We are at the Skills and Employability event in the #Dearne today! Come say hello & learn more about #volunteering with b:friend. You'll find us at the Salvation Army.

📍 Goldthorpe Market
📅 18 Apr
⏰9.30am - 3pm
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Dearne Area Team Barnsley Council

Two of our #SocialClubs in #Rotherham & the #Dearne enjoyed breakfast outings recently🍳. Both clubs had a lovely time and finished off with a quiz, of course! Thanks to Toast and Roast & Greene King Sir Jack Pub for looking after us💜.

#over65 #charity

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Dani from Healthwatch Barnsley facilitated a 'Community Conversations' session with our Bolton #SocialClub . A great opportunity for our community to feedback on local services🗣️. Dani ended with a really informative quiz about the NHS & gave out some great prizes✨.
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RampUp will be at:
🚲Mansion Park, Bolton upon Dearne Thurs 28 March
🚲Thurnscoe Park Weds 3 April

We were joined by Mayor Oliver Coppard and Ed Clancy OBE at Goldthorpe Primary Academy last Friday for an active travel lesson and a RampUP session, which allowed children to get active by cycling and scooting on portable street ramps.

Read more: barnsley.gov.uk/news/year-of-a…. #WhatsYourMove #RampUP

There's a new environmental service in the Dearne starting next month. Please help us get a feel for what the community would like it to focus on by completing this short survey. We'd like as many views as possible!
Closes Friday 5 April 💚🌳💜surveys.barnsley.gov.uk/s/NewEnvro/

Thanks to everyone at the Dearne Unit Goldthorpe for their time and effort this morning on the litter pick

We love to see the selfies of our lovely befriending pairings 📸😍! Melissa and Gordon connected through b:friend in January, and have been getting on famously. A brilliant #befriending connection in #Barnsley ✨.

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#charity #volunteering CEO@BarnsleyCVS

Older neighbour Gordon and befriender Melissa were recently paired in #Barnsley . They've already been out for cuppa and cake and have another outing planned too! A lovely connection made in Barnsley💜.

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#befriending #charity #volunteering #letsbfriend

Come and meet your neighbourhood team on Wednesday 6th March at 2pm at the Salvation Army on Straight Lane, Goldthorpe!

Thanks to the Know Your Neighbourhood Project, our Bolton & Thurnscoe Social Clubs recently enjoyed a fab trip to Parkway Cinema Barnsley, where we watched 'The Great Escaper' 🎞️✨.

w/ Barnsley Museums & Heritage Trust Historic England Dearne Area Team

#charity #olderadults #barnsley #dearne #socialclub

Great to start our community sessions with Dr Bike at Athersley Roundhouse Library and a wheelie great balance bike session at the Dearne Family Hub, Thurnscoe. Look out for more events in 2024. Dearne Area Team Barnsley Council Barnsley Libraries South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority

We are out in the community this week in #Barnsley #DrBike will be at The Roundhouse Library in Athersley on 13th Feb. Then Dearne Family Hub on the 15th for a balance bike session. Dearne Area Team ©WathUponDearne Barnsley Council South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority Barnsley Libraries #activetravel

Be part of Big Local Thurnscoe 10 year celebration! Saturday 23 March 10am-4pm at Thurnscoe Plaza get your FREE tickets here eventbrite.com/e/building-the…

Older neighbour Hilda & befriender Cat were paired 7 months ago in the #Dearne and have become great friends🤗.

🌟Find out more about #volunteer ing as a befriender : bit.ly/3SL7KIn

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#befriending #volunteer #Barnsley CEO@BarnsleyCVS

Thank you to all the volunteers from GXO and staff from TWIGGS for the litter pick in Goldthorpe today, also JJ's chippy for providing drinks and snacks, 48 bags of litter collected

Have you explored the Dearne Community Story Trail yet?

There are photo scene boards at 16 locations to put yourself in the picture.

Download a trail map at tinyurl.com/DearneStoryTra… and tag yourself with #DearneStoryTrail .

The trail was funded by the UK Government's #TownsFund .

Amazing opportunities for children aged 0-24 years old in the Town Centre, Dearne Valley and Penistone. Also 0-4 pre-school provision available too! More information here 👉 barnsleyyouthchoir.org.uk/join-the-choir We’d love to hear from you.

We know how important it is for volunteers to have a regular supply of bags. Thanks to these local businesses they are even more accessible! Remember Purple Bags collected from volunteer litter picks should still be reported here - my.barnsley.gov.uk/form/request-t… #SustainableBarnsley