Yearly Archives: 2019

Volunteer role: Event coordinator

Date posted: 4 February 2019 Closing date: 28 February 2019 We are looking for an enthusiastic volunteer to help us run our preloved clothes sale in April. It’s the perfect role if you’re trying to break into the charity or environmental sector, or perhaps you’ve recently retired and have lots of skills to offer. The main criteria are an interest in the work we do and the drive to turn that interest into running a fantastic event, securing donations and sponsorship from our supporters. We ran our first clothes sale last year and we’d love to see it become an [...]

By |2022-11-23T12:25:16+00:00February 4th, 2019|Vacancies - expired|

Alston Moor food study gets under way

A feasibility study into community food growing and the development of a food-growing enterprise on Alston Moor is now under way. Congratulations to Vista Veg, the Eden food-growing cooperative appointed by CAfS to carry out the study after a tender process in December. As a first step, we now want to hear from businesses on Alston Moor that buy or sell food, in particular businesses that either: Sell fruit and vegetables, honey, herbs or dairy produce directly to the public, or Buy any of those products for use in their kitchen, café, pub, restaurant, accommodation, etc. We want to build [...]

By |2019-04-05T15:30:05+01:00February 1st, 2019|Alston Moor Greenprint, News|

CAfS grant success will help a thousand chilly households

CAfS has been named as one of 15 charities from across the UK being awarded national funding that will see thousands of households saving energy, money and living in warmer, more efficient homes. We've been awarded £148,000 from the Energy Saving Trust as part of the Energy Redress Scheme, announced on Tuesday 8 January, which redistributes voluntary payments from UK energy companies. The grant means we can help more than a thousand Cumbrians to reduce their heating bills and get a warmer, more comfortable home. The new Cold to Cosy Homes scheme will offer extensive energy-saving and draughtproofing measures [...]

By |2019-01-10T11:59:52+00:00January 10th, 2019|News|
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