Community Development Workers

Angela Fitzpatrick
Name
Angela Fitzpatrick supports the Carlisle and Eden area
Address
Library HQ
Arroyo Block
The Castle
Carlisle
CA3 8UR
Phone
01228 227307 Mobile 07739953519

Anne Carruthers
Name
Anne Carruthers supports the Allerdale and Copeland area
Address
Daniel Hay Library
Lowther Street
Whitehaven
CA28 7QZ
Phone
01946 506403 Mobile 07739953526

Kinga Cichowska
Name
Kinga Cichowska supports the South Lakes area.
Address
Kendal Library
Stricklandgate
Kendal
LA9 4PY
Phone
01539 713560

Karen McKenny
Name
Karen Mckenny supports the Furness area
Address
Barrow Library
Ramsden Square
Barrow in Furness
LA14 1LL
Phone
01229 407370 Mobile 07595 778 954

The role of the Community Development Worker is to develop family literacy by increasing the number of adults participating in basic skills and family literacy courses and to increase the number of children and their families visiting the library.
Community Development Workers work with LACES, ethnic minority and traveller support services, Cumbria and local Sure-Starts, Children’s centres, schools, youth partnerships, hospitals, Connexions, Adult Education including Family Learning and other community groups.
Please contact your local CDW for more information.

There are numerous courses available, briefly these include: -

  • First Steps – including introduction to IT, Languages, Yoga, healthy food, arts and crafts…… and more
  • Step into courses, including Step into Reading for Fun 
  • Move on courses- including English, English and It, CV writing and Maths.
  • ESOL – English for speakers of other languages.
  • Family Learning courses include: - Storysacks, Keeping up with the children KS1, KS2, KS3, Healthy Living with your child, Family ICT.    

    From September libraries across the county will be joining forces with the Council's Adult Education Service to offer an array of flexible courses on everything from literacy and maths to creating the perfect CV for that all important job application.
    English courses are available for people with a different first language. For the first time, written information on these courses will be available in Polish and Chinese. 

 

More information and brochures

Resources

The Skills For Life Resource Centre

The Skills for Life Resource Centre is now housed in the Daniel Hay Library, Whitehaven.

The collection comprises nearly 1000 Skills for Life Teaching and Learning resources to use in programmes with learners and to support the continuing professional development of practitioners.

The centre will be available, by appointment, during library opening hours.
Currently, the hours are as follows: -

Monday, Tuesday and Thursday   9.30am - 7.00pm  
Wednesday and Saturday 9.30am – 4.00pm
Friday  9.30 - 5.00pm
Sunday 12.00 noon - 4.00pm

For general information about the Skills for Life Resource Collection, or to book an appointment, please contact: -

Anne Carruthers
The Daniel Hay Library
Lowther Street
Whitehaven
CA28 7QZ   
Tel - 01946 852903 
Mobile: - 07739953526   
                                                                           

View catalogue of resources available for loan