The Bendrigg Blog
THE BENDRIGG BLOG
Welcome to the Bendrigg Blog, where you’ll find all our latest news, events, updates and guest blogs from other disability services in the UK.
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Summit’s Up For Tony
MOUNTAINOUS CHALLENGE FOR EIGHT-YEAR-OLD DOUBLE AMPUTEE Pride of Britain Award winner, Tony Hudgell has set himself another awe-inspiring challenge “Summit’s…
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Summit’s Up For Tony
MOUNTAINOUS CHALLENGE FOR EIGHT-YEAR-OLD DOUBLE AMPUTEE Pride of Britain Award winner, Tony Hudgell has set himself another awe-inspiring challenge [...]
Read more...Mountain Training England New Disability Fund
Mountain Training England has launched a fund to support disabled people to attend skills training and gain leadership qualifications. [...]
Read more...Hidden Disabilities Project
Hidden Disabilities Project hits a new milestone as activity story videos launched We are delighted that the first 11 [...]
Read more...Amphigean Work Place Volunteering
Amphigean at Bendrigg Trust Amphigean Ltd are one of our valued corporate partners who regularly come to Bendrigg and [...]
Read more...LGBTQIA+ Mountain Skills – Guest Blog
LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Mountain Skills Weekend We are delighted to share with you some information about an inclusive mountain skills [...]
Read more...Funding For Group Residentials At Bendrigg Trust 2022
Funding & Sponsorship Available For Groups 2022 We have funding available to support schools, charities or other groups and [...]
Read more...Lake District Mobility – Guest Blog
Lake District Mobility – Making the outdoors accessible for all All-terrain mobility scooters (Trampers) – at amazing venues around [...]
Read more...Richard Cloudesley School Trip 2022
“Coming from an inner London school to Bendrigg is like stepping into an oasis. Our trip gave Richard Cloudesley [...]
Read more...Grants For Disabled People In South Lakes
Recently Bendrigg hosted a talk for the women from the Windermere Trefoil Group & Kendal Trefoil Group… we were [...]
Read more...Freedom – 2021 Impact Report
Bendrigg Trust 2021 Impact Report 2021 started with a lockdown but ended with hope and freedom for many… In [...]
Read more...Bendrigg Trust Annual Report 2021
Bendrigg Trust takes great pleasure in presenting our 2021 Annual Report Annual report and financial statements for the year [...]
Read more...Bendrigg Alternative Scheme Relaunch
Last but not least… our Bendrigg Alternative scheme relaunch marks the final project to resume after the coronavirus pandemic. [...]
Read more...SHASBAH – Be Our Guest
Guest Blog From Sheffield Association For Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus We are delighted to welcome Beth Hobbs, Marketing and [...]
Read more...Sensory Room Open Sessions 2022
We are delighted to be starting our community Sensory Room sessions again. Our state of the art Sensory Room is a therapeutic space [...]
Read more...Climbing Club NICAS Award
We are SO proud to share that 2 of our regular climbers achieved their Level 1 NICAS award at [...]
Read more...Young Adults Weekend 2022
We are delighted to be hosting our Young Adults Weekend. This course is perfect for those aged between 16-25 [...]
Read more...Someone Like Me – Volunteering Scheme Gets A Boost
Volunteering Scheme Gets A Boost Someone Like Me – About The Project “Someone Like Me” is an exciting volunteering [...]
Read more...Rare Disease Activity Weekend 2022
Rare Disease Activity Weekend A fully inclusive activity break for people with a rare disease. Bendrigg Trust are excited [...]
Read more...Strong Bones Activity Weekend 2022
A fully inclusive activity break for people with a bone condition Bendrigg Trust are excited to be hosting an action [...]
Read more...Planting Trees For The Jubilee
Planting Trees For The Jubilee Kendal Rotary and 1st Kendal Scouts joined forces with Bendrigg Trust to mark The [...]
Read more...Festive Family Weekend 2022
Festive Family Break 2022 We are delighted that our Festive Themed Family Break is back at Bendrigg Trust this [...]
Read more...BMC Climbing Challenge
BMC Climbing Fundraising Challenge Climbing For All 2022 The BMC are once again running a fundraising campaign from the [...]
Read more...Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
Merry Christmas From All The Bendrigg Team x Well 2021… it’s been a bumpy ride! We are delighted to [...]
Read more...The Big Give Christmas Challenge
The Bendrigg Trust Big Give Christmas Challenge 2021 Help us raise £30k in just 7 days to enable more [...]
Read more...Festive Family Weekend 2021
Festive Family Break We are delighted to be hosting our first Festive Themed Family Break at Bendrigg Trust this [...]
Read more...Winter Wonderland 2021
Winter Wonderland at Bendrigg Trust After the success of last years event, we are delighted to announce that the [...]
Read more...Climbing At Bendrigg Trust
Climbing Club, Rock Days & Climbing Festival We were delighted to have received funding from Cumbria Community Foundation through [...]
Read more...Keswick Mountain Festival
New Accessibility Zone set to open up Keswick Mountain Festival for more outdoor visitors Bendrigg Trust are delighted to [...]
Read more...Job Vacancies
Job Vacancies – July 2021 2 job vacancies currently available Our Charity may be small but we make a [...]
Read more...Community Rally To Support Bendrigg Trust Reopening
Cumbria Community Come Together To Support Local Charity Reopening People from across Cumbria have rallied together in a true [...]
Read more...Impact Webinar
Overcoming Adversity Bendrigg Trust 2020 Impact Webinar & Report Release We are delighted to invite you to join our [...]
Read more...2021 & 2022 Services For Adults & Families
2021 & 2022 Services For Adults & Families We are delighted to release new dates for our ever popular [...]
Read more...Wellbeing Weekend
Wellbeing Weekend At Bendrigg Trust Bendrigg Trust are teaming up with Mind Over Mountains, to bring you a very special [...]
Read more...The Big Bendrigg Reboot
The Big Bendrigg Reboot If only life after Covid was as easy as flicking on a switch and turning [...]
Read more...Your Movement Matters
Your Movement Matters Guest Blog by Emily Ankers & Chris Kay It is clear that we have an issue [...]
Read more...Spring & Summer Services at Bendrigg
Spring & Summer At Bendrigg Trust We hope you’re all ready and raring to get back outdoors and take [...]
Read more...Bendrigg Trust Party Night – With DJ Oli On The Decks
There Ain’t No Party Like A Bendrigg Party DJ Oli bringing the Bendrigg party to you! Party nights are [...]
Read more...Bendriggers Assemble – Be A Superhero!
Bendriggers Assemble – Be A Bendrigg Hero! Superhero Series 2021 – Powered by Marvel You don’t need an excuse [...]
Read more...A Podcast With Cicerone Press
Inclusion and accessibility in the outdoors A Podcast with Cicerone Press & Bendrigg Trust We were recently invited to [...]
Read more...Save Outdoor Ed
Save Outdoor Ed A campaign to save the UK’s Outdoor Education Centres from closure The outdoor learning sector delivers [...]
Read more...An Update From The Bendrigg Team
Bendrigg Trust Update 04/01/2021 Bendrigg is currently closed to the public as of 04/01/2021 & is not accepting volunteers. [...]
Read more...Climbing Festival 2022
BENDRIGG TRUST CLIMBING FESTIVAL On Friday 21st – Sunday 23rd January 2022 we are hosting our fabulous climbing festival with a jam packed [...]
Read more...Bendrigg Winter Wonderland
Winter Wonderland Event A Special Winter Wonderland Trail At Bendrigg Trust Santa has been visiting Bendrigg for many years [...]
Read more...The Big Give Christmas Challenge 2020
GIVE THE GIFT OF ADVENTURE Help us to raise £10,000 during the 2020 Big Give Christmas Challenge! By donating, [...]
Read more...Accessible Activities For Adults
Accessible Activities For Adults With A Disability As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic we are able to offer [...]
Read more...Accessible Activities For Families
Accessible Activities For Families with A Disabled Child As a result of [...]
Read more...Sensory Room Hire
Sensory Room Hire Explore Your Senses During Covid-19 we understand that families with additional needs have been shielding for [...]
Read more...Trusts & Foundations Officer Vacancy
Bendrigg Trust Job Vacancy Trusts & Foundations Officer Bendrigg Trust are seeking an experienced Trusts and Foundations (Fundraising) Officer [...]
Read more...Corona Virus Related Resources
Corona Virus Related Resources During this pandemic, we realise that many of our visitors, their parents, carers and teachers [...]
Read more...What Bendrigg Means To Us…
What Bendrigg Means To Us… A guest blog from Dawn Flint, mum to the lovely Lewis, 14. What [...]
Read more...Be An At Home Hero & Take On The 2.6 Challenge
Become an at home hero for Bendrigg Trust With only a few days to go before the #TwoPointSixChallenge really [...]
Read more...Nothing Is Impossible
Nothing Is Impossible By Liz Dyke There have been so many special moments for me whilst working as a [...]
Read more...The Genesis of a Bendrigg Tutor
The Genesis of a Bendrigg Tutor… By Rex Pickles If you wind back time, to when the Bangles were [...]
Read more...A Brief Story Of My Bendrigg Journey
A Brief Story Of My Bendrigg Journey By Dominic Bingham Dom joined Bendrigg as a Trainee Tutor at [...]
Read more...Rare Disease Film Festival Awards
Rare Disease UK Hosts The First Rare Film Festival Awards Helping To Raise Awareness For Rare Diseases. We were [...]
Read more...The Power Of Corporate Partnership
Q8 Takeover Day Guest Blog by Q8 Corporate Volunteers Hey everyone, Q8 Corporate academy & Impact International are in [...]
Read more...Kids to Adults Shows 2020
We had such a great time at the Kidz2Adultz North event last November that we’ve decided to exhibit at [...]
Read more...Shaping The Future Together
Bendrigg Engagement Day On Thursday 9th January 2020 Bendrigg Trust held it’s very first Engagement Day, and sorry to [...]
Read more...Tutors Of The Future
Bendrigg Trust Trainee Tutors This year, Bendrigg Trust have taken on 2 new Trainee Tutors…. Introducing Abigail & Dominic! [...]
Read more...Need Help With Funding? We’ve Got You Covered!
Bendrigg Trust Funding Pack We recognise that some of our service users often need financial support to be able [...]
Read more...Be Burns Aware
Burn & Scald accidents can be horrific and very painful. They not only cause physical injuries but can often [...]
Read more...Making Memories Together As A Family
The latest video in our Adventure for All series follows the lovely Bancroft Family. We asked them to share [...]
Read more...Sedbergh Gives Back
Today was Sedbergh Gives Back Day – where over 500 pupils from the local schools volunteer at various local [...]
Read more...The Big Give Christmas Challenge 2019
Give The Gift Of Adventure Help us to raise £12,000 during the 2019 Big Give Christmas Challenge! By donating, [...]
Read more...Tree Planting Day
As part of the Woodland Trusts Big Climate Fightback Campaign on Saturday 30th November, we pledged to plant 150 [...]
Read more...Climbing Festival At Bendrigg Trust
Bendrigg Trust To Host Inclusive Climbing Festival! On Friday 24th – Sunday 26th January 2020 Bendrigg Trust are hosting [...]
Read more...Charity Challenges 2020
It’s never been easier to support your favourite cause, which, if your reading this blog post, must be us! [...]
Read more...Kidz To Adultz North 2019
Attending shows and exhibitions are a great opportunity to interact with new people and spread the word about the [...]
Read more...Barclays Bank Volunteer Party!
A huge thank you to the fantastic team from Barclays Bank who travelled from all over the UK [...]
Read more...Overcome Barriers To Access The Great Outdoors
Barriers to participation The World Health Organization (WHO) describes barriers as being more than just physical obstacles. “Factors in [...]
Read more...“None of us know our limits until we are allowed to test them”
After commenting on a recent twitter post about his trip to Bendrigg in 1992 & 1993, we asked Mark [...]
Read more...Vacancies
Vacancies at Bendrigg Trust, Kendal, Cumbria for Trustees - to help take forward the work of Bendrigg [...]
Read more...A boost for Bendrigg
A group of plucky Playdale staff members, collectively known as the Playdale Paddlers, undertook a kayaking challenge back in July this [...]
Read more...Vacancies
Job vacancies at Bendrigg Trust, Kendal, Cumbria for Apprentice Tutor roles - working in the outdoors with people with disabilities. [...]
Read more...A tale of Bendy Pot
"I had seen first hand the limitations put on people with disabilities, when I knew that with the right help, a tiny bit of encouragement, plus a sprinkling of that magic that is intrinsically part of Birmingham PHAB camps – that there was virtually nothing [...]
Read more...White Stuff Charity Champs raise £15,000 for Bendrigg
For the original article by Holly Watson for the Kendal Chronicle please click here. Local Kendal shop receives Major Donor [...]
Read more...How outdoor learning benefits people with disabilities
Ask any adult what their fondest memory of school is and most will come back with an exciting story [...]
Read more...Sensory Room Open Day at Spacekraft
Spacekraft offer sensory solutions for special needs and are holding a sensory room open day on Friday 30th September [...]
Read more...Visually Impaired Athletes complete Kendal Triathlon
Bendrigg were pleased to support a number of visually impaired athletes in the recent Kendal Triathlon. All athletes and [...]
Read more...Senior Tutor Job Vacancy
We are happy to be looking for a Senior Tutor to take over from Nick Liley following his promotion [...]
Read more...New Website Launched
We are very pleased to launch our brand new website by Mintcake Design. With more photos, videos and stories [...]
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