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Women's Community Matters, Barrow in Furness

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We are a women's centre based in Barrow in Furness in the North West of England. https://www.womenscommunitymatters.org/ Queens Award for Voluntary Service 2020. Working with Trauma Quality Mark at Silver Level: Trauma Informed 2025.

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This week is Trustees Week. We'd just like to say a very big thank you to our wonderful team of Trustees, they are incredible! πŸ’œπŸ’™

05.11.2025 08:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We're delighted to be invited to the beautiful Carlisle Cathedral by the High Sheriff of Cumbria, Dr Geoff Jolliffe for the Judge's Service. Representing Women's Community Matters as part of the Third Sector.

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We're delighted to be invited to the beautiful Carlisle Cathedral by the High Sheriff of Cumbria, Dr Geoff Jolliffe for the Judge's Service. Representing Women's Community Matters as part of the Third Sector.

06.11.2025 10:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This week is Trustees Week. We'd just like to say a very big thank you to our wonderful team of Trustees, they are incredible! πŸ’œπŸ’™

05.11.2025 08:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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02.11.2025 11:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Save the date and come and join us πŸ™‚πŸ’œπŸ©΅

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Quote of the Week

#WomenSupportingWomen

03.11.2025 09:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Women's Community Matters is part of the Co-op UK Local Community Fund.

If you download the Co-op App, become a member and choose our cause, we can receive a share of their community fund. Thank you πŸ’™πŸ’œ

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04.11.2025 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My Relationships and Me starts this coming week. Returning on 4th November and will be held every Tuesday for 6 weeks, 10am-12pm.

If you are interested please contact marie@womenscommunitymatters.org or call 01229 311102.

01.11.2025 08:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Quote of the Week

#WomenSupportingWomen

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You can help increase Women's Community Matters’s entries into easyfundraising’s giveaway to win a Β£1,000 donation – every new supporter who joins is an entry!

Sign up before midnight 2nd November, it’ll only take two minutes:

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30.10.2025 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thank you to Curry's who are running a Halloween Raffle with lots of brilliant prizes to raise money for the centre. Pop in store to get your tickets.

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Save the date and come and join us πŸ™‚πŸ’œπŸ©΅

02.11.2025 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Halloween and a huge thank you to everybody who supported our Halloween sale, an impressive Β£152.55 raised.

Thank you to Chelsea for organising the sale and collecting all the fab items πŸ‘»πŸŽƒ

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My Relationships and Me starts this coming week. Returning on 4th November and will be held every Tuesday for 6 weeks, 10am-12pm.

If you are interested please contact marie@womenscommunitymatters.org or call 01229 311102.

01.11.2025 08:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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You can raise FREE donations for Women's Community Matters EVERY time you shop online. Use #easyfundraising! Over 8,000 retailers will donate, including all the big names like John Lewis, BT, Argos, ASOS, Just Eat, Uswitch and many more! Please support us

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Unveiling the Unvarnished Legacy of Harriet Tubman: A Tribute to a Tenacious Freedom Fighter In my first post for BHM 2023, I looked again at the story of Rosa Parks. Today, I will revisit the story of one of the most famous names in the story of

Celebrating Black History Month UK - celebrating inspirational women.

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31.10.2025 10:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Baroness Doreen Lawrence: A Mother's Campaign for Justice Doreen Delceita Lawrence was born in Clarendon, Jamaica, in 1952. At the age of nine, she and her family relocated to south-east London in pursuit of a

Celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth - celebrating inspirational women

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30.10.2025 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Halloween and a huge thank you to everybody who supported our Halloween sale, an impressive Β£152.55 raised.

Thank you to Chelsea for organising the sale and collecting all the fab items πŸ‘»πŸŽƒ

31.10.2025 10:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Baroness Doreen Lawrence: A Mother's Campaign for Justice Doreen Delceita Lawrence was born in Clarendon, Jamaica, in 1952. At the age of nine, she and her family relocated to south-east London in pursuit of a

Celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth - celebrating inspirational women

www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/article/sect...

30.10.2025 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thank you to Curry's who are running a Halloween Raffle with lots of brilliant prizes to raise money for the centre. Pop in store to get your tickets.

30.10.2025 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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You spend, brands donate to Women's Community Matters. Help us when you shop with 7,000+ brands. Join now.

You can help increase Women's Community Matters’s entries into easyfundraising’s giveaway to win a Β£1,000 donation – every new supporter who joins is an entry!

Sign up before midnight 2nd November, it’ll only take two minutes:

join.easyfundraising.org.uk/womens-commu...

30.10.2025 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Windrush Pioneer: Dame Jocelyn Barrow Well I was brought up with great confidence. I was brought up to feel that nobody could prevent me from doing what I wanted to do. There are changes that

Celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth - celebrating inspirational women

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