News from VANEL, from Members and Friends and of local interest to everyone in the voluntary or community sector across North East Lincolnshire.
On Friday 17th February, Radio presenter and transgender icon Stephanie Hirst delivered a guest talk at Franklin Colleges second pride event. Stephanie spoke to students, teachers and members of the public about her journey to self acceptance and the importance of celebrating people’s differences.
VANEL’s IGNITE team are organising their first ever World Oceans Day event! The event will take place on Tuesday 30th May 2017 at Cleethorpes Discovery Centre from 10am – 4pm, and include nature walks, conservation talks and the launch of IGNITE’s Virtual Reality Experience, ‘Pipes Away!’ The event is free to attend and fun for all the family. Contact Victoria Russell for more information. Email: Victoria@vanel.org.uk
Tel: (01472) 315 437
Capacity Buildings Ltd, in conjunction with Comley Cameras, are holding their first ever beach hut #9 photographic competition! With four weeks left until the start of spring, why not head down to Marine Embankment, Cleethorpes, with your camera, and make the most of the last few weeks of winter sun!
Shoreline Housing Partnership’s Osbourne Street office in Grimsby will be permanently closing at the end of March. The closure comes following government cuts to social housing rents by 1% per year for four years from 2016. Read of for full details and to view the press release.
Friends of Cleethorpes Heritage would like to invite you to an event they are holding to commemorate the Centenary of four well known battles of the Great War. The event is due to take place on Saturday 18th March, 2017 at St. Peters School Hall, Cleethorpes, from 11am until 4pm. The event is suitable for people of all ages and entry is free.
Macmillan, in Partnership with Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust are holding a free six-week self-management course available to anyone living with and beyond a cancer diagnosis. The course starts on Friday 3rd March and is being held between 10am and 12.30pm at St Andrew’s Hospice, Peaks Lane, Grimsby, DN32 9RP.
Voluntary Action North Lincolnshire are looking to appoint a Family Support Coordinator to develop and deliver a volunteer support package for families living with substance misuse issues and problems. Read on for full details and who to contact.
On Wednesay 15th February Staff and year one pupils from Yarborough School participated in a litter pick on a stretch of beach near Cleethorpes Leisure Centre. Also in attendance were representatives from Anglian Water, Keep Britain Tidy, and two of VANEL’s IGNITE team.
The next ‘Way Forward 2017’ event will take place on Wednesday 8th March at the Humber Royal Hotel, Littlecoates Road, Grimsby from 12:45 – 4:30. The North East Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group are inviting patients, carers, voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations, partners, service providers and elected representatives to join them to move this forward here in North East Lincolnshire. Read on for more information and to book your place.
North East Lincolnshire Council are currently in the process of carrying out a needs assessment in relation to drugs and alcohol. They have therefore created three surveys in order to achieve this. Read on to complete the survey for service provider partners and the survey for the community/public.