Come and be part of something bigger than yourself
Give A Day 2026
We are so excited for our Give a Day Week! There are many amazing projects of generosity, transformation and kindness across the city starting to pop up and there’s still more to come.
Would you love to get involved?
Check out the projects below and sign up or send your interest to the project.
Each project will take place during the week of June 29-July 5, 2026.
See you then!
We’ll be gathering in Carlisle town centre to lift spirits, share joy and spread kindness throughout the Carlisle community. Come and be part of something simple yet positively impactful. We’ll be giving away small gifts, uplifting quotes, phrases, greetings and of course lots of smiles to brighten people’s day. Together, let’s make Carlisle shine a little brighter and feel the love a little louder. Come and join us!
Join the Bitts Park Big Clean Up — a two-day, whole-community project to love our beautiful city park into the very best it can be. There's something for everyone: gardening, painting, cleaning, Balsam clearing and bug hotel building, spread right across the park. Come on your own, with the family, your class, your colleagues, or a few mates — and leave with new ones! Whether you've got an hour or both days, all hands welcome. 9am to 3pm Tuesday 30th June and Wednesday 1st July.
Come and join us 10.30am–1pm for Woodland Wonders at Kingmoor North Nature Reserve. Help Sherbatella, the Birthday Cake Fairy, care for this much-loved local green space through a friendly community litter pick, then enjoy a playful Fairysnuff-inspired story trail with games, woodland characters and creative activities in the forest clearing.
A practical build day for Carlisle Sea Cadets — preparing a 10ft x 10ft base for a new shed to house their lawn mower and Duke of Edinburgh campcraft equipment. Saturday or Sunday (flexible) — know-how, willing hands and practical skills welcome. Come and join us!
Hospice at Home is dedicated to providing compassionate care and support to individuals and their families during one of life's most challenging times. Come and get involved in helping to make their Clearance Sale happen so that they can continue to see their incredible care in our community continue to make a difference.
Help refresh The Rock Youth Project — a much-loved Carlisle charity that's been offering free, safe and welcoming youth sessions for over 20 years. We'll be giving their Currock site a lift with a mix of indoor and outdoor painting and a bit of gardening, ready to welcome the next generation of young people through the doors.
Help us give the staff room at Cummersdale School a long-overdue revamp! After 23 years of the same tired space, we want to create somewhere fresh, welcoming and restful for the brilliant staff who pour themselves into the school every day. We'll need willing hands for clearing, painting, decorating and a bit of light DIY. Come and help us look after the people who look after our kids. 💛
Carlisle College staff and the wider community will be refreshing Currock Community Centre to transform a space for the community as they open their doors to so many. This is taking place on the altered date of July 8th not the 3rd as advertised
Come and help the North Cumbria Search and Rescue team transform their outdoor space at Heathlands to a botanical delight. If yyou’re handy with a paint brush, you’d be so welcome! NCSR are an organisation created to help relieve suffering and distress amongst persons endangered by accidents or natural hazards in North Cumbria.
Our young people are amazing! For many of them though, dealing with difficult life circumstances, depression and mental health challenges can be like walking through mud every single day.
We want them to know there’s no shame in asking for help in that journey - it’s just a conversation.
Join this Carlisle pilot of bringing ‘Give it some Welly’ to life across the area. It involves Wellys, a few gold coins, a lot of fun, gathering with friends and across workplaces, and doing something good together to get more hours for kids and young people to talk about what matters. If you’re interested in finding out how you can be a part of this, get in touch!
Carlisle College staff will be supporting Carlisle Baptist Church with building, painting and weeding as they help renovate their home
Carlisle College will be giving Belah Community Centre a refresh with painting main space for local residents
Carlisle College staff will be helping to refresh Blackford School gardens and outdoor areas with their green fingers and practical hands
Carlisle Collage staff will be building a greenhouse, raised beds and seated herb garden for staff and students.
Carlisle College staff will be spreading happiness in Carlisle City Centre with smiles, kind words and giveaway treats.
Carlisle College staff will be transforming old brick walls into creative inspiring places of art at the Guildford centre
Carlisle College Staff will be bringing Games, Art and singing to the wonderful residents at Kingston Court Care Home
Carlisle College will be restoring the Lego Man at Water Street Family Accommodation
Carlisle College staff will be giving a refresh to the amazing Sensory room at Mencap California House
Carlisle College will be painting dog runs, refreshing stables and gardening at Oak Tree Animal’s Charity
Carlisle College staff will be helping to refresh Upperby School gardens and outdoor areas with their green fingers and practical hands
During Give a Day week (29th June – 5th July), the children of Discovery Childcare are coming for you.Meet the Kindness Warriors — small, mighty, and absolutely on a mission. They'll be visiting every business and office across Kingmoor Park, inviting your team to collect food for Carlisle Foodbank to support families in our community. Your job: rally your team and stock up as you won't be able to resist them.
Carlisle College staff will be painting and gardening for the Wigton Baden Powell Scouts centre enabling a greater space for campfires and building shelters
Carlisle College staff will be bringing a little life and refresh to Yewdale Community Centre with gardening, litter picking and refreshing children’s activities and outdoor apparatus.
Multi Cultural Cumbria will be putting their hands to work as they help transform outdoor space at Currock Community Centre doing a yard tidy up. Thank you for giving so generously!