Image Funding secured for Appleby improvements Funding has been secured to address various matters raised by the Appleby community as a result of Appleby Fair. 28 March 2024
Image Funding secured for energy saving improvements at Penrith and Appleby Leisure Centres Council secures funding to make leisure centres more energy efficient and sustainable. 28 March 2024
Image Make a Change Become a Councillor Westmorland and Furness Council is calling on all community heroes to step up and become a parish, or town councillor in the 2 May 2024 elections. 28 March 2024
Image Cabinet agrees closure of North Walney School after fall in pupil numbers The school will now officially close from 31 August 2024, subject to call-in 27 March 2024
Image Beaconside School expansion given the green light The expansion of the school will be funded using Section 106 funding provided to the council by housing developers. 26 March 2024
Image Council approves plans to transform Early Help offer Plans to establish a new in-house Early Help Service in Westmorland and Furness have been approved. 26 March 2024
Image Important step in transfer of Local Enterprise Partnership functions to local authorities in Cumbria Cumberland Council and Westmorland and Furness Council have taken important steps in approving proposals for the integration of programmes and functions previously delivered by Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership (CLEP) into local authorities. 26 March 2024
Image New app for library members in Cumbria Councils launch new mobile app for library users transforming way they experience their local library. 26 March 2024
Image Council secures £406k to boost active journeys across Westmorland and Furness The ring-fenced funding will create even more infrastructure that will boost active journeys to education, workplaces and services across the area 25 March 2024