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The Solway Buzz is a FREE community paper with a circulation of up to 5,500 copies for the area around Abbeytown, Skinburness, Silloth-on-Solway and Page 2 Issue 185 Solway Buzz - local news - for you - by you - about you - free to you Silloth Group Medical Practice 2020 FLU CAMPAIGN This year due to COVID-19 our flu clinics have been arranged slightly differently to ensure that social distancing measures are in place at all times. We will have a one-way flow system in place through the building to minimise the risk to all concerned. Please be sure to wear a face covering before entering the building and use the hand sanitiser provided. There will be markings for up to 10 people at a time outside. It might be worth considering waiting in your car if there is a queue. As we can only allow up to 5 patients into the building at one time we would ask that you form a queue outside the front door keeping to the marked areas for social distancing. We have a video monitoring system in place so will know you are there. If you need a carer/helper to be with you they will count as one person as long as they are in your “bubble”. To help the nurses and reduce waiting time could we please ask that you wear clothes that will make the vaccination site easily accessible such as short sleeves. If you are eligible you may also be offered a pneumococcal or shingles vaccination at the same time. You will then leave via the rear of the building. Silloth Group Medical Practice would like to assure you that we are putting your safety first at all times and would like to thank you for your understanding. If you are over 65 years of age or suffer from one of the following: You are invited to attend Chronic respiratory disease, including asthma (requiring the surgery on one of the continuous or repeated use of inhaled or systemic steroids ) following days: ie prescription of certain steroids within 6 months MMR VACCINE Asthma with previous exacerbations requiring hospital Silloth Surgery —Saturday 19th admissions in the last 12 months, September 9am to 12pm We are currently running Chronic heart disease a catch up vaccination Chronic kidney disease BMI over 40 Silloth Surgery—Friday 25th programme for MMR’s Learning Disabilities September 1pm to 4pm (measles, mumps and rubella) Chronic liver disease for all patients up to the age Diabetes, Silloth Surgery –Saturday 26th of 45. Pregnant September 9am to 12pm If you think you have either Have had a stroke or a TIA Suffer from MS or other diseases of the central nervous Silloth Surgery—Friday 9th not had an MMR vaccination system. October 1pm to 4pm or a booster could you please A carer for the elderly or disabled, or a patient in a long contact the surgery who will stay residential home. NO APPOINTMENTS REQUIRED BUT check this information for PLEASE BE PREPARED TO QUEUE Immunosuppression you and if necessary arrange Eligible children aged 2,3 and 4 year olds will be IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU DO NOT contacted separately. ATTEND IF YOU ARE FEELING UNWELL an appointment. COVID-19 AND OUR NEW WAY OF WORKING Since the Coronavirus pandemic began we have had to adapt very quickly to a new way of working in order to fully protect our patients and staff. Please be assured that we are still open for business as usual - just in a different way. TELEPHONE CONSULTATIONS Initial contact will be via telephone on 016973 31309. If you wish to book a telephone consultation please ring before 11:00am. Anyone ringing after 11:00am will be booked in for the next day.

Reception are currently dealing with a very high volume of telephone calls especially on a Monday morning and we would appreciate it if you could consider this when contacting us. Some telephone appointments have been made available to book via the Patient Access / MyGp App.

The vaccine will help Should you be asked to attend the surgery you will need to protect your child ring the doorbell and the door will be opened for you. Please make sure that you are wearing a face covering/mask before entering the building and use the hand sanitiser provided.

You can also use OnLine Consult which is available on our website to contact a doctor but please note that this is for non-urgent cases only as it may take up to two days for the doctor to see it.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our patients for their patience and understanding during these difficult times. It is very much appreciated. Solway Buzz - local news - for you - by you - about you - free to you Issue 185 Page 3 Book Borrowing is Back as PCC Supports Victims County Councils Six of Dangerous Driving Main Library Buildings Reopen ’s 6 of the county’s main libraries main library buildings in , initially and introducing a number Penrith, Whitehaven, , of added safety measures to Kendal and Barrow have reopened protect all those who use them. today with new safety measures in I am incredibly grateful for place. our team’s efforts and I’d like to To protect the health thank everyone for their patience and safety of library staff and temporary closure will be and understanding during these customers, new Covid-secure waived until 31st December, so challenging times. measures are in place and the customers don’t have to worry Not all of the usual activities library opening times and offer is about returning overdue items will be available, but there will still slightly different. immediately. be plenty of resources available Key changes include: Any returned books, including for customers and book lovers to Hand sanitiser stations are those borrowed before lockdown, enjoy.” located at entrances and exits and will be quarantined for 72 hours For people who still aren’t customers are advised to use them. before going back into circulation. ready to leave home, the county Signage and floor markings are To welcome customers back council’s library service offers in place to promote 2 metres social to much-loved library buildings, fantastic online services which distancing and to help people find Library Hosts will be on hand to continue to attract more and more their way around safely. greet people on arrival and explain people. All library members can Customers are required to the new arrangements. get free access to a whole host of Cumbria’s Police and Crime and social care services, local wear face coverings and library Councillor Deborah Earl, online benefits, including access to Commissioner, Peter McCall, has charities, explaining legal practices staff will be wearing Personal Cabinet Member for Public Health eBooks, audio books, magazines, commissioned the bereavement for court visits, if applicable, and Protective Equipment. and Communities, said: newspapers and comics. and support service ‘Brake’ in help with understanding of legal Access to each library and its “Our teams have worked their Services like Select & Collect Cumbria for three years for victims documents regarding wills and computers will be limited at first to socks off to reopen our six main and Home Delivery are also up and and families of road accidents. finances. Brake provides support allow library staff to safely manage libraries and I know just how running. The PCC’s commissioning of the for as long as it is needed by caller. the number of visitors. much everyone has missed their Find out more and join the service falls in National Road Police and Crime Toilets and baby-changing local library. library service at cumbria.gov. Victims Month that aims to Commissioner, Peter McCall, said: facilities are temporarily closed to The safety of customers and uk/libraries. Find libraries on remember those who lost their “Anti-social driving is one of the the public. staff remains a priority, that’s why Facebook to stay up to date with lives or have been injured in a biggest issues residents of Cumbria Fines incurred during our we are starting with the reopening their latest news and what’s on. roads accident and raise awareness raise with me. In my role as PCC, on road safety across the UK. it is my job to take these concerns In the past 12 months, 26 to the Chief Constable and help people have been killed and a tackle road crime numbers and further 1077 were injured on support victims of all crimes Cumbrian roads due to dangerous National Road Victims Month driving. With dangerous driving is a time to remember those who being one of the biggest concerns have been injured or lost their for residents in Cumbria, PCC lives on the road. These deaths Peter McCall aimed to provide are tragic and these accidents are support to victims and family completely avoidable by driving members of those killed in driving to conditions and following the accidents across the county. laws that are in place to protect Brake provides specialist us all. But we know that road support to those affected by road accidents do happen and although accidents in partnership with the the police are constantly trying to police. Families and individuals reduce these numbers, there has affected by an accident will be to be a service available to support visited by the Police and provided those who have been affected by with a guidance pack with dangerous driving which is why I information on Brake and their commissioned Brake for Cumbria. contact details. The affected can Brake is a fantastic service that I then contact Brake and will be know will support anyone affected given tailored support by their by a road accident. Anyone who helpline officer based on the needs feels that they could benefit from Cushions of the caller. Support can range Brake, please call their helpline on & from linking in with local health 0808 8000 401.” Covers New Dentures Direct | FREE Consultations Upholstery, Blinds, Economical to Premium Range Dentures Curtains, etc. All work carried out by the Clinical Dental Whatever your Technician in the Denture Clinic furnishing needs, ring Irene on 016973 31836 Tel 01228 529128 or 07902 805196, Email: Devonshire House Denture Solutions, 51 Spencer Street, Carlisle, CA1 1BB [email protected] www.devonshirehouselab.co.uk Page 4 Issue 185 Solway Buzz - local news - for you - by you - about you - free to you A Maze, A Crossword & Three Picture Puzzles A Farm Crossword Puzzle

Across: Down: 1 Yield of a planted field 1 A baby horse 4 A kind of tree, like oak 2 It lives in a sty 5 A type of worm 3 An animal that gives milk 8 A place where animals & crops are raised 6 A baby sheep 9 Opposite of stand 7 Animals that chase mice 10 Sack to carry feed in 9 Word that rhymes with go 12 An animal to ride on 11 Animal with horns 14 A long necked bird which honks 12 Another word for pig

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Solve the Picture Puzzles – Colour in Each Picture as Instructed Solway Buzz - local news - for you - by you - about you - free to you Issue 185 Page 5 FUN for ALL ~ Join the Dots & Colour In Not Just forKids the Everyone Can Do This Page 6 Issue 185 Solway Buzz - local news - for you - by you - about you - free to you David Allen Accountant Does the Local Plan Affect You? Allerdale’s Local Plan (Part 2) - a vital document Joins ProjX Team outlining potential future development across the borough – has been approved by councillors. At a meeting of the full council on July 22nd members voted to adopt the Local Plan (Part 2), an important planning and policy document which identifies land for a number of uses. This includes land for housing, employment, retail, wind energy, gypsy and travellers, open space and green infrastructure networks. It also includes policies on affordable housing, housing standards, tourism, broadband infrastructure, amenity green space, green gaps and green infrastructure. In addition, all development boundaries around towns and villages have also been reviewed. The plan will play a crucial role in supporting the delivery of the objectives around housing and business growth set out in the 10-year Council Strategy, while providing the framework to guide the determination of planning applications. Cllr Marion Fitzgerald, Executive member for policy, governance and people resources, moved the reported and said: “The process of putting together Workington based Accountant from; St Benedict’s, Beacon Hill, this Local Plan has involved a great deal of work by a Michael Fearon is delighted to Cockermouth, Energy Coast UTC dedicated team and we hope this will give confidence to have been part of the ProjX 2020 and St Joseph’s. residents across Allerdale that we have a detailed plan Work Awareness team. The two-week interactive for future development in the area. As an authority Michael Fearon was asked programme was delivered by we have ambitious plans through our 10-year Council Lake District National Park for specific types of to take part in the programme, the Centre for Leadership Strategy and the Local Plan will play a big role in development and land uses. The plan was submitted delivering a sixty-minute finance Performance, in partnership with helping us achieve that.” to the Minister for Housing, Communities and session to the pupils. During this a range of local business partners The first part of the Local Plan, agreed in 2014, Local Government for independent examination session the students looked at the and funded by Sellafield Ltd. set out the overall planning strategy and growth in January last year and was “found sound” by the differences between project and The programme provides areas in Allerdale until 2029 and identified a housing Government, subject to some minor modifications. financial accounting and then students with an opportunity need for at least 5,471 properties and 54 hectares of The Local Plan (Part 2) has been subject to took part in a short task which to develop a range of skills and employment land in that period. various stages of public consultation. included calculating a Break Even explore different interests. An Part two of the plan identifies or ‘allocates’ sufficient More info on the plan can be found at Point, Return on Investment and exposure to a range of businesses, areas of land within the district that lie outside the www.allerdale.gov.uk/siteallocations. discussing different financing job roles and skills sets is provided methods. to all pupils. This will help develop The ProjX programme which several transferable skills, including took place at the beginning of communication, problem solving, July, was successfully piloted with leadership and teamwork as well as year 10 pupils from across West the use of online platforms which Cumbria. The programme was have become more relevant to the initially cancelled this term due to modern way of working. current social distancing measures Michael said “It was a pleasure and school closures in light of the to be asked to be involved in Covid-19 pandemic. Instead of such a great programme. All the letting year 10 students go without pupils interpreted the task in a work experience opportunities creative way. Well done to all the this year, the Projx programme teams who took part and thank delivered an exciting new virtual you to the Centre for Leadership online experience. Performance for getting me Swimming Bee During the programme the involved.” by pupils were tasked with designing If you would like to find out Sonny Millar a concept for commercial more about the services David from redevelopment of a council- Allen provide, please visit our Holm Cultram Abbey School designated town area. There website www.david-allen.co.uk , Queen of Courage were four school teams who give us a call on 01228 711888 or by took part made up of pupils email [email protected] Meishan Whitehead from Silloth Primary School GOOD COMPANIONS RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME Green View Guest House Long & short term stays in single en-suite rooms Day Care £25 per person ~ limited spaces available weekdays Bed & Breakfast Free transport provided locally Sea Views Local Meals on Wheels Stella’sOpen Bistro All rooms en-suite Criffel Street, Wed to Sat Evening Meals Silloth 6pm to 9pm Bicycle storage booking advisable Free parking Tel: 6 Park Terrace, Criffel Street, Silloth, , CA7 4DQ 016973 Tel: 016973 31743 Mobile: 07851 033365 31553 E-Mail: [email protected] www.goodcompanions.net Solway Buzz - local news - for you - by you - about you - free to you Issue 185 Page 7 Walkers Cut Off by Tide Downloadable Bin Collection Calendar Residents across Allerdale are now able to download a printable calendar showing their property’s schedule of bin collections for the rest of the year. The new calendar can be easily downloaded as a PDF for people to view at their leisure on their mobile device or printed Report by: Julie Emary off to pin up Lifeboat Press Officer conditions and visibility were both were fit and well, despite in their home. The Silloth RNLI pagers went excellent. Nith Rescue and Annan being very wet, when they reached The calendar off at 12:23pm on Thursday 6th Coastguard were also involved in dry ground. will contain August. the rescue. At 12:48 Silloth lifeboat was a property’s The lifeboat was launched at However the two people both stood down. They returned to the collection details 12:30pm to help two people who managed to get safely ashore before station where the boat was washed until the end of had been cut off by the tide at either lifeboat became involved down, sanitised and made ready March 2021. Eastriggs, to the east of Annan in rescuing them. The coastguard for service again according to All residents on the Scottish border. The sea spoke to both casualties to ensure Covid-19 instructions. need to do to generate their collection calendar crews have already been to their is to go to https://www.allerdale. property on their collection day, as gov.uk/en/bincollections/, type well as providing them with a way in their postcode and then select of reporting a missed collection Kite Surfer in Distress their address from a drop-down online. menu. They will then have the Cllr Tony Markley, Executive option to download the calendar as member for environmental a PDF file and print if they wish. services, said: “Many of our The council’s popular online residents have been in touch with calendar which shows details of us asking us to produce a printable the next collections will still also version of our online calendar and be available for residents via the our officers have been working same web page. Residents are hard to get this ready. I hope this encouraged to continue using will be a useful tool for those this as it shows up to the minute residents who prefer to access their information, including whether collection details this way.”

Report by: Julie Emary Lifeboat Press Officer well but the surfing equipment had 5:43pm. Silloth RNLI lifeboat was been abandoned; although this too The RNLI lifeboat returned Busy Bee called out at 5:19pm on Sunday was later recovered. Consequently to Silloth and was made ready for by 9th August to a kite surfer in the lifeboat was stood down at service again by 6:12pm. Kaydon Lockhart distress just off Powfoot on the from Scottish coast. There were two kite Holm Cultram Abbey School surfers involved in the incident but one had made it safely back to shore. The tide was ebbing with a fresh north easterly offshore breeze. top2toe BEAUTY SALON Annan coastguard was also Motor Vehicle Body Repairs Dermalogica Facials & Products involved in the emergency. 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Name Meanings Abbreviations used in the following descriptions: OE Old English, ON Old Norse, Da Danish, Almost all place names have a meaning but today it is Br Brythonic Celtic, Go Goidelic Celtic, Ir Irish, Sc Scottish, AN Anglo-Norman not always obvious where the name came from or what it means. Areas Towns and villages The Lakes Allerdale ‘valley of River Ellen’ Aspatria ‘Patrick’s Ash’ from Bassenthwaite Lake ‘Bastun’s Here are a few of the more common Old English (OE) and Copeland ‘bargained land, ON asc and the personal name clearing’ from an OE personal Old Norse (ON) words wou will come across. bought land’ from ON kaupa land Barrow-in-Furness ‘headland name Beabstan, or an NF Cumbria ‘land of the Cymry’ island’ from Br barr and ON ey nickname Bastun and ON þveit (the Brythonic name for the Blennerhasset ‘Hay farm on a Brothers Water either ‘broad Barrow OE beorg Hill British people of the area, related hill’ from the Cumbric *blein ‘steep water’ from ON breiðr vatn or Bower OE bur Dwelling to Welsh Cymru, from a Brittonic faced slope’ plus ON haysaetr ‘brothers’ water’ from ON bróðirs *kombrogi meaning ‘fellow Bootle ‘huts, shelter’ from ON vatn (there are legends of two Capple ON kapall Horse countrymen’). buðl brothers drowning in this lake) Cumberland ‘land of the Bowness ‘promontory shaped Buttermere ‘lake by dairy Dale OE dair Valley Cymry’ from the OE Cumbra land like a bow’ from ON bogi nes pastures’ from OE butere mere’ Docker ON dokk Hollow Furness ‘further promontory’ Cark ‘rock’ from Br carreg Coniston Water named after from OE fuðor and ON nes, Carlisle ‘fort of the God the village, which means ‘king’s Fell ON fjall Flat Mountain the oldest form of the name is Lugus’ from Br *Luguwalion -> farmstead from ON konigs tun Force ON fors Waterfall Fuþþernessa (c1150) Lat Luguvalium -> OE Luel -> Crummock Water ‘lake of the Grizedale Forest ‘valley with Cumbric Cair Luel (Welsh - Caer crooked river’, linking the name Ghyll, Gill ON gil Ravine pigs’ from ON gris dalr Liwelydd)[8] with the River Cocker which Morecambe Bay ‘crooked Cockermouth ‘mouth of the flows through it. Related to Br Goat ON goltr Wild Boar sea’ from Br *mori- & *kambo-. River Cocker’ *crumbaco Harter ON hjortr Hart (male deer) [8] The name was recorded in Dalton-in-Furness ‘farm in a Derwentwater named after the Ptolemy’s Geographica c.150AD as valley’ from ON dalr tun River Derwent Hollin OE holegn Holly Morikambe, apparently referring Frizington ‘farm/settlement of Devoke Water ‘little dark one’ Holme ON holmr Island to the Lune Estuary. It was the Friesen people’ from OE Fris, from a Br word *dubaco subsequently lost then revived in inga and tun Elter Water ‘swan lake’ from Howe ON haugr Hill the 19th century as both the name Grange-over-Sands ‘outlying ON eltr vatn for the bay and the new Lancashire farm belonging to a monastery’ Ennerdale Water named after Mere OE maer Lake seaside resort at Poulton-le-Sands. from the ME grange. -over-Sands the valley in which it is situated Mur OE mor Moor or Bog Solway Firth ‘Muddy ford was probably added in the 19th Grasmere ‘lake in pasture’ or estuary’ from ON sol vath fjórðr century when the town prospered ‘grassy lake’ from OE græs mere Pike ON pic Peak - or from the Celtic tribal name as a holiday resort overlooking Haweswater ‘Hafr’s lake’ or Sad ON saetr Upland Pasture Selgovae Morecambe Bay. The term ‘over- ‘he-goat’s lake’ from the ON hafs Westmorland ‘land of the sands’ may also refer to the ancient vatn Sheiling ON saetr Side, Seat people living west of the moors’ act of traversing Morecambe Bay Hayeswater ‘Eithr’s lake from from OE west mōr inga land. The sands as a means of shortening the an ON Eiths vatn Sled OE slaed Valley name presumably dates from the travel distance in the area. Loweswater ‘leafy lake’ from Stock OE stocc Tree Stump time when Westmorland was part Hawkshead uncertain. The ON lauf saer, ON vatn or OE of Northumbria and ruled from ‘hawks-’ might either mean ‘hawk’ wæter was added later Swinkle ON svin Swine Pigs the east. or be the ON personal name Rydal Water named after the Valleys Haukr and the ‘-head’ may mean valley of Rydal; formerly called Swinkle ON kelda Spring ‘head’ from OE heofod or ‘summer Routhmere, linking the lake with Borrowdale ‘valley with a fort’ Tarn ON tjorn Small Lake from ON borgar dalr farm, shieling’ from ON saetr the River Rothay ‘valley of the River probably ‘hill tarn’ Dunnerdale ‘valley of the River Kendal Tarn Hows Thwaite ON thveit Clearing Duddon’ Kent’ from ON Kent dalr from ON tjórn haugr ‘cheese farm’ from OE ‘lake with a gap’ Ennerdale ‘valley of the River Keswick Thirlmere Remember: High, middle and Low are defined by the Ehen’ cēse wic[also ON “vik” ‘landing from OE thyrel mere place’ (i.e. village)] uncertain. Possibly stream or river. High is ‘up river’. Langdale ‘long valley’ from Ullswater ON lang dalr Kirkby ‘village with a church’ named after a Norse chief Ulf or a from ON kirk by local Saxon lord named Ulphus; or Lonsdale ‘valley of the River Lune’ Maryport named after the from the Norse god Ullr wife of Humphrey Senhouse who ‘Wasdale Water’. Cumbrian numbers Mardale ‘valley with a lake’ Wast Water The Cumbrian numbers, often called ‘sheep from ON marr dalr developed the town into a port. It The name literally means ‘water 1 yan was originally called Ellenfoot as it water’ from ON vatn and OE counting numerals’ because of their (declining) use Patterdale ‘Patrick’s valley’, 2 tyan by shepherds to this very day, show clear signs that possibly named after St Patrick stood at the foot of the River Ellen wæter they may well have their origins in Cumbric. or, more likely, a later Norse-Irish but was changed in 1756 as the Windermere ‘Vinandr’s lake’ 3 tethera NB: when these numerals were used for settler town developed. from ON personal name ‘Vinandr’ 4 methera counting sheep, reputedly, the shepherd would Sleddale ‘valley with flat land’ Millom ‘mills’ from OE millen and OE ‘mere’ count to fifteen or twenty and then move a small from ON sletta dalr Milnthorpe ‘village with mills’ 5 pimp stone from one of his pockets to the other before Wasdale ‘valley of water’ from from OE millen and Da þorp beginning again, thus keeping score. Numbers ON vatns dalr Threlkeld ‘thrall’s well’ from 6 sethera eleven, twelve etc. would have been ‘yandick, ON þrœl kelda taendick’, while sixteen and seventeen would have Ulpha ‘wolf hill’ from ON ulfr Skinburness 7 lethera been ‘yan-bumfit, tyan-bumfit’, etc. haugr Skinburness is thought to 8 hovera Ulverston ‘Ulfr’s farmstead’ mean “the headland of the Demon Silloth-on- from ON Ulfrs tun (ulfr is also the haunted castle.” 9 dovera ON word for ‘wolf’) The headland is Grune Point. Solway Whitehaven ‘white harbour’ St John’s Chapel on Grune 10 dick ‘Silloth’ means sea barn(s), from ON hvit hafn point is one of the places identified 15 bumfit v. ‘sae hlaða’. Workington ‘farm/settlement as the Green Chapel where Sir (The first word is Old English, of Weorc’s people’ from OE Weorc, Gawaine had his meeting with the 20 giggot the second is Old Norse). inga and tun Green Knight. Solway Buzz - local news - for you - by you - about you - free to you Issue 185 Page 9 VJ Day 75th Anniversary

Our third Virtual Open Mic Night was another great success. We are once again working towards our next event on the 4th September. We go live at 7pm and we’d love you to join us! There are three ways to participate: you can send us a pre-recorded video to play out (http://www.wigtontheatre.org/) and then sit back and enjoy the show on the night or you can perform live on the evening via Zoom. If you would rather just watch and listen without performing that’s fine too - just follow the Zoom link to join us on the night. You don’t even need to have your microphone or camera on, but there is a chance to chat during intervals. We hope to see you there!

Report by: Lawrence Marshall At 11am we had a two minute checked that we did the correct On Saturday 15th August we silence to remember them. number of chimes. had a short anniversary service, Rector Bryan Rothwell led Some Sillothians served in the due to the restrictions of Covid 19, the prayers and then we rang the far east to help bring WWII, the of the 75 VJ day at Christ Church church bell 75 times. bloodiest war in human history, to Silloth. My granddaughter Niamh a final end. Covid-19 Business Grant Scheme More organisations affected other criteria. As with other rounds, by the coronavirus outbreak may The scheme has also been businesses cannot apply if they now be eligible for a grant under a widened to include medium-sized are eligible for any of the other new round of Allerdale Borough businesses. grant schemes or financial Council’s discretionary grant Registered charities and support initiatives announced scheme. Community Interest Companies by the government, except the Cash grants of up to and bed and breakfast Coronavirus Job Retention £25,000 are now available providers that pay Scheme (for furloughed staff) or to eligible businesses, council tax instead the Self-Employed Income Support with other amounts of business rates can Scheme. They also need to be able paid out on a sliding also continue to apply to show that they were trading on scale dependent on the for the grant if they 11 March 2020. number of employees, meet the criteria of the Due to a government deadline the property costs or scheme. the amount of income lost. The To be eligible businesses and scheme is designed to help those organisations must be able to Join us via Zoom (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89501470529?pwd=b with property costs that have seen confirm a drop in income of at DF0MjJ3NDlSUVdhUUVOaTh4aFJSdz09) on the 16th of September at a significant fall in income due to least 25 per cent from April 2019 7pm for a virtual social quiz night. the coronavirus outbreak. to April 2020. More information at: http://www.wigtontheatre.org or on our Like previous schemes, this Full details on the eligibility of the end of August for the closure facebook page.. third round of the discretionary criteria is available on the council’s of all discretionary grant schemes, Quiz prepared and hosted by Catherynn Dunstan. grant scheme is aimed at helping website: https://www.allerdale.gov. applications are open until as many businesses as possible, by uk/en/coronavirus/coronavirus- 5pm on 26 August. Completed further widening the eligibility business-grants-claims/ applications will be considered criteria. In the first round the discretionary-grant-scheme/ on a first-come first-served basis. council focussed on the sectors it There are some types of Therefore, eligible organisations Wheyrigg Hall Hotel had been asked by the government businesses specifically excluded are encouraged to submit their to prioritise. from the scheme, such as housing application, complete with all Real Food & Good Ale 7 days a week As with the second round, the associations. These are outlined in the necessary accompanying grant is available for small and the policy document. documentation, as soon as possible Friday Night Traditional micro businesses as defined in the to avoid disappointment. from 6pm Sunday Lunch Small Business, Enterprise and The council is contacting Employment Act 2015 and the by email all applicants whose Steak Deal All Day Companies Act 2006. However, property costs were too low to be from £10.50 the council has lowered the annual eligible for the previous grants, but Food served property cost criteria by £1,400 to may now mean they are eligible for Tel: 016973 61242 Noon to 8:45pm all Week £1,000 a year - meaning that many this grant. A separate application more businesses are now eligible is not required from these WHEYRIGG, ABBEYTOWN, WIGTON, CA7 0DH to apply so long as they meet the organisations. Page 10 Issue 185 Solway Buzz - local news - for you - by you - about you - free to you Solway Buzz - local news - for you - by you - about you - free to you Issue 185 Page 11 Don’t Miss This, It is Your Chance to Purchase a Share in the Lowther Arms Pub in Mawbray “It’s not just a pub – it will be a the pub closed in December 2018 and land-based initiatives, and community hub”, says the Mawbray and is now on the market. everything in between. community who are campaigning When does the share offer close: Power to Change: to save their local pub, buying it It closes whenever the Is the independent trust that and reopening as a community maximum mount is reached or 1st supports community businesses in enterprise. They have stepped up October – whichever is sooner – England. Community businesses their awareness campaign and but the Management Committee are locally rooted, community-led, launched their share offer on reserves the right to extend the trading for community benefit Tuesday 18th August. offer. and making life better for local The Lowther Arms Community More Than a Pub: people. There are nearly 7,000 Project (LACP) is looking to raise The Community Pub Business community businesses across £300,000 to reopen and transform Support programme aims to bring England employing 35,500 people, the Lowther Arms at Mawbray. The pubs into community ownership with a combined income of £1.2bn. pub sits a stone’s throw from the and to increase the range of services From pubs to libraries; shops to beaches and dunes of the Solway they offer to help local people. bakeries; swimming pools to solar Coast, so locals believe it would This new £2.2million round of farms; community businesses are become the UK’s first Coastal More than a Pub, makes a range creating great products and services, Community Pub. of support and funding available providing employment and training LACP Spokesperson until September 2020. The support and transforming lives. Christopher Atkinson said “This includes allocated business The National Lottery is not just about buying a pub; it’s development advisers, help with Community Fund: about preserving the heritage in community consultations, advice The National Lottery our village, investing in the future on legal forms, business planning, Community Fund are the largest of the parish for our locals, our community share offers and bursary funder of community activity visitors and the businesses that rely awards of up to £2,500. Groups can in the UK – they’re proud to on tourism. If we don’t buy the pub access the full range of support from award money raised by National now it is likely to be lost forever. the pre-venture stage, or just the Lottery players to communities The Parish Council were elements they need, depending on across England, Scotland, Wales successful in having the pub listed how well their plans are developed. and Northern Ireland. Since June as an Asset of Community Value, When a group is ready to purchase 2004, they have made over 200,000 which ensures the community has the pub has to offer, introducing 18 years to invest. Shares cost £50 loved Lowther Arms has already Government and Locality. a pub, we can offer a combined grants and awarded over £9 billion the right to bid when listed for sale. better broadband, and additional each with a minimum investment been awarded support from More When a group is ready to finance package of up to £100,000, to projects that have benefited “To buy, re-open, and transform services including a café, shop and of £100 and you can buy as many as Than a Pub: The Community Pub purchase a pub, More Than A made up of a loan and grant. www. millions of people. the pub, we need to raise money revitalised caravan and camping site you want up to 600 shares (£30,000 Business Support Programme. Pub can offer a combined finance plunkett.co.uk/more-than-a-pub The National Lottery through donations and by selling whose additional income streams in value). Individuals, groups and LACP is receiving a package package of up to £100,000, made up Plunkett Foundation: Community Fund are passionate shares in the Lowther Arms are essential for success.” businesses can also invest – and of specialist business advice and of a loan and grant. (www.plunkett.co.uk) helps about funding great ideas that Community Project Limited. All LACP has already received some they can also be bought as a gift. a £2,500 bursary from More Plunkett Foundation’s Executive community’s sense of place and messages on their Face Book page @ too. Anyone who is interested communities to take control of matter to communities and make a shareholders become Members of great pledges, but they are now also The application form is on our Than A Pub, which is a £2.2m Director, James Alcock, said: “We’re identity.” lowtherarmscommunityproject in buying shares or making a their challenges and overcome difference to people’s lives. At the the Society, owning a piece of the looking for support from the wider website or one can be posted out on programme established to help so pleased to be able to support The Creating a campaign to open Chris said, “We’re especially donation can find out more at www. them together. Plunkett supports heart of everything they do is the Lowther Arms. There is a growing public and businesses. The task of request. support community ownership Lowther Arms Community Project a pub during Covid lockdown has keen to seek support from those thelowtherarms.co.uk. people, predominantly in rural belief that when people are in the market for community pubs and raising the money has been made “It may seem a difficult task, but of pubs in England, funded by who are working hard to make sure been challenging – but the team who love the Solway Coast and History of the pub: areas, to set up and run life- lead, communities thrive. Thanks evidence that if the community is more challenging with the Covid-19 we know community owned pubs Power to Change. It is being their community can benefit from worked ‘All hands together’ – from want to preserve and support 1847 – The Lowther Arms is changing community co-operatives; to the support of National Lottery invested in the project, they will lockdown, with some fundraising do work. In the UK, 122 pubs have delivered by Plunkett Foundation in everything that having a thriving a socially distancing perspective. the sustainability of our costal listed in the Cumberland Directory enterprises that are owned and run players, their funding is open to make more effort to use the pub events cancelled, so they are turning been taken over by community collaboration with Co-operative & local pub brings. Pubs that are Pulling in all aspects of the community - whether they want to and has pretty much traded ever democratically by large numbers of everyone. They’re privileged to and contribute to its success. We to social media in an attempt to cooperatives, reinvigorating Community Finance, Key Fund, the owned and run by the community community, they have created buy shares or simply want to make since. The pub has a conservatory, people in their community. They be able to work with the smallest know from our research that 86% attract a wider audience. pubs that were once struggling Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), are so much more than a place to a socially distanced community a donation.” a beer garden and beyond the car help people to tackle a range of of local groups right up to UK of the local community would use Explaining how people can buy businesses. And since 2004, not one Co-operative Mutual Solutions, buy a drink; they provide important video and are encouraging people Some people just want to make park, a registered caravan and camp issues, from isolation and loneliness wide charities, enabling people the pub on a regular basis. And a slice of the Lowther Arms Chris community pub has closed.” Pub is the Hub, Ministry of social spaces and services for local to spread the word about the share a donation – so a donation link site. Like many pubs, it has seen to poverty, and come in many and communities to bring their we’re planning to extend what said “Firstly, you need to be over The campaign to save the much- Housing, Communities and Local people and are central to their offer by sharing stories, videos and has been added to the website tough commercial times and sadly, forms including shops, cafes, pubs ambitions to life. Soldiers in Silloth CORONAVIRUS Open: Sat & Sun 1pm to 4pm Midweek Telephone booking only: 016973 31246 or 07825 954611 STAY ALERT TO Admission: FREE Donations welcome Criffell St, Silloth, CA7 4BZ www.soldiersinsilloth.co.uk THE SYMPTOMS See HIGH TEMPERATURE Entry wonderful Fantastic OR NEW CONTINUOUS COUGH Race Winning OR LOSS OF TASTE OR SMELL? for Families! No one in your household should leave home Free Motorcycles if any one person has symptoms. 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In the words of a song. it spotted a mistake, where Thanks for publishing my on end? it said, And for all the health letter on your 1st copy of The block road paving Two metres from my porch, Perhaps some poetry workers, our gratitude “sours”, the Buzz after COVID-19 outside the Good instead of saying “soars”, Pandemic. Companions is a classic An impossibly beautiful man, You may hear because no way would I have I always read with interest case. No one seems to All hazmat suited in readiness, Will stir your memory written anything other than our the articles and letters when care what disruption it Two feet from his pest control van. And draw me near. gratitude soars for them all. in Silloth or online. causes. Are Cumbrian Keep up the good work at The I hope your business will Highways a law unto He means no offence, But as time passes by Family Buzz and carry on keeping safe. bounce back and thrive once themselves? But he’s here ‘bout the bees, Memory fades again as well as the whole of Not a bit of wonder A neighbour who’s concerned, Only a close loved one Pauline Mole Silloth. the management do They’ve infested my trees. Will remember your ways. Notices not want to meet any Dear Buzz, Adrian Nixon complainants or local No, I’m not offended, A birthday or a date councils even letters to But what concerns me the most, Special just to us two, On behalf of my wife Marjorie our Allerdale MP draws Is the well meaning neighbour, Will bring back your memory we would like to thank all no response. The incomprehensible ghost. Have you remembering the love we knew. family and friends who helped Please do not insult our celebrate her 80th birthday intelligence by blaming Clearly not heeding Earth’s warning, But time goes so quickly on the 15th August with cards, the recent pandemic. Which certainly wasn’t so vague, And life goes on, flowers and presents. Mankind needs to change it’s ways, You quickly forget Special thanks to Tania Snaith Dear Buzz, C Briggs So a pestilence for her plague. Those who have gone. for the wonderful cake and to the management and staff of Can anyone tell me why Dear Buzz, No your services won’t be required today, the Golf Hotel for the lovely Silloth is surrounded by road And with the greatest respect, please be gone, I like meal and service given to all signs warning of skidding, I would like to nominate by loose gravel with a max Silloth Town Council for For we need the bees now more than ever, present. Jennifer Bailey speed of 20mph. having the grottiest and Or the human race is done. Graham Wilkinson These signs have been out most untidy building in for at least a month. town. Fountain pens and diaries Dear Buzz, While the surfaces are What is the point of Chocolate, cheese and scones, not exactly Formula One having beautiful tubs of Summer days and new green leaves, Our MP Mr Mark Jenkinson standard I have not seen ornamental flowers and A beach with sand and stones. has proposed reconstituting any skidding or resurfacing shrubs if the surrounding the railway line from Silloth work in that time and would area is a haven for to Carlisle, an idea not as far say the signs themselves weeds growing out of Do you have a fetched as some might think it were more likely to cause walls and pavements. to be. an accident than any Yes, I am back and poem or letter for It costs £30M to build one mile skidding, and are we guilty the pandemic has not the buzz? of motorway, for that you could of a motoring offence if we mellowed me. We welcome all reconstitute the whole of the exceed 20mph? Thank heavens for the line from Silloth to Carlisle and Have you seen any work Buzz otherwise I would submissions, there is more to the point it would be going on? explode. no charge. zero carbon transport. Just try and contact Please remember Unless we stop carbon emissions Cumbrian Highways or your C Briggs Winie from transport the ice caps will local MP to get an answer by to include melt and all of the communities because you will be on a Millie Sessford your contact on this railway line will only slow boat to nowhere. from Holm Cultram Primary School information. exist underneath the Irish Sea. Ridiculous readily springs to The electorate will not vote mind, or do they really know for politicians who want a zero what they are doing, carbon economy but the day is Non-Commercial Tourism Websites Happy Motoring rapidly approaching when they solwaybuzz.co.uk will. C Briggs sillothgreen.co.uk sillothonsolway.co.uk sillothgolfclub.co.uk vintagerally.co.uk sillothbeerfestival.co.uk CarlisleMasthead Embroidery are generously Bee donating a SolwayWinner This month sillothmotorcyclemuseum.co.uk Buzz embroidered Kids Rucksack to the winner. This is the winner is in addition to the usual Winners Certificate and £5 Gift silloth-on-solway-tc.gov.uk Isabella Hoyes Voucher. visitcumbria.com/wc/silloth from Holme St So, come on kids, get drawing, the Buzz is always soldiersinsilloth.co.uk looking for more imaginative bees and yours might be Cuthbert School the next winner. Return to your school, or the Discovery solwayplain.co.uk/silloth1.htm with a bee Centre, or post to the address on page 14 (large stamp) facebook.com/sillothgreen drawing called and a quality Solway Buzz embroidered Rucksack from facebook.com/silloth-carnival Carlisle Embroidery could be yours. “Happy Birthday facebook.com/groups/121042258051545 You don’t have to be at school here to send a bee to us. Bee”. If you are here on holiday we would love to have (Silloth Today) your bee drawing. Pick up a form from Silloth Tourist Any other suggestions of sites useful for our visitors, please send them to the Information and return it there or send it to us, our Well done! Buzz at: [email protected] address is on page 14. Solway Buzz - local news - for you - by you - about you - free to you Issue 185 Page 13 Young People Can Did You Mawbray Village Influence How Know? Hall Comes Out of The following is taken from ‘The Funding is Spent Stage’ by way of ‘Wigton Theatre Lockdown C l u b’. An advisory panel of young The scheme is part of wider In 1592, an outbreak of the people is just one of the ways £2.2 million investment that plague in London killed 1 in 12 in which Cumbria Community Sellafield Ltd and the Nuclear Londoners and resulted in theatres Foundation is building upon its Decommissioning Authority being closed. With the theatre commitment to further embed (NDA) will be injecting into local dark, Shakespeare turned to youth voice in its own work across communities over the next three poetry, writing Venus and Adonis West Cumbria. years. and The Rape of Lucrece. Delivered as part of Stuart McCourt, Education, During the years of the plague, Transforming West Cumbria, and Community and Development theatres were often shut down, administered by the Community Lead at Sellafield Limited, said: sometimes for very long periods, Foundation, #CanDo will give “We know that many young causing great hardship to the cash grants of up to £5,000 to people in West Cumbria have theatre community. community projects that raise some fantastic ideas about how young they could people’s address some Report by: Lynda Bailey in September so keep checking the aspirations of the social We have been making good use hall Facebook page and the Website and build issues within of our time during lock-down. The for all up to date information. The their their local hall floor has been polished, we Monthly Quiz organisers have confidence by: communities and the #CanDo have updated the kitchen with new decided that it is not possible to have • Engaging young people programme enables them to turn cookers and fridges. The outside the quizzes at the moment but we’ll in meaningful social and these ideas into reality and make a paintwork is to be painted soon too. keep you informed on that one. We environmental action real difference. It is a programme Our main Christmas are now hoping to start the long- • Empowering young people from for young people with all the fundraising event, the Christmas awaited Film Club in September, disadvantaged communities to decisions made by their peers Craft Fair has been cancelled this however if the same distancing Rosie Bee volunteer, lead change and take to ensure any ideas and projects by Ruby Smith year due to the current uncertainty, rules still apply, we might have to action in their communities remain free of any presumptions from but we will be ready to go when limit attendance or hold it over 2 • Encouraging young people to or bias.” Holm Cultram Abbey School the situation permits The Bowling nights. We are looking forward to have a voice, be heard and give Annalee Holliday, Grants Group and the Craft Club have now organising a big community social back to their local community & Donor Services Officer at started back, with all the necessary function when the time is right. • Enabling young people to make a Cumbria Community Foundation, virus precautions in place. Jill’s Take Care and Keep Safe and we huge difference to improving their said: “This programme will help exercise classes, Anne’s Tai Chi look forward to seeing you all again community and local environment young people to develop their and N.I.A. are looking to be back soon. Cumbria Community character, confidence, resilience, Foundation is working with local sense of wellbeing and raise their youth organisations to recruit a aspirations. Research suggests youth advisory panel, made up that the higher the quality of the of up to 14 young people, aged social action, the more likely it is John the Sailor Bee 16-25 with a diverse range of lived to benefit both the young people Pinkea Pie Bee by experience of social issues affecting involved and the communities or by Scarlett Milburn Ryan Taylor young people across the region. causes they are trying to help.” from from #CanDo aims to support #CanDo has been matched by Holm Cultram Abbey School the ambition of developing a the national #iwill Fund, aiming lifetime commitment to social to make social action part of life action and increase the number of for as many ten to twenty year opportunities for young people to olds as possible, by distributing volunteer, fundraise, or campaign investment through working with on issues that are important to other funders. them, with a commitment to More information can be reducing the social and financial found at www.cumbriafoundation. barriers that stop some young org/transforming-west-cumbria/ people from taking part in social cando or by calling 01900 825760. 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Broadband Let’s Create with West Cumbria Carers Due to the COVID-19 social distancing guidelines we have been Upgrade Fund unable to run our usual young carers trips and activities. To help Cumbria County Council has they need to keep pace with new ease the disappointment, and pass welcomed the recent launch of the advances in technology, and the the time until we can get together government’s Broadband Upgrade jobs and growth that comes with it, again, we have organised some fun Fund campaign designed to help now and in the decades to come. activities they can do at home. businesses, employees and rural Cllr Stewart Young, Leader of communities take advantage of Cumbria County Council, said: all the benefits associated with “The Broadband Upgrade faster, and more reliable, internet Fund, combined with the top-up connections. secured through the Borderlands The government is offering Inclusive Growth Deal, will rural residents up to £1,500 and help deliver significantly better small to medium sized businesses broadband to rural areas and to up to £3,500 to upgrade to gigabit businesses and I’d encourage all broadband, which is capable of eligible residents and businesses to download speeds of 1 gigabit (1000 look into this scheme now to see if megabits) per second. they can benefit from it.” As part of the £394.5m Residents and businesses Borderlands Growth Deal, can visit the Gigabit Broadband up to £4 million of additional Voucher Scheme website at Government funding will ‘top up’ https://gigabitvoucher.culture.gov. these vouchers in Cumbria and uk to find a list of suppliers in their Northumberland so even more local area. money is available to improve The economic and social digital connectivity and boost benefits of high-speed internet the regional economy. The £4 connections are central to the million made available will be Borderlands vision for the used to match the level of funding region and have been proven Working jointly with the West available under the Broadband doubly important during the Cumbria Cultural Education Upgrade Fund in areas where Covid-19 restrictions and as part Partnership (Frame) we have available services are less than of the recovery plan from this distributed over 150 “Let’s Create” 30Mbps download speed, so that crisis. More information on the art packs for young carers and eligible businesses can now apply Borderlands top up vouchers their families. Each pack contains for up to a maximum of £7,000 can be found on the Borderlands a selection of high-quality art and eligible residential properties Partnership website at https:// supplies, along with a booklet full up to £3,000. www.borderlandsgrowth.com/ of creative activities for all the Upgrading to gigabit Digital-Voucher-Scheme. family. broadband will mean homes and Applications for broadband We’ll be sharing some of the businesses in Cumbria have the vouchers must be submitted artwork produced in an online world-class, future-proof and by a supplier, on behalf of their exhibition in our Media Gallery reliable internet connections that customer, by the 31st March 2021. at www.westcumbriacarers.co.uk. The exhibition will be live in early September, so pop over and have a look at what our creative genius’ have been up to. 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Page 18 Issue 185 Solway Buzz - local news - for you - by you - about you - free to you JAN/V makes Her Departure from Silloth Report & Photos by: John Forrester More coverage of shipping at Silloth can be found at www. cumbriashipphotos.weebly.com

June saw a visit from the small regular source of wheat for the yellow songbird, which also relates coaster JAN/V with a cargo of Silloth Mill. The six-day sailing to his name Vogelsang, translating wheat from the Baltic port of from the Baltic was via the North as ‘bird sang’ (photo courtesy of Vierow. Sea heading towards the north of Patrick Deenik). The arrival from Germany Scotland and treacherous Pentland The ship is kept busy on occurred during the early hours, Firth. The ship then headed south routes around the Baltic so this much to the frustration of ship hugging the Scottish coastline was a rare sailing further west. enthusiasts, however she was towards Cumbria where it was met The accompanying photos follow unloaded and ready to sail in by the Silloth Pilot off Workington. her departure for Swansea where daylight the following afternoon The ship was built 35 years ago she would pick up her next when conditions were ideal for in the historic Duisburg Shipyard cargo before setting sail for more photographers to capture the for its owner Jan Vogelsand and he familiar waters. The Silloth Pilot action. remains the proud owner today. skilfully guided the ship out of Vierow is a modern shipping The ship has a very individual New Dock passing a group of facility specialising in grain exports character, for example, the owner primary school children enjoying a with a direct rail link to receive has added his personal touch by summer afternoon walk with their material from producers. It’s a naming it JAN/V. He’s taken this teachers. The children lined up to further with wave at the ship and the captain the unique acknowledged them with a blast on Silloth Tide Tables funnel his horn, a memorable moment for marking, a the youngsters.

Time Zone UT(GMT) Solway Buzz - local news - for you - by you - about you - free to you Issue 185 Page 19 July Shipping at Protect Your Children Online Police and Crime Commissioner, Peter McCall, is encouraging parents to speak to their children the Port of Silloth about the potential dangers on social media as the Report by: Capt Tim Riley, lands we own to provide additional summer holiday begins. Children and teenagers are Harbour Master, Short Sea Pilot storage for bulk cargoes, this will spending more time online which makes them more July be as a result of the pending Brexit susceptible to being targeted by cyber criminals. 26th Aberdeen from Ghent discussions as cargoes will probably With technology continuously advancing, many with a cargo of Fertiliser then on to end up coming from further afield criminals have moved their crimes online to target Belfast. and may need better/larger areas trusting individuals from the comfort of their own We only had one vessel call for storage prior to distribution or home. Cyber crime covers many topics from fraud to during the month of July, very delivery to customers. child sexual exploitation. slow overall for the industry. The Looking forward we hope Police and Crime Commissioner, Peter McCall, Aberdeen arrived with a split cargo to improve the imports during said: “Younger generations are becoming increasingly of Fertiliser, part CAN and part August a little, possibly three more tech savvy however this does not mean that AS. Totalling 2,908 tonnes. vessels and better in September. they are immune to the dangers of cyber crime. The port is now looking to take Hoping everyone is staying well Predators are on our social media and it’s our duty as advantage of some of the outlying during these strange times. parents to make our children aware of these dangers, what is appropriate to share online and also let them know that they need to let their parents know if they feel that they are talking to someone who might not be who they say they are. There are several ways to keep your child safe online: have regular talks with them on what is appropriate information and language to share – they should not share any personal information passwords. such as their address online. Check that what your It’s so important that we understand the risks that child is watching on streaming sites such as Netflix come with having an online presence – most of us have or Youtube is suitable for their age – these sites do experienced scam emails and we all want our children have graphic content. Set boundaries and rules: who to be as safe as possible when online.” they can speak to, how long they can spend online For more information on online safety, visit www. and – for younger children – parents having access to getsafeonline.org/safeguarding-children

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Although Football Club not in normal circumstances their grades recognise the hard work and commitment the students have put Celebrate Grant into their studies over the past five years and more. It is great to see the students achieving the results they need to move onto their Award chosen next steps. In particular I Football in Abbeytown by the Premier League, The am pleased to see students moving received a boost today as FA and Governments Football on to such a wide and diverse set Abbeytown Junior FC were Foundation. This is enabling over of destinations; from Keswick and awarded a grant by the Premier 9,000 football pitches to be made Nelson Thomlinson Sixth forms, League, the FA and Government’s match-fit, and is benefiting over Carlisle and Lakes College, the Football Foundation. 33,000 football teams. Navy and Army to Gen2 and a The £500 grant Speaking about host of others. It shows the quality from the Foundations their funding of qualifications they have gained Club Preparation Fund success, Carol here has enabled them to move will help Abbeytown Harrison, Club successfully onto their chosen next to prepare their Welfare Officer steps. buildings to safely said: “The Football It is great to be able to mention Alongside this it is with great us with a great set of academic reopen in line with Foundation Grant in particular Rebecca Weightman pleasure to recognise the hard qualification but as a great set of Government guidance will enable the club and Tia Henderson who between work that resulted in; a grade 7 in individuals. It has been fantastic around hygiene and to install sanitiser them achieved seven grade 9s, Art for Holly Smith, a grade 7 for to work with each of them over social distancing, units and signs seven grade 8s and three grade Jack Harrison in Chemistry and a the last five years, helping them to and The FA’s plans for a ‘phased to make our headquarters a 7s. An outstanding academic grade 8 for Ella Baker in History. grow and develop in a foundational return’ that were announced on safer environment for players, achievement by both of them and We wish them and all our students stage of their lives. 18th July. spectators, officials and coaches”. comes at the end of many years’ success in the future. It is with some sadness we will The Club Preparation Fund The Football Foundation hard work. This cohort not only leave be saying goodbye and good luck! follows the £7m of investment is a charity funded by the awarded to 2,900 organisations Premier League, The FA and through last month’s Pitch the Government, through Sport School Transport Guidance Preparation Fund, also delivered England. Ahead of school’s reopening should ensure their in September, Cumbria County child is aware of this, Council has published information and follows the school and guidance for parents and instructions. pupils about arrangements on Children should school transport to minimise the not travel to school if risk from COVID-19. they: The full guidance is available • Are experiencing at: www.cumbria.gov.uk/ any Coronavirus schooltransport. (COVID-19) The key messages for pupils symptoms. and parents are: • Are self-isolating • Only use school transport if there as a result of Coronavirus back to school, and that they will is no safe or practical alternative, (COVID-19) symptoms or sharing have concerns and questions about such as walking or cycling. a household, support bubble, or school transport. Please review the • Social distancing will not apply having come into close contact FAQ’s and guidance published on on dedicated school transport. with somebody with symptoms. the council website, and contact • Face coverings should be worn • Have been advised by the NHS your school or the council’s wherever possible while travelling, or local test and trace service to transport team if you have any however these will not be self-isolate. questions. .” provided. If parents do not intend to A full list of FAQ’s and • Hand sanitiser will be provided make use of a free or subsidised guidance regarding school Spot the Bee on board all dedicated school transport place for their child they transport is available on the by Myles Barwise transport vehicles and it should should contact school.transport@ council website. from Silloth Primary School be used by pupils when getting on, cumbria.gov.uk providing the and getting off the bus. name, date of birth and school • Children should try to sit within attended of the child in question. KL EXPRESS EST o 2015 their school bubbles on vehicles, Cllr Sue Sanderson, Cabinet N 17 but this is not a requirement and Member for Schools and Learning, DELICIOUS will not always be possible. said: “We know that these are Chinese • Schools may have arranged a uncertain times for families as seating plan on the vehicle, parents they prepare to send their children Takeaway Baguettes Open at 5pm Panini’s SILLOTH CAFE Every Day Breakfasts Traditional Fish & Chips to Sit In or Takeaway A Wide Variety of Dishes for Every Taste Wraps & Coffees Special Wheat Intolerance Gluten Free Option Monday–Saturday 9am to 9pm Pensioners Meal Deal: Telephone Orders 17 Eden Street Sunday 9am to 8:30pm Monday – Friday 016973 33033 Silloth, CA7 4AD Station Road, Silloth, Tel: 016973 31319 43 Eden St, Silloth 016973 32458