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Clock Repairs at Arnside Repair Cafe

Successful First Session of Arnside Repair Cafe

The first Arnside Repair Cafe on the 28th October at the Arnside Educational Institute was a great success and very busy thanks to all the volunteers, repairers and the local residents who brought their items in to seek advice and repair!

  • A range of electrical items were repaired, including hedge-cutters, lamps, hoovers and an iron lead.
  • The textile people offered advice and help to a number of people on the best way to mend their clothing, bags and soft toys.
  • AbilityNet guided people through ways to solve their tech problems such as backing up photos and speeding up slow computers.
  • KingSharp was parked outside sharpening blunt knives, tools and scissors. This is a paid service that proved very popular – so we are planning to get the van back for a regular spot every 3 months.

Tea, coffee and biscuits were kindly provided to people waiting to be seen by the established Arnside Community Cafe that runs every Monday morning.

If you have something you would like to bring to the next repair cafe on Monday, 25th November, you can put a message on the new Arnside Repair Cafe Facebook page or send a picture and message to Alison Sandford on ali@thesandfords.plus.com to check that we have a repairer who can look at your item. Please make sure that all items, particularly clothing, are in a clean condition.

The Arnside Repair Cafe helps to stop waste going to landfill and reduces Arnside residents’ carbon footprint. Cash donations are taken to help towards the running costs of the repair cafe.

Come along, have a cup of tea at Arnside Community Cafe and find out a bit more about what we do!

Arnside Sailing Club

End of the Water Sports Season at Arnside Sailing Club

After a very successful season, water sports at the Sailing Club have come to an end for this year,

Highlights of the Season include:
70 people took part in the ‘Try Out Day’ in May.
51 children/teenagers and 20 adults gained RYA Sailing Certificates
3 Club members received RYA powerboat certificates and 6 RYA Safety Boat
Dinghy Cruises in Windermere, Coniston Water and at Arnside
Paddlebroad trips on the upper estuary and on the River Derwent near Keswick
18 Club Nights at Killington
16 Races at Arnside
We ran taster sessions for 4 schools and two youth groups, with 157 young people taking part.

During the winter there are monthly theory workshops. The aim is to make the sessions fun, suitable for both adults and children, with lots of interactive activity. They are also a chance to socialise with other club members. The sessions are followed by an optional soup lunch.

This month theme is a boat build challenge, l

Saturday, 16th November 2024 – Boat Build Challenge: looking at different types of craft, parts of boats and knots followed by building boats.

Saturday, 7th December 2024 – Christmas Related Boating Challenges: An interactive quiz to challenge different boating skills. Who will be crowned the Christmas winner?

Saturday, 11th January 2025 – Board Game Challenge: Investigating different board games – who has right of way on the water.

Saturday, 8th February 2025 – Pirate Adventure: the basics of using charts and maps with a pirate theme.

Saturday 8th March 2025 – Preparation for returning to the water safely: Quizes and challenges.

Workshops are 11am to 1 pm followed by lunch. The sessions are free to club members and their children. For non members there is a £5 charge. Soup lunches are available at a cost £4 (members and non-members)

To book https://widget.eola.co/1222/activities/theory-training-session-indoors

Funding For Projects & Activities Benefiting the Village Community

Arnside Community Fireworks are pleased to announce the availability of modest funding now earmarked for distribution to projects and activities that demonstrate a benefit for the village community.

The committee will accept applications up to Friday, 6th December 2024.

If interested, please provide details of your request to arnsidefireworks@hotmail.com

Heron Corn Mill

Heron Corn Mill Receives Heritage Lottery Fund Grant

Heron Corn Mill are thrilled to have been awarded a grant of £192,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, which will help facilitate a new three-year millwright training programme titled ‘Near Far Heron’!

Working alongside resident Millwright / Miller Stuart, trainee Steve will undertake a series of maintenance and condition surveys, and assist in the repair work at Heron Corn Mill and other watermills in the north west region.

There will also be ample opportunities for volunteers to get involved and learn new crafts and skills, so If you or someone you know would like to find out more please email info@heronmill.org for more information.

Volunteers Needed for Bulb Planting in Arnside

Permission has been given by both Arnside Parish Council and Westmorland & Furness Council to plant bulbs and corms in jointly identified verges and open spaces around Arnside.
The residual funds from the now folded Arnside Horticultural Society have been spent on purchasing the bulbs and corms to enhance our beautiful village even more.

Over 2000 bulbs require planting in early Autumn so any assistance would be greatly appreciated, however small.

If you can help or would like more details, please contact Neville Jackson on 01524 761158.

‘Repair Cafe’ to Launch in Arnside This Autumn

Sustainable Arnside is starting up a Repair Cafe in Arnside this Autumn having recently been sucessful in being awarded a £1,580 grant by Cumbria Action for Sustainability to start up this social community event. Volunteer repairers will fix broken items brought in to the cafe, helping to reduce waste, consumption and carbon emissions.

The initial talk ‘What is a Repair Cafe?’ is on Wednesday, 18th September at the Arnside Educational Institute at 7.30pm.

On Monday, 30th September there is a meeting at the Community Cafe at the E.I.from 10-11am. This is for people wanting to find out more and who are interested in getting involved with Arnside Repair Cafe. They are looking for people who like to repair items and general volunteers to help run the sessions.

The first monthly Arnside Repair Cafe will take place Monday, 28th October at the Community Cafe from 10am-12 noon.

Arnside Repair Cafe is being funded by the National Lottery Community Fund and are part of the Zero Carbon Cumbria Partnership’s ambitious emission reduction programme to make Cumbria carbon neutral by 2037.

For further information, contact Alison Sandford on 07735851481 or email: ali@thesandfords.plus.com


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New Year, New Hobby?

Its fair to say that regardless of what you might like to do, there’s a good possibility you’ll be able to do it in and around Arnside.

Whether its a dance, exercise or fitness class; local interest such as the Archive Group, Natural History and Sustainable Arnside; sport; music; or join the local branch of a National Organisation such as the RNLI, RSPB etc.

You can find details of all the clubs, groups, societies and organisations in the 2024 Arnside Directory or by clicking here and choosing an option from the drop-down menu.

We are so lucky as a community to have all of this on our doorstep. Most of them are run by volunteers and they can only continue if people are happy to help. You may think you don’t have anything to offer, but you’d be surprised. Most of us have a skill or talent that we don’t recognise as such – be it administration, organisation, computer skills, or just a helping hand.

You don’t have to be on a committee, just a volunteer,a supporter or just join-in!

So please help keep these clubs, groups societies and organisations going and ensure a bright future for them all.

Movement, dance, relax

New Moving, Dancing, and Relaxing Class in Arnside

For the last 14 years, Dr Melanie Brierley (PhD) has worked as a dance and health artist, researcher, and trainer at Conscious Bodies. She is a registered somatic movement educator/therapist with the International Somatic Education and Therapy Association (ISMETA) and Churchill Fellow (2014).

On Friday the 22nd of September 2023 (10 am to 11.15 am), Melanie will facilitate ‘Moving, Dancing, and Relaxing’, a new class at the Educational Institute in Arnside.

Who is it for?
This class is suitable for anyone interested in dance and movement for health and wellbeing. Perhaps you’ve enjoyed attending Yoga, Tai Chi, or like to dance with others in a less structured way? Then this is the class for you! The class involves moving in space and some floorwork, but the practice van be adapted to suit your needs. Everyone is welcome.

What will we do?
All ‘Moving, Dancing, and Relaxing’ sessions will follow a specific pathway of movement and dance to help reset, revive, and relax body and mind.
• Through connective movement practices, we will gently ease ourselves into movement.
• We will explore the flow of dance to support inner and outer expression and deeper embodiment and have fun at the same time!
• We will take time to rest, recover, and integrate our movement experiences.

Will I need to bring anything with me?
You will need to bring a yoga mat for the beginning and end of sessions, and you might like to bring a blanket and pillow for the last section of the class.

What should I wear?
Loose and comfortable clothing that you can move in. Some layers would be a good idea and socks for the lie/sit down at the end.

Sign up for the 6 week course (cost: £60 for the 6 weeks) or £12 for a single drop-in session.

Movement, Dance, Relax
Movement, Dance, Relax

Footpath Guides

Footpath Guides

A set of eight new downloadable walks are now available on the Heversham Parish Council website, offering strolls of between 2 and 6 miles. They coverthe following areas: Milnthorpe, Hincaster, Beetham, Kendal, Holme, etc. and include maps and historical notes.

Click here to go to the webpage and choose from the 8 ‘Footpath Guides’

Arnside Sailing Club wins RYA Suzuki Safety Boat Contest

Arnside Sailing Club wins RYA Suzuki Safety Boat Contest

Arnside Sailing Club have won the RYA Suzuki Safety Boat Contest beating 180 other clubs. The new Rigiflex Safety Boat which comes with a Suziki Engine and Extreme trailer was awarded to the club at RYA Suzuki Dinghy Show at Farnborough International Exhibition Centre.
The Club have doubled their membership since 2020 and have recently become a charity. The Club was shortlisted for the RYA Club of the Year award in 2018 and 2022.

Offering sailing lessons both at Arnside and Killington near Sedbergh, as well as paddleboard and kayak lessons at Arnside. They are a RYA Training Centre and OnBoard Club at Killington, which they use for longer training courses, as it is not tidal. OnBoard is a RYA Programme to get more youths sailing. The club house is used for music concerts https://ascclubhouse.co.uk/
Rob Clark, RYA Director of Sport Development, said: “It was a very difficult task for the panel to identify one winner. However, the nomination for Arnside Sailing Club stood out for how they would be able to use the boat to help build on the considerable growth and demand in training the club has seen over recent years, their commitment to providing low cost opportunities to get on the water, and their strong links within their local community.”
Rob continued: “We have had hundreds of nominations for clubs to be awarded the Suzuki safety boat package, all demonstrating both the amazing work our clubs do in supporting sailing across the UK, but also the perfect fit this safety boat package provides to enable sailing and watersports activity to take place in the many different locations and environments that people enjoy taking to the water in.”

If you would like to join the club, membership fees are £85 for a family and £75 for an individual. (low income membership £25) https://membermojo.co.uk/arnsidesailingclub