Everyone at Chrysalis would like to offer a huge thank you to all those who supported their fundraising Fashion Show, which took place at the Greenhill Hotel near Wigton on Sunday 21st April.   The event was a huge success and everyone was impressed with the style and range of clothing available.   The event raised an astonishing [...]

Chrysalis is pleased to announce that it has been successful in securing funding from ‘Skills for Care’ to support carers in our local community. Julie Kemp, our Training and Development, who submitted the successful application for the funding, is now co-ordinating delivery and will ensure that these funds are put to good use.  We will be [...]

Chrysalis Wholefoods is pleased to annouce that it is now stocking a range of high quality fairtrade clothing and fashion accessories. The Nomads fairtrade clothing range combines traditional Indian craftmanship with fashionable UK designs.  This mixture of beautiful fabric and contemporary design delivers stunning results, but don’t take our word for it come have a look [...]

Thanks to all of you who were able to attend our AGM this year which was held on the 3rd August as usual the event was well attended. It was very special this year as we were able to hold the event in our new resource centre at the Meeting Place in Wigton. Our Chair of Trustees, Gilda [...]

We are pleased that we have made further progress with the Chrysalis Allotment over the Summer.  With support from the ‘Payback Scheme’ we have been able to lay additional paving and hard landscaping at the allotment to make it more accessible for all our members to get involved. We would like to say well done [...]

New Personal Care Facilities at Chrysalis

Chrysalis has recently been successful in being appointed to a framework agreement with Cumbria County council adult social care to provide day service, rehabilitation and moving into employment services in Cumbria. We had to go through a full  EU tendering process  and this was our first time so we are thrilled that we were successful! [...]

Staff and members of Chrysalis were invited to meet HRH Prince of Wales during his recent visit to Wigton on 3rd April 2012. Chrysalis was one of the few, local community groups invited to personally meet Prince Charles at Saint Mary’s Church. Claire Doherty was accompanied by Dawn Golding, Joan Caulfield, Joan Hetherington, Andrew Studholme [...]

Starting on the 16th April 2012 some of the Chrysalis members alongside young people from the local community will be working together to achieve a John Muir Award. Supported by staff and in partnership with Mobex and NADT (North Allerdale Development Trust) the group will be working together to gain the Conserver Level Award.  The award covers [...]

In December 2011 Chrysalis successfully secured funding through ‘Skills for Care’ to enable them to develop ten new e-learning modules.  The e-learning modules will provide a more flexible approach to personal development with the aim of enhancing overall service delivery. The funding has helped purchase essential technical equipment including a laptop and video camera which were needed to produce [...]