Furness Locality Board and Community Development Team

Our area Community Development Team works alongside councillors in the Furness Locality Board. They also look after the Furness Community Fund.

Furness Locality Board

The Furness Locality Board is made up of the councillors who have been elected to the wards in the Furness area. 

Find out what Area Locality Boards are responsible for.

The Furness Locality Board has decided upon the following priorities and themes:

Priorities  

  • health and wellbeing: to support everyone to start well, live well and age well
  • poverty-proofing: to support disadvantaged communities to access and increase their opportunities 

Themes

  • communities: to empower Furness to be the best place to live, work and thrive
  • education, skills and economy: to enable current and future generations to reach their full potential
  • infrastructure, environment and connectivity: to connect people and place and caring for our environment
  • priority wards: to support people in need and seek to reduce inequalities in Old Barrow and Hindpool wards 

Furness Community Development Team

We support people and groups who are developing community groups and engagement activities. We work with the Furness Locality Board and manage the Community Fund.

Please get in touch to discuss any community issues or projects.

Contact us

Furness support for general enquiries

Community Development Team 
Barrow Town Hall 
Duke Street 
Barrow-in-Furness 
LA14 2LD  

Email: barrow.areasupport@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk 

Area Manager

Name: Alison Meadows 
Email: alison.meadows@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk  
Phone: 07827 896293

Community Development Assistant

Name: Decelia Benson-Gee
Email: decelia.benson-gee@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk 
Telephone: 07917 552102 

Engagement Officer

Themes: Children and Young People, Emergency Planning

Name: Natalie Chapples
Email: natalie.chapples@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk 
Telephone: 07920 156418

Community Development Officer (Ormsgill)

Theme: Be Well 

Name: Simonetta Tiribocchi
Email: simonetta.tiribocchi@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk 
Telephone: 07825 783060

Community Development Officer (whole Furness area)

Theme: Leisure, Play and Sport

Name: Emma Broadbent
Email: emma.broadbent@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk 
Telephone: 07867 902181

Community Development Officer (whole Furness area)

Themes: Nature and Wellbeing, Active Travel

Name: Kevin Bell
Email:  kevin.bell@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk
Telephone: 07785 456662

Community Development Officer (Central and Hindpool)

Theme: Poverty

Name: Ali Greenhalgh
Email: ali.greenhalgh@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk
Telephone: 07350 432452

Community Development Officer (whole Furness area)

Theme: Older People

Name: Sophie Bryde
Email: sophie.bryde@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk
Telephone: 077477 70614