As part of the #Listen project funded by the Lottery Community fund, and as part of one of our short films "An Investigation into Bullying in Carlisle", the results of our survey below aim to help the Young People part of the group figure out where we should direct our attention and what the outcomes of the other short films should b...
What's Happening
D&D, we are looking for volunteers to provide in game support, no experience needed. Get in touch if you are interested in helping.
Spiral have been funded £3000 to deliver D&D in Carlisle Youth Zone and possibly another venue, dates and times to be confirmed.
A creative, youth-led film project exploring the real impact of bullying. If you're a young person and would like to use your creativeness; music, interviewing, scriptwriting, filming, dancing, acting skills, contact
A massive thankyou to Diana, our ambassador, who just completed the Easter 50 Ultra Challenge, and ran 50km to raise funds for Spiral!She managed to raise over £650 which will go towards supporting young people in the carlisle area. https://www.justgiving.com/page/diana-banks-2025
As an ambassador for Spiral Cumbria, I am passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people. Having experienced bullying firsthand during my school years, this cause holds a deeply personal significance for me. I am participating in the Action Challenge Easter 50 Ultra Challenge 2025, a walk event scheduled for April 12, 2025, to ra...
A Cumbrian woman was named as an anti-bullying charity's first ambassador at an event celebrating her hard work. Diana Banks, a Sellafield worker from Egremont, raised £1,287 for Spiral, based in Carlisle, to help expand its services across the county, by completing a 25-kilometre walk around London and holding a raffle. Ms Banks said she became in...
Global Running Day:Our LOUNGEAID fundraising is Underway! Kicking things off is Bordo Lounge Assistant Manager, Laura who will be running the Ullswater Way Ultra 33 mile race this Saturday in aid of chosen local charity Spiral- an Anti-bullying and local bullying prevention charity! You can donate either instore or using the link below! https:...
Thank you to the Francis Scott Trust for the donation of £5000, this is being used to upscale the 'preventing the effects' project, for staff to support more young people.Find out more about the trust here - https://francis-scott.org.uk/
Going back to school is not easy! It can trigger all kinds of thoughts like 'will the bullying start again?' 'will I make friends?' 'why do I have to go?'. When we start to get thoughts like these it can feel like someone is hijacking our brain, this is when the Amygdala (feeling brain) is cut off from the Frontal Cortex (...
Some Very Good news came to Spiral today. We have been successful in our bid for a Tesco Community Grant. Voting was held at Tesco stores between 1st October 2023 and Mid January 2023 and proved to be very successful with millions of votes being cast by Tesco Customers across England, Scotland and Wales. Our project came Second and has be...
Spiral want to say a big thankyou to the Carlisle Business Support Network for generously donating £297 to us. This money will be use to pay for body image training for staff who are working to support young people through a range of issues and challenges concerning their perceptions about their appearance. A recent report by the chi...
Spiral has been selected from 9000 applications to be part of the @Coopuk Local Community Fund for the funding period 23 October 2022 to 21st October 2023. Coop members can choose us as their cause when they shop in Coop stores. If your not a coop member you can easily become one in store-it just costs £1. Every £1 you s...
The anti-bullying alliance was established in 2002. The first Anti-Bullying Week took place in 2004. Anti-Bullying Week has a different theme each year. This years anti bullying week theme is REACH OUT. Whether it's in school, at home, in the community or online, the anti-bullying alliance which has a&nbs...
Spiral have recently secured funding from the BIG LOTTERY. This is great news. The funding is for three years and will enable us to continue with our services and extend what we offer. The funding is due to us from September 2022 and will secure our work until 2025. In addition, we have received a grant from Cumbria County Council which will ...