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Opening hours for Early May Bank Holiday 2025

Westmorland and Furness Council will continue to provide key services over the Early May Bank Holiday but some of its offices will be closed on Monday 5 May 2025.

29 April 2025

Deadline looming for education travel grant scheme

Time is running out for young people to apply for a new grant scheme to help pay for travel to access education and training.

5 October 2023

Resilience sessions trialed in bid to boost school attendance after the pandemic

Westmorland and Furness Council’s Virtual School, in partnership with Family Action, have been trialing specialist mental health sessions for children struggling in school following the COVID-19 pandemic.

5 October 2023

Get involved in shaping care and support services

Westmorland and Furness Council would like to work alongside people who access Adult Social Care and involve them in shaping care and support services for individuals, families and communities.

5 October 2023

A bus at a bus stop with people queuing to get on.

Commitment made to restore and improve bus services in Westmorland and Furness

Funding to restore or improve bus routes and services in Westmorland and Furness is to be targeted at reconnecting communities and boosting access to public transport.

4 October 2023

Kinship Care Week 2023

We are supporting Kinship Care Week 2023, which launches today (2 October), with a campaign to celebrate more than 400 kinship carers across Cumbria who are raising children who are not their own.

2 October 2023

A person putting vegetable cuttings into a compost bin.

New Compost Demonstration Site in Ulverston set to open

New Compost Demonstration Site set to open to the public at Ford Park in Ulverston on Saturday 7 October.

2 October 2023

An artist's impression of how the front of The Forum and the Market Hall will look.

Works to start to make way for major Barrow town centre regeneration scheme

Works to make way for a major Barrow town centre regeneration project are to start in November.

29 September 2023

Picture of contractors working on the Kirkstone Pass road safety improvement scheme earlier this year.

Road closure for Kirkstone Pass safety project

Drivers are being advised of the next scheduled full closure of Kirkstone Pass starting next week to carry out work as part of a multi-million pounds road safety project on the iconic Lakeland route

28 September 2023

Family-friendly launch event for Penrith's refurbished Castle Park tennis courts

Crowds gathered at a bustling launch event last weekend to celebrate the opening of the newly refurbished tennis courts at Penrith Castle Park.

28 September 2023

Unlicensed scrap metal collector who challenged the Council to ‘catch him’ is prosecuted

Environmental Enforcement Officers at Westmorland and Furness Council have successfully prosecuted an unlicensed scrap metal collector, after gaining evidence of months of illegal activity.

27 September 2023

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