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The Annual Town meeting took place on Monday 22 April 2024 - with the focus of this year's meeting being on grants given out by Penrith Town Council to local community groups and sports clubs between 2023 / 2024.
Our Grants Scheme is designed to support local community organisations, charities, Social Enterprises and Community Interest Companies deliver services, projects and events for the benefit of the people of Penrith.
In 2023, the Council also introduced a new “Signature Events Grant” to sit alongside our grants scheme specifically to support local events that have a positive economic impact and bring the community together.
The Council’s grant scheme has supported nine local organisations over the course of the 2023/24 financial year:
- Penrith Cricket Sports and Social Club: £1,000
- Penrith Football Club: £5,000
- Growing Well: £1,000
- Stomping Ground: £1,300
- Penrith Swift Group: £195
- Penrith Rotary Club: £372
- Riverside Group: £895
- Friends of North Lakes School: £1,000
- 2nd Penrith Scout Group: £2,090
The Council’s signature grant scheme has supported three local organisations to deliver community events:
- Winter Droving Festival delivered by Eden Arts: £5,000
- Penrith Sparkle delivered by Penrith BID: £4,965
- Penrith May Day 2024 delivered by Penrith Lions Club: £5,000
If your organisation has a project you would like us to support over the course of 2024 and into 2025, please call 01768 899 773, email: office@penrithtowncouncil.gov.uk or visit the Penrith Town Council website.
At the Annual Town Meeting, Penrith Town Council presented its Annual Report - a summary of the Council's activities over the past 12 months.
Read about the Council's grant awards, partnership working and asset updates over the course of the past year.
Read the online version now: Penrith Town Council Annual Report 2023/24
The Eden Rivers Trust has received a grant of £2 million from The National Lottery Heritage Fund as part of their exciting heritage partnership project, Access to Eden: breaking barriers, building bridges.
Added to money raised by the project’s partners, that will see a total of £2.6 million spent on people and the environment in Penrith and the wider Eden area over the next four years.
Access to Eden aims to break down the physical, social and cultural barriers that prevent people from accessing the natural heritage of Eden and build the bridges needed to give them the confidence to enjoy our blue and green spaces. The project intends to remove barriers for Eden’s special wildlife, connect habitats and promote nature recovery.
This will include improvements to walks and trails, coupled with better information plus opportunities for all ages and abilities to get closer to nature, so that more people can explore, enjoy and care for Eden’s rivers.
Another major part of the project involves community-led practical conservation projects at eight ‘doorstep’ sites that are within easy reach of urban areas along the length of the river Eden - creating sustainable, healthy, thriving natural spaces.
In Penrith, local people will have two new places on their doorstep; Cumbria Wildlife Trust’s Cold Springs Community Nature Reserve and Eden Rivers Trust’s Community Tree Nursery.
Work started last year on these accessible spaces where communities are taking the lead in shaping their development; volunteering to dig, build and plant features and enjoying learning about how to grow trees, look after nature and simply enjoy the view. Both sites will have a packed programme of events and opportunities for local people to volunteer over the next four years.
A Penrith Town Council spokesperson said:
"Penrith Town Council are proud to be working in partnership with the Eden Rivers Trust and other project partners to access a share of £2 million worth of funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for the benefit of the people of Penrith and those in the surrounding Eden Valley area.
"The Council has committed to collaborating and delivering projects (in Penrith) as part of Access to Eden which relate to climate change, connectivity and open green space - and is also partly funding the Eden Rivers Trust’s Community Tree Nursery as part of the Nurturing Nature in Penrith aspect of the project.
"The Council is excited for the Access to Eden project to commence and looks forward to working with partners for the successful delivery of various projects in Penrith."
Project partners include:
- Access the Dales
- Carlisle Waverley Viaduct Trust
- Cumberland Council
- Cumbria Canoeists the delivery partner of the British Canoeing Cumbria Regional Development Team
- Cumbria Wildlife Trust
- Eden Rivers Trust
- NHS North Cumbria Integrated Care
- North Pennines National Landscape
- Northern Viaduct Trust
- Penrith and Eden Refugee Network
- Penrith Town Council
- Westmorland and Furness Council
- Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust
- Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority
 Tree nursery volunteers planting the first tree whips © Eden Rivers Trust
The annual May Day Carnival is taking place on Monday 6 May 2024 thanks again to the hard work and dedication of the Lions Club of Penrith.
The Council recognises the importance of May Day to the town and has supported the delivery of the event in the following ways:
Grant Support
The Council approved a grant of £5,000 to the Lions Club of Penrith to support the 2024 Penrith May Day Carnival.
Being an Event Partner
The Council has worked in partnership with the Lions Club to obtain the necessary consents for the day and prepare an Event Plan.
Bunting
The Council partnered with the Lions to install bunting around town for the May Day Carnival ensuring the town looks dressed and ready for the occasion.
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Following an invitation from HM The King’s Pageantmaster to all parish and town Councils, Penrith Town Council will be commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day on Thursday 6 June.
The Town Council will be lighting a gas beacon in St Andrew’s Churchyard at 9.15pm, the time prescribed by the Pageantmaster. Prior to this Committed 2 Rock will be singing some period songs commencing at about 8.30pm. The gas beacon will be lit by a veteran and, as it’s lit, another veteran will read out the International Tribute. This will be followed by one final song from Committed 2 Rock.
We would also ask residents to put a light of peace in their window to commemorate those who lost their lives on 6 June and as a symbol of peace for events happening in the world at the present time.
Like in 2018 when we commemorated the 100 year anniversary of WWI, lets get the light of peace around the world on social media with the #lightofpeacepenrith
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The Notice of Election and location of polling stations for the Penrith West Ward By-Election can be found below.
If you have any queries about the election please contact the Elections Office at Westmorland and Furness Council on 0300 373 3300.
The Police Fire and Crime Commissioner election and the by-election for the Penrith West Ward take place on Thursday 2 May.
You can find information on the key dates for the elections, how to register to vote, Voter ID requirements, information on proxy and postal voting and changes to postal vote arrangements on the Westmorland and Furness Council website.
All queries about the election and voting should be directed to the Elections Team in the Penrith office who can be contacted at elections2@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk or telephone 01768 817 817
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Cornmarket Bandstand repairs
The steps at the Cornmarket Bandstand have been repaired following damage over the Easter weekend.
The area immediately surrounding the Bandstand has also had the cobble sets cleaned out for weeds, litter and debris - and backfilled with paving sand - ensuring the area looks ready for the upcoming May Day Carnival Event!
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For more information about the Assets owned by Penrith Town Council, please visit: Services & Assets - (penrithtowncouncil.gov.uk)
If you notice an issue with one of our assets, please do not hesitate to get in touch via office@penrithtowncouncil.gov.uk or by phone: 01768 899 773
Any member of the public can attend Council meetings. The Council's upcoming meetings are detailed below with dates, times and venues.
Annual Town Council Meeting
- Date: Monday 20 May 2024
- Time: 6.00pm - 8.00pm
- Venue: Unit 2, Church House, 19-24 Friargate
Finance Committee:
- Date: Monday 24 June 2024
- Time: 6.00pm - 8.00pm
- Venue: Board Room, Unit 1 Church House, 19-24 Friargate
Planning Committee:
- Date: Monday 13 May 2024
- Time: 4.00pm - 6.00pm
- Venue: Unit 2, Church House, 19-24 Friargate
Communities Committee:
- Date: Monday 10 June 2024.
- Time: 5.00pm - 7.00pm
- Venue: Boardroom, Unit 1, Church House, 19-24 Friargate
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