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The test purchase operation in Barrow and Ulverston targeted nine retailers in total.

Residents in Westmorland and Furness looking for somewhere to warm up and have a hot drink and a chat will be able to choose from nearly 100 local “warm spots” this winter.

Advice and information on how to prepare for a healthy and safe winter.

Council agrees two-year action plan in line with new Joint Local Health and Wellbeing Strategy for 2024 to 2034.

Get smoke free this Stoptober with support from Westmorland and Furness Council

Westmorland and Furness Council is working with partners to reduce the number of suicides in Westmorland and Furness.

A consultation has been launched by Westmorland and Furness Council on a proposed redesign of their Healthy Child Programme services.

Customers, staff and the wider community have welcomed the opening of a new Changing Places toilet at Barrow Park Leisure Centre.

A new Vaping Taskforce Group has been set up by Westmorland and Furness Council in response to the growing concerns around the increased use of ‘vapes’ amongst young people. 

Following a successful trial in Barrow in 2023, places on a free, clinically proven intervention to help people quit smoking will be returning to the Westmorland and Furness area.