Inside: Free A-Z guide to council services Winter 2007

Inside: Free A-Z guide to council services

Bollywood comes to Cumbria Movies that reel in tourists

Now on Children take to recycled the ballot box paper Schools across Cumbria quiz our councillors Cutting down on kitchen work The Robinson family show us how it’s done

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18 Contents National adoption week Going global 0 7 Mark follows in his 1 2 The Lake District bid to mothers footsteps go global

Get active in Cumbria Hooray for Bollywood Your diary 0 8 Opportunities to keep fit 1 3 Film makers reel in 24 Your guide to events and healthy the tourists around Cumbria this winter

Beat the bullies Cutting down waste in Your A-Z 1 1 Bullying doesn’t stop at 1 8 the kitchen 27 The complete guide to the school gates A third of our food ends services in Cumbria up in the bin, what can you do to help?

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Welcome to In brief... YourCumbria What’s in your magazine Growing Respect All change for glovebox? I’m proud to present A parking disc, in Cumbria public transport Cumbria Highways the winter some cd’s and a Glovebox guide to winter driving in Cumbria 2007-08 edition of Cumbria Constabulary have hailed the county. By encouraging people within few boiled sweets? YourCumbria ongoing county wide campaign to tackle Cumbria to report incidents and engage number But what about magazine. anti-social behaviour as a great success. with us, statistics show that anti-social something really As usual it’s Latest figures show that more than behaviour is continuing to reduce. The Traveline, the service which provides The Cumbria based call centre useful? Enclosed packed full of 50% of residents in Cumbria know and Respect campaign involves everyone; journey planning information about took over 65,000 calls last year. with this edition Cumbria County Council, Capita Symonds and Amey Infrastructure Services working in partnership to improve your roads all the latest understand the values of Respect. it is all about taking responsibility for public transport services locally and The change to the telephone of YourCumbria news and information to keep The Respect campaign was launched ourselves, our children and our families, nationally has changed its telephone number was prompted by Ofcom magazine is your you up-to-date. last year to encourage local people to supporting those who want to do the number to 0871 200 22 33. Those (The Government‘s Office of Glovebox guide to Winter driving We all know that we should report incidents and engage with the same and challenging those who do not.” who are familiar with the current 0870 Communications) making changes to in Cumbria. The guide features try and exercise more but it’s police and partner agencies. The For more information about the number can expect the same great the way 0870 numbers are priced. useful tips for winter driving as well often hard to find the time in campaign continues to grow as increasing campaign please visit cumbria.police.uk service from the new number. Calls to the new number will cost as a county map showing which between juggling the demands numbers of partners become involved or call 0845 33 00 247. Traveline is a national transport 10 pence per minute from landlines roads will be gritted. There’s even of everyday life. The Cumbria in the initiative to help create safer information service divided into with calls from mobiles varying in space to add your own useful Sport Partnership has and stronger communities in Cumbria. regional sections across the country. cost depending on the supplier and information including breakdown developed a new guide and Assistant Chief Constable Graham The service provides route and package. The average call is under numbers and tyre pressures. Fill it website which has details of Sunderland said: “The Cumbria Respect timetable information for all types two minutes so a caller will be in and keep it in your car! how to keep fit and healthy in campaign continues to be a great success of public transport throughout charged 20 pence for their call using your part of the county. Read in helping to reduce crime around the Great Britain. the new number. all about it on page 8. New green Getting younger people interested in democracy is energy contract notoriously difficult but we Bassenthwaite Reflections think we’ve found the answer. Bogus callers Energy from renewable sources The scheme called ‘I’m a such as wind and wave turbines Councillor Get Me Out Of Cumbria Fire & Rescue service continues to carry out is being supplied to all Cumbria Here’ is as the title suggests. free home safety checks throughout the county. This County Council buildings, It’s a mixture of fun, politics is reducing the number of fires in homes and helping to 55 Carlisle City Council sites, six and competitive one-upmanship provide safer stronger communities. The service, and the Barrow District Council sites, involving five councillors from putting up of smoke detectors in homes by fire service 12 Copeland Borough Council across the county. School personnel, is completely free. properties and 22 Lake District children around Cumbria But in recent weeks members of the public in the Carlisle area National Park Authority national are putting these councillors have been contacted by individuals claiming to offer fire and security devices. The park sites. through there paces – learn all devices offered may have cost implications that let unscrupulous bogus callers get The power of bulk buying from about it on page 16. money out of people. Bassenthwaite has a beautiful and There are many factors that energy providers, plus the fact In this issue you’ll find a Our advice to the public if contacted by Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service for a environmentally rich landscape; contribute to this poor water quality, that green energy is exempt delicious recipe for Cumberland home safety check is: There are special areas of which is why a number of organisations from the Climate Change Levy. Rum Nicky from the Lucy conservation, the ospreys enjoy formed a partnership in 2001 called This means that the new energy Cooks Cookery School in the • Confirm the individual is a member of Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service. their breeding season here, and Bassenthwaite Lake Restoration contract is actually cheaper than Lakes, book reviews from • Ensure the home safety check is free. 2 of our lakes in the catchment Programme. In addition to the work buying so-called ‘brown’ electricity, home grown talented • Ensure fire service personnel show a photograph, ie identification card before have the only remaining vendace already undertaken to improve the lake, which is generated from coal, gas Cumbrian authors and letting them into your house. (a rare ice-age fish) in England. last year Heritage Lottery Funding and other carbon dioxide releasing much more. • If you receive a telephone call which raises your suspicion, ask for the individuals But many people don’t realise was secured to create Bassenthwaite processes. name and telephone number. More importantly, if you receive a the water quality in the lake is in Reflections and set in motion a 3 Enjoy your read. bogus call or visit to your home from a suspicious individual a poor state, and is threatening year programme of activities to or by somebody who will not identify themselves, the habitat of wildlife in the engage the community in tackling inform the police on 0845 3300247 or telephone catchment. We appear to live in a problems. Bassenthwaite Reflections Crimestoppers. pristine landscape where wildlife is made up of 22 projects. If you Competition Winner flourishes, but are we really aware would like further information on the Winner of a dinner for two at the Tim Stoddard But don’t let this put you off a free home safety check of everything going on around us, programme or to get involved, email Storrs Hotel, Windermere was Leader of and smoke detector from Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service. and the real impact of man over the [email protected] Mrs H J Cooper from Cockermouth, Cumbria County Council Why not give us a ring to arrange a check on our free last century? or call 017687 73204 / 74785 Cumbria. phone telephone number 0800 3584777.

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to nationaladoptionweek Cumbria and Lancashire News 5-11 November 2007 here As part of this year’s national adoption week, help Have your say on Healthcare Services Strategic Health Authority Cumbria County Council is looking to You may experience, live with, or services, free to all, based on need. encourage people from all walks of life to find know someone who is touched by The Trusts with Foundation Trust mental health issues. Mental ill health status have more power and out about adopting a child. is more common than asthma. Did responsibility at a local level so they Did you know it’s never been you know that one in four people in are better able to respond to the easier to get in touch with the UK will experience mental health needs of local patients. A council of argaret Murdoch adopted Mark, “To be honest, I the council – whether it’s to problems? governors is elected by members Mwho lives in Cumbria, when he really enjoyed the compliment, comment or make a The NHS Trust which delivers to represent their views and advise was a few weeks old back in 1970. process that you complaint, we want to hear from mental health and learning services the trust board on key issues. You “We had been married for about go through before you. We really want to know first in Cumbria are being transformed to can join the Trust as a member and four years, were still childless, and being considered hand what our customers think ensure that local communities get to become more actively involved in decided we didn’t want to have a life for adoption. You of us – so that we can improve have a real say in how their hospitals your local health service’s plans. without children”, says Margaret. “It find out an awful lot services now, and in the future. and community health services was a different world back in the 1970s about yourself, and To help you get intouch and have are run. What does becoming a and it was seen as a ‘bad thing’ to be about your partner your say – here’s some numbers NHS Foundation Trusts are being member involve? pregnant as there were many babies - something which and contacts you might want to cut introduced to create a patient-led Anyone who lives in Cumbria can waiting to be adopted. Now it is very doesn’t always happen out and keep. health service and ensure that the join one or more of their local NHS different and it is mainly older children in relationships! to views of patients and the public Trusts for free without obligation. that are looking for loving homes”. “Adopting a child really is a unique Got something to say? are considered in the planning of As a member, you’ll be able to stand “I remember that people would experience and I would urge anyone to Ring our ‘compliments, comments service delivery. and vote in elections for governors of come up to me and say, ‘those children at the very least find out more about and complaints’ helpline – the Foundation Trust and will receive are so lucky that you are doing this for what’s involved – then sit down and 0800 121 8800 So what exactly is a Foundation regular information about the Trust them’, because there was this idea that think really hard about it. I certainly Trust and why should you and be consulted on plans for its you had to be really ‘special’ to adopt. don’t regret it.” Want to report a highways become a member? services and future development. “I told them that I was the lucky one.” Today, there are very few young fault or a streetlight? Foundation Trusts benefit from To join the Trust or for more Mark has now followed in his mother’s babies in Cumbria waiting to be adopted. Call our Highways Hotline – certain financial freedoms. They will information contact the membership footsteps, and has adopted two children There are, however, a number of 0845 609 6609 continue to have the same values and office on 01539 569932 or visit with his partner, Mary. children – brother and sister groups, principles of the NHS – providing cumbriapartnership.nhs.uk We asked Mark if being adopted disabled children or those who are Unsure who to call? himself helped give him more of an a little older who have been waiting for Ring Cumbria County Council – insight into the process of adopting a family for some time. 01228 606060 a child? To find out more about adopting He said, “I think I knew what to a child, contact the Adoption Support Do it on-line – why not visit our expect not so much because I had Unit at Cumbria County Council on website now? As well as the latest been adopted myself, as so much has 01228 607138 or visit news we also have over 1000 changed in the intervening years, but cumbria.gov.uk/childrensservices frequently asked questions online, more because both Mary and I have a to make sure the information you health and social services background need is at your fingertips. Visit – so we knew a bit about the process. cumbria.gov.uk

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Above: family pics of Mark and his new family hereback in the 1970s. 6 YourCumbria YourCumbria 7 help YourActive YourActive Photo courtesy of Cumbrian Newspapers

Sporting port is brilliant – it gives Cumbrian cup success Syou the opportunity to Get active sporting festival for people with for Cumbria make new friends, keep fit A learning disabilities in Cumbria has been hailed a big success. Sport and healthy, try out new Teams from across Cumbria in Cumbria! descended on Penrith Leisure Centre Volunteer activities and amaze yourself for the second annual Cumbrian Cup which is organised by Cumbria A Cumbria Sport Partnership Young Daymon’s success is helped by with what you can do! County Council. Volunteer has stormed the recent volunteering at Workington Squash Pictured is Mathew Armstrong World Transplant Games in Thailand, Club where he helps at sessions and from Carlisle receiving this year’s Flat returning home with four medals. competitions and is able to improve To maintain a fit and active Mat Bowls cup on behalf of the city’s his sporting skills. “I really enjoy lifestyle we should all be Denton Woodcraft team. Seaton’s Daymon Johnstone, who volunteering and have gained lots of aiming to increase our levels As well as Flat Mat Bowls, had a kidney transplant in 1996, beat skills and experience through doing of participation, aiming to competitors took park in Big Bat off stiff competition from around the it. I’ve been volunteering for three do three 30 minute sessions Rounders - two sports which enable world to take gold in his age group years and am now studying for a of sport or physical activity the participation of a diverse range for French bowls, as well as bronze in diploma in sport and fitness at Lakes every week. This is the advice of people including those with more the adult section of the sport and a College. I hope to stay involved in from Government and Sport complex learning disabilities. bronze for squash. He was also given sport and continue helping with England. a medal for taking part in the games. disability sport in the future. Daymon, 17, who has been a Cumbria I would recommend volunteering sport young volunteer for three years, to everyone as it gives you so much said he was amazed to have done so experience and opportunities”. t’s easy to fit physical activities into well. “It was excellent to come home Volunteering in sport has given Iyour daily routine. Walk, bike or jog to with so many medals, I’m really proud Daymon the chance to improve his work or to see friends, take a 15 minute and want to thank everyone who skills, and gain experience to add activity break at lunch, climb the stairs helped me get so far!”. Daymon also to his CV, all of which may lead to instead of taking the lift or enjoy the Push your kids on the swings did well in his other competitions, employment later. Research has Cumbrian countryside by taking the or climb with them on the jungle gym. narrowly missing out on a medal in shown that 73% of employers would family on a walk. Find an activity you enjoy, and go for it. the 100 metre sprint when he came employ candidates with volunteering The benefits of an active lifestyle If you get bored, try something fourth. He also took fifth place in the experience over one who doesn’t. are enormous. You will feel better, new. Cumbria Sport 50 metre backstroke. The Cumbria Young Volunteers in look better, have more energy and Partnership is supporting Daymon now hopes to compete in Sport Programme is aimed at 16-25 improve your health. the people of Cumbria to the British Transplant Games – held year olds interested in volunteering There are lots of ways to get get involved in and enjoy in Sheffield next year – so he can in sport and physical activity. If you physical activity into your life. doing more sport and qualify as a senior for the next World can spare some time we can find You can join a sports club physical activity as part Transplant Games to be held in you a place to volunteer which or organised sport, of our everyday lives. Australia in 2009. will benefit you as an individual. but there are The partnership is one clubs and physical activity Volunteers can get involved in also lots of other of 49 County Sport projects, as well as providing anything from helping to develop ways to get more Partnerships that information on a wide range a club website, helping to coach a active. Why not operate throughout of physical activity and sport junior football team to setting up try swimming or England, working programmes across the whole equipment or helping out in the cycling, get back with Sport England to of Cumbria to help you find out office! Each volunteer can also get into a sport you used to do increase opportunities about opportunities in your area. £50 of expenses to put towards when you were younger or in sport. their own personal development. try out something new! If you To help us stay fit This could be a first aid or coaching would like to try out a new and find out about the Log onto activeincumbria.co.uk qualification. sport, why not contact your opportunities available to us, to search the database of sports For more information on the local sports centre and see Cumbria Sport Partnership are clubs and events near you! If you volunteering opportunities in sport what’s on offer? Take a developing an ‘Active in Cumbria’ have a sports events coming up, or please contact Kate Hansbury, the ballroom dancing class, Physical Activity and Sport Directory are a Sports Club looking for more Volunteer Development Officer check out a local and website. This interactive site has members, you can register your club at Cumbria Sport Partnership on climbing wall or information on local and regional sport, details at activeincumbria.co.uk 01228 601248 or email hiking trail. health and physical activity events, local [email protected]

8 YourCumbria YourCumbria 9 YourSafety YourSafety Safer Roads Beat the Most people in Cumbria will never discover the pain of losing a child in a car crash but one of those who knows at first hand how this affects individuals and families spoke at bullies a road safety evening in Penrith recently.

ynette Francis (pictured above), “In recent years we have treated a Lof Kings Meaburn lost her son large number of very seriously injured Mark five years ago and now dedicates casualties, a lot of them young people,” much of her time campaigning for a he said. “It is particularly distressing reduction in young driver fatalities as a when youngsters are involved in representative of road safety collisions and I am very keen to reduce charity Brake. the number of killed and seriously “I became involved in road safety injured by promoting safer driving.” after one of my children was killed in Another emergency service who 2002 as a passenger in a car. I have has seen road fatalities at first hand since worked with the Police and Fire is Cumbria ambulance paramedic and Rescue Service talking about the Amanda Singleton. aftermath of losing a child in such tragic “I wanted to be a paramedic because I circumstances,” said Lynette. thought I could make a difference. In “I am willing to talk about my some cases I know I have but experience to help avoid anyone else unfortunately there are occasions going through what my family and I where, tragically, there is nothing that a have gone though,” she added. paramedic, a doctor or anyone else can GP Dr Theo Weston working with do,” Amanda commented. “I never get the air ambulance is often the first at used to seeing death on the roads, I just n Cumbria, one whole day of anti- organisations scene of traffic collisions. wish I didn’t have to see it so often.” Ibullying week is being devoted to including the county This year’s national drawing attention to the problems of council, the Police, ‘cyber bullying’. and Connexions. anti-bullying week runs Cyber bullying can involve bullying This group is working with “In recent years we have somebody by mobile phone or the schools and other organisations from 19-23 November. internet. It can take the form of to raise awareness of a number of treated a large number sending threats, intimidating people, bullying issues during anti-bullying Across the week people will be The theme for 2007 harassing them, publishing their week, kicking off with ‘cyber bullying’ encouraged to be creative in getting of very seriously injured information and pictures on the on 19 November. across the anti-bullying message – is ‘Bullying in the internet without their permission, or On the Tuesday the focus is ‘Tribes for example using art, music, drama, casualties, a lot of them pretending to be someone else on and Tolerance’, with the message that poetry, or video. Community’ - the internet. different groups of young people can young people.” It is a form of bullying that is on the get along without getting involved Want to know more? GP Dr Theo Weston Amanda Singleton highlighting the increase and can affect both students in bullying. Look out for details of anti-bullying and teachers. It doesn’t stop when the Wednesday sees the focus shift events. For more information, fact that bullying school bell rings and can continue at to ‘Sports, Youth and Community’ including how to deal with bullying, For more information about the home. New Government guidelines when groups will be encouraged to visit the national website at Safer Roads for Cumbria campaign doesn’t stop at the on tackling this form of bullying should tackle bullying issues. The question antibullyingalliance.org.uk visit: go some way to helping parents and for Thursday 22 November is, simply, To find out more about local events school gate. young people as well as schools. ‘Where?’ Young people will be asked for anti bullying week, go to saferroads4cumbria.org.uk Cumbria has an anti-bullying group where in their community cumbria.gov.uk/ made up of people from different bullying happens. childrensservices/bullying/

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Going global Cumbria County Council along with 34 organisations is hoping the Lake District can join some of Hooray for the world’s wonders - including the Taj Mahal, Egyptian pyramids and Grand Canyon - by becoming a United Bollywood Nations’ World Heritage Site.

eing ranked alongside an international “The spectacular scenic qualities have ipped as the next blockbuster to Cumbria has been chosen BA-list of leading sites would have a been an inspiration to influential Tcome out of the multi-billion pound significant economic and social impact writers, poets and artists who Bollywood film industry, Mr Bhatti on to play a starring role in a on the area, says World Heritage introduced spiritual and other cultural Chutti – which translates as Mr Bhatti project director Mike Clarke. benefits of beautiful countryside to on Holiday – could herald a big increase Bollywood movie which He is working on the partners’ the world.” in the number of Asian tourists visiting nomination to the government and Partners also believe when funding the county in the footsteps of their could be just the first in a UNESCO - currently planned for 2010 for rural England is under pressure, favourite film stars. - which will present the National Park the government would find it harder Bollywood originates from India’s long line of Indian films to as a living, working environment. The to ignore an area with World Heritage Mumbai-based Hindi language film Lake District National Park Authority Site status. industry - the largest in the world, be filmed in the county has said World Heritage Site status Mike added: “There would also be dwarfing even Hollywood. It already would not bring any additional increased potential to stop the recent commands a £5 billion industry and is over the coming years. planning restraints. decline in visitor numbers and expected to increase its share of the “Cumbria and the Lake District are encourage high spending overseas world-wide film market to £25 billion vibrant, working places with a long visitors if the Lake District joined the over the next eight years. cultural history,” explained Mike. planet’s other ‘jewels in the crown’.” In 2006, Bollywood made 1,090 films “Generations of farming families have You can find out more at of which 60 were produced in Britain. created the landscape we all enjoy lakeswhs.co.uk Although some song and dance today and international recognition for sequences have been filmed in Cumbria the county is well deserved. before, this movie is the first to be filmed solely in Cumbria. The film has been shot in locations stretching from Carlisle railway station to the shores of Windermere with the help of the Cumbria County Council backed Cumbrian Film Office. It is set to hit the big screen in early 2008. Mr Bhatti on Holiday is a comedy which tells the tale of a group of Indian tourists who visit the Lakes only to become involved in the saga of a missing woman. Film: Last year, a Bollywood production Other Cumbrian movies/actors 28 Days Later Cumbrian location: filmed in Singapore had a huge effect on (2002) the country’s tourism industry with the Ennerdale number of Asian visitors to the island Film: Cumbrian location: Featuring: Featuring: going from 15 per cent to a whopping Withnail & I Sleddale Richard E Grant Alex Palmer 35 per cent following the movie’s screening. (1987) Paul McGann With the Cumbrian film set to reach Featuring: an audience of more 30 million people, Renee Zellweger it is hoped the county will see a similar Cumbrian location: Ewan McGregor boost in cultural tourism over the Coniston Film: coming years. Bollywood photos © [email protected] Miss Potter (2007)

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Andrea Bonacker is Cumbria Countryside Access Team’s new volunteer coordinator. She will be Better leading an exciting new initiative to develop a team of countryside volunteers across Cumbria, Our promises - The aim of this theme is to improve council as well as taking forward the county’s Parish services by putting customers first when P Paths Initiative (PPI). making decisions about the allocation of have we delivered? resources and service delivery to ensure value U he initiative was set up in 2006. Under the for money and high quality. Our promises Stepping Tscheme, parishes in Cumbria can apply for a include: grant of up to £1000 to help with improvements Each year your council identifies its top priorities to their local path network. Giving local people greater choice and

Wetheral and Culgaith are two parishes and the level of performance we expect to achieve. influence over local decision making and that have already benefited from the scheme. service delivery; Wetheral decided to install two map boards in These are based on the things that local people tell Building equality for everyone in Cumbria; their parish to show locals and visitors a popular Focus on customer needs and and beautiful walk along the river Eden. Culgaith us are important to them – and form the basis of our value for money and arranged to have stone steps repaired and customer access; Deliver efficiency, a handrail added on a well used path in the parish. promise to the local Support is provided by Cumbria’s Countryside continuous improvement; Greener Support our own staff to learn and achieve; Rangers who give guidance and practical advice to community. parishes who are “ It’s great to see interested in taking part Safer The council decided to focus on 17 key things in the scheme. 14 to make council services better - meeting or that parishes “The response to Wealthier exceeding 13 of our targets. the scheme has already 6 17 appreciate the been very positive”, said Andrea. “It’s great Healthier Performance: benefits of to see that parishes 9 appreciate the benefits Happier Annual Report 2006-7 improving their of improving their 9 local paths.” local paths.” Andrea Bonacker The Countryside Performance: Access Team is also 16 of targets met Check out our annual looking for enthusiastic volunteers to assist the or exceeded report at cumbria.gov.uk rangers in some of their outdoor tasks. Activities

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will include surveying paths and open access areas, 4/10/07 14:26:30 investigating and reporting problems, helping visitors find their way, assisting with seasonal signs for such things as lambing and bird nesting, and How do we spend your money? getting involved with health, educational and other events. The team is particularly looking for volunteers The council’s budget, not including grant is ‘ring fenced’ for schools and who want to help out in their local area, and spend on schools, of £290.2 million spending on schools in 2006/07 would welcome people with different levels of comes from three main places: totalled £243.1m. For the council’s skills and experience. budget for activities other than Some volunteers are already getting a taste of • 6% - The Revenue Support Grant schools there is a much greater the work involved by helping with a project to paid by the Government to all dependence on Council Tax. monitor open access areas across Cumbria over councils to contribute to the costs the next six months. of services. This is how the council spent You can meet the rangers and the rest of the • 31% - The rates pool set nationally your money to provide services Countryside Access Team on cumbria.gov.uk/ by Government and redistributed last year. This is called revenue roads-transport/countrysideaccess/ to councils based on how many expenditure: For more information on the Parish Paths people live in an area. Initiative or if you are interested in becoming a • 63% - Council Tax set every year Children’s Services £66.3m countryside volunteer please contact Andrea on by the council to meet the Adult Social Care £97.8m 01228 606605 or remaining costs of providing services. Economy, Culture and Environment £16.2m email [email protected] Public Protection £23.1m New handrail From April 2006 the Government Client services £28m Cumbria County Council will be at Culgaith Andrea Bonacker radically changed the way local Local Area Committees £17.4m consulting soon on the budget Cumbria County Council government is funded, introducing Strategy and Performance £6.8m for 2008/9. Look out for more Economy, Culture and Environment, a Dedicated Schools Grant to Finance and Central services £12.8m news at cumbria.gov.uk The Courts, Carlisle, CA3 8NA cover spending on schools. The Centrally held budgets £15.5m

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Cockermouth East C Philip Chappelhow with children from Heron Hill school in Kendal Councillor contacts Eric Nicholson - 01900 827944 Moss Bay L Bowness, Thursby & Caldbeck C St John’s L Barbara Cannon - 01946 834702 Duncan Fairbairn - 016973 43160 Joe Holliday - 01900 66319 Aspatria & Wharrels C Seaton I Moorclose L James Buchanan - 016973 21331 Trevor Fee - 01900 61635 Gerald Humes - 01900 63976 St Michael’s L Maryport West L Keswick & Derwent LD etting younger people interested in Wyn Alan Barry - 01900 604289 Bill Cameron - 01900 812783 Elizabeth Barraclough - 017687 72771 democracy is notoriously difficult. Wigton L Cockermouth West C Harrington, Clifton & Stainburn LD

G ALLERDALE The ballot box has to compete with John Crouch - 016973 42575 Tim Heslop - 01900 823276 Allan Caine - 01946 831138 ipods, youtube, MTV and computer Solway Coast C Dearham & Broughton L Maryport East L games in grabbing and keeping the Anthony Markley - 016973 31998 Alan Clark - 01900 601642 Keith Little - 01900 812981 attention of young minds. Gosforth & Ennerdale C Bransty L Hensingham & Arlecdon L At the moment, it’s a losing battle, Norman Clarkson - 01946 841126 Bernard Kirk - 01946 852962 Ronnie Calvin - 01946 62802 with more 18-25 year olds believed to Hillcrest L St Bees & Egremont L Millom C have voted in TV’s Big Brother than in Judith Andersen - 01946 692343 David Southward MBE - 01946 841476 Raymond Cole - 01229 774378 the 2005 General Election. Cleator Moor S & Egremont L Seascale & Whicham C Distington & Moresby L An initiative carried out by Aithne Simon Leyton - 01946 861468 Susan Brown - 01229 774666 Cam Ross - 01946 861552 Cumbria County Council may help Kells & Sandwith L Cleator Moor N & Frizington L Mirehouse L change things. Young people in COPELAND Joe McAllister - 01946 694893 Tim Knowles - 01946 811687 John Woolley - 01946 695804 primary and secondary schools Parkside L Walney South L Hawcoat C across the county have been quizzing marks the hot spot Alan Nicholson - 01229 430887 Jeffrey Garnett - 01229 825218 Jack Richardson - 01229 838459 six county councillors about the Dalton North L Ormsgill L Dalton South L issues that matter most to them. Peter Phizacklea OBE - 01229 824256 Ernie Wilson - 01229 831517 Bill Smith - 01229 463815 The scheme is called ‘I’m A Cumbria has been taking part in a national scheme to Risedale L Walney North L Newbarns L Councillor Get Me Out Of Here’ and, Kevin Hamilton - 01229 894535 Jane Murphy - 01229 431204 John Murphy - 01229 473746 as the title suggests, it’s a mixture of promote local democracy to young people. It involves BARROW Hindpool L Roosecote L fun, politics and competitive Isobel Anne Burns - 01229 471824 Norman Shaw - 01229 828549 one-upmanship. The rules are simple: councillors tackling the tough questions posed by school young people ask the questions online, Penrith East Penrith North C Appleby C the councillors answer them and then pupils over the internet ... and the kids hold all the VACANT Philip G Chappelhow - 01768 898740 Mary Warburton - 017683 53230 the young people decide which Eden Lakes C Penrith Rural C Kirkby Stephen C councillor gets their vote. The councillor power in this game. Roger Bird - 01931 714248 Gary B Strong - 01228 599435 Tim Stoddard - 017683 71313 with the least votes gets booted out EDEN Greystoke & Hesket C Penrith West I Alston & East Fellside C and then it starts again until there’s just Bert Richardson - 01768 483704 Colin Nineham - 01768 863755 Isa Henderson - 01768 898500 one councillor standing. What’s the most important Once you’re old enough to vote Sedbergh & Kirkby Lonsdale C Kendal Highgate LD Low Furness LD It’s the second consecutive year that Q issue that you’d like to see Q what will you be looking for in Joe Nicholson - 015242 76377 Geoff Cook - 01539 740133 John Hemingway - 01229 861072 Cumbria County Council has taken your councillor deal with? politicians to win your vote? Laura ParksideHigh Furness CL ParksideLakes CL Kent Estuary LD part in the scheme. This year’s line-up JaneOliver Murphy Pearson - -01228 01229 606060836367 JaneBrian MurphyBarton - -015394 01228 32570 606060 Ian Stewart - 015395 62391 of five councillors was from right across ParksideKendal Castle LDL ParksideLower Kentdale CL Upper Kent LD the county and from all three main JaneTom ClareMurphy - 01539 - 01228 725946 606060 JaneRoger Murphy Bingham - -01228 015395 606060 63694 Stan Collins - 01539 821086 L LDL LD political parties: Wyn - Rebuild the Kendal canal. Wyn - Don’t destroy wildlife LAKELANDParksideKendal Strickland & Fell ParksideWindermere Kendal Nether Aithne - Get rid of petrol stations, habitats with continuous building. JaneDavid Murphy Clarke - -01539 01228 730023 606060 JaneJoan StockerMurphy - -015394 01228 44403 606060 Les Lishman - 01539 728167 John Murphy develop electric cars. Aithne - Make sure we have a ParksideUlverston East L ParksideCartmel CL Kendal South C (Labour, Newbarns) Isobel - Stop knocking existing clean environment and ensure JaneWendy Murphy Kolbe - 01228 606060 JaneEdward Murphy Walsh - 01228015395 60606030272 Alan Bobbett - 015395 60422 Elizabeth Barraclough buildings down. people get enough exercise. Ulverston West C Grange C Lyth Valley C (Lib Dem, Keswick and Derwent) Laura - Encourage people to look Isobel - Get people to do more SOUTH Pauline Halfpenny - 01229 584300 Bill Wearing - 015395 32482 Jim Bland - 015395 68576 Philip Chappelhow after the environment. exercise and control the type of Jack Dalston & Cummersdale C Harraby L Brampton & Gilsland C (Conservative, Penrith North) Jack - Try to rid Cumbria of landfill food people can buy in the John Collier - 01228 522510 Michael Richardson - 016973 31512 Lawrence Fisher - 01228 529159 Keith Little sites and replace with more supermarket. St Aidan’s L Morton L Longtown & Bewcastle C (Labour, Maryport East) recycling centres. Laura - Do more for the poor. Reg Watson - 01228 521676 John Bell - 01228 530388 Geoffrey Prest - 01697 741319 Olwyn Luckley Owen - Stop digging everywhere! Some of the money the Government Botcherby L Yewdale L Stanwix & Irthington C (Lib Dem, Castle) It takes too long to complete a site. collects should go straight to Anne Glendinning - 01228 549035 Helen Horne - 01228 670475 John Mallinson - 01228 533746 Please finish one build before you the poor. Denton Holme L Castle LD Upperby L By the time you read this article, the start another. Jack - Support children with Hugh McDevitt - 01228 530223 Olwyn Luckley - 01228 539975 Stewart Young - 01228 541905 winner will have been decided. But disabilities and provide them with

CARLISLEBelle Vue L Belah C Currock L YourCumbria quizzed six Year 6 pupils quick medical help. Cyril Weber - 01228 539215 Alan Toole - 01228 530681 Heather Bradley - 01228 533162 from Heron Hill primary school in Kendal Owen - Carry out your promises Owen Wetheral C Stanwix Urban C about what matters to them and what and don’t abuse your power. John Robinson - 01228 710808 Liz Mallinson - 01228 533746 they think makes a good councillor. Find out more about being a councillor, call Martin Kennedy on 01228 606358 or visit cumbria.gov.uk/aboutyourcouncil KEY: Party: C Conservative L Labour LD Liberal Democrats I Independent

16 YourCumbria YourCumbria 17 YourWaste YourWaste Cutting down waste in the kitchen

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A third of all the food we buy in Cumbria ends up being thrown away. Inside: Free A-Z guide to council services Winter 2007 Each year Cumbria County Council awards over £1.1m in community

Inside: Free A-Z guide to council services grants across the county. Grants are available for voluntary, non profit making and community groups for community based projects and here’s just a few of them ... Bollywood comes to Cumbria Now on Movies that reel in tourists recycled paper Children take to hat’s right, we throw away a third The kitchen’s a great place to make the ballot box Schools across Cumbria quiz our councillors Tof the food we buy and what’s a big impact on the amount of waste Cutting down on more, whilst some of this is tea bags we produce and in doing so make The Robinson kitchenfamily show us how work it’s done visit yourcumbria.org.uk and fish bones, most of it is perfectly some real savings. Nationally, we buy, for regular updates on the issues affecting you cover.indd 1 good food which could have been and then waste, around £8 billion on 9/10/07 15:02:13 eaten, if only we had used it in time or food that could have been eaten. And Have you noticed a change in not made too much. One Cumbrian once we become aware of what we are YourCumbria magazine? family, the Robinson family from doing, it’s really easy to take action. Does the paper feel a little different? Newton Reigny in Eden, act on Julie, a customer service assistant at Tips to reduce your For the first time ever we’ve printed this sentiment. the local Co-op, explains what actions food waste: the magazine on recycled paper. Our Over the past couple of years, the she takes. “There are lots of little things • Check what food you have left print experts at 3cStudio have found family have become keen recyclers. you can do to reduce waste, the key is in the cupboard before going a competitive paper that not only They began recycling when the local to get out of the habit of immediately shopping for more costs less but also weighs less too. council limited refuse collections to two tossing things in the bin without thinking. • Make good use of the fridge and In Cumbria we recycle the equivalent blue sacks a week. This lead to them You don’t even need to be that creative freezer to make sure your food of over 3 million newspapers per day. making a few small changes throughout in the kitchen, there are lots of easy lasts longer That’s great news for two reasons. the entire house – now they only put ways to use up your food. For example • Take a few minutes to measure Not only is less paper going into out one sack a week, and even that’s if we have too much milk I’ll make a rice your food carefully – perhaps in landfill sites but also making recycled barely half full. pudding or if there are a few different a favourite mug – so you get paper is less damaging to the David, a HGV driver, explains what leftovers It’ll be omelette for dinner.” the right portion per person environment. motivates the family. “We started making “I’ve got into the habit of carefully • You can compost all sorts of an effort to reduce our waste purely measuring out our food so there isn’t kitchen waste, visit for practical reasons, but the more much waste anyway. And what little recycleforcumbria.org to we got into it the more sense it made. waste we do have still doesn’t make it find out more and even buy a for Cumbria We’re not fanatical by any stretch of to the bin, the family rabbits and our compost bin at a bargain price. the imagination, we just do our bit.” pet dogs see to that.”

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Book Reviews recipes Nothing uniform about Unicorn Favourite Hidden Lives by Margaret Forster The countdown has begun to a technological revolution in Cumbria’s libraries As we were which, among other things, will make sure borrowers never miss the perfect LucyCooks reading about book. From 6 December, a new cutting edge computer system will give every local authors this library member access to the sort of customised features previously only The cookery school in the Lakes month I don’t available through major online booksellers. know quite what Called Unicorn, the new system will provide library members with individually I expected, but tailored reading recommendations based on the type of books they most like In the 18th century, the West Cumbrian ports of Workington, Whitehaven Put the ‘oo’ back into food this book was a to borrow. and Maryport were at the centre of the British rum trade, importing rum, at LucyCooks - The Cookery School in really good read. Library users will be able to access the new system from their home molasses and Barbados sugar from the Caribbean. Cumberland’s flourishing the Lakes. With a fresh and vibrant The authoress computer or via one of the special terminals already available in every library. trade with the Far East was sustained from the export of wool for carpet approach, you will be inspired, coming from Carlisle and bringing Borrowers will be able to use Unicorn to find details of all the titles in stock, making in exchange for spices. As a result, spices such as nutmeg, ginger educated and above all entertained to life the city, the people and the see which libraries hold copies and whether they are available or on loan. and pepper became popular ingredients in traditional Cumbrian cooking. in the kitchen! lucycooks.co.uk history going back three generations There will be the chance to quickly browse books categorised according to of women and how her life had major events in a person’s life, from getting married to learning to drive. When changed. I am from the North searching readers will be able request titles, find out more about the topic, Cumberland Rum Nicky You will need: East but could easily identify with search for other items by the same author or nearby items on the shelf or link the conditions that Margaret’s to Amazon to buy items. served with boozy Cumberland Rum Butter Pastry grandmother and mother lived in For younger borrowers, the new system will include a special on-line 150g salted butter as my family has the same sort of children’s library where young people will be able to browse books on a range • Serves 6-8 • Preparation time 20 mins • Cooking time 45 min 75g icing sugar history. This book brought back a of topics including science, sports, animals and a host of other subjects. 2 egg yolks lot of memories for me and I have In early 2008, libraries will also be introducing a system of automated 1 zest of orange recommended it to my elder sister renewals linked to the new software. Method - Filling 1 tsp rum who still lives in the North East. She Library membership is free. If you are not already a member there 1 In a bowl, combine the dates, 250g plain flour loves local history and family tree has never been a better time to join, either in person at your local sultanas, preserved ginger and stuff so I know she will thoroughly branch or online at cumbria.gov.uk/libraries/services/membserv.asp. grated apple. Filling enjoy it. I also recommend it to the 2 Place the mixture on top of the 50g preserved ginger library readers as it is real life history, pastry. 70g light brown sugar the stuff we come from. 3 Beat the butter, sugar and rum 200g dates together. 85g sultanas Jane Millie Music & 4 Pour over the filling. 140g butter Egremont Library Reading Group 5 Cover with the remaining pastry 5 tbsp rum (lattice effect is recommended). 1 Keswick Codling apple drama 4 Bake at 180oC for 10-15 minutes (grated) A Lifetime of mountains 5 Reduce heat to 160oC for by Harry Griffin At the heart of artistic and cultural approximately 30 minutes or until Cumberland Rum Butter Opening this book life in Cumbria are the large number Method - Pastry golden brown. 225g salted butter is like opening a of amateur music and drama societies 1 Beat together the butter, icing 450g light brown sugar treasure chest. that exist. They regularly perform a sugar, orange zest, egg yolks Cumberland Rum Butter 8 tbsp rum Each time you wide range of music – from the classics and rum. 1 Chop butter into small cubes and dip into it you to Gilbert and Sullivan and from large The collection is 2 Fold in the plain flour. beat until soft. Local Ingredients come up with choral works to chamber music. Have held centrally at 3 Wrap pastry in cling film and 2 Gradually beat in sugar until well Butter Thornby Moor Dairy a gem that will you ever wondered where they get Carlisle Library place in the fridge for 30 combined. Eggs Low Foulshaw Farm, inevitably spark their sheet music, vocal scores and play but items can be minutes. 3 Then mix in rum, 2 tbsps at a time. Levens memories if you sets from? borrowed from 4 Roll out and line a pastry tin. Keep refrigerated. Flour Little Salkeld, Langwathby are a fell-walker The most important source is the any library in Apples Keswick Codling and will inform Music and Drama Service available Cumbria. And Win Win and delight you if you have never through Cumbria County Council. The if that is not a full day’s practical course for two people at LucyCooks – YourCumbria Reader Offer set foot on the hills. HG was core of the service is the collection of enough, for Win The cookery school in the Lakes. Choose from a whole host of for many years the Lake District hundreds of vocal and orchestral scores those people individual one day practical courses at lucycooks.co.uk (value £220). Book any full day practical course contributor to The Guardian’s and sets of plays all selected in response who are Just answer this simple question: Name the three West Cumbrian ports at LucyCooks and bring a ‘cooking Country Diary Column and the to demand from local groups. A host of studying music that were at the centre of the British rum trade in the 18th century. buddy’ for FREE. Please ring book brings together a selection playsets, ranging from one-act plays for or theatre the Library Email your answers to [email protected] or alternatively you 015394 32288 and quote YourCumbria from 40 years of his contributions. children to full length dramas for adults Service has books and can send your answers on a postcard to: The Communications Team, The or book online at lucycooks.co.uk A great read! are available. There are also books and performances on CD, Courts, Carlisle, CA3 8NA not forgetting to give us your name and address. with voucher code YOUR. catalogues to help producers choose DVD and Video. Closing date 31 January 2008. Offer valid – until 31st Jan 2008, Egremont Library Reading Group the best plays for their group. For more information please enquire subject to availability. There is very little Cumbria Music at Carlisle Library, or telephone and Drama Service cannot provide. 01228 607316.

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Support from the Heritage Lottery Fund A CRISP £ and a Neighbourhood Forum grant has Grants helped make the Serpentine Woods Alphabet Trail a reality. Opened at the bunch of £ making a start of July, the woodland walk near fivers £ Queens Road on the outskirts of Kendal, £ difference has been transformed into an al fresco

art experience featuring sculptures and Forum grants aren’t the only source of funding available from the county carvings. A number of events have already council. CRISP stands for Cumbria Rural Infrastructure Support Programme been hosted in the woods and visitors and it’s the council scheme for funding a range of approaches by communities have described it as “wonderful”. that can be used to deliver sustainable services. Grants are available at a range of levels and for different purposes up to a maximum of £25,000. One project that has benefited from a CRISP grant has been Milnthorpe Childrens Centre. With help from CRISP they have developed a new covered play area giving kids they chance to get outside whatever the weather. The funding has helped strengthen the centre’s presence in the community and allowed them to develop their service to meet the needs of £ local children. The application process for CRISP grants is more detailed than for Neighbourhood Forum grants, reflecting the greater amounts of eighbourhood Forums are an local county councillor usually chairs playgroup, youth club or village hall and money involved, but there are many Nopportunity for you to get these informal meetings and ensures larger agencies like Age Concern or the organisations that could benefit. To involved in issues affecting your area, that vital matters are reported back Scouts who have a local project in the find out more visit and to get information about local to Local Committees or the District community. cumbria.gov.uk/ruralmatters/ services. At forums you can talk to Council so that the necessary actions Last year Neighbourhood Forums working/crisp.asp decision makers and raise your own can be taken. awarded grants to 965 schemes with £ £ ideas for community improvement. For more information on how to get the average grant being worth £500. There are over 60 Neighbourhood involved in local forums, please visit us at: The grants are intended to help local Forums in Cumbria, each meeting cumbria.gov.uk/neighbourhoodforums projects by strengthening its organisation at least four times a year. The One of the less well known jobs of and helping it fulfil its role. A forum meetings; the final forums are informal meetings which Neighbourhood Forums is to distribute grant will often help the group obtain recommendations welcome members of the public, grants – they’re flexible, easy to obtain more funding from other bodies. are made by the local representatives of organisations and and most important local. Grants are administered on at local county councillors. local councillors. They are available for any non-profit level. Each of the 60 neighbourhood Get intouch with your Forums come in all shapes and sizes making organisation that is involved in forums has a grants budget. Each area local forum to see if because they work in ways to suit helping local residents. This includes also has its own priorities. Often the your scheme might their own particular area. The voluntary organisations like the local allocation of grants is discussed at open be eligible.

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December January February 01-02 Made in Cumbria Big Christmas Fair, Rheged Penrith 07 St Aidan’s neighbourhood forum 01 Carlisle Farmers Market 01 Cockermouth farmers market 10 Moorclose neighbourhood forum 02 Cockermouth Food & Craft Fair 01 High Bentham farmers market 11 Milnthorpe farmers market 02 High Bentham Farmers Market 01 6PAC an evening of Jazz, Rosehill Theatre, Whitehaven, 14 Gosforth & Ennerdale neighbourhood forum 04 Mossbay neighbourhood forum tel 01946 692422 14 Brampton and district neighbourhood forum 06 Castle neighbourhood forum November 03 Yewdale neighbourhood forum 15 Cockermouth & district neighbourhood forum 08 Milnthorpe farmers market 03 Keswick & district neighbourhood forum 16 Longtown & Bewcastle neighbourhood forum 08 Harraby neighbourhood forum 08 Newbarns neighbourhood forum 04-05 Beauty and the Beast, Brewery Arts Theatre, Kendal 17 Bootle & Seascale neighbourhood forum 08 Paul Lewis (international classical music), 09 Milnthorpe farmers market tel 01539 725133 19 Ulverston Food Fair Rosehill Theatre, Whitehaven, tel 01946 692422 10 Orton farmers market 04 Upperby neighbourhood forum 21 Dalston & Cummersdale neighbourhood forum 11 Belle Vue neighbourhood forum 13 Borderway farmers market 04 Morton neighbourhood forum 21 Arlecdon & Frizington neighbourhood forum 12 Derwent Valley neighbourhood forum 13 Derwent Valley & Workington Central 04 Harrington & Salterbeck neighbourhood forum 22 Bransty & Harbour neighbourhood forum 16 Ulverston Food Fair neighbourhood forum 05 Bowness Thursby & Caldbeck neighbourhood forum 23 Aspatria & district neighbourhood forum 18 Millom neighbourhood forum 13 Aspatria and district neighbourhood forum 05 South Whitehaven neighbourhood forum 25 Kendal Farmers Market 19 Denton Holme neighbourhood forum 14 Greenhead farmers market 05 Stanwix urban neighbourhood forum 26 Brampton Farmers Market 20 Wigton & district neighbourhood forum 14 Currock neighbourhood forum 06 Belle Vue neighbourhood forum 28 Botcherby neighbourhood forum 20 Morton neighbourhood forum 14 Upper Eden neighbourhood forum 06 Hillcrest & Hensingham neighbourhood forum 28 Yewdale neighbourhood forum 20 High Furness neighbourhood forum 14 Eden Fells neighbourhood forum 06-08 Carlisle City Centre Christmas Fair 29 Grange, Cartmel & Lyth Valley neighbourhood forum 21 Hillcrest & Hensingham neighbourhood forum 15 Hawcoat neighbourhood forum 07 Harraby neighbourhood forum 30 Low Furness & Ulverston neighbourhood forum 21 Wetheral and Stanwix neighbourhood forum 17 Brough farmers market 07 Carlisle farmers market 30 North West Copeland neighbourhood forum 21 Elizabeth Watts(s) 17 Ulverston food fair 08 Orton farmers market 30 Bowness Thursby & Caldbeck neighbourhood forum 22 Elizabeth Watt (international classical music), 19 Walney neighbourhood forum 08 Borderway farmers market 31 Cleator Moor neighbourhood forum Rosehill Theatre, Whitehaven, tel 01946 692422 20 Penrith farmers market 08 A Christmas Concert with Dearham Brass Band, 8pm 23 Brampton Farmers Market 20 Slow Furness & Ulverston neighbourhood forum Rosehill Theatre, Whitehaven, tel 01946 692422 26 Egremont & St Bees neighbourhood forum 22 Mossbay neighbourhood forum 08-6 Robin Hood: the spirit of Christmas, Brewery Arts 26 Currock neighbourhood forum 24-25 Ulverston Dickensian Christmas Festival Jan Theatre, Kendal tel: 01539 725133 Sandra Dickinson as Queen 26 Harrington & Salterbeck neighbourhood forum Camilla in Snow White, Sands 24 Brampton farmers market 09 Greenhead farmers market Centre, Carlisle 14-30 December. 27 South Whitehaven neighbourhood forum 24 Christmas Fayre, 12:30 – 4pm 10 Botcherby neighbourhood forum Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 29 Kendal Farmers Market Underskiddaw Village Hall, Millbeck, Keswick 10 Solway Coast neighbourhood forum features the disney classics tel 017687 74414 11 Maryport & district neighbourhood forum ‘whistle while you work’ and 24 Professor Bumm’s Story Machine, Rosehill Theatre, 11 Denton Holme neighbourhood forum ‘Hi Ho’ plus an all star cast and spectacular scenery, lavish Whitehaven, tel 01946 692422 13 Workington central neighbourhood forum costumes and a ‘magic mirror’. (Comedy show suitable for the over 6’s) 14 Milnthorpe farmers market 26 Millom neighbourhood forum 14-15 A Christmas Carol, Rosehill Theatre, Whitehaven, It’s easy to add 27 Egremont & St Bees neighbourhood forum tel 01946 692422 a date to the diary 27 High Furness neighbourhood furness 14-30 Pantomime Snow White, Sands Centre, Carlisle 28 Belah neighbourhood forum tel 01228 625222 Just go to: 29 Wetheral & Stanwix neighbourhood forum 15 Brough farmers market cumbria.gov.uk/events_ 29 Grange, Cartmel & Lyth Valley neighbourhood forum 15 Ulverston food fair calendar/ 30 Castle neighbourhood forum 18 Penrith farmers market 30 Kendal farmers market 19-30 Pantomime Cinderella, forum twenty eight, Barrow, tel 01229 820000 21 Kendal farmers market 22 Brampton farmers market Professor Bumm and his assistant Doctor Whee from Professor Bumm’s Story Machine, Rosehill Theatre 24 November. Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, Rosehill Theatre, Whitehaven, 14/15 December. 24 YourCumbria YourCumbria 25 YourLetters Your updated guide now featuring additional useful numbers!

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An increasing revenue is being generated throughout Cumbria, as a Who is responsible for result of equestrian activities, and yet in West Cumbria particularly, removing the ragwort BRIDLEWAY provision is grossly inadequate. Cyclists and riders have to from all the road verges? literally dice with death, sharing narrow, poorly surfaced, undulating It’s a serious threat to and bendy roads with excessive volumes of VERY Heavy Goods Vehicles. equine health, and is A B Continued What plans does the council have to improve the off-road network, currently abundant along the Silloth - Aspatria Abandoned vehicles advice line contact your district council Bereavement services contact your district council so that residents and tourists combining eco-friendly means road, especially near the Adoption and fostering - see Fostering and Adoption Birth, registration 01228 606359 of transport and healthy recreation, can feel safe? quarry roads. 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It is particularly dangerous Whitehaven 01946 852852 C Many local people took part in various Unfortunately there is no identified to horses and cattle. It is the most Workington 01900 325325 Carlisle Castle 01228 891922 stages of the ROWIP, including sending funding for the ROWIP, but we are frequent cause of livestock poisoning Emergency out of hours service 01228 526690 Car parking contact your district council in some 1300 improvement ideas, just working hard, lobbying central in Britain - the dried plant causes liver Cemeteries and crematorium contact your district council like the idea to make a more joined-up government for money, and looking for damage. Each ragwort plant can Children’s information service 08457 125737 bridleway network in the West Cumbria partnership opportunities. produce up to 150,000 seeds which Provides you with details of early years childcare and area. Countryside Access contributes can lie dormant in the soil for many Age Concern educational facilities greatly to the rural economy and the Abigail Mansley - Countryside years. It grows particularly well on Carlisle 01228 536673 health of local people as well as visitors, Access Development Officer disturbed and poached ground. It is Eden 01768 863618 also a useful habitat for species like Northwest 01946 66669 Children’s Services the cinnabar moth and rare butterflies Barrow 01229 831425 Head Office, Portland Square, Carlisle 01228 606877 and some beetles. Millom 01229 774573 Barrow - Market Street 01229 894894 Photos Under the Act, the Secretary of State South Lakeland 01539 728118 Barrow - Nan Tait Centre 01229 894400 Your may serve a notice on a landowner or Carlisle - Alfred Street North 01228 607002 land manager to prevent the weed from Kendal - Busher House 01539 773456 Thanks to Richard Speirs spreading. DEFRA usually investigate the Allotments contact your district council Kendal - Condor Block 01539 773377 from Carlisle who sent us Animal health and welfare 01539 773137 Penrith 01768 242242 spread of weeds to land used for grazing this great photograph taken horses or ponies. DEFRA advise anyone Archaeology 01539 773428 Whitehaven - Somerset House 01946 852852 at Lowther Horse Trials affected by ragwort spreading to talk to Whitehaven - Union Hall 01946 852700 the landowner or tenant, or the council Workington 01900 325325 How do I submit my if it is growing in a public area. DEFRA Archives Emergency out of hours service 01228 526690 photographs? have developed a code of practice with Barrow 01229 894377 Carlisle 01228 607285 To enable us to get the best more information defra.gov.uk/farm quality, please send us your Kendal 01539 773540 wildlife/weeds/pdf/cop_ragwort.pdf Whitehaven 01946 852920 Citizens Advice Bureaux original photographs rather than The Highways Agency are responsible Ambleside 01539 433919 scanned or copied images. Don’t for motorways and trunk roads. The Barrow 01229 830367 forget to include your name, County Council as highway authority is Arts and culture 01228 607306 Carlisle 01228 633900 address and phone number. responsible for all other public roads. Aspatria Dreamscheme 0169073 20893 Grange 01539 533100 Include a self-addressed envelope The Highways Hotline (0845 609 6609) Kendal 0870 1264061 so we can return your photos is the best way to contact the county B Keswick 017687 73472 later on in the year. Post your best We can accept a digital council to report ragwort or any other Barrow Youth Inclusion Project 01229 871420 Penrith 01768 863564 photo (one per person please) to: photograph but these will need to be a highways matter. Basement Bar, Barrow 01229 894644 Ulverston 01229 585585 Photography competition, minimum of three million pixel quality. Beach cleaning contact your district council Whitehaven 01946 693321 Communications Team, Submitted via email as a JPEG file to John Robinson - Benefits advice centre contact your district council Windermere 01539 446464 The Courts, Carlisle, [email protected] Highways Network Manager Benefit enquiry line 0800 88 22 00 Workington 01900 604735 CA3 8NA. or post on CD to the address above.

26 YourCumbria YourCumbria 27 A-ZGuide A-ZGuide Your A-Z guide to council services in Cumbria Your A-Z guide to council services in Cumbria Important: For all services highlighted in blue please see district/borough map for your local council number Important: For all services highlighted in blue please see district/borough map for your local council number C Continued D F Continued H Continued Client Services 01228 607607 Dangerous structures contact your district council Furniture removal contact your district council Household Waste Recycling Centres 01228 607644 Including highways and waste management Day care services, older adults contact Adult Social Care Housing advice contact your district council Coast protection contact your district council Deaths, registration 01228 606359 G Housing benefit contact your district council Community centres support contact your district council Derelict land contact your district council Girlguiding 01946 694868 Community events contact your district council Development control contact your district council Grants - community groups I Community Law Centre 01228 515129 National Park authority within boundaries see Neighbourhood Development numbers Impact Housing 01946 833100 Complaints about county council services 0800 1218800 Development control planning 01539 773066 Grants - student 01228 606777 Complaints about Adult Social Care and Children’s Services Dental Emergencies (Carlisle) 01228 603900 Gritting 0845 6096609 J contact local offices or ring 01228 607140 (Kendal) 01539 716822 Junk Mail (to stop junk mail) 0845 703 4599 Complaints about district council services Dogs - barking and fouling contact your district council H Mailing Preference Service at: contact your local district council Drop Zone Café, Barrow 01229 812888 MPS Freepost 22 London WE1 7EZ Community Action Furness 01229 832073 Duke of Edinburgh Awards 01228 606937 Hard of Hearing Concessionary fares contact your district council Dustbin emptying contact your district council K Contact Cumbria County Council via typetalk by dialling Kendal Youth Work 07709 797534 E 18001 followed by the number of the service you wish Connexions Cumbria Economic development services contact your district council to call L Free phone number 0800 435709 Eden Community Outdoors 017683 51640 Lake District National Park 01539 724555 Partnership Office 01931 711300 Eden Rural Foyer 01768 861650 Land charges contact your district council Barrow-in-Furness 01229 824052 Eden Youth Work Project 01768 861404 For health care related matters contact Carlisle 01228 596272 Education and Education Welfare - see Children’s Services NHS Direct (24hrs) 0845 4647 Kendal 01539 730045 Energy efficiency advice centre contact your district council Libraries Penrith (part time) 01768 865296 Environment Agency advice, floodline 0845 9881188 (Cumbria has 54 libraries around the county - Maryport 01900 815928 Environmental issues including: pest control, food safety, Highways hotline 0845 6096609 the main six are listed below): Ulverston (part time) 01229 583466 dog control (dirt), health and safety at work, email: [email protected] Barrow 01229 894370 Whitehaven 01946 695541 noise pollution contact your district council 24 hours a day - 7 days a week Carlisle 01228 607310 Workington 01900 604674 Environmental protection services contact your district council Kendal 01539 773520 Ring Cumbria highways hotline if you Penrith 01768 242100 F want information on, or are experiencing Whitehaven 01946 852900 Consumer advice 0845 4040506 Fire service 01900 822503 problems with: Workington 01900 325170 Contaminated land contact your district council Fly tipping contact your district council Potholes and road defects, pavements and cycleways, Councillors details 01228 606368 Food inspection control contact your district council street lighting, road signs, flooding of roads, Council meetings 01228 606368 traffic management, traffic signals, skips, scaffolding, Litter and street cleaning contact your district council Council tax contact your district council road closures, snow, ice and road gritting, Living Well Trust, Carlisle 01228 599426 Countryside access 01228 601052 Fostering and Adoption grass verges, overhanging trees and hedges, Local plans contact your district council Carlisle 01228 607078 highway improvements and Rights of Way. Longtown Youth Project 07780 688734 Barrow 01229 894862 Countryside Rangers (outside the National Parks) Workington 01900 325356 M Allerdale District outside the National Park 07773 819101 Kendal 01539 773312 Home care see Adult Social Care Markets contact your district council Barrow-in-Furness District 07789 603435 Homelessness contact your district council Marriages, registration 01228 606359 Carlisle District 07789 603253 Meals on wheels see Adult Social Care Copeland Borough outside the National Park 07773 819101 Millom Youth Partnership 01229 777500 Eden District outside the National Park 07789 602281 District and borough services map Carlisle Minerals and waste planning 01593 773066 South Lakeland outside the National Parks 07789 603435 City Council Mobex 01900 734770 Allerdale 01228 817000 Borough Council Carlisle carlisle.gov.uk All services N Cumbria Association of Local Councils 01768 242141 01900 702702 Cumbria Care 01228 607790 allerdale.gov.uk highlighted in blue are provided by Neighbourhood Development Cumbria Community Foundation 01900 820822 your district or borough council. Community information including rural matters, Cumbria Chamber of Commerce (business advice) 01228 534120 neighbourhood forums, grants and funding, local Cycleways 01228 606735 Please use this map to show you councils, volunteering, voluntary sector support Copeland and multi-cultural centre. Borough Council Workington Penrith which is your local council and call 01946 852585 the number direct Cumbria County Council Whitehaven Barrow 01229 894312 comments, compliments and complaints copelandbc.gov.uk Carlisle 01228 606315 0800 121 8800 for complaints Eden Cleator Moor 01946 855020 email: [email protected] for comments District Council Eden 01434 382128 and compliments email: [email protected] Kendal 01768 817817 Kendal John Crouch, Freelance01539 Chef 773180 eden.gov.uk or write to Customer Services, Cumbria County Barrow Ulverston 01229 894100 Council, Freepost NWW6059A, The Courts, Borough Council Workington 01900 325011 Carlisle, Cumbria, CA3 8NA. 01229 894900 South Lakeland barrowbc.gov.uk District Council Barrow 01539 733333 28 YourCumbria southlakeland.gov.uk YourCumbria 29 A-ZGuide A-ZGuide Your A-Z guide to council services in Cumbria Your A-Z guide to council services in Cumbria Important: For all services highlighted in blue please see district/borough map for your local council number Important: For all services highlighted in blue please see district/borough map for your local council number O S Continued Open Access 01228 601052 Outdoor activities 017687 72816 School Meals (free) Council for Voluntary Service for the county Youth Work Development Co-ordinators Barrow 01229 894400 and Voluntary Centres Allerdale, Graham Bassett 01900 325052 P Carlisle/Penrith 01228 606778 Barrow 01229 823144 Barrow, Helen Bunting 01229 894952 Parish council - County Association of Local Councils Kendal 01539 773456 Carlisle 01228 512513 Carlisle, Joanne King 01228 606939 for your parish council contact 01768 242141 Whitehaven/Workington 01946 852700 Eden 01768 242138 / 01768 352411 Copeland, Paul McLoughlin 01946 852732 Parks, open spaces and play areas contact your district council South Lakes 01539 742627 Eden, Kath Calvert 01768 242071 Parish Paths Initiative 01228 606605 West Cumbria 01900 819191 South Lakeland, Lynn Robinson 01529 773487 Petteril Bank Youth Project 01228 523380 School places 01228 606930 / 606999 Pest control contact your district council 01228 601171 / 601198 Pheonix Youth Project 01946 814555 School transport - north 01228 606044 Voting contact your district council Planning contact your district council to include Alston, Carlisle, Kirkby Stephen & Penrith Visit our talking website... Police - non emergencies 08453 300247 School transport - south 01228 606044 W Police HQ 01768 891999 to include Barrow, Kendal, Ulverston & Windermere Waste management 01228 606708 Cumbria County Council’s website is speech enabled which Pollution contact your district council School transport - west 01228 606045 Website Cumbria County Council 01228 606325 means that you can now have the latest news and council Print services and photocopying 01228 606420 to include Aspatria, Cockermouth, Keswick, Millom & Whitehaven Wheels to Work 01946 820462 information read aloud to you. It also has an excellent search Product safety see trading standards Scouts Association 01768 862040 Whitehaven Harbour Youth Project 01946 690404 facility, so you should be able to find what you need quickly. Property contact your district council Shopmobility contact your district council Wigton Youth Station 016973 44200 Public conveniences contact your district council Social Services see Adult Social Care and Children’s Services Windermere ferry enquiries 0845 6096609 Our website at cumbria.gov.uk now includes: Public rights of way 01228 606558 South Cumbria Award Initiative 01229 812888 WRVS (meals on wheels) Public transport 0871 2002233 Spirit of Youth in partnership with 015395 36032 Jenny Wardlow, Cumbria 07714 898598 / 01228 606387 • Home Page Young Cumbria From the home page you will be able to find: latest news, R Sport and recreation contact your district council Y quick links, YourCumbria online, what’s on, contact us, have Street cleaning contact your district council YMCA, Carlisle 01228 815412 your say and do it online. Recycling Contact your district council Street lighting 0845 609 6609 YWCA Cumbria Young Women’s Project 01228 525817 • Adult Social Care and Health Student support services 01228 606777 Social care services for adults including meals on wheels, home General information and advice 0845 0551118 Sure start 0845 712 5737 care, residential homes, Cumbria Care and Supporting People. Email [email protected] Sustainability 01228 606314 Young Carers Request an assessment of social care need by using the online Household waste recycling centres 01228 607644 Swimming pools contact your district council Carlisle 01228 542156 referral facility. Household collections services contact your district council Eden 01768 890280 • Advice and Benefits Recycle points contact your district council T Furness 01229 822822 Including advice from Trading Standards and Freedom of (eg supermarkets, village halls, pubs etc) Theatre by the lake 01768 74411 Information. There’s also information about grants Tourist information centres contact your district council and funding. Town twinning contact your district council • Children’s Services Refuse and special collections contact your district council Town council - County Association of Local Councils Young Cumbria A directorate that brings together the county council’s Registration of births, deaths and marriages 01228 606359 for your parish council contact 01768 242141 Allerdale 01900 325053 responsibilities for education and social services for young Residents parking permits contact your district council Barrow 01229 836426 people and their families. Respite care see Adult Social Care and Children’s Services Copeland 01946 820462 • Community and Living Residential homes see Cumbria Care and Adult Social Care Trading standards Eden 01768 861669 Including Neighbourhood Forums, community meetings & Animal health licensing 01539 773137 Egremont 01946 797537 events and births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships. Consumer advice 08454 040506 Keswick 017687 75085 • Council and Democracy Prefer to write (For other trading standard issues contact your local office) South Lakes 015395 36032 Including the structure of the council, how it works and how - - Headquarters 01539 773594 Whitehaven 01946 65082 it performs. Find out about your county councillor. With telephone systems and the convenience of emails it’s easy Barrow 01229 894520 Windermere 015394 42879 • Environment and Planning to forget that some people prefer to put things in writing. We’re Carlisle 01228 607447 Including countryside & landscape, conservation and waste happy to receive enquiries at: Cockermouth 01900 325980 & recycling. You can view, submit and comment on current Kendal 01539 773577 Young Farmers 01768 866550 planning applications. Communications Department, Cumbria County Council, Youth forum contact your district council • Job Opportunities The Courts, Carlisle, Cumbria CA3 8NA All our current vacancies are available to view online with the or email: [email protected] Traveline (public transport) 0871 200 2233 facility to apply online. (calls from landlines cost 10p per minute) Youth Offending Service • Libraries and Archives Traffic lights 0845 6096609 Headquarters 01228 607179 Apply for your library membership online and view the online Road safety education/training 01768 242336 Tullie House 01228 534781 North office 01228 607090 interactive catalogue. Find out more about your family tree and For highways safety matters contact 0845 609 6609 South office 01229 826080 the history of your town or village from the Archive Services. Road safety general 01228 601009 U West office 01900 813531 • Transport and Roads Roads 0845 6096609 United Utilities (electricity) 0800 195 4141 Featuring the latest transport news, public transport journey Rural wheels 01228 606721 Unsafe goods see trading standards planner and link to the Highways Hotline where you can Youthtastic, Workington 01900 842993 report a problem in your street or on the highway. S V Samaritans UK wide 08457 90 90 90 VOICES Project 01229 870150 Governor Support Team see Children's Services Voluntary Action Cumbria 01768 242130

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Cumbria Young Volunteers in Sport

The Cumbria Young Volunteers in Sport Programme is aimed at 16-25 year olds interested in volunteering in Sport / Physical Activity. If you can spare some time we can find you a place to volunteer which will benefit you as an individual. Volunteering in Sport / Physical Activity can give you the chance to improve skills, or give you the opportunity to gain experience, which may lead to employment later. Research has shown that 73% of employers would employ candidates with volunteering experience over one who doesn’t. Cumbria Sport Partnership will support you throughout your placement and an officer will contact you regularly to ensure you are getting the most out of your experience. £50 of expenses are available to each volunteer for your own personal development – you may wish to use it towards a level one coaching certificate or an officials qualification. We also have an inclusive volunteer programme, Sports Volunteers Inc, for disabled volunteers. Volunteers can get involved in anything from helping to develop a club website, helping to coach a junior football team to setting up equipment or helping out in the office. For more information on the volunteering opportunities in sport please contact Kate Hansbury, Volunteer Development Officer on 01228 601248, email [email protected] or visit the volunteer section of the Cumbria Sport Partnership website at www.cumbriasport.com

Are you looking for flexible local employment opportunities? Do you enjoy helping people in We are looking to recruit individuals to provide much needed services in their communities. All positions are your community? part time and offer convenient working hours suiting a variety of people. The following positions are available Meals on Wheels are looking for volunteer drivers and throughout the county: helpers to help provide a hot meal to those individuals who need it the most. You’ll be given the opportunity to meet School crossing patrols £5.93 per hour people and make new friends while helping some Cleaning operatives £5.80 per hour of the most vulnerable people in your own community. Kitchen team members £5.78 per hour

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