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Welcome toYourCumbria magazineSince the last YourCumbria there’s been an awful lot going on – and to try and keep you up to-date with the major issues we’ve tried to cover as much as possible in this edition. From the important issue of saving Border TV to saving our Post Offices, you can read all about the latest news and find out how to make your voice heard.

Another key issue close to all our hearts is the subject of council tax and you can find out how your money is being spent on page 15.

Now on something close to my own heart, you may have heard that Cumbria County Council has retained its two-star status and has been judged by the Audit Commission to be ‘improving its performance across services generally, and in priority areas’. Although the council is getting better we still need to accelerate our rate of improvement. We need to work more closely with our partners in the county, so that we can drive forward significant improvements for you, the citizens of Cumbria. To date there have been major improvements in the Fire Service, Children’s Services and Adult Social Care and we have plans in place to make further improvements in other areas.

I hope you enjoy your read and don’t forget to fill in the readers survey on page 31 – your opinions really do matter to us – they make sure we are delivering the services and information that you want.

Enjoy your read.

Tim Stoddard Leader of Cumbria County Council

Raising the standardCumbria County Council has recently adopted a new code of conduct for councillors. Agreed in February, the new code has been simplified and clearly lays out the standards of behaviour you can expect from councillors when conducting council business.

Copies of the revised code are available for inspection at the offices of the council at the Nisi Prius Building, The Courts, English Street, Carlisle and at County Offices, Kendal from 9.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Thursday and 9.00am to 4.30pm on Fridays. It can also be viewed on the county council’s website at cumbria.gov.uk.

Small school makes a big exhibitionPupils from one of Cumbria’s smallest schools will represent the UK at an international art exhibition in London next month.

Young artists from Milburn School near Penrith will see their work ‘Mother Love’ on display at the National Theatre alongside submissions from as far afield as Brazil, China, Ghana and Russia.

The exhibition runs from 9 – 27 April.

Competition WinnerCongratulations to Mrs J Shaw from Hawkshead who wins a cookery course at LucyCooks, Ambleside.

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In brief...

It’s a gold!YourCumbria has been judged to be the best newspaper or magazine in the North West by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations.

The judges found YourCumbria to be “a comprehensive magazine with a large variety of content in different styles to appeal to a wide audience. The team have gone to great lengths to make the magazine available to hard-to-reach communities and have embraced new media, making the magazine’s content available online and as downloadable audio files. Interesting, useful and fun content which proves popular with residents.”

StreetSafeWhen asked, most of us could probably come up with a few things we’d change about our local area. A broken street light, graffiti, gangs of kids hanging on street corners – they all sound fairly trivial, but can all build up to make the neighbourhood a less enjoyable place to live. But thanks to StreetSafe, an innovative ongoing project in Barrow and South Lakeland, residents are getting the chance to talk about these local issues to the people that have the power to do something about them.

StreetSafe is a community driven partnership that has been running for approximately four years. Each home in a neighbourhood is visited by a uniformed officer, such as police or fire officer, and at least one other representative, such as a local councillor. The StreetSafe visit allows residents to discuss problems and issues in their local area, and uses a community questionnaire to gather specific information relating to crime and community issues from each home. This raises awareness of the problems in the local area to the agencies involved.

Over 16,000 homes have been visited so far, and each occupant is then given a StreetSafe ‘community bag’ which contains leaflets offering information, education or advice, preventative tools such as an ultra-violet marking pen, road safety tags, key fobs, and safety colouring books. Every effort is made on the day to achieve as much as possible, including a visual audit of the area to assess things like graffiti and abandoned vehicles.

Following each operation, any immediate problems are looked at and targeted for action. The information received from the questionnaire is then used by the relevant authorities and agencies to identify the needs of the local area, who then set about making sure these problems get attention.

Where’s the best place to find out about what’s going in Cumbria… other than in YourCumbria, of course!?

It could be the local newspaper, radio or Internet but for thousands of people in the north of the county their first port of call is Border TV’s regional news programme, Lookaround.

This could all change under ITV plans to cut back on their funding for regional news programmes. The plan would mean Lookaround would be merged with news from Tyne Tees and there would be less coverage on Cumbrian issues.

More fairtrade townsThe Fairtrade movement in Cumbria is continuing to gather pace. Not only are there now 17 Fairtrade Towns in the county, but Cumbria was also honoured by a visit from the leading figure in the UK Fairtrade movement during Fairtrade fortnight last month.

Harriet Lamb, Director of the Fairtrade Foundation, visited Keswick and spoke about the particular achievements of Cumbrian communities in raising awareness and sales of Fairtrade products.

She said: “Fairtrade is thriving in Cumbria. You can see it in the products stocked in guest houses and cafes around the county. This achievement is the result of the work of hundreds of Cumbrian campaigners, strongly supported by the county council and other local councils.”

On 10 March Caldbeck and Hesket Newmarket received Fairtrade status, the 17th community in Cumbria to receive the award, and the first in 2008.

Cumbria received Fairtrade County status on 11 March 2006.

Find out more - visit cumbriafairtrade.org.uk

Have your say...The judges have had their say but we want to know what you think of YourCumbria. Fill in our reader survey on page 31 and you could win yourself a hamper.

Find out more...Visit the StreetSafe website at streetsafe.org.uk

Sign the petition...Over seven thousand people have already signed a petition arguing against this – you can join them by visiting savelookaround.co.uk or writing to The Campaign To Save Border TV’s Lookaround, PO Box 357, Carlisle CA1 9DT.

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Cumbria wins the lotteryCumbria wins a share of the Big Lottery Fund’s: The People’s £50 Million.

Cumbria County Council, in partnership with the sustainable transport charity Sustrans, won the Big Lottery Fund’s: The People’s £50 Million public vote in December 2007. This national project is planning to bring together communities by overcoming physical barriers to people travelling through their towns and cities on foot, bicycles, buggies and wheel chairs.

In Cumbria, two schemes, one in Maryport linking the east of the town with the town centre and coast, and another in Carlisle linking the Caldew cycle way to Kingmoor, will benefit from up to £1.5 million from the Big Lottery Fund. The council will be working in partnership with Allerdale Borough Council and Carlisle City Council to deliver these exciting schemes. Planning is now taking place with bodies such as Network Rail and the Environment Agency to make safer access for local people to our towns and cities a reality.

For further information on Connect2 in Cumbria please contact Mark Brierley, Cycling Development Officer, Cumbria County Council at [email protected]

Health benefits of cycling As the weather begins to improve, cycling is a great way to improve your health. Cycling can be fitted into your day (riding to work, school, shops etc) and has real benefits for the very modest amounts of time involved:

• A 15-minute bike ride to and from work five times a week burns the equivalent of 11 pounds of fat in a year

• Regular cyclists enjoy a fitness level equal to that of a person 10 years younger

• Cyclists can expect to live for at least two years longer on average than non cyclists

• Cycling can easily be incorporated into everyday routines without having to find time for the gym or for deliberate exercise

• Everyday cycling usually means periods of active work, alternating with rest periods (when coasting or at traffic lights). This makes it easy to recover and keep going for longer

• Cycling is a low impact activity and is easier on the joints than activities such as jogging.

Cumbria County Council, in partnership with Cumbria Primary Care Trust and a range of voluntary organisations, offers guided cycle rides of about an hour and can offer the loan of bicycle if you need one. Rides are currently run on a once a month basis from Whitehaven, Maryport, Carlisle, Workington, Penrith and Burton-in-Kendal. For further information please contact Nikki Campbell, Cycling for Health Officer at: [email protected]

A number of cycling clubs and groups offer a wide range of rides and would welcome people to join them. To find a club in your area please contact Mark Brierley, Cycling Development Officer at: [email protected]

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Find out more...Visit the website at sustransconnect2.org.uk or contact Mark Brierley at [email protected].

Longtown moving forward

Get involved...Visit the website at cumbria.gov.uk/longtown or call 01228 606474

Right now people in Longtown are having their say on the future of their town, all as part of the Longtown moving forward project. The project is the result of a joint review by Cumbria County Council, Carlisle City Council and Arthuret Parish Council of the property and land they own in the town. These property reviews will be happening in towns across the county but Longtown is the first.

With the local community the councils are looking at how services and facilities are provided at the moment and whether changes or new developments could improve things in the town.

In Longtown the forthcoming closure of Lochinvar

secondary school has given particular urgency to the review. It is hoped that Longtown moving forward will provide the blueprint for a fresh start. Already the consultation is raising lots of interesting and exciting ideas from local people.

Nigel Williamson, manager of Longtown Community Centre said:

“Longtown moving forward is a wonderful opportunity for local people to get involved with shaping the future of their community. It heralds a great way to the capture the imagination of Longtown people to produce long-term, meaningful, community-based solutions to some age-old concerns.”

Nigel Williamson

For many rural communities, the Post Office is the local shop, meeting place and bank all rolled into one. For some vulnerable people who struggle to travel it can be one of their only links to the outside world.

That’s why residents in the Eden village of Nenthead on the Pennine hills were desperate to reopen their Post Office and shop when it closed in March last year due to the owners retiring.

They were so desperate, in fact, that they decided to run the shop and Post Office themselves via a village committee. It opened in the Nenthead Reading Room at thebeginning of November. Villagers now no longer have to make a 10-mile round tripto Alston, which would have been their nearest Post Office if theirs had remained closed.

But many Cumbrian communities could soon be facing a similar dilemma as the future of dozens of the county’s Post Offices hangs in the balance this spring. The Post Office has published a list of branches it intends to close – you can find out if a branch near you is likely to be affected by logging on to postoffice.co.uk, emailing [email protected] or calling 08457 22 33 44.

The public have until May 27 to make any comments about the proposed closures, so it’s important to act now to make sure your voice is heard because the Post Offices on the list could start closing from mid-July onwards. You can also log onto cumbria.gov.uk/pon to find out more about the consultation.

Nenthead community shop was set up with a grant award of £25k from the Cumbria Rural Infrastructure Support Programme.

If you’d like to find out more about a grant for your local community contact Catherine White on 01228 606752 or email [email protected]

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Find out more...Find out more about your post office. Visit the website at postoffice.co.uk or call 08457 22 33 44

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Report a problem...Report a highways problem by visiting the website at cumbriahighways.org.uk or call 0845 609 6609

Sometimes it’s necessary to make a temporary repair to make a pothole safe in the short term. But Cumbria County Council is making as many permanent repairs as possible.

Doing a typical permanent pothole repair means controlling traffic using manually operated “Stop/Go” boards so the team can work safely.

A rectangular area is then cut out of the road around the pothole with a grinder so the repair will be a uniform shape with clean, flush sides.

The hole is cleaned out and painted with a liquid bituminous binder that acts as an adhesive.

A lorry is on hand with a supply of hot bitumen road surface material. A layer of this material, known as black top, is raked into the hole and then rolled in with a heavy mechanised roller.

Once the patch has cooled, the team can then re-open the road and move on to the next repair.

How do we fix a pothole?

Cumbria County Council has waged war on potholes in Cumbria with a special £1million fighting fund.

The county council came up with the pothole repair campaign after weeks of bad weather in December, January and February left the county’s roads with an unprecedented number of carriageway problems.

Roads everywhere are vulnerable during winter as heavy rain and freezing conditions wreak havoc with road surfaces.

The colder it gets the more brittle bitumen road surfaces become. Water seeps into cracks and expands as it freezes. The expanding ice puts pressure on the surface material, eventually breaking it in a process like the geological frost shattering that affects rocks. The process deepens and widens cracks until a pothole is formed.

Flowing water also erodes the highways so the periods of torrential rain this year have added to the problem.

However, the county council is fighting back with £1million taken from reserves to tackle the problem. The extra cash is shared by the county council’s six local committees. Each district has an extra highways repair team joining the 12 existing teams blitzing the problem.

In the first six weeks of the campaign alone the teams fixed more than 7,000 potholes around the county and dealt with thousands of drainage issues. Some particularly badly damaged patches of road have been completely resurfaced.

Many potholes are reported by members of the public to the council’s Highways Hotline (0845 609 6609). Weather damage on the roads made the first few weeks of 2008 one of the busiest periods in hotline history, with thousands of potholes logged on the system. But the repair teams are tackling plenty of problems that do not get reported by members of the public.

For instance, when a team arrived on the A5074 from Gilpin to Windermere in South Lakeland they knew about the 20 recorded defects on the road but actually repaired 141 potholes.

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Quids in for Cumbria’s highwaysCommunities across Cumbria are set to feel the benefits of millions of pounds of extra cash being spent on the county’s roads thanks to Cumbria County Council.

As well as £1million already being used to tackle potholes, an extra £1.135 million is set to be spent on road repairs in 2008/9 and the county council has agreed another £1million a year for an exciting project to introduce highways stewards to Cumbria.

Twenty-four stewards will soon be on the ground providing highways services in communities around the county.

Each steward will oversee around 124 miles (200 kilometres) of road and will be trained and equipped to tackle small but important repair and maintenance work on roads, gullies, road signs and verges. They will also be the ‘eyes and ears’ of the overall highways service, helping to identify larger jobs that need doing and calling on the existing area highways teams to bring in a bit of muscle when required.

They will work closely with the county council’s local committees for Allerdale, Barrow, Carlisle, Copeland, Eden and South Lakeland as well as with parishes and local councillors.

The decision to introduce highways stewards across the county follows a successful and popular trial scheme that has been running in the North Allerdale area.

The funding for the stewards scheme comes from a highways maintenance, or ‘revenue’, budget for the financial year 08/09. A further £25.2m will also be spent in 08/09 on major, or ‘capital’, transport projects such as road engineering schemes to improve road safety and structural highways work as well as integrated transport schemes.

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Binge drinking – we know it’s a problem in the UK, but did you know that it’s a big issue for Cumbria?

In fact, it was recently reported that drink-related hospital admissions for young people in West Cumbria are higher than elsewhere in the country.

A recent Scrutiny Review by Cumbria County Council identified alcohol related harm as a ‘hidden’ problem in communities across the county. A survey of medical professionals, carried out by the BBC, has recently revealed that many young people now have serious alcohol-related illness, with some as young as their early 20s showing long term liver damage. Add to this the fact that Cumbria recently had its earliest recorded death from alcohol-related illness and you begin to build a shocking picture.

Additionally, the relationship between violent crime and alcohol is well documented and it also plays a part for some victims of violence and assault.

With alcohol now available at supermarkets, off-licences, hotels, pubs, clubs, some public transport and with the recent introduction of 24-hour drinking, this can only increase the numbers of people drinking regularly, which in turn means a greater number will experience the misery of alcohol addiction and dependency. Alcohol dependency does not just affect the drinker, but their families, colleagues and the wider community.

So if you know someone affected by alcohol – what can you do? Fortunately in Cumbria there are people who can help.

Are you drinking yourself to death?

Fact!In the UK approximately 90% of the population drink, which equals 40 million people

Fact!The recommended safe weekly limits for men and women have been raised recently from 14 to 21 units for women and 21 to 28 units for men

Fact!In the UK consumers spend £38.6 billion every year on alcohol with around £7 billion of this going to the government as tax

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Cumbria County Council is consulting on plans to build six state-of-the-art care homes on the sites of new and existing community hospitals in Wigton, Keswick, Millom, Alston, Penrith and Brampton.

Bedrooms in existing council-run homes are too small and people often have to share bathrooms because of a lack of en-suite facilities.

Older people’s charity Age Concern has helped the council come up with plans for the new homes which would provide residential and nursing care in the same place.

Currently, residents in council-run homes often have to move out if their care needs rise above a certain level.

The plans have been developed with the help of Cumbria’s health bosses and, if approved by councillors, would be built over the next five years.

Council care staff would move with residents to the new homes which would each have:

• More bedrooms to help meet the care needs of the county’s ageing population

• More space to provide respite care for older people

• Larger rooms with en-suite bathrooms that respect people’s dignity and independence

• Bedrooms for couples, to prevent them having to live apart when they go into residential care.

The council has been holding drop-in sessions and public meetings in each of the areas outlined to canvass people’s views before the consultation ends on 28 April 2008.

People can view the consultation document and download a questionnaire at: cumbria.gov.uk/adultsocialcare/carehomesconsultation

Copies of the document are also available in local libraries. Comments can also be made by email to [email protected]

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Who can help?Did you know that Cumbria has a fantastic organisation which is dedicated to helping people with drug or alcohol related problems? Cumbria Alcohol and Drug Advisory Service (CADAS) has been established for over 20 years and is a charitable organisation that advises and supports individuals, and their families, with drug, alcohol and gambling problems. With centres based around the county they are easy to access. So if you want to talk to someone, or get advice why not log on or give them a call.

Log on to cadas.co.uk or call 01228 544140.

Have your say...Visit the website atcumbria.gov.uk/adultsocialcare/carehomesconsultationor email [email protected]

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Research shows that over two thirds of the average household bin can be recycled and if you think about it, it makes a lot of sense. Think of all those cans, bottles, cartons, boxes and jars we go through on a daily basis. We can recycle almost everything these days, and here in Cumbria, we have some fantastic facilities to help us do just that.

But recycling’s not just about reducing the amount of waste going to landfill. Reducing waste also reduces the amount of carbon dioxide which is the main gas responsible for global warming. 3.5 tonnes of the carbon dioxide churned out by a single household each year is created by household waste.

• 6,000 compost bins have been sold during 2007 to help divert green waste away from landfill

• Total recycling and composting of household waste increased to 40 per cent during 2007 compared to 31 per cent at the start of last year.• The number of kilograms of waste produced per head of population

has decreased from 606kg to 546kg during 2007.

Recycling has become a part of everyday life for many households across Cumbria, and that’s a fact.

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Fact Every recycled glass bottle saves 0.5kg of carbon emissions

Fact Recycling aluminium cans produces only 5% of the carbon dioxide emissions and energy used to create new aluminium.

Find out more...The Recycle for Cumbria website is your one stop shop for recycling and waste reduction information in Cumbria. What’s more, there are lots of things we can do to avoid things going in the bin in the first place. Some obvious and some less so. You’ll find lots of information throughout this site. Find out more visit recycleforcumbria.org.uk

Have your say on the world’s hottest topicOrganisations in Cumbria have recently been planning what they can do to combat climate change. And now they want to hear what you think of their ideas.

Through the Cumbria Strategic Partnership (CSP), which brings together 50 of the largest public and private sector organisations in Cumbria, they have developed a draft strategy which is out for consultation now.

The strategy is split into nine sections and covers everything from energy generation to waste and water. Under each section there are a range of recommendations for action by CSP member organisations, many of which have significant implications for Cumbria as a whole.

Climate change is happening now and Cumbria needs to act. Don’t miss this opportunity to help shape the county’s response.

The consultation is being run online at cumbria.gov.uk/consultation/climatechange. There are several ways you can have your say, from voting in the quick poll to giving detailed feedback on the recommendations. Closing date 11 April 2008.

What have people said so far? Here are some genuine comments from members of the public who have already responded to the consultation.

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I feel the bias against wind farms in Cumbria is misguided.

Climate change is the gravest threat we face and

needs to be the top priority for all governing bodies.

County council developments should also have renewable power built in.

The subject has become a ‘Bandwagon’. Climate change will happen - learn to live with it. If it means warmer Cumbria, bring it on!

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Cumbria County Council has approved its budget for 2008/9. This confirms that the county council’s share of council tax will increase by 3.9% from April - the second lowest increase in Cumbria since council tax was introduced in 1993 and representing a rise of just 11 pence a day on a Band D property.

Our promisesThe recently agreed Council Plan sets out the county council’s priorities and what we will do to achieve them. Your council tax supports these activities. We are building pride in our county by making Cumbria:

Healthier

Improving the health and wellbeing of adults.

Wealthier

Making Cumbria more prosperous.

Happier

Improving the life chances and well-being of children and young people.

Safer

Creating safe and secure communities.

Greener

Creating and protecting a high quality environment for all.

Better

Improving council services.

To find out more about how Cumbria County Council will deliver these priorities take a look at our Council Plan at cumbria.gov.uk

Councillors have also approved a financial roadmap for Cumbria for the subsequent two years which will mean council tax should increase by just 3.5% in 2009/10 and 2010/11.

Council tax rises have been kept to a minimum and the council is now more efficient than ever before - the proof of this is the £32m in efficiency savings made

by the county council since April 2005. Your council tax helps to maintain and

improve Cumbria’s roads, care for older people, become greener in the way we dispose of our waste, improve prospects for children, buy new books for libraries, and make Cumbria a safer place by reducing fire risks and educating people about road safety.

What does this mean for me?Based on this budget, the proportion of council tax charged by the county council is shown here.

Please note that this table accounts for around three quarters of the overall council tax bill - the remainder is charged by your district council, Cumbria Police Authority and in some places Parish Councils as well.

£ per annum 2007/8 £ per annum 2008/9Band A (Up to £40,000) 713.53 741.36Band B (£40,001 to £52,000) 832.46 864.92Band C (£52,001 to £68,000) 951.38 988.48Band D (£68,001 to £88,000) 1,070.30 1,112.04Band E (£88,001 to £120,000) 1,308.14 1,359.16Band F (£120,001 to £160,000) 1,545.99 1,606.28Band G (£160,001 to £320,000) 1,783.83 1,853.40Band H (£320,001 and over) 2,140.60 2,224.08

How does Cumbria County Council really spend your money?

How is the county council funded?The council’s 2008/09 net budget of £327m is provided by council tax, and by Government through the Revenue Support Grant and redistributed business rates

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Business rates 35%

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Key investments: An extra £120k will be spent on new books for Cumbria’s libraries - making it easier for people to find the titles they want.

An additional £36k will be invested in community transport projects like the Rural Wheels scheme.

Improving council services

Key investments: Investment of £300k to develop one-stop shops across Cumbria where people can go for all their council services. It will improve access to services provided by the county council and by other organisations such as district councils and charitable organisations.

An extra £325k will be invested in increasing the building maintenance programme to pay for energy reduction schemes.

Safe and secure communities

Key investments: An extra £141k will be invested in fire and accident prevention work. More money will be spent on free smoke detectors for homes, and five new community safety officers.

An additional £80k will also be spent on the Young Firefighters scheme which helps the Fire & Rescue Service forge closer links with young people who may underachieve at school or struggle with social problems.

How does Cumbria County Council really spend your money?

Health and well-being

Key investments: More money will be invested in services that provide extra choice and independence for Cumbria’s growing number of older people.

An extra £4.3m will be invested in older people’s services over the next three years. This starts from an extra £865k in 2008/9 and the extra investment doubles in the following year.

Environment

Key investments: £1m will be invested in introducing a brand new Highways Steward service around the county. Stewards will work closely with parishes and communities on local repairs and other small scale highways work. There will be 24 such stewards serving communities across Cumbria. On top of this an extra £1.14m will spent on permanent repairs to highways.

An extra £2.9m is being invested in waste disposal as costs rise sharply. This includes more than £100k to be spent improving household waste recycling centres. The county council is currently negotiating a new cleaner, greener 25-year waste disposal contract which will see recycling rates rise to 60 per cent.

Children

Key investments: An extra £410k will be spent on home-to-school transport, this includes £250k on new transport arrangements to tie in with the roll-out of new Academies. A further £500k will be invested in reorganising the county’s schools for the future and the new Academy programme. The council has also committed to spending an extra £160k on activities for young people.

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What is the energy coast?So what is the energy coast? Put simply, it is an ambitious scheme to make the most of Cumbria’s dominant position on the energy scene to bring £2bn worth of investment and 16,000 new jobs to the county.

With 36 per cent of the UK’s civil nuclear industry, Cumbria’s west coast already has a global presence in the nuclear sector. It also boasts considerable expertise and a growing reputation for innovation in renewable energy such as on and off shore windfarms.

The energy coast aims to build on that excellent reputation to make sure the area stays at the forefront of the energy industry and contributes to Britain’s efforts to combat climate change. It will also secure the nation’s energy supplies in the future.

Energy Masterplan benefits will include: a new £310million hospital for the area with research and teaching facilities; £200m investment in schools and new academies as well as the creation of specialist energy industry training facilities; £300m investment in the road network and improvements to railway rolling stock and infrastructure; improved tourism facilities and support for local businesses.

Regeneration organisations West Lakes Renaissance and Cumbria Vision have been working with Cumbria County Council and other local authorities as well as a host of Cumbrian, national and international bodies to get the Britain’s Energy Coast Masterplan up-and-running. Government ministers have already backed the plan and an agreement on the £500m of public money it will need is expected soon.

YourCumbria will keep you updated as things develop.

Barrow waterfrontAnybody who has ever been on holiday only to find their hotel backs onto a building site will know that it can be no fun living near construction projects.

That’s why the county council has done all it can to minimise the disruption to local people living near the massive £200m redevelopment of the waterfront area of Barrow.

Stage one of this major project is already underway and involves creating the new 19,770 square metre Ramsden Business Park. Cumbria County Council has bought the land, obtained the finance and organised the work needed to transform a formerly derelict site into a thriving business park.

Large amounts of rock and building materials have had to be transferred on and off the site while roads are built, pipes are laid and the ground is prepared for brand new business units. But so that the local roads of Barrow don’t get clogged up with HGVs carrying rubble, the project has been shipping material in and out of the Waterfront using the docks.

It means life for locals is as quiet as possible while this huge regeneration project takes shape.

Ramsden Business Park will have all the infrastructure in place by this autumn so that the new business units can start springing up. The business park will create 600 new jobs – a much needed boost for the Barrow economy and an exciting part of the overall waterfront development which will include new homes, new leisure facilities and a marina.

It was a mammoth task – and one that has grown over the last two years as a stronger, more comprehensive vision for the future of Cumbria’s schools.

Such a review involves a lot of change for pupils, parents, teachers, schools, and, indeed, the local authority. But, as Moira Swann, the county council’s director of Children’s Services, explains, only a root and branch review would do:

“We needed to really grasp the nettle and have a wide-ranging review; there was no point just tinkering at the edges because all the issues we need to deal with are linked. It was important that we acted, rather than just let such schools wither on the vine.”

A lot has been achieved in the last two years, supported by the work of a dedicated School Organisation Project Team. Each proposal for change has been accompanied by extensive public consultation, and although some of the proposals have been met with concern, all in all Moira Swann is pleased with the progress being made.

“It’s going really well; I am very conscious of the fact that it’s an emotive issue, and there have been strong feelings about some

of the proposed changes, but one thing we all agree on is that we must strive to give our young people the best possiblestart in life, and the best possible life chances.”

Much has already been achieved, but there is still a lot to do. Although some primary schools have already taken up the challenge and are now working collaboratively with neighbouring schools, primary provision will be the next area school organisation will focus on.

Alongside all of this a great deal of work is being done to extend the role of schools in the wider community.

As Moria Swann explains, “The school now plays a much different role in the community than it did even few years ago – it is now very much at the heart of community activity and support, rather than just somewhere children go to learn for six hours a day.

“This means major changes for schools – and for us – but it also opens up a world of possibilities and opportunities for teachers and pupils alike.

“I think our schools are great, and we are doing all we can to make sure that they are

as ready as possible for the challenges of the future.

“It’s very much a long-term strategy – this isn’t something that can be turned round on a sixpence. Yes, much has been achieved, but in reality we are still at stage one.”

For further information about school organisation, contact the project team on 01228 606013 or visit the website at cumbriacc.gov.uk/childrensservices/school-organisation

In autumn 2005, the council launched a review of the county’s schools to deal with urgent issues of falling pupil numbers, improving academic standards, and the impact of the floods earlier in the year.

Taking education seriously

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Moira Swann

What’s happened so far?• Proposals for four academies – two

in Carlisle, one in Barrow and one in North Copeland; the Carlisle academies will up and running by the end of this year, with new buildings completed by 2010

• The merger of Beaconside infant and junior schools in Eden

• Plans to close Dale Street infants school in Ulverston and increase capacity and facilities at Sir John Barrow school

• Belah school in North Carlisle is to close and its catchment area split between Kingmoor infant and junior schools and Stanwix school

• Proposals to provide extra resources for children with special educational needs in mainstream schools at Cumwhinton, Caldew and William Howard schools in the north of the county.

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Farmers markets

March

28 Kendal Farmers Market29 Brampton Farmers Market

April

4 Carlisle Farmers Market19 Ulverston Farmers Market25 Kendal Farmers Market26 Brampton Farmers Market

May

2 Carlisle Farmers Market 3 Cockermouth Farmers Market17 Ulverston Farmers Market30 Kendal Farmers Market31 Brampton Farmers Market

June

6 Carlisle Farmers Market 7 Cockermouth Farmers Market21 Ulvertson Farmers Market27 Kendal Farmers Market28 Brampton Farmers Market

July

4 Carlisle Farmers Market 5 Cockermouth Farmers Market19 Ulverston Farmers Market

Neighbourhood Forums

March

25 Denton Holme and Longsowerby 7pm

April

7 Gosforth and Ennerdale 7pm10 Bootle and Seascale 7pm

May

01 Cleator Moor 6.30pm12 Millom 7pm20 Bransty and Harbour 7pm

July

07 Gosforth and Ennerdale 7pm10 Bootle and Seascale 7pm14 Arlecdon and Frizington 6.30pm24 Cleator Moor 6.30pm

For a complete list of neighbourhood forums visit our on-line diary cumbria.gov.uk/eventscalendar

School Term Dates

Thursday 20 March Easter holidays beginMonday 7 April Return to schoolMonday 5 May Bank HolidayMonday 26 May - Friday 30 May Half term holidayFriday 18 July Summer holidays beginTuesday 2 September Return to school

For further school term dates visit cumbria.gov.uk/childrensservices

Ful l Counci l meetings and cabinet

Day Date Title Venue

Tue 08/04/2008 Cabinet County Offices, KendalThu 24/04/2008 County council - Annual Meeting County Offices, KendalTue 13/05/2008 Cabinet Barrow – venue to be arrangedTue 10/06/2008 Cabinet The Courts, CarlisleThu 26/06/2008 County council County Offices, KendalTue 08/07/2008 Cabinet County Offices, Kendal

March

27 The Sword in the Stone, 2.30pm Rosehill Theatre, Whitehaven, tel 01946 692422

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21-27 Real Nappy Week, launch of the Cumbria Real Nappy Campaign offering money off vouchers for every cumbrian resident to encourage them to trial real nappies – for a list of roadshows during this week visit recycleforcumbria.org

26 Young people’s reading group, Barrow Library. 7 to 11 years and enjoy reading then why not join us from 10.45 to 11.45am contact [email protected]

27 Solway Autograss Club, Andrew Harkness 07801 297755.

27 Antique and Collectors Fair, Rheged, Penrith

29 Storytots, Barrow Library. Stories, songs and rhymes for under 5’s

and their grown ups 1.30 – 2.15pm. Contact [email protected]

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05 The people’s Theatre Company present the Witch’s Bogey, Rosehill Theatre, Whitehaven, tel 01946 692422

05 Young people’s reading group, Barrow Library. 7 to 11 years and enjoy reading then why not join us from 10.45 to 11.45am contact

[email protected] 08 Storytots, Barrow Library. Stories, songs and

rhymes for under 5’s and their grown ups 1.30–2.15pm. Contact [email protected] 10 Silver Surfers, Barrow Library 1-3pm. If you are

over 50 and would like some help using the computer or want to learn something new then book a free session. Contact Karen McKenny or email [email protected]

12 A concert of Easter Music by the Abbey Singers, St Cutherberts Church, Carlisle 7:30pm, tickets £10 from Carlisle TIC.

12 Arnside Village Market, 10am to 4pm, contact Ged Pinder 01524 761889

13 Solway Autograss Club, Hay Close Raceway, Hay Close Farm, Calthwaite, Penrith - 100+ race cars race on a dirt oval race track. Good spectator viewing, racing for men, ladies and junior drivers. Accompanied under 16 free entry to site. For more info contact Andrew Harkness

07801 297755. 14 Dalton storytime, Dalton Library 11.00–11.30am, Stories, songs and rhymes for under 5’s and their

grown ups. Contact [email protected] 14 Teenage Book Club, Barrow Library 4.15–5pm.

Want your own space after school? For young people aged 12-16 meeting once per month. Contact [email protected]

19 Forest friends table top sale, Low Hesket Village Hall, Carlisle 9am to 12pm contact Helen Dixon 017684 84104

20 Northern Junior Wavehopper Canoeing Race, Carlisle Sands Centre Rapids, 10am. Contact Nigel Timmins on 017684 80084 or visit cumbriacanoeists.org.uk

May

02 Printfest 2008. Coronation Hall, Ulverston. An exhibition of original prints from local and national artistic printmakers. Contact Tina Balmer 01229 480539 or visit printfest.org.uk

4-5 Carlisle and Borders Spring Show, Victoria Gardens, Bitts Park, Carlisle, 10am – 5pm. For further details contact 01228 817359 or check out the website at carlisle.gov.uk

4-10 Compost Awareness Week – for a list of roadshows during this week visit recycleforcumbria.org

06 Storytots, Barrow Library. Stories, songs and rhymes for under 5’s and their grown ups 1.30 – 2.15pm. Contact [email protected]

08 Silver Surfers, Barrow Library 1-3pm. Contact [email protected]

10 Gaverner to Tavener, choral concert by Levens Choir, Kendal parish Church 7.30pm cost £7.50. Contact Mrs J Tedcastle 015395 67583

10 Meet Postman Pat and Jess the cat at Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway, great fun day for children. Visit ravenglass-railway.co.uk

11 Solway Autograss Club, contact Andrew Harkness 07801 29775512 Dalton storytime, Dalton Library 11.00 – 11.30am, Stories, songs and rhymes for

under 5’s and their grown ups. Contact [email protected].

AAbandoned vehicles advice line contact your district council Adoption and fostering - see Fostering and adoption Adult education 01228 607304 / 607303

Adult Social CareBarrow 01229 894894 Carlisle 01228 227000Kendal 01539 773377Penrith 01768 242242Whitehaven 01946 852852Workington 01900 706325Emergency out of hours service 01228 526690

Age Concern Carlisle 01228 536673Eden 01768 863618Northwest 01946 66669Barrow 01229 831425Millom 01229 774573South Lakeland 01539 728118

Allerdale Borough Council - allerdale.gov.uk 01900 702702Allotments contact your district council Animal health and welfare 01539 773137Archaeology 01539 773428

Archives Barrow 01229 894377Carlisle 01228 607285Kendal 01539 773540Whitehaven 01946 852920

Arts and culture 01228 607306Aspatria Dreamscheme 0169073 20893 B Barrow Borough Council - barrowbc.gov.uk 01229 876300Barrow Youth Inclusion Project 01229 871420Basement Bar, Barrow 01229 894644Beach cleaning contact your district council

B Continued Benefits advice centre contact your district council Benefit enquiry line 0800 88 22 00Bereavement services contact your district council Birth, registration 01228 606359Blue car parking badges for disabled people see Adult Social Care Botcherby Healthy Living Initiative 01228 543405 Brewery Arts Centre 01539 725133 Building regulations contact your district council Building planning applications contact your district council

Bus timetables 0871 200 2233 Calls from landlines cost 10p per minute

How to...CAtCh A BuSIf you are using the bus for the first time or using a bus away from home – the first step is the hardest!

When? Where? how much? - Answers to all these questions can be found in a number of places but the simplest way is to contact Traveline on 0871 200 22 33 - calls from landlines 10p a minute. If using a mobile dial 874 as soon as “Welcome” message starts to get straight through to Cumbria Call Centre. Or go online to traveline.info. This service is available daily 7.00 am to 10.00 pm.

Information - Timetables etc can be obtained from a number of outlets eg Tourist Information Centres. If you have access to the internet these can be found on the County Council’s website cumbria.gov.uk/buses. Copies of the Cumbria and Lakes Rider which gives information on bus timetables and maps of town services for the summer - available from your local library.

Something for nothing? - If you are over 60 you are entitled to travel free on all buses. Contact your local District/Borough Council for further information.

Most services in Cumbria are paid for by the fares collected on the bus. Where fares do not cover costs the county council can provide financial support. Cumbria County Council would be pleased to hear any suggestions to improve services and supply of information.

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12 TeenageBookClub,BarrowLibrary4.15–5pm.Wantyourownspaceafterschool?Foryoungpeopleaged12-16.

[email protected] CartmelRaces,firstrace5.50pm26 CartmelRaces,firstrace2.25pm26 UpperbyGala,HammondsPond,UpperbyPark,

Carlisle,2pm-5pm26 CarlisleRaces,Familyfunday,CarlisleRacecourse

formoreinfocall01228554700orcheckoutthewebsitecarlisle-races.co.uk

28 CartmelRaces,firstrace2.20pm30– HolkerHallGardenFestival10am-5:30pm

contact0153958328orcheckoutthewebsiteholker-hall.co.ukforfurtherinformation.

June

2-8 RecycleNowWeek-foralistofroadshowsduringthisweekvisitrecycleforcumbria.org

03 Storytots,BarrowLibrary.Stories,songsandrhymesforunder5’sandtheirgrownups1.30–[email protected]

Summereveningcruises,BBQCruisewithliveentertainment,WindermereLakeCruises,departsBownessPierat7pmandreturnsat9pmeachWednesdayeveninginJune.Forfurtherinformationortobookcontact01539442600.

05 SilverSurfers,[email protected]

4-11 ApplebyHorseFair–thelargesthorse fairinEurope6-8 WOW2008(WindermereonWater)WOW

offersapackedweekendofwater-themedactivities.ContactKendalArtsInternational01539440020

07 Youngpeople’sreadinggroup,BarrowLibrary.7to11yearsandenjoyreadingthenwhynotjoinusfrom10.45to11.45amcontact

[email protected] LongtownGala,JuniorSchoolPlayingField,

[email protected] FestivaloftheSea,Barrow–joininacarnival

atmosphereofaneventdesignedtohighlightthemaritimehistoryofBarrowwithtallships,powerboating,yachtingandasea-shantyfestival.Allthisplusawalkingfestival,anairshow,fun-fairandreligiousservices,phone01229876505

June continued. . .

09 Daltonstorytime,DaltonLibrary11.00–11.30am,Stories,songsandrhymesforunder5’[email protected]

09 TeenageBookClub,BarrowLibrary4.15–5pm.Wantyourownspaceafterschool?Foryoungpeopleaged12-16.Contact

[email protected] ArnsideVillageMarket,10amto4pm,contact

GedPinder0152476188915 SolwayAutograssClub,AndrewHarkness 07801297755.22 AntiqueandCollectorsFair,Reghed,Penrith28 Youngpeople’sreadinggroup,BarrowLibrary. 7to11yearsandenjoyreadingthenwhynot

joinusfrom10.45to11.45amcontact [email protected]

I t ’s easy to add your dates to the events ca lendarJustgotocumbria.gov.uk/eventscalendar

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CC2 Enterprises recycle & refurbish IT equipment & provide

training for local disabled people, General enquiries 01228 606483Email [email protected]

Carlisle City Council - carlisle.gov.uk 01228 817000Carlisle Castle 01228 891922 Car parking contact your district council Cemeteries and crematorium contact your district council Children’s information service 08457 125737Provides you with details of early years childcare and educational facilitiesClient Services 01228 607607Including highways and waste managementCoast protection contact your district council Community centres support contact your district council Community events contact your district council Community Law Centre 01228 515129Complaints about county council services 0800 1218800Complaints about Adult Social Care and Children’s Services Contact local offices or ring 01228 607140 Complaints about district council services Contact your local district councilCommunity Action Furness 01229 832073 Concessionary fares contact your district council

Children’s ServicesHead Office, Portland Square, Carlisle 01228 606877Barrow - Market Street 01229 894894Barrow - Nan Tait Centre 01229 407400Carlisle - Alfred Street North 01228 607002Kendal - Busher House 01539 773456Kendal - Condor Block 01539 773377Penrith 01768 242242Whitehaven - Somerset House 01946 852852Whitehaven - Union Hall 01946 852700Workington 01900 706325Emergency out of hours service 01228 526690

Citizens Advice Bureaux Barrow 01229 830367Carlisle 01228 633900Grange 01539 533100Kendal 0870 1264061Keswick 017687 73472Penrith 01768 863564Ulverston 01229 585585Whitehaven 01946 693321Windermere 01539 446464Workington 01900 604735

How to...RepoRt ConCeRnS ABout A ChIldWorried about the welfare of a child? Then speak to our customer services staff at your local Children’s Service’s office straight away (local office’s under Children’s Service’s) or contact our Out of Hours Service on 01228 526690.

Connexions Cumbria Free phone number 0800 435709Partnership Office 01931 711300Barrow-in-Furness 01229 824052Carlisle 01228 596272Kendal 01539 730045Penrith (part time) 01768 865296Maryport 01900 815928Ulverston (part time) 01229 583466Whitehaven 01946 695541Workington 01900 604674

Consumer advice 0845 4040506Contaminated land contact your district councilCopeland Borough Council - copelandbc.gov.uk 01946 852585Councillors details 01228 606368Council meetings 01228 606368Council tax contact your district councilCountryside access 01228 601052

Countryside Rangers (outside the National Parks) Allerdale District outside the National Park 07773 819101Barrow-in-Furness District 07789 603435Carlisle District 07789 603253Copeland Borough outside the National Park 07773 819101Eden District outside the National Park 07789 602281South Lakeland outside the National Park 07789 603435

Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership 01228 606508 Cumbria Association of Local Councils 01768 242141Cumbria Care 01228 607790Cumbria Community Foundation 01900 820822Cumbria Chamber of Commerce (business advice) 01228 534120 Cycleways 01228 606735

Cumbria County CouncilComments, compliments and complaints For complaints 0800 121 8800Email: [email protected] For comments and compliments Email: [email protected] Write: Customer Services, Cumbria County Council, Freepost NWW6059A, The Courts, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA3 8NA.


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Gerald Humes - 01900 63976Moorclose L

Elizabeth Barraclough - 017687 72771Keswick & Derwent LD

Barbara Cannon - 01946 834702Moss Bay L

James Buchanan - 016973 21331Aspatria & Wharrels C

Alan Barry - 01900 604289St Michael’s L

John Crouch - 016973 42575Wigton L

Anthony Markley - 016973 31998Solway Coast C

Duncan Fairbairn - 016973 43160Bowness, Thursby & Caldbeck C

Trevor Fee - 01900 61635Seaton I

Bill Cameron - 01900 812783Maryport West L

Tim Heslop - 01900 823276Cockermouth West C

Alan Clark - 01900 601642Dearham & Broughton L

Allan Caine - 01946 831138Harrington, Clifton & Stainburn LD

Keith Little - 01900 812981Maryport East L

Joe McAllister - 01946 694893Kells & Sandwith L

Norman Clarkson - 01946 841126Gosforth & Ennerdale C

Bernard Kirk - 01946 852962Bransty L

Ronnie Calvin - 01946 62802Hensingham & Arlecdon L

Judith Andersen - 01946 692343Hillcrest L

David Southward MBE - 01946 841476St Bees & Egremont L

Raymond Cole - 01229 774378Millom C

Simon Leyton - 01946 861468Cleator Moor S & Egremont L

Susan Brown - 01229 774666Seascale & Whicham C

Cam Ross - 01946 861552Distington & Moresby L

Tim Knowles - 01946 811687Cleator Moor N & Frizington L

John Woolley - 01946 695804Mirehouse L

Alan Nicholson - 01229 430887Parkside L

Jeffrey Garnett - 01229 825218Walney South L

Jack Richardson - 01229 838459Hawcoat C

Peter Phizacklea OBE - 01229 824256Dalton North L

Ernie Wilson - 01229 831517Ormsgill L

Bill Smith - 01229 463815Dalton South L

Kevin Hamilton - 01229 894535Risedale L

Jane Murphy - 01229 431204Walney North L

John Murphy - 01229 473746Newbarns L

Anne Burns - 01229 471824Hindpool L

Norman Shaw - 01229 828549Roosecote L

Patricia Bell - 01768 867826Penrith East

Philip G Chappelhow - 01768 898740Penrith North C

Mary Warburton - 017683 53230Appleby C

Roger Bird - 01931 714248Eden Lakes C

Gary B Strong - 01228 599435Penrith Rural C

Tim Stoddard - 017683 71313Kirkby Stephen C

Bert Richardson - 01768 483704Greystoke & Hesket C

Colin Nineham - 01768 863755Penrith West I

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Geoff Cook - 01539 740133Kendal Highgate LD

John Hemingway - 01229 861072Low Furness LD

Ian Stewart - 015395 62391Kent Estuary LD

Stan Collins - 01539 821086Upper Kent LD

Les Lishman - 01539 728167Kendal Nether LD

Alan Bobbett - 015395 60422Kendal South C

Jim Bland - 015395 68576Lyth Valley C

Oliver Pearson - 01229 894492High Furness C

Brian Barton - 015394 32570Lakes C

Tom Clare - 01539 725946Kendal Castle LD

Roger Bingham - 015395 63694Lower Kentdale C

David Clarke - 01539 730023Kendal Strickland & Fell L

Joan Stocker - 015394 44403Windermere LD

Wendy Kolbe - 01229 585045Ulverston East L

Edward Walsh - 015395 30272Cartmel C

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John Mallinson - 01228 533746Stanwix & Irthington C

Stewart Young - 01228 541905Upperby L

Heather Bradley - 01228 533162Currock L

Reg Watson - 01228 521676St Aidan’s L

John Bell - 01228 530388Morton L

Anne Glendinning - 01228 549035Botcherby L

Helen Horne - 01228 670475Yewdale L

Hugh McDevitt - 01228 530223Denton Holme L

Olwyn Luckley - 01228 539975Castle LD

Cyril Weber - 01228 539215Belle Vue L

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dDangerous structures contact your district councilDay care services, older adults contact Adult Social CareDeaths, registration 01228 606359Derelict land contact your district councilDevelopment control contact your district councilNational Park authority within boundariesDevelopment control planning 01539 773066Dental Emergencies (Carlisle) 01228 603900 (Kendal) 01539 716822

district Council’sAllerdale Borough Council - allerdale.gov.uk 01900 702702Barrow Borough Council - barrowbc.gov.uk 01229 876300Carlisle City Council - carlisle.gov.uk 01228 817000Copeland Borough Council - copelandbc.gov.uk 01946 852585Eden District Council - eden.gov.uk 01768 817817 South Lakeland District Council - southlakeland.gov.uk 01539 733333

Dogs - barking and fouling contact your district councilDrop Zone Café, Barrow 01229 812888Duke of Edinburgh Awards 01228 606937Dustbin emptying contact your district council

eEconomic development services contact your district councilEden Community Outdoors 017683 51640Eden District Council - eden.gov.uk 01768 817817 Eden Rural Foyer 01768 861650Eden Youth Work Project 01768 861404Education and Education Welfare - see Children’s ServicesEnergy efficiency advice centre contact your district councilEnvironment Agency advice, floodline 0845 9881188Environmental issues including: pest control, food safety, dog control (dirt), health and safety at work, noise pollution contact your district councilEnvironmental protection services contact your district council

FFire service 01900 822503Fly tipping contact your district councilFood inspection control contact your district council

How to...FoSteRInterested in fostering and adoption but need more information then contact your local office see below for numbers or visit cumbria.gov.uk

Fostering and Adoption Carlisle 01228 607078Barrow 01229 894862Workington 01900 706356Kendal 01539 773312

GGirlguiding 01946 694868 Grants - community groupsSee Neighbourhood Development numbers Grants - student 01228 606777Gritting 0845 6096609

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For health care related matters contact:NHS Direct (24hrs) 0845 4647

highways hotline 0845 6096609 Email: [email protected] 24 hours a day - 7 days a week

Ring Cumbria highways hotline if you wantinformation on, or are experiencing problems with:Potholes and road defects, pavements and cycleways, streetlighting, road signs, flooding of roads, traffic management, traffic signals, skips, scaffolding, road closures, snow, ice androad gritting, grass verges, overhanging trees and hedges, highway improvements and Rights of Way.

Home care see Adult Social CareHomelessness contact your district councilHousehold Waste Recycling Centres 01228 607644Housing advice contact your district councilHousing benefit contact your district council

IImpact Housing 01946 833100

JJunk Mail (to stop junk mail) 0845 703 4599Or write to the Mailing Preference Service at: MPS, Freepost 22, London, WE1 7EZ.

KKendal Youth Work 07709 797534

lLake District National Park 01539 724555Land charges contact your district council

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How to...JoIn A lIBRARYPeople of all ages can join one of Cumbria’s 53 libraries completely free of charge by visiting one nearest to or by completing an on-line form. Opening times, locations and the on-line form can be found by logging onto cumbria.gov.uk/libraries

libraries Cumbria has 54 libraries around the county - the main six are listed below:Barrow 01229 894370Carlisle 01228 607310Kendal 01539 773520Penrith 01768 242100Whitehaven 01946 852900

Litter and street cleaning contact your district councilLiving Well Trust, Carlisle 01228 599426 Local plans contact your district councilLongtown Youth Project 07780 688734

MMarkets contact your district councilMarriages, registration 01228 606359Meals on wheels see Adult Social CareMillom Youth Partnership 01229 777500 Minerals and waste planning 01593 773066

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oOpen Access 01228 601052 Outdoor activities 017687 72816

pParish council - County Association of Local Councils For your parish council contact 01768 242141Parks, open spaces and play areas contact your district councilParish Paths Initiative 01228 606605 Petteril Bank Youth Project 01228 523380 Pest control contact your district councilPheonix Youth Project 01946 814555 Planning contact your district councilPolice - non emergencies 08453 300247Police HQ 01768 891999Pollution contact your district council

How to...FIx A potholeIf you have a fault with your road, such as a pothole or streetlight not working, then Cumbria County Council can help you. Cumbria Highways is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week - and you can report the fault online - cumbriahighways.org.uk, by phone - 0845 6096609 or by e-mail - [email protected]

Print services and photocopying 01228 606420Product safety see trading standardsProperty contact your district councilPublic conveniences contact your district councilPublic rights of way 01228 606558Public transport 0871 2002233

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Recycling contact your district councilGeneral information and advice 0845 0551118Email [email protected] waste recycling centres 01228 607644Household collections services contact your district councilRecycle points contact your district council(eg supermarkets, village halls, pubs etc)


Refuse and special collections contact your district councilRegistration of births, deaths and marriages 01228 606359Residents parking permits contact your district councilRespite care see Adult Social Care and Children’s Services Residential homes see Cumbria Care and Adult Social CareRoad safety education/training 01768 242336For highways safety matters 0845 609 6609Road safety general 01228 601009Roads 0845 6096609Rural wheels 01228 606721

SSamaritans UK wide 08457 90 90 90Governor Support Team see Children’s Services

School Meals (free)Barrow 01229 894400Carlisle/Penrith 01228 606778Kendal 01539 773456Whitehaven/Workington 01946 852700

School places 01228 606930 / 606999 01228 601171 / 601198School transport - north 01228 606008To include Alston, Carlisle, Kirkby Stephen and Penrith School transport - south 01228 606044To include Barrow, Kendal, Ulverston and Windermere School transport - west 01228 606045To include Aspatria, Cockermouth, Keswick, Millom and WhitehavenScouts Association 01768 862040Shopmobility contact your district councilSocial Services see Adult Social Care and Children’s Services South Cumbria Award Initiative 01229 812888South Lakeland District Council 01539 733333 Spirit of Youth in partnership with Young Cumbria 015395 36032Sport and recreation contact your district councilStreet cleaning contact your district councilStreet lighting 0845 609 6609Student support services 01228 606777Sure start 0845 712 5737Sustainability 01228 606314Swimming pools contact your district council

How to...FIt/CheCK A SMoKe AlARMCumbria Fire & Rescue Service carry out free home safety checks and will fit a smoke detector in your property completely free of charge. If you would like to arrange a check on your property contact their free telephone number 0800 358777. Don’t forget to check your smoke alarm is working at least once per week, it takes less time than making a cup of tea and could save your life.

tTheatre by the lake 01768 74411Tourist information centres contact your district councilTown twinning contact your district councilTown council - County Association of Local CouncilsFor your parish council contact 01768 242141

trading standardsAnimal health licensing 01539 773137 Consumer advice 08454 040506(For other trading standard issues contact your local office)Headquarters 01539 773594Carlisle 01228 607447Cockermouth 01900 325980Kendal 01539 773577 Ulverston 01229 404040

Traveline (public transport) 0871 200 2233(Calls from landlines cost 10p per minute)Traffic lights 0845 6096609Tullie House 01228 534781

u United Utilities (electricity) 0800 195 4141Unsafe goods see trading standards

VVOICES Project 01229 870150 Voluntary Action Cumbria 01768 242130

Council for Voluntary Service for the county and Voluntary CentresBarrow 01229 823144Carlisle 01228 512513Eden 01768 242138 / 01768 352411South Lakes 01539 742627West Cumbria 01900 819191

Voting contact your district council

WWaste management 01228 607644 For household collection service enquiries please contact your district councilWebsite Cumbria County Council 01228 606325Wheels to Work 01946 820462Whitehaven Harbour Youth Project 01946 690404 Wigton Youth Station 016973 44200 Windermere ferry enquiries 0845 6096609WRVS (meals on wheels)

Jenny Wardlow, Cumbria 07714 898598 / 01228 606387

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Prefer to write? With telephone systems and the convenience of emails it’s easy to forget that some people prefer to put things in writing. We’re happy to receive enquiries at:

Communications Department, Cumbria County Council, The Courts, Carlisle, Cumbria CA3 8NAor email: [email protected]

YYMCA, Carlisle 01228 815412YWCA Cumbria Young Women’s Project 01228 525817

Young Carers Carlisle 01228 542156Eden 01768 890280Furness 01229 822822

Young Cumbria Allerdale 01900 325053Barrow 01229 836426Copeland 01946 820462Eden 01768 861669Egremont 01946 797537Keswick 017687 75085South Lakes 015395 36032Whitehaven 01946 65082Windermere 015394 42879

Young Farmers 01768 866550Youth forum contact your district council

Youth offending ServiceHeadquarters 01228 607179North office 01228 607090South office 01229 826080West office 01900 813531

Youthtastic, Workington 01900 842993

Youth Work development Co-ordinatorsAllerdale, Graham Bassett 01900 325052Barrow, Helen Bunting 01229 894952Carlisle, Joanne King 01228 606939Copeland, Paul McLoughlin 01946 852732Eden, Kath Calvert 01768 242071South Lakeland, Lynn Robinson 01529 773487

Visit our talking website...Cumbria County Council’s website is speech enabled which means that you can now have the latest news and council information read aloud to you. It also has an excellent search facility, so you should be able to find what you need quickly.

Our website at cumbria.gov.uk now includes:

¸home page From the home page you will be able to find: latest

news, quick links, YourCumbria online, what’s on, contact us, have your say and do it online.

¸Adult Social Care and health Social care services for adults including meals on

wheels, home care, residential homes, Cumbria Care and Supporting People. Request an assessment of social care need by using the online referral facility.

¸Advice and Benefits Including advice from Trading Standards and

Freedom of Information. There’s also information about grants and funding.

¸Children’s Services A directorate that brings together the county

council’s responsibilities for education and social services for young people and their families.

¸Community and living Including Neighbourhood Forums, community

meetings & events and births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships.

¸Council and democracy Including the structure of the council, how it works

and how it performs. Find out about your county councillor.

¸environment and planning Including countryside & landscape, conservation

and waste & recycling. You can view, submit and comment on current planning applications.

¸Job opportunities All our current vacancies are available to view

online with the facility to apply online.

¸libraries and Archives Apply for your library membership online and view

the online interactive catalogue. Find out more about your family tree and the history of your town or village from the Archive Services.

¸transport and Roads Featuring the latest transport news, public

transport journey planner and link to the Highways Hotline where you can report a problem in your street or on the highway.



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Your guide to recruitment

Visit cumbria.gov.uk/jobs for more vacancies

Jobs

Are you looking for flexible local employment opportunities?Wearelookingtorecruitindividualstoprovidemuchneededservicesintheircommunities.Allpositionsareparttimeandofferconvenientworkinghourssuitingavarietyofpeople.Thefollowingpositionsareavailablethroughoutthecounty:

Schoolcrossingpatrols £6.08perhourCleaningoperatives £6.00perhourKitchenteammembers £5.98perhour

Want to find out more? Contact 01228 607729

Independent member of standards committeeThestandardscommitteeadvisestheauthorityonthestandardsofconductofcountycouncillors.We’relookingforanewIndependentmembertotheCommittee.Whilstnoparticularqualificationsarerequired,applicationscannotbeconsideredfromanyonewho:-

•isalocalauthorityofficerormember(whetheroncountyordistrictcouncils)

•hasbeenamemberorofficerofthecountycouncilwithinthelastfiveyears

•isarelativeoraclosefriendofamemberorofficerofthecountycouncil

•iscurrentlyactivelyengagedinpolitics.

Nosalaryispayable,butthecouncilwillpayreasonabletravellingandsubsistenceincurredintraveltomeetings,whichareheldineitherCarlisleorKendal.

AnapplicationformandfurtherinformationcanbeobtainedbywritingtotheHeadofMemberServicesandScrutiny,CumbriaCountyCouncil,TheCourts,Carlisle,CA38NA;telephoningMichaelTurneron(01228606373);[email protected]

Closing date 31 March 2008.

Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service Community Volunteers.Volunteerscanbetrainedtogetinvolvedinarangeofactivities,including:

•Organisingfreehomefiresafetychecksandfittingfreesmokealarms

•Spreadingthemessageonfirehazards•Becominginvolvedincampaigns•Helpingtocleanuphomesafterthey’vebeenhit

byfireorfloods•Helpingolderandvulnerablepeoplecarryout

preventativeactivities

Formoreinformationandanapplicationpackpleasecall01900820247oremailvolunteers@cumbriafire.gov.uk

Do you enjoy helping people in your community?MealsonWheelsarelookingforvolunteerdriversandhelperstohelpprovideahotmealtothoseindividualswhoneeditthemost.You’llbegiventheopportunitytomeetpeopleandmakenewfriendswhilehelpingsomeofthemostvulnerablepeopleinyourowncommunity.

Want to find out more? Contact 01228 607729

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