News
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Pop up hubs show benefits of slow cookers
Posted 26th Feb 2019
At the end of last year Community Action Northumberland (CAN) started to roll out an exciting new initiative which builds on the work of its hugely successful Warm Hubs project. Funded by Northern Gas Networks, its new pop-up Warm Hubs are a series of events which aim to bring similar benefits to areas not currently covered by the main project. The first pop-ups in 2019 highlighted the benefits of slow cookers. — Read more.
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Huge funding boost for village halls led by CAN
Posted 7th Feb 2019
The National Lottery Community Fund, previously known as the Big Lottery Fund, has awarded over £420,000 to the Northumberland Village Halls project, led by CAN. This is one of the first projects to be awarded money raised by National Lottery players, under the new name of the largest funder of community activity in the UK. — Read more.
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Events planned across county for #VillageHallsWeek
Posted 15th Jan 2019
Northumberland’s village halls are gearing up to open their doors for #VillageHallsWeek, starting Tuesday 22 January, to celebrate the vital role they play. — Read more.
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Book now for our #villagehallsweek event
Posted 5th Dec 2018
Get ready to celebrate #villagehallsweek in 2019! — Read more.
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New employment hub to support jobseekers in Seahouses
Posted 29th Nov 2018
CAN is opening a fifth Employment Hub to support jobseekers in Seahouses. We are running the Northumberland Rural Employment Hub delivering the Bridge Project, which helps some of the county’s hardest to reach unemployed people to develop the skills they need to find work. — Read more.