About Signposts

“Signposts — working to empower the community”

The Aims of the Service:

To relieve the poverty and promote the benefits of the inhabitants of Lancashire & Cumbria with particular reference to those known as the West End of Morecambe, without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, age, race or of political religious or other opinions.

Our Objectives

Our Objectives are to provide services which relieve, support, help and advise:

•  Those who are poor

•  The unemployed

•  The elderly

•  Physically or mentally ill or convalescing

•  People with a disability

•  People who are dependent on alcohol and drugs

•  Victims of abuse, violence or crime

•  Families or carers of the above

Our Staff

Signposts primarily offers a service to the Harbour and Heysham North Wards of Morecambe, however for some specialist services its catchment is the boundaries of Lancashire and Cumbria. Signposts has a large team of full-time, part-time, sessional and volunteer staff  who undertake a variety of roles: The paid workers are as follows:

Full Time Paid

• Project Director
• Two Project Coordinators
• Project Manager (Morecambe)
• Project Manager ( Preston )

Part Time Paid

• Carnforth and Rural Project Development Worker
• Young Peoples Project Worker
• Family Support Worker - Signposts Preston
• Assistant Project Support Worker - Morecambe
• Working With Young People Sessional Team including Young Roots and Young Carers
• Family Support Sessional Team
• Travelling Tots Sessional Team
• Apprentice (four) - Main Office, Morecambe, Carnforth, Preston
• Cleaners
  

The backbone of Signposts is its volunteer team. For more information on volunteering at Signposts follow this link to the <Volunteer Page>.