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Help Carlbeck With Amazon Smile

 

Help Carlbeck when you shop at Amazon: Go the AmazonSmile page at https://smile.amazon.co.uk/ch/1115465-0, and Amazon donates to Carlbeck School – Lunedale Community Association, at no cost to you.

AmazonSmile is also available in the Amazon Shopping App to all Amazon customers using an iPhone or Android phone. When your supporters have activated AmazonSmile in the app, every eligible purchase will automatically generate a donation for your organisation. Go to “Settings” in your app’s menu to activate AmazonSmile. 🙂

 

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Carlbeck Centre Sessions Update

Update from The Carlbeck Centre-Lunedale Community Association Committee

The committee welcomes everyone back to any of the following sessions;

  • Monday
    afternoon 1.30-3.30pm. General Crafts,
    evening 7.00-9.00pm.  Dressmaking and General Crafts
  • Tuesday
    10 am-1pm Spinning, Weaving
  • Wednesday
    10.00am-3.00pm General crafts
  • 1st Saturday of each month 2-5.00pm Knitting and Crochet (August 7th)

Continue reading “Carlbeck Centre Sessions Update”

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Temporary closure from 5 October

Dear Carlbeck Users

We regret that the centre is closed until further notice. As soon as we have some positive news for you we will let you know.

In the meantime, please try to keep in touch with others, and if you have a mobile phone able to download WhatsApp,  Carlbeck has a group of over 30 members you are welcome to join – just let Margaret Dent know.

Very best wishes everyone

Carlbeck Management Committee

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Reopening the Carlbeck Centre

We hope you have all stayed safe and well throughout these many months and now feel able to resume something of a more normal routine. The Committee looks forward to reopening the building to craft groups from Monday 21st September.  We will be trialling new layouts and ways of working to offer a safe environment for everyone. We have suspended the subscription/ £2 session payment during this initial period and we will not be charging users as we adapt to the more prescriptive measures.  Continue reading “Reopening the Carlbeck Centre”

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Latest Opening Update

We hope that you are all keeping well and staying safe.  You may be wondering when Carlbeck will be back in operation at some level.

The management committee held a meeting on 29 June to discuss the possibility of re-opening the Carlbeck Centre.

We regret that at this time there is insufficient evidence to support the safe opening of the building.  The committee has a responsibility to all users, but most especially to the more vulnerable members of our groups.  We realise the decision will be a disappointment to many,  however, we hope you understand that this is for the safety, health and wellbeing of everyone.  This decision will be reviewed later in the summer.

We will keep you updated.

Very best wishes

Management Committee, Lunedale Community Association

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Spring 2020 Newsletter

The sessions have of course been suspended in the Carlbeck Centre, however everyone has been very busy crafting, gardening, exercising, cleaning and decorating and keeping in touch via social media. For a sample of activities, see our Spring Newsletter 2020

Spring 2020 Newsletter
Spring 2020 Newsletter
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Temporary Closure and how to keep in touch

Dear Friends of Carlbeck

Re: Coronavirus
We take the health and safety and wellbeing of all our friends and visitors very seriously, and, as such, we want to reassure you that we are following the guidance from Public Health England. The risk is currently low in County Durham, however we are considering the position of the centre in relation to the likelihood of spread of infection. We have referred to available information including The Coronovirus Action Plan, produce by Gov.uk

The health and wellbeing of all our users is a priority and our main concern, as the committee, arises from the demographic of the vast majority of users of the facility. It has been widely reported from Public Health official documentation that those over the age of 60 with respiratory difficulties or other underlying health issues leading to a compromised immune system would be at greatest risk from the Covid19 virus.

Accordingly, the Committee has taken the very difficult decision to close the Carlbeck Centre to groups from 8am on Monday 16 March 2020. Whilst we appreciate that this may be a disappointing and upsetting decision, we do feel that it has been taken with the interests of all our friends, supporters and group members at its heart.

We very much hope that everyone can fully understand the reasons behind this decision and we will be back in touch with details of our re-opening date as soon as we feel it is in the best interests of all to do so.
Thank you for your continuing support,

Yours sincerely,

Jane Wilkinson, Chair of Carlbeck School-Lunedale Community Association

LET’S KEEP IN TOUCH!

A message from Margaret Dent, Secretary:

We have set up a WhatsApp group called Carlbeck Community and we are inviting you all to join. We hope you will share your news, photos updates etc. with everyone in the group and support each other.

If you are not already on WhatsApp you will need to download the free app to get started.

• Because of GDPR legislation we need you to opt in to this group by sending me your mobile number and I will add you to the group. Contact me at:

margaretdent@uwclub.net
or by phone on: 01833 640763 and 07790824974

• This is a closed and encrypted group but I need to point out that everyone in it will be able to access your mobile phone number if they so choose.

• I hope it can be a fun group helping to keep up spirits as well as communicate other information or indeed ask for help if needed.

Other ways to communicate whether or not you join the group are by emailing or telephoning the following people who have offered to share their details;

Margaret Dent margaretdent@uwclub.net 01833 640763 and 07790824974

Helen Finnimore helenfinnimore@yahoo.com  01833 640471

Julia Nelson julia@boocock.net 01833 641392 and 07900 116438