Monthly Archives: August 2014

NCS Volunteer Aisling’s Summer Challenge

It was a long summer for students waiting for their GCSE results. Volunteer Aisling McCracken gained nine GCSEs and also took part in the National Citizen Service (NCS).  For Aisling and those school leavers who have been busy taking part in NCS with Inspira in Cumbria the summer did not feel quite as long. The 16-year-old NCS students spent […]

Minister joins in celebration of voluntary sector

The Minister for Civil Society, Brooks Newmark, visited various organisations for volunteers in the district. Mr. Newmark, MP for Braintree, Essex, was in Cumbria to hear more about achievements in the third, or voluntary, sector, and events were held at the Outward Bound centre, Howtown, and, at Cumbria Council for Voluntary Service and Cumbria’s Third […]

Pop group perform to NCS participants on Cumbrian fellside

Carlisle singer songwriter Mikey Bromfield was back in the county and joined by fellow members of Only the Young to surprise some of the 15, 16 and 17-year-olds taking part in the latest wave of the National Citizen Service (NCS) scheme during the summer. The teenagers are the latest to embark on the government-backed personal […]

Teenagers meet and learn about community organisations on National Citizen Service

After climbing up a mountain, cooking ration packs for their team and learning how it feels to make a meal from scratch in university halls, young people in Cumbria are now putting their skills of teamwork, confidence and ability to help others into action by putting them to the ultimate test – helping their own community. […]