The community of Ennerdale has been given more than £100,000 from the Copeland Community Fund to bring the village’s facilities back to life. Earlier in the year residents bought shares in the Fox and Hounds pub, which had been closed for five months, renovated it and reopened it as a community pub. Now the aim …
Local residents across Seascale and surrounding areas have celebrated as funding for a new community fitness centre at the Windscale Club in Seascale was secured in 2011. A partnership between community residents and SASRA raised £160,000. Work to renovate an underused room in the club and turn it into a modern fitness facility started in …
Children from Gosforth and surrounding village’s now benefit from a brand new eco-friendly nursery following a £40,000 grant from the Copeland Community Fund. The grant completed the £400,000 funding package needed to complete the building and was allocated to: • Install and commission solar and photovoltaic panels • Air source heat pump system • Underfloor …
The partnership scheme led by Copeland Borough Council and Lakes Colleges is open to unemployed individuals aged 16 and over with specific emphasis on those young people not in employment, education and training (NEET). The scheme engages with local employers, in particular those who have not employed apprentices previously, and they are entitled to a …
The aim of Lamplugh Village Hall was to make the building more energy efficient. The project had secured funding from other sources including Cumbria Waste Management Environment Trust and Waste Recycling Environmental Limited (WREN) to deliver the work. The group, with support from the community development team, maximised their applications to other funders and had …
Local residents in Greenbank have celebrated as funding for an upgraded play area and MUGA was secured in late 2011. The Greenbank Community Association raised £79,000 through grant funding. With additional funding drawn in from Home Group, Francis C Scott Trust amongst others. Ann Maudling, Treasurer, Greenbank Community Association said, “The previous play area was …
Community volunteers secured £50,000 towards the overhaul of Ravenglass village play area following a successful bid to the Big Lottery Funds Community Spaces Programme with the support of Community Development Worker Rachel Graham. The winning bid sees the completion of the funding package needed to revamp the existing play area that has become tired and …
This year saw the launch of a multimillion community centre open in Haverigg open for business thanks to funding from the Copeland Community Fund. The £1.5m Haverigg Lighthouse Centre project has taken around 10 years from the drawing board to completion and has overcome a number of barriers. The centre will operate as a social …