Healthwatch Westmorland & Furness and Vision Support Barrow & District are asking what’s your act of #FurnessKindness?
Left: Healthwatch Westmorland and Furness logo. Right: Vision Support Barrow & District logo.
Healthwatch Westmorland & Furness and Vision Support Barrow & District are joining forces to celebrate World Kindness Day and are urging local people and businesses to pledge an act of #FurnessKindness.
The collaboration comes after Healthwatch published their Disability Voices report last year with the second recommendation focusing on everyone working to make society a more caring and inclusive place.
Kate Rees, Manager at Healthwatch Westmorland and Furness“The team at Healthwatch Westmorland and Furness are thrilled to be teaming up with Vision Support Barrow and District (VSBD) to promote World Kindness Day in Barrow, Furness and Westmorland and Furness. Working with VSBD this World Kindness Day is a way of spreading that message in a fun and engaging way. We can’t wait to see what people come up with!”
Local people and businesses are encouraged to pledge an act of kindness, no matter how big or small, by visiting VSBD’s website.
A red and yellow heart shaped icon, made partly by a hand holding it, with the words ‘What’s your act of #FurnessKindness?’ Design by Healthwatch Westmorland & Furness and Vision Support Barrow & District.
Amanda Bennett, Chief Executive at Vision Support Barrow & District, has previously run similar projects with Kindness UK and the Wahl Foundation in America.
Amanda“I am delighted to bring World Kindness Day to Barrow and am looking forward to working with Healthwatch to encourage more acts of kindness with and for the community of people with disabilities in Barrow and South West Cumbria. I'd encourage everyone to consider what small act of kindness you can do to help us reach our goal of 100 acts of kindness.”
A vision impaired person and a member of the Vision Support Barrow & District team sat smiling at one another in Barrow Park. Photo courtesy of Vision Support Barrow & District.
The two organisations will also be pledging their own acts of kindness with Vision Support Barrow & District hosting an Access to Work event for local people and businesses. Amanda Bennett will be hosting the event bringing a wealth of knowledge previously working for Guide Dogs UK, RNID (Royal National Institute for Deaf People) and having chaired the Access to Work forum on behalf of the not for profit sector for the last three years.
Amanda“For my act of kindness I will run a session for local employers on Friday 15th November to spread awareness of Access to Work, which is a government scheme which supports people with disabilities to access and remain in work.”
You can RSVP for a free space at the Access to Work Tea & Talk on Eventbrite.
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