The Oval Centre

07/01/2025

Good morning all.
The Lance Project is back!
Join us for a cuppa and toast (or biscuits)

If you're at a loose end today, call by, EVERYONES WELCOME 😉

06/01/2025

Unfortunately the NADT YOUTH Salterbeck Youth Groups have been cancelled for this evening.

20/12/2024

20/12/2024

Join our award winning team, we have a full time position available please share this to anyone that this may be of interest to.

20/12/2024

Join us today for the last Oval Food Pantry before Christmas.
The Oval Pantry starts at 11am, with free tea, coffee, cake and mince pies beforehand.

Please remember if you, or someone you know is vulnerable and unable to attend in person we will do our very best to arrange a delivery for you, please call us on 01946 833713.

19/12/2024

Join us tomorrow for the last Oval Food Pantry before Christmas.
The Oval Pantry starts at 11am, with free tea, coffee, cake and mince pies beforehand.

Please remember if you, or someone you know is vulnerable and unable to attend in person we will do our very best to arrange a delivery for you, please call us on 01946 833713.

17/12/2024

🎉 What an amazing couple of months it’s been launching our new youth provision in Salterbeck! 🌟

A HUGE thank you to all our incredible partners
StreetGames
Riverside Housing Association
Active Cumbria
and The Oval Centre—for helping us get up and running. Special shoutout to Emma for all your support—you’re a star! 🌟🙌

But the BIGGEST shoutout has to go to YOU, our fantastic members, for showing up each week, bringing the energy, and making this such a success. 💥✨

We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas 🎄🎁 and can’t wait to see you again in the New Year ( Monday 6th January ) for even more fun, laughs, and activities🎉 Let’s make 2025 even bigger and better 💪💫

17/12/2024

Join us this Friday for the last Oval Food Pantry before Christmas.
The Oval Pantry starts at 11am, with free tea, coffee, cake and mince pies beforehand.

Please remember if you, or someone you know is vulnerable and unable to attend in person we will do our very best to arrange a delivery for you, please call us on 01946 833713.

17/12/2024

Good morning all.
The Lance Project has tea and toast (and biscuits) this morning, if you're at a loose end today... This will be the last session for Christmas, but back in January 😉

16/12/2024

Growing Well in Egremont are looking for Support Volunteers to help them support their beneficiaries who have a mental health need on a Tuesday, Wednesday or a Thursday each week.

The role of the Support Volunteer is to support Growing Well staff in the safe delivery of our field activity on one day per week. This would be through the provision of peer support to our beneficiaries, on a 1:1 basis and in small groups, within the activity session. This includes:
o Active listening
o Working alongside beneficiaries and sharing the experience of field activity
o Social interaction
o Providing practical help

Their Support Volunteers help beneficiaries in their achievement of goal-oriented actions and support them to build on their strengths and build their confidence. They must uphold the culture of Growing Well as a safe and inclusive environment for mental health recovery.

The field activity could include, but is not limited to, preparing compost, planting and propagating seeds, preparing growing areas, maintaining, watering and weeding crops or harvesting and packing crops for our crop share. There are also opportunities to get involved in our fundraising and community engagement activities.

Want to know more and to register your interest in volunteering with Growing Well?

Email: [email protected] or visit https://volunteering.cumbriacvs.org.uk and search Growing Well Support Volunteer Egremont 😊

16/12/2024

Detectives are asking those out over the festive period to be vigilant after three incidents of spiking were reported to officers over the weekend.

The reports were of an unknown substance being added to drinks in Whitehaven, with a woman and two men affected.

The report also follows two reports made the previous weekend in Whitehaven.

Enquiries are ongoing, with detectives reviewing CCTV and looking at forensic opportunities.

We are also aware of social media posts circulating regarding needle spiking, no reports have been made to police but we encourage anyone believed to have been spiked to report it to police.

Detective Inspector Calvin Greaves from Cumberland CID said “We are asking people to be vigilant whilst out over the festive period and report any incident to us so we can investigate.
“Spiking is an awful act, whatever the intention, the outcome is leaving individuals vulnerable and feeling unsafe.
“We would ask that if you believe they have been a victim of spiking to contact us.
“We will investigate regardless of when the offence is believed to have occurred.
“Reporting offences of this nature is at times a daunting prospect and we recognise the significant trauma spiking has on victims and help and support for this can be offered and signposted by speaking to officers.”

Throughout the festive period across Cumbria, we have more high-visibility officers as well as specialist plain clothed officers deployed to identify anyone displaying inappropriate or predatory behaviour.

The response will include:
• The regular police patrols put out to respond to incidents, ensure safety and offer reassurance in the night-time economy during the festive season
• Welfare patrols run by neighbourhood police teams, who will concentrate on the welfare of women and girls while out at this busy time of the year.
• Operation Vigilant patrols – a blend of uniform officers and plain clothed officers who identify those displaying predatory or unacceptable behaviour in the night-time economy, focussing on hot spots where violence against women and girls might take place.
The welfare and Vigilant patrols will be run across the busiest areas for nights out, including Barrow, Bowness, Kendal, Whitehaven and Carlisle.

Spiking is giving someone else drugs or alcohol without their knowledge or permission. For example:
• Drink spiking - adding drugs or alcohol to someone else's drink.
• Needle spiking - injecting drugs into someone else's body with a needle or auto-injector pen.
• V**e or cigarette spiking - giving someone drugs in a cigarette or e-cigarette.
• Food spiking - adding drugs to someone's food.

Giving someone more alcohol or drugs than they were expecting and had consented to is also spiking. For example, giving someone double shots instead of single ones.

It is sensible not to accept a drink from a stranger or leave your drink unattended. But sometimes people get spiked by people they know and trust too.

How to tell if someone has spiked you
• It can be difficult to know if someone has spiked you.
• The symptoms vary depending on what someone has spiked you with.
• They can be similar to having excess alcohol.
• If you start to feel strange or more drunk than you thought you should be, seek help straight away. If you feel seriously unwell, call 999 or ask someone to get you emergency medical assistance.
• There is no right or wrong way to feel. Some victims need emergency medical assistance, others don't. Whatever your situation, the police are here for you.

Reporting attempted spiking
You can report attempted spiking to police, where a spiking attempt was disrupted before anyone became a victim. For example:
• If a drink has an unexpected smell, taste or colour.
• If you notice a tablet or powder in a drink.
• If you see someone trying to spike a drink.
• If someone tried to inject you with drugs but failed.
If you notice someone behaving suspiciously around a group they clearly don’t know, you can tell security or a member of staff, or report to police.

You can get more advice on spiking here: https://orlo.uk/uBM1A

Do you want to contact police?
Anyone with information can report online at: https://orlo.uk/ss7zq
You can also phone on 101. Or 999 if a crime is in progress.
You can also report spiking here: https://orlo.uk/WNfXn
Alternatively, you can contact Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.