​t is a vibrant and welcoming place and new members are warmly welcomed. Their Café is open Monday to Thursday. Current membership is 325 and growing.
Their main aim is to reduce social isolation amongst the older community in the area and the activities provide an engagement tool for this. Following a recent survey they found that they had a very low number of male members and it is well known that this section of the demographic is harder to engage so they focused on increasing the number of activities that might appeal to men. As a result they converted a room into a workshop space to facilitate activities such as small furniture restoration, model making, wood working etc. But one of the key pieces of equipment they required was a sturdy and professional wood working bench.

Morecambe Parish Church opened a community outreach hub at The Sanctuary Cafe in April 2023 to help provide a warm space, low-cost meals and refreshments, and a space for other organisations to reach out to the community. They also use the space to run Morecambe Pantry a food redistribution centre that works with organisations such as FareShare and is partnered with local businesses. Members are offered a large range of affordable food for a small membership fee. They see 90 families a week and have a membership of 345 families.
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The community outreach hub significantly impacts the lives of those who access it. The project provides a place for people to connect, access support, and learn new skills. It also provides practical support to those struggling with costs, such as free hot meals, heating bills and laundry via links with the Citizens Advice Bureau and Christians Against Poverty.

​They help them gain life experience and come together to help give them tools they may need for their adult life while enjoying their childhood. They mentioned that many of their girls come from deprived backgrounds and as such have no spare income for the programme or no access to technology at home.
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They wanted to purchase 3 Samsung tablets that they could then pre load with access to the badge work that the girls may need. This would be shared over both the Brownies and Guides. Brownies are aged 7-10 and there are currently 30 of them, with 4 on the waiting list. Guides are 10-14 and there are currently 15 of them and 5 on the waiting list. The new tablets mean that the girls that have no access to technology at home and may need it to research things for badge work and broadening their knowledge would be able to do so in the unit time.

​They provide a safe, supportive, working environment for their volunteer participants to nurture long term mental health recovery through meaningful physical activity and personal development opportunities. The people they work with are from all backgrounds across North Lancashire and South Lakeland. Currently, one third of their beneficiaries live in the North Lancashire area. Individuals come to them on a weekly basis over time to be supported in their recovery from mental ill health, building hope and opportunity for the future.
New beneficiaries are provided with a Growing Well T-shirt and essential PPE such as gardening gloves and steel toe-cap work boots. We were more than happy to help provide funds for more due to the increased number of people they are now helping.

This includes carrying out much needed restoration work and repairs and as part of this they had recently been granted Listed Building Consent to install a disabled WC and a small kitchen. We had already provide funding last year to build a storage shed for the off road tramper mobility scooter that was funded and provided by Morecambe Bay Partnership so we were delighted to be able to help with this next phase of their Heritage Centre developments.

Their ground, located in the heart of the village, is a beautiful setting for cricket, surrounded by trees and rolling hills. The facilities include a pavilion and a well-maintained square.
They currently have one senior men’s team, that compete in Division 1 of the Westmorland League. They also have 70 children who participate in All Stars & Dynamos (ECB Programmes) and run U9 and U11 sides in the local junior leagues.
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The club's committee had already identified the need of a defibrillator at the club. There are three located in Warton village but given the the club is situated at the bottom of Borwick Lane, it was thought they would be better off with one installed on site. This was reinforced when a couple of the committee members undertook first aid training ahead of the new cricket season. The increased use of the ground also underlines the importance of having a permanent defibrillator installed.