Almost £20,000 has been invested into community projects in the latest round of funding from the Border, Fellside and North Carlisle Community Panel.
The panel of ward councillors met to give their backing to a wide range of initiatives.
The projects supported are:
- £6,600 to Longtown Memorial Hall Community Centre towards a major refurbishment.
- £2,000 to Age UK Carlisle and Eden towards helping older people with their shopping.
- £1,487 to Hayton Parish Council towards energy efficiency measures at Heads Nook Village Hall.
- £1,500 to Brampton and District Red Squirrel Group to buy equipment including feeders and thermal cameras.
- £300 to the Rotary Club of Carlisle. This will support a Technology Tournament for young people in Carlisle, encouraging achievement in science.
- £1,134 to the ICan wellbeing group. This will be used for healing hikes, sound healing sessions, meditation and holistic therapies in the Carlisle area.
- £835 to the Parochial Church Council of Cumrew towards installing running water at St Mary’s Church, so it can be used for community events.
- £1,080 to Castle Carrock and Geltsdale Parish Council for a gate for its community field. The field will in the future be home to a play area and community orchard.
- £500 to Cumwhitton Parish Council towards improvements at Cumwhitton village Hall.
- £330 towards improvements to Houghton Village Hall – a loud speaker, replacement curtain rails and a window panel.
- £700 to provide kitchen supplies, child-friendly furniture, leaflet printing, boot cleaning equipment and a website for Bewcastle Hub.
- £630 to Scotby Pre-School towards purchasing a baby changing table.
- £1,000 to 1st Wetheral Brownies to support a residential trip to Liverpool.
- £1,500 for new emergency exit doors at Scotby Village Hall.
The panel - part of Cumberland Council – also formally adopted its three priorities, agreed through consultation with the community.
They are:
- Community facilities and support
Community centres, village halls, play parks and playing fields, youth and sports clubs, and community activities and events.
- Environment
‘How we get rid of our waste better’, climate change, biodiversity and energy.
- Highways
Roads and pavements, transport, road safety, cycling and walking.
These priorities run alongside Cumberland Council’s central aim of improving the health and wellbeing of residents.
Cllr Roger Dobson, Chair of the Border, Fellside and North Carlisle Community Panel, said: “It was great to see such a wide range of applications, and we are proud to have been able to fund so many transformative projects.
“Each of the schemes supports one of our priorities in some way. These priorities were agreed after consultation with the community – so I hope people will see that we are really listening to them about community need.
Cllr Lisa Brown, Cumberland Council Deputy Leader, said: “Community Panels were set up to direct investment where our communities tell us it’s needed.
"They are able to be responsive, and I think what this long and varied list of projects shows. In large or small ways, each one will make a difference to the lives of residents in that area.
“I look forward to seeing more community-led investment across Cumberland in he coming months and years.”
The Border, Fellside and North Carlisle Community Panel covers the wards of Belah, Stanwix Urban, Longtown, Brampton, Houghton and Irthington, Corby and Hayton and Wetheral.
The application deadline for the next round of Community Panel support for the Border, Fellside and North Carlisle area is 29 February. Find out more here: Border, Fellside and North Carlisle | Cumberland Council