Bramley Baths News!
Friends of Bramley Baths (which includes Cat and Mark from BARCA) carry on our plight to ensure that Bramley Baths doesn’t reduce hours further.
See the article in today’s Yorkshire Evening Post:
posted 05/12/2011
Friends of Bramley Baths including BARCA-Leeds plan to take over local swimming baths:
See the story in The Guardian newspaper:
posted 10/10/2011.
BARCA Big Bike Ride
Well done to all staff that took part in the bike ride on Saturday. The weather was beautiful and we have raised around £1500 through Just Giving and are waiting for people to collect in their sponsorship money through forms. Thanks to everyone who sponsored us and thanks again to Get Cycling for lending us the bikes.
BARCA Open Day
Thanks to everyone who made the Open Day a success, it was really nice to see everyone come into BARCA and talk to our staff and get information about what we do. Look out next for the business breakfast mornings! – Photo’s to follow soon.
BARCA’s Bikes Get Stolen from Lock-Up
We are sorry to announce that 4 of our bikes have been stolen from the lock-up. Thieves broke in at some point over the night and took 4 bikes that Richard Hedges had been fixing in his own time ready for staff to borrow on the sponsored bike ride on Saturday.
If anyone in Bramley notices anything suspicious about anyone suddenly owning 4 bikes that all look identical – please call the police.
We have very kindly been lent 4 bikes from Get Cycling a charity based in York after furious twitter retweets about our bad luck and kind people offering suggestions and loans of bikes, so that the staff do not have to miss out on the bike ride and the sponsorship money. Thank you so much for coming to our rescue and thank you to everyone that helped us.
http://www.getcycling.org.uk/index.php
posted 28/09/2011
ESP awarded 2500 euros from the North Face Explore Fund for outdoor education equipment.
BARCA are happy to announce that we have received funding from the North Face Explore fund for money towards updating our outdoor education equipment and giving the young people enrolled on the ESP programme more access to outdoor education activities.
These activities are central to the ESP programme which works with young people who are temporarily excluded from school to re-engage them back into education with accredited courses and outdoor education activities to increase confidence and challenge their way of thinking as well as getting them to work as a group.
For information on North Face please see:
http://uk.thenorthface.com/tnf-uk-en/explore-fund
updated 27/09/2011
BARCA-Leeds Open Day
Come and see what we actually do in all of our sites. Come in and have a cup of tea and talk to our staff and service users about what we do and why we do it.
Friday 30th September 10am – 4pm across all sites.
There are still some places on the tours e-mail cathryn@barca-leeds.org if you would like to book a place. They start at 11am and 1pm. Download the below flyer for addresses and more details.
Aramark Sponsor Fairfield Community Centre Action Day
Thank you so much to Aramark for sponsoring Fairfield Community Centre Action Day.
By completely transforming a tired and old centre, we have created a real space for the good of the community which can be used and loved for many years to come.
Simply Health Donate £100 to BARCA-Leeds
Thank you so much to Simply Health and Richard Hayes for donating £100 through the Leeds Community Fund. All money donated to BARCA-Leeds goes towards ensuring that we continue our work in our communities for many years to come.
Free Line Dancing classes at Fairfield Community Centre
If any of you have fancied having a go at line dancing then you can for free at Fairfield Community centre:
Line dancing for beginners
at Fairfield Community Centre
starting on Tuesday 13th September 2011
1.45-2.45pm
Free for Ltd time
for more details phone Mandy or Ben on 0113 2555759
Posted 07/09/2011
BARCA-Leeds staff and local resident Jean volunteer own time to decorate and spruce Lumley Fee.
Thank you so much to Elaine Harris, Sue Dean, Sheila Wood and Cathryn Thom who very kindly gave up their weekend and volunteered to clean, polish and paint Lumley Fee so that it looks bright and new.
Also a big thank you to local Bramley resident Jean who came and helped, she is a decorating master and we have all learnt some new tricks this weekend.
posted 07/09/2011
Torque sponsor New Wortley Fun Day.
Thank you so much for Torque for sponsoring New Wortley Fun Day, a great time was had by all and lots of local residents came out and joined in the fun.
See photograph of some of lovely food that was served at the centre.
Torque sponsor New Wortley Fun Day – for more information on Torque:
Youth Work provision at YIP respond creatively to riots:
One of the young people from our youth work provision has responded to the riots by making music not violence, and we think it is great.
BARCA-Leeds first staff fundraising event – BARCA-Leeds Big Bike Ride
Join the team on our first sponsored event to raise money for BARCA-Leeds.
It will be the bike ride to end all bike rides as we cycle from Bramley to Skipton down the Leeds Liverpool canal all wearing orange.
The route is about 23 miles and we will pass many historic landmarks on the way such as the Sir Titus Salt Mill in Saltaire and Bingley 5 rise locks.
The event is on the 1st October 2011 , meeting at 9am for a quick bike check at The Manor House, we will be leaving soon after and arriving in Skipton no later 6pm. There is £50 minimum sponsorship money to be raised, with a prize for the person that raises the most.
To take part in the bike ride contact Cathryn Thom – Funding and Development Manager (Cathryn@barca-leeds.org) ext 238 or Richard Hedges – CDTS Drugs Worker (richard.hedges@barca-leeds.org) ext 317 for a sponsor form or details how people can sponsor you through Just Giving website or call into the Manor House.
The bike ride is also open to any friends, supporters or family members that would like to take part.
New BARCA-Leeds Website
BARCA-Leeds Open Day and Website launch
BARCA-Leeds will be opening its doors on the 30th September 2011 from 10am-4pm to anyone wanting to come and find out more about what we do, why we do it and why we love doing it.
All sites will be open and staff and service users will be availble to speak to about the services we offer and all the good things that we do in West Leeds. There will also be refreshments available.
A minibus will be doing a tour of the sites away from Manor House leaving at 11am and 1pm, if you would like to book a place please contact cathryn@barca-leeds.org. places will be booked on a first come first served basis.
For more information on the Open Day or any other query please contact Cathryn Thom on 0113 2209036 or cathryn@barca-leeds.org
