Activity

As the crisp autumn leaves fall on the streets of Barrow, community groups have been working together to harvest their best assets and reflect positively on what has been achieved so far this year.

Creativity, […]

Smeaton Street Community Garden up for Love Barrow Award

Spirit and dedication are characteristics that have earned one local community a nomination for a Love Barrow Award.

The Smeaton Street Community […]

So two things. I read Richards blog and thought there is more to say and my closest friend told me a while ago to write about my precious little grandson. So this is my attempt to get something down. Wish me […]

Some thoughts about our child protection system

I was woken this morning by the dog barking at my partner coming in the house at 4:04am. He had worked all day and through the night with a good friend to get a […]

Barrow-in-Furness

Some thoughts about where I live part 2

Barrow-in-Furness, the place where you’re most likely to contract coronavirus, the place with the highest number of drug related deaths and too m […]

As we move towards a “new normal” and start to venture out again, the conversation returns to what can we do about the dog dirt? Where can our children play safely? What about the waste ground? Be aware of the […]

SHINING PEOPLE

As the week’s pass by, we settle into helping each other out and being there for one another. We are all learning to accept we may need time out; there are times when we may wish to rest, have t […]

Journal week 2

What a hive of activity this week has seen! The app group has been a pinging with offers of help and support. It’s amazing to think back, it’s only a few weeks ago when we were all strangers who […]

Some thoughts about where I live

I have a dilemma. All my working life I have been a “helping professional” in one capacity or another. It was an important part of my identity and yet at the same time I rem […]

“Wow,” what a journey it has been. As we look back Its hard to believe it’s only a week ago that Neighbours Apart -Working Together started out. We had a purpose and d […]

I’ve never wrote a blog before so forgive me if I make any mistakes.
I want to reach out to the people who have had a difficult life, been in emotionally abusive relationships and even tried to take their own […]

Living Life
My friend Rebecca has been writing blogs. She doesn’t usually but she’s written three in the space of a week! With pictures and everything. I have been waiting for inspiration, a spark of som […]

“Take a good rest, small bird,” he said. “Then go in and take your chance like any man or bird or fish.” Ernest Hemmingway.

I presume that Hemmingway was writing about an average bird. He doesn’t […]

There is an understanding now that if Will gets into trouble and arrested the local police will call Kate and she in turn will call Sarah to attend the police station as a representative no matter the time. […]

“The Answer Lies in the Detail, not in the Headlines”
This is a sentence that I used with someone close to me some weeks ago. Avoiding pain by sticking with headlines seems a sensible way of pro […]

A kitchen is usually the centre piece of any family home. It is where you find out information; how people are doing, what’s on your child’s mind, what problem a person may have or simply what is happening in […]