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Cumbria Credits Community regeneration through the development of IT skills. A network of Community Development Centres spread throughout Cumbria, providing a range of services to meet the needs of local communities, and which contribute towards their social and economic regeneration. Heversham Grammar School Old Boys Society To give anyone who had an association with Heversham Grammar School an initial point of contact into the Old Boys Society, and to point prospective and new members in the direction of Smartgroups. The Rural Women's Network Exists to provide support and advice for rural women who are seeking work or who are hoping to enter self-employment. Training opportunities, news, discussion board, and diary of complementary therapy drop-in sessions. Jackie Attwood Lake District Live in Jobs Finds work in the catering trade which can offer live-in accommodation for travellers on working vacations. Lakeland Dialect Society The objects of the society are to encourage interest in dialect speech in the writing of verse, prose and drama. News, publications, dialect glossary, and counting sheep in Cumbrian. Cumbria Workplace The recruitment and career development website for the Cumbria region. New Frontiers A network of organisations working in partnership throughout Cumbria who offer a free, professional and impartial information, advice and guidance service on learning and work to adults between the ages of 18 - 64 who live or work in the county. Morecambe Bay Partnership A partnership of local people, agencies, authorities, industries and voluntary bodies who work together for the good of Morecambe Bay. The Friends of the Lake District An organisation established in 1934 and dedicated to protecting and conserving the Lake District, and which campaigned successfully for its designation as a National Park. The GonMad Dictionary of Cumbrian Slang A light hearted, tongue in cheek look at the language of Cumbria, NW England. By Dan Gibson. |
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