Three outstanding voluntary groups in Cumbria receive a Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service Last week it was announced that the following volunteer led groups have been honoured with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK – the MBE for volunteer groups: Women’s Community Matters Barrow […]
2020 June 05
Local leaders have praised the amazing community response to developing Cumbria’s four Community Recovery Centres – from the teams that built the centres to the generous volunteers willing and trained to staff them. Work on the centres took place in early April at a time when hospital admissions were rising rapidly and Cumbria’s Local Resilience […]
A great new project has been developed in partnership with Age UK Carlisle & Eden, Age UK West Cumbria, Alzheimer’s Society, Carlisle Carers, Cumbria CVS, Eden Carers, Northern Fells Group, People First, Stroke Association, West Cumbria Carers. This service has been developed as part of our local NHS response to Covid-19 and in partnership with NCIC […]
Results of survey to assess impact of Covid19 on Businesses in Cumbria released Cumbria’s Business and Economic Response and Recovery Group (BERRG) has today released the results from its recent surveys to assess the impacts of COVID-19 on businesses in the county. From the 896 responses, private sector businesses provided 82% of replies with the […]