Welcoming Diversity Workshop

Welcoming Diversity workshop

Saturday 4^th February 2012

10 – 4pm

Kirkham

Holocaust Memorial Day 2012

Download the Holocaust Memorial Day Lancaster 2012 Flyer

West End Festival 2011

Bright sunshine brought many local people to the West End Festival on Saturday 23rd July.

Volunteers from Pomocna Dlon and Morecambe Bay Polonia cooked a range of Polish food using many ingredients produced locally, including eggs, mushrooms and vegetables.

Polish Christmas Event 2010

On the 7th of December, Pomocna Dlon organized an art event with the kids from the Polish Saturday School in Lancaster. The event was attended by over 30 children with teachers.

Tastes of Central and Eastern Europe – Blackpool

On the 9th Oct 2010 NCBI Pomocna Dlon had a stall at Tastes of Central and Eastern Europe in Blackpool. This was the first event like this in the North West and was attended by over 600 people. There were Slovenian, Slovak, Lithuanian, Czech, Latvian and Polish stands presenting different European food, art, music and films.

Our Future Together (Conference)

Three people from NCBI Lancashire Pomocna Dlon attended the conference “Our Future Together” in Manchester organised by the Federation of Poles in the UK. Amongst those attending were representatives of the Polish Consulates in Great Britain, trade unions and dozens of Polish and English organizations.

Language Exchange

At 2pm on a sunny Saturday morning in August Polish and English people welcomed people from NCBI Nottinghamshire for a language exchange. The diverse Nottinghamshire team include people from Sri Lanka, Iraq, Korea and Afghanistan. Food was shared (Korean pancakes; Asian sweetmeats; Polish traditional cakes and English sausage rolls and pastries) Then the language exchange began!

Community Lunches – Morecambe

Polish and English people were invited to our first community lunch at Trinity Methodist Church on August 7th. Twenty people attended including students learning English at Trinity’s ESOL classes, members of the Soroptomists and people from the local community – both Polish and English.

MP visits Trinity

On 6th of August, staff and trustees of NCBI Lancashire welcomed David Morris MP to their offices at Trinity Methodist Church.

Campaign Confidence

Working with partners in Morecambe ensures that the communities we serve get a better service. Our key partners are Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service, Lancashire Constabulary and Citizens Advice Bureau.