or Rosalie on 01472 602 080.
Don’t forget about the Thinkspiration Workshop taking place on Tuesday 29th November 2016 from 1pm until 3pm at the YMCA, Grimsby. Alex from O2 Think Big and Heather from the National Youth Agency will be hosting the event and speaking to young people aged 17 to 25 to discuss ideas for projects which help to improve the environment. Confirm your place at the workshop by contacting VANEL’s IGNITE Youth Development Manager Jenny Hodson. Call (01472) 315 437.
Alternatively, you can email Jenny@vanel.org.uk
On Saturday 19th November 2016, VANEL, in partnership with Anglian Water’s ‘Keep It Clear’ campaign, will be holding a World Toilet Day event to raise awareness of the global sanitation crisis facing 2.4 billion people in the developing world. The event will take place at People’s Park in Grimsby, from 11am until 2pm and is free to attend. We will be holding a Mummification and colouring contest, toilet roll ten pin bowling, photo booth and much much more! For more information contact Victoria at VANEL. (01472) 231 123.
The Grimsby and District Live at Home Scheme in partnership with the Style Lounge are holding a fashion show on Sunday 4th December 2016 at Humberston Academy. Doors open at 12:30pm for a 1pm start. Tickets are £5 each and can be purchased by contacting the Style Lounge or the Grimsby and District Live and Home Scheme. Call 01472 602 080.
Winter Wonderland is returning to Cleethorpes Meridian Showground for four days this December and promises to be even more magical than last year. The event opens on Thursday 8th December and closes on the evening of Sunday the 11th. Read on to find out more about whats on at Winter Wonderland and what it is that you can do to help spread a little festive sparkle.
Charities, small voluntary groups, or other projects tackling social issues at the local level are invited to apply for the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) Awards 2017. The annual CSJ Awards programme recognises local groups that address a range of entrenched social issues. Each winning organisation receives a prize of £10,000 and the rare chance to have their work profiled at the CSJ Awards ceremony in London. Read on for full details.
Read on to discover funding opportunities available this November from The Galaxy Hot Chocolate Fund and the Discovery Communities. The GALAXY Hot Chocolate Fund is looking to help small, local community projects and groups, and will be awarding a total of seventy £300 donations across the UK and Ireland. The Discovery Communities event is your chance to join with communities from across the UK to learn about the innovative food waste campaigns being tested in Derbyshire. You will take part in a novel ‘balloon debate’ deciding which of five great ideas will be awarded a £2,000 prize to help cut food waste in their community.
Are you aged 16 to 30 and interested in becoming a volunteer? Perhaps you already are a volunteer. Whichever it is, why not sign up to the Lincolnshire Volunteer Card (LVC) training course this November. Free Places are still available! Don’t miss your chance to get involved! Read on for more details and to download a booking form.
Anglian Water’s annual Christmas panto ‘Dame Flush and the Wicked Wipe’ will be performed at the Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education on Friday 9th December 2016 at 2pm. The panto is for Junior School students and people over the age of 65, and is free to attend. For more information and to book your place, contact VANEL, (01472) 231 123.