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Council invites local voluntary and community groups to take part in survey to gather views on how well they are supported by local third sector infrastructure organisations.

Tim Bloomer is the newly elected Westmorland and Furness Council Member for Grange and Cartmel after winning a by-election held in the ward on Thursday 17 October 2024.

This strategy is an essential building block of delivering the councils ‘Ambition for every child’.

The strategy sets out the council’s ambitions for the next four years.

Fostering can mean everything to those involved. That is the message of Cumbria Fostering’s emotive new short film, created in collaboration with over 100 councils.

The journey towards creating a new, inclusive community space linking people to nature at Earnse Bay on Walney has taken a significant step forward.

Westmorland and Furness Council’s new service hub in Penrith has received its PassivHaus EnerPHit certification, meaning it is the first building of this type in the UK to achieve this standard of energy efficiency by retrofit.

Engagement sessions are taking place this week on look of Kendal Market Hall 

Pupils at Sandgate School in Kendal have started their new Autumn term with a much improved learning environment, following works to reconfigure parts of their building.

Bluetongue does not affect humans and therefore there is no public health risk.