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Also in this week's edition:
The ongoing community excavation and exhibition project of Carlisle’s Roman Bathhouse, Uncovering Roman Carlisle (URC), has won three prestigious national awards.
URC won awards from the Council for British Archaeology (CBA) and the Society for Museum Archaeology last week. URC was nominated by the Council for British Archaeology, Archaeological Achievement Awards in two categories, winning both. The ceremony took place last Friday (24 November) in the De Grey Rooms in York.
The winning awards were:
Additionally, URC has won the Society for Museum Archaeology Engagement Project of the Year award. With the project's many positive community outcomes recognised by a national award. One judge commented that: “This project clearly demonstrates the benefits of engaging volunteers with archaeological excavation and museum based post-ex. It is a clear model for how to utilise such archaeological and museum resources to carefully engage with the local, and often hard to reach, communities, and instil elements of pride in local heritage.”
The Uncovering Roman Carlisle is an ongoing programme of community archaeological investigation, exhibitions, and engagement exploring Carlisle’s Roman remains.
The project is delivered by a partnership of Cumberland Council, Carlisle Cricket Club, Tullie, and Wardell Armstrong Archaeology.
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Don’t forget about our winter Holiday Activity and Food programme. This initiative aims to provide a range of engaging activities and nutritious meals for eligible children during the upcoming Christmas holidays.
The Holiday Activity and Food programme is funded by the Department for Education and has been running since 2021. The scheme provides a wide range of activities during the school holidays and for each day young people attend they receive a warm nutritious meal.
We supported Small Business Saturday on 2 December, and are encouraging residents to shop local and support local businesses.
Alongside town councils, the council has lined up events to attract visitors and showcase the shops and traders within the area.
Some upcoming events include:
- Late Night Shopping in Carlisle - every Thursday, until Thursday 21 December.
- Until Sunday 17 December - Carlisle Christmas Market in Carlisle city centre. Visit the Discover Carlisle's website.
- Friday 8 December - Whitehaven Christmas Fair. For further information visit the Whitehaven Town Council website.
- Friday 8 December - Whitehaven Harbour Lights Show and Christmas Firework Display. For further information visit the Whitehaven Town Council website.
- Saturday 9 to Sunday 10 December - Taste Cumbria Christmas in Cockermouth. For further information visit the Taste Cumbria website.
We are also providing free parking in the following car parks on these dates:
- Carlisle’s Bitts Park; Lowther Street; Castle; Caldew Riverside; The Sands; Swifts Bank; Viaduct; Civic Centre and West Walls car parks free parking after 3pm on the following dates: Thursday 7 December, Thursday 14 December and Thursday 21 December. To coincide with late night shopping.
Free parking was also provided for the Keswick Lights Switch-On event, Victorian Fayre, Cockermouth’s Light Switch-On, Cockermouth’s Late Night Shopping event, Workington’s Christmas Festival and Light Switch-On plus Egremont’s Winter Wonderland Christmas Fayre.
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Great British Bake Off star Crystelle Pereira, the self-proclaimed ‘Farmer’s Wife’ Helen Rebanks and adventurous chef Fell Foodie, aka Harrison Ward, will all star at this year’s Taste Cumbria Christmas festival in Cockermouth.
In new town centre locations, with more entertainment than ever before, Taste Cumbria Christmas takes place on Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 December 2023.
This year’s festival will move to both sides of the town’s Cocker Bridge, which is currently closed to traffic, and use a big section of Market Place too. There will be live music and street theatre, loads of stalls selling food, drink and gifts, fairground rides and children’s crafts. Even Father Christmas is coming to join the fun on the Saturday of the event.
This year’s Taste Cumbria Christmas is organised by Cumberland Council, sponsored by Cockermouth Town Council, The Coffee Kitchen Bakery, Holmen Iggesund and Milburns Solicitors, and supported by Cockermouth & District Chamber of Trade.
We are looking for volunteers to sit on our Referral Order panels held throughout the Cumberland district.
As a panel member, you will work with young people to draw up and agree a contract with the aim being to tackle the young person’s offending and the factors associated with it.
Volunteers work collaboratively with the Youth Justice Service and other panel members to ensure young people participate and get the support they need.
As a volunteer you will receive appropriate training as well as regular supervision.
Reserve your training place by 10 January
The next three-day training course will run 27 and 28 January and 3 February 2024. Make sure you reserve your place by 10 January 2024.
To find out more about the role, please contact Emma Millican YJS Project and Evaluation Officer: emma.millican@cumberland.gov.uk
A planning application to update and revitalise Maryport’s Wave Centre has been approved.
Work can now start on the prominent building, boosting facilities for locals and visitors of all ages. It’s part of a multi-million pound investment project which aims to revitalise the town’s high street, harbourside and promenade.
A new adventure play centre for young children, improvements to the Clip n’ Climb attraction, new multipurpose studio spaces, a community meeting space, party rooms and a better gymnasium will all now be created. Outside there will be a new bike hub, along with more attractive landscaping. The entrance area will be improved and staff offices moved upstairs to free up space on the ground floor to make space for these new facilities.
A new Banking Hub is now open in Maryport and it’s had a huge impact on the high street.
The façade of the Senhouse Street building was renovated as part of our Shop Front Scheme, funded by Historic England’s Heritage Action Zone programme.
Workington-based Stobbarts Ltd carried out the work, and they’re also creating three new apartments above on behalf of the building’s owner. That’s part of our Love Maryport Living project which has been made possible by the Government’s Future High Streets Fund. This initiative is restoring 16 empty spaces above shops to create more accommodation and give an additional boost to the town centre.
Find out more about both schemes here, along with our huge programme of regeneration work taking place in Maryport.
Maryport’s Banking Hub offers a counter service operated by the Post Office, where customers of all major banks and building societies can carry out regular cash transactions.
It also offers a Community Banker service where customers can talk to their own banking provider about more complicated issues, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. Community Bankers work on rotation, with a different bank or building society available each day:
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Monday: NatWest
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Tuesday: HSBC
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Wednesday: Halifax
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Thursday: TSB
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Friday: Barclays
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Don’t forget that we have teamed up with the University of Liverpool to understand the extent to which people are struggling with food bills, whether they can get the food they need, and the impact of rising living costs in Cumberland.
If you buy the weekly food shop for your household, please complete this short, anonymous survey. By taking part, you will be helping us understand where support needs to be directed - and as a thank you, you have the chance to win a gift voucher of up to £100.
Cumberland Council is pleased to announce the launch of a new initiative called “Fresh Start”, aimed at providing essential cleaning products to young people aged 16–24 with lived experience of homelessness transitioning to independent living as they move into a new property.
Recognising the hurdles young people face, the Youth Homeless & Housing team identified a gap in support. To address this, they worked with the Focus Family team to partner with the Geoff Brown Charitable Trust who generously donated £600 worth of cleaning products and ASDA who donated £50. This donation will ensure that young people embarking on their tenancies receive the essential items they need to start their new chapter with confidence and dignity.
The Youth Homeless & Housing team is dedicated to assisting young adults during one of the most challenging periods of their lives. Many of these young people find themselves navigating the complexities of independent living due to strained family relationships or transitioning from supported accommodation to their first home.
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