About Us

What we do

Barrow Borough Sports Council is the strategic body supporting sport and physical activity in the Barrow Borough. Our members include the Borough and County Councils, local schools and Colleges, professional and amateur sports clubs and other agencies which support sport and physical activity in the area.

The Sports Council is supported by a multi-agency Sports Development team. This team works together to implement the Barrow Sports and Physical Activity Strategy. 

The Sports Council awards grants to local clubs, organisations and individuals who are working on projects which support our Strategy.  We run free holiday sports activities and we are partners in Kick It Out, Furness Street Soccer, Furness College Sports Hub and lots of other local projects and activities.  We also recognise local achievement by awarding a Performance of the Month Award (surprisingly, every month....) and with our Annual Sports Awards. 

The Sports Council meets every 6 to 8 weeks and our Annual General Meeting is in November each year.  If you want to keep informed about what we do and other sporty stuff in the area, email Emma and and ask to receive our free weekly email

Holiday sports prgramme at Hindpool Urban Park

 

Table tennis session at our Womens Sports Day in June 2009

Join us

We are always happy to receive new nominations for members of the Sports Council from local clubs and leagues. You can nominate a member on the attached form at any time. If you want a chat about what’s involved before you take the plunge, ring our super secretary Emma on 01229 407319.

Click here to open the application form!

Get in touch

We hope you find our website useful.  We try to keep it up to date but we rely on local clubs and partners for information. 

Please let us know if you want anything adding to the site;  if any of the information is incorrect or if something doesn't work.  

Weekly E-Bulletin from Cumbria CVS

Our friends at Cumbria CVS send out an e-bulletin newsletter about community issues every Friday.  This includes lots of advice for community groups and charities.  Some of this will be useful to sports clubs.

If you would like to start receiving the e-mail or have information that you would like to be included in the newsletter, submissions need to be received by  2pm every Thursday.

Please contact:  Julie Sharkey - Tel: 01229 823144, email:  juliesh@cumbriacvs.org.uk

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